ENGLISH 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Classical Unities, Tragicomedy, Narrative Poetry
26 Apr 2014
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Alienation - emotional isolation or dissociation -- frankenstein, the monster was alienated. Antihero - a protagonist who fails to be heroic and has few traditionally recognized heroic qualities -- frankenstein, victor, he had every chance to be heroic, but was not. Anxiety of influence - a poet"s sense of the crushing weight of poetic tradition which he has to resist and challenge in order to make room for his own original vision. Archetypal criticism - interprets a text by focusing on recurring myths in the narrative. Bildungsroman - a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character. Canon - the conceptual material accepted as official in a fictional universe"s fan base. Comedy - work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter -- the. Deconstruction - the analytic examination of something often in order to reveal its inadequacy. Decorum - literary and dramatic modesty; orderliness; the conventions of polite behaviour.
