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Introduction to literary studies (franko_ils.doc)

Introduction to Literary Studies

LITERARY FIGURES

Literary figures: figures of speech - tropes

                            stylistic figures

                            figures of sound

Figures of speech – tropes:  the simile

                                               the metaphor

                                               the personification

                                               the synecdoche

                                               the metonymy

                                               the irony

                                               the sarcasm

                                               the dead metaphor

                                               the allusion

                                               the euphemism

                                               the periphrasis

                                               the pun

                                               the symbol

                                               the allegory

The metaphor: the mixed metaphor

The symbol: symbols in literature

                   symbols in literary scholarship

                   symbols in literary history

Stylistic figures: syntactic figures

                            the syntactic – semantic figures

                            figures of word – order

                            elliptical figures

                            figures of thought

Syntactic figures: the asyndeton

                             the polysyndeton

The syntactic – semantic figures: the accumulation

Figures of word – order: departures of regular word – order

                                        repetition of words or phrases

Departures from regular word – order: the inversion

                                                                the hyperbaton

                                                                the dialysis

                                                                the hysteron proteron

                                                                the anastrophe

                                                                the tmesis

Repetition of words or phrases: figures of simple repetition

                                                    figures of incremental repetition – parallelism

                                                    the modifying repetition  

Figures of simple repetition: the epizeuxis

                                               the palilogy (epanastrophe)

Figures of incremental repetition – parallelism: the pleonasm

                                                                             the tautology

                                                                             the amplification

                                                                             the climax

                                                                             the anticlimax

                                                                             the bathos

                                                                             the parenthesis                                                                                  

        the hendiadys

The modifying repetition: the refrain  

           the syntactic ambiguity

Elliptical figures: omission of phones

        omission of words or parts of sentence

        grammatically incorrect constructions

Omission of phones: the elision

                      the syncope

                            the apheresis

        the synaeresis

        the parogoge

        the prosthesis

        the apocope

Omission of words or parts of sentence: the ellipsis

                                                                   the aposiopesis

Grammatically incorrect constructions: the zeugma

                                the syllepsis

                         the anacoluthon

Figures of thought: rhetorical figures

                               figures of evaluation

                               figures of contradictory meaning

Rhetorical figures: the rhetorical question

                              the diaeresis        

                              the rhetorical answer

                              the antithesis

The rhetorical question: the apostrophe

Figures of evaluation: figures of positive attitude

                                   figures of negative attitude

Figures of positive attitude: the hyperbole

Figures of negative attitude: the litotes (meiosis, understatement)

Figures of contradictory meaning: the oxymoron

                                                       the paradox

                                                       the catachresis

Figures of sound: figures of sound appearing in the beginning

                            figures of sound appearing at the end

                            figures of sound appearing alternately

                            imitative figures of sound

Figures of sound appearing in the beginning: the anaphora

                                                                        the alliteration

Figures of sound appearing at the end: the epiphora

Figures of sound appearing alternately: the anadiplosis

Imitative figures of sound: the onomatopoeia

POETRY

Poetry: specifications of poetry

            definitions of poetry

            approaches to understanding poetry

            the kinds of poems

            elementary parts of English verse

            poetic licences

            metrical licences

            rhyme

            blank verse

            the sonnet

            the song

            poetic trifles

            formula poems

            free verse (verse libre)

Definitions of poetry: syncretic concept

                                   differential concept

                                   transferred concept

Differential concept: formal classification

                                  evaluative classification

                                  semantic classification

The kinds of poems: classification by type

                                 classification by subject matter

                                 classification by experience

                                 from experience to attitude

                                 traditional classification

Classification by experience: the sensuous experience

                                               the intellectual experience

Traditional classification: lyric poetry

                                         epic poetry

                                         dramatic poetry

Lyric poetry: the ode

                     the ballad

                     the song

                     the elegy

                     the epitaph

                     the epigram

                     the pastoral poem

                     the eclogue

                     the epistle

                     the idyll

                     the aubade

                     the psalm

                     the romance

                     the folk song

                     the story in verse

                     the nonsense

The song: the hymn

Epic poetry: the fable

                    the epic

                    the chronicle

                    the historical song

                    the ballade

Rhyme: perfect rhymes

           imperfect rhymes

           bad rhymes

           double and triple rhymes

           arrangement of rhymes

Blank verse: licences

                    epic or heroic blank verse

                   dramatic blank verse

The song: the sacred song or hymn

                the patriotic and war song

                the love song

                the convivial song

                the political song

Formula poems: the ballade

                         the roundel

                         the rondeau

                         the roundel

                         the sestina

                         the triolet

                         the villanelle

FICTION

Fiction: long fiction

            intermediate fiction

            minor fiction

            between fiction and fact

            non – fiction (faction)

Long fiction: the novel

The novel: historical classification

                 thematic classification

                 classification according to subject matter

                 classification according to the technique of comprehension

                 classification according to function

                 classification according to the elaboration of theme

                 classification according to the stream of thought

Historical classification: the picaresque novel

                                       the chivalric novel

                                       the gothic novel

                                       the pastoral novel

Thematic classification: classification according to milieu

Classification according to milieu: the novel of the soil

                                                       the family novel

Classification according to subject matter: the fantastic novel

                                                                                    the historical novel        

the utopian novel

the science fiction novel

the novel of adventure

the detective novel

the novel of travel

the psychological novel

the biographical novel

the autobiographical novel

the problem novel (thesis novel)

the roman a clef (schluesselroman)

the proletarian novel

Classification according to

the technique of composition: the epistolary novel

the roman fleuve (novel – river, stream- novel)        

the stream of consciousness novel (impressionistic novel)

the anti – novel

Classification according to function: the didactic novel (erziehungsroman)

                                                          the tendentious novel

                                                          the bildungsroman

                                                          the philosophical novel

The bildungsroman: the kuenstlerroman

Classification according to the elaboration of theme: the humorous novel

the satirical novel

the experimental novel

the journalistic novel

Classification according to the stream of thought: the sentimental novel

the romantic novel

the realistic novel

the naturalistic novel

the existential novel

Intermediate fiction: the novelette (short novel, long short story, novella)

the short story

the fabliau

the exemplum

the legend

the idyll

the myth

Minor fiction: the fable

the parable

the bestiary

the fairy tale

the anecdote

The fairy tale: the fantastic fairy tale

the animal fairy tale

the legendary fairy tale

the realistic fairy tale

Between fiction and fact: the essay

the book review

the travelogue

the pamphlet        

the biography (memoirs)

The essay:  the personal essay (literary)

the philosophical essay

the scientific essay

the scholarly essay

the religious essay

DRAMA

Drama: classification according to genre

Classification according to genre: dramatic genres

                                                      musical genres

Dramatic genres:  the tragedy

the comedy

the drama

the melodrama

the monodrama

the burlesque

the farce

the grotesque

the variety show

the cabaret

the vaudeville

the marionette show

The comedy:  the comedy of manners (comedy of characters, comedy of morals)

the satiric comedy

the romantic comedy

the rogue comedy (picaresque)

the comedy of situation (comedy of intrigue)

the masque

The drama: the lyric drama

the realistic drama

the drama of the absurd

Musical genres:  the opera

the light opera (operetta)

the musical