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Antagonist
Antagonist
Antagonist means the major character of a narrative or drama who works against the protagonist or hero.
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Antagonist
Antagonist means the major character of a narrative or drama who works against the protagonist or hero.
Character
Character is a person in a literary work. The numerous types of characters, ranging from simple, stereotypical figures to intricate, multifaceted ones are completed by the personification of animals in the techniques of Anthropomorphism. Even places or things can be characters.
Drama
Drama is a work designed to be presented by actors on a stage; a broad literary genre that includes a variety of forms, from pageant and spectacle to tragedy and Comedy, as well as countless types and subtypes.
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Anta Diop, Cheikh
A writer from Senegal.
Antakya library
All libraries in Antakya, Turkey. General and specialized libraries in the city of Antakya.
Antalya library
All libraries in Antalya, Turkey. General and specialized libraries in the city of Antalya.
Antananarivo library
All libraries in Antananarivo, Madagascar. General and specialized libraries in the city of Antananarivo.
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Alliteration
Alliteration is a poetic device that consist in repeating the first consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in words or syllables.
Allusion
Allusion is a reference to a familiar historical or literary person or event in order to make an idea easier to understand.
Amerind Literature
Amerind Literature refers to the writing and oral traditions of Native Americans that originally passed on by word of mouth. It consisted largely of stories and events that were easily memorized; prose is often rhythmic like Poetry because it was recited to the beat of a ceremonial drum.
Analogy
Analogy means a comparison of two things made for explaining something unfamiliar through its similarities with something familiar, or to prove one point based on the acceptedness of another.
Angry Young Men
Angry Young Men refers to refers to |a group of British writers from the 1950s who expressed through their works bitterness and disillusionment with society. Their work have anti-heroes that rebels against a corrupt social order and strives for personal integrity.
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Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism means the presentation of animals or objects with human characteristics or in human shape. The term is derived from the Greek word for "human form".
Anti-hero
Anti-hero is a central character of a literature work, that has none of the traditional heroic qualities like: courage, physical prowess, and fortitude. Anti-heroes typically are unable to commit themselves to any ideals and distrust conventional value.
Anti-novel
Anti-novel is the term coined by French critic Jean-Paul Sartre, referring to any experimental work of fiction that avoids novel’s familiar conventions. The anti-novel usually fragments and distorts its characters’ experience, forcing the reader to construct the reality of the story from a disordered narrative. Alain Robbe-Grillet, author of "Le voyeur" is the best-known anti-novelist.
Antithesis
Antithesis refers to the opposite of a character, situation etc.
Apocrypha
Apocrypha means writings that are tentatively attributed to an author, but not proven or universally accepted to be his/her works.
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