Literary Terms
This kind of writing refers to the way a protagonist matures emotionally, spiritually, and morally.
What is a BILDUNGSROMAN?
This character escapes an artificial world controlled by unseen forces, making him comparable to both Huck Finn and Frederick Douglass.
Who is TRUMAN BURBANK?
The most basic way of understanding a frame narrative is to think of a ____ inside of a _____.
What is a STORY?
This writer suggests 6 versions of the American Dream as they correspond to historical moments in our nation's history.
Who is JIM CULLEN?
This character frames the novel by listening to Janie’s story after Janie returns to Eatonville.
Who is PHEOBY WATSON?
This is a kind of writing that features an unconventional hero - one which tends to be a problem for the authorities, but one who whose moral code has value for readers.
What is PICARESQUE?
According to Dr. Frank’s interpretation, this aspect of Stranger than Fiction contributes directly to its theological meaning by placing Harold inside a story authored beyond himself.
What is the film’s FRAME NARRATIVE?
A shift from immersive narration to _________ narration reminds the reader that they are dealing with a story made of language and text.
What is INTERACTIVE?
This writer coined the term "American Dream" in 1931.
Who is JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS?
Hurston frequently blends narration with a character’s inner thoughts and perceptions using this literary technique.
What is FREE INDIRECT DISCOURSE?
This kind of writing makes an attempt to portray life as it really is.
What is LITERARY REALISM?
In The Crucible, Arthur Miller suggests that this version of the American Dream becomes corrupted when social reputation matters more than truth.
What is RELIGIOUS FREEDOM?
A shift from the first-person POV to third-person omniscient narration often gives readers an ________ experience.
What is IMMERSIVE?
This writer believes that the American Dream is different for everyone.
Who is Walt Whitman?
Joe Starks forces Janie to wear this item, symbolizing his desire to control her beauty and public identity.
What is HEADRAG/HEAD SCARF?
This type of writing uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is SATIRE?
At the end of Huckleberry Finn, Ernest Hemingway famously accused Mark Twain of doing this because of Tom Sawyer’s exaggerated return to the plot.
What is “CHEATING”?
A more complex way of understanding a frame narrative builds on the idea of a story within a story so that now we are dealing with a ________ within a ______.
What is PERSPECTIVE?
This writer thinks that the American Dream has become too materialistic.
Who is KELLI GOFF?
This natural event functions both literally and symbolically near the end of the novel, revealing the overwhelming power of nature over human beings.
What is A HURRICANE?
From the ancient Greek, what is the tragic flaw of a hero?
What is HAMARTIA?
Frederick Douglass is reluctant to give credit to children who helped him to learn to read in this kind of a country.
What is a CHRISTIAN country?
This is a technical term that refers to not just a story within a story, but the same story inside of itself.
What is MISE EN ABYME?
This writer thinks that the American Dream is "a fresh start, a new beginning."
Who is BONO?
Near the end of the novel, Janie "pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder." Such a moment calls to mind this literary term.
What is APOTHEOSIS?