EN 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Literal And Figurative Language, Simile, Intertextuality
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Definitions: we have to use oxford dictionary, not any well-known one (like webster"s) Genre prose, fiction, drama poetry (4 traditional categories) Digital literature older literatures that have been scanned and turned visually or anything that is written specifically for a certain visual medium. Figurative language: is more indirect, figurative language uses either metaphor or. Simile the power is in metaphor and simile, literature is about making connections, the power is in the language, don"t paraphrase because it is not the same. Imagination links things that you wouldn"t normally expect to be linked. The meaning is what the author is trying to imply. 1. the author"s voice: what has the author said literally". 2. what did the author imply? (not what he said, but what he / she implied indirectly) this is a combo of the author and your voice bc you are interpreting it. Is literal, the words on the page.
