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Literary techniques
autobiography
Literature; Literary techniques
A narrative about the author, purporting implicitly or explicitly to be true in the sense of nonfictional.
agency
Literature; Literary techniques
The capacity of an entity to cause events (that is, to engage in acts). Characters by and large are entities with agency.
author
Literature; Literary techniques
A real person who creates a text. The author is not to be confused with either the narrator or the implied author of a narrative.
adaptative reading
Literature; Literary techniques
One of the three fundamental modes of interpretation together with intentional and symptomatic readings. Adaptive readings range from interpretations freed from concerns for overreading or derreading ...
adapatation
Literature; Literary techniques
The transmutation of a narrative, usually from one medium to another.
action
Literature; Literary techniques
The sequence of events in a story. The action and the entities are the two basic components of story.
interpretation
Literature; Literary techniques
The act of expressing in one’s own way the meanings – including ideas, values, and feelings – communicated by a text.
