![]() ![]() ![]() Alastair Fowler uses the following elements to define genres: organizational features (chapters, acts, scenes, stanzas) length mood (the Gothic novel tends to be moody and dark) style (a text can be high, low, or in-between depending on its audience) the reader’s role (readers of a mystery are expected to interpret evidence) and the author’s reason for writing (an epithalamion is a poem composed for marriage) (Mickics 132-3). Texts frequently draw elements from multiple genres to create dynamic narratives. For instance, comedy, mystery, tragedy, satire, elegy, romance, and epic are all genres. Dialogue: Spoken exchanges between characters in a dramatic or literary work, usually between two or more speakers.This includes descriptions of the characters’ physical appearances, personalities, actions, interactions, and dialogue. Characterization: The ways individual characters are represented by the narrator or author of a text.Please use the links on the left-hand side of this page to access other helpful resources. ![]() We encourage you to read this list alongside the other guides to literary interpretation included on the OWL Website. This list and the terms included in it can help you begin to identify central concerns or elements in a work that might help facilitate your interpretation, argumentation, and analysis. This list is by no means comprehensive, but instead offers a primer to the language frequently used by scholars and students researching literary works. Included below is a list of literary terms that can help you interpret, critique, and respond to a variety of different written works. This handout gives a rundown of some important terms and concepts used when talking and writing about literature. ![]()
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