Prose literary terms

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Epistolary
A novel written in the form of an exchange of letters
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Gothic
the use of medieval and/or supernatural elements to create a horror story
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Magic-realism
A novel written in a realistic style which incorporates impossible or unlikely events
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Romance
tells a story in which barely possible and supernatural events are an essential feature of the action
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Sentimental
Originally a person who was sentimental was in touch with their feelings, the sentimental novel is a literary genre of the late 18th century
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Interleaving
The telling of several stories in one text; the stories are interwoven with each other
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Analepsis
Flashbacks in a text
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Biblical allusions
References to the Bible
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Diegetic narrator
A narrator who may participate in the story/ be reliable/ perceptive/ play an active role in the story
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Extra-diegetic narrator
A narrator who may stand outside of the story/ lack of involvement/ misjudges events/ unreliable
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Frame narrator
The narrative of the frame narrator contains all the other narratives within the story
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Motif
Recurring structures, contrasts or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes
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Pathetic fallacy
Weather/ setting reflecting mood of text (typically Gothic)
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Prolepsis
Flash-forwards in a text
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Sophism
A subtle but deceptive form of reasoning that includes statements that sound plausible, but are actually false
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Sublime
Greatness beyond comprehension; invokes awe, terror, imagination
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