Glossary
Glossary
A glossary of literary terms — from metaphor to free verse.
Literature01Versification
Rhythm, metre, rhyme and the stanza.
44 termsOpen
Literature02Tropes & Figures
Metaphor, metonymy and rhetorical figures.
43 termsOpen
Literature03Stylistics
Language, register and stylistic devices.
52 termsOpen
Literature04Genres & Forms
Novel, novella, sonnet — genres and folk forms.
91 termsOpen
Literature05Movements
Baroque, romanticism, modernism, avant-garde.
38 termsOpen
Literature06Composition
Plot, fabula, conflict and structure.
50 termsOpen
Literature07Character & Image
Hero, character, lyric subject, archetype.
30 termsOpen
Literature08Theory & Criticism
Literary theory, criticism and book culture.
68 termsOpen
Genres & Forms
← All dimensions
Feuilleton
The feuilleton is an artistic-publicistic genre — a short newspaper or magazine work of topical content, in which a current social problem…
Pamphlet
The pamphlet is a sharp publicistic-satirical work of an exposing character, directed against a particular social-political system, ideolog…
Usmishka
The usmishka ('little smile', a humorous sketch) is an original genre of Ukrainian humorous-satirical short prose, inaugurated by Ostap Vys…
