General literature

General literature

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General literature

A character is a person presented in a dramatic or narrative work, and characterization is the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader. A hero or heroine, often called ...

katarzis

Irodalom; General literature

Meaning "purgation," catharsis describes the release of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy. In his Poetics, Aristotle discusses the importance of catharsis. The ...

carpe diem

Irodalom; General literature

The Latin phrase meaning "seize the day." This is a very common literary theme, especially in lyric poetry, which emphasizes that life is short, time is fleeting, and that one should make the most of ...

kánon

Irodalom; General literature

Those works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces" of literature. Since the 1960s, the ...

sormetszet

Irodalom; General literature

Egy kis szünet, belül egy sor, a költészet, amely hozzájárul a ritmust a vonal. Egy caesura is előfordulhat bárhol egy soron belül, és nem kell feltüntetni az írásjelek. Szkennelés egy sor, caesuras ...

hangzavar

Irodalom; General literature

Language that is discordant and difficult to pronounce, such as this line from John Updike’s "Player Piano": "never my numb plunker fumbles." Cacophony ("bad sound") may be unintentional in the ...

rímtelen vers

Irodalom; General literature

Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Blank verse is the English verse form closest to the natural rhythms of English speech and therefore is the most common pattern found in traditional English narrative and ...