Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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subplot

Literature; Genre

In fiction, a subplot is a secondary strand of the plot that is a supporting side story for any story or the main plot. Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and ...

supporting character

Literature; Genre

A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not focused on by the primary storyline. Sometimes supporting characters may develop a complex back-story of their ...

suspense

Literature; Genre

Suspense is a feeling of pleasurable fascination and excitement mixed with apprehension, tension, and anxiety developed from an unpredictable, mysterious, and rousing source of ...

suspension of disbelief

Literature; Genre

Suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief is a term coined in 1817 by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who suggested that if a writer ...

sword and planet

Literature; Genre

Sword and Planet is a subgenre of science fiction that features rousing adventure stories set on other planets, and usually featuring Earthmen as protagonists. The name derives ...

sword and sorcery

Literature; Genre

Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a sub-genre of fantasy and historical fantasy, generally characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent ...

symbolism

Literature; Genre

Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the ...