Definitions of somes literary terms
A. English religious literature
1-Thomas Gramner: “---“A book of common prayer”
2-John Bungan: “---“Grace abounding”
B. Definitions
1-A parody: It is aA literary work that imitatesimitate another in order to turn it or hold it up to ridicule.
2-A treatise: AIt is a formal account in writing, treating systematically of some subjectssubject.
3-A fabliau: A short metrical tale usually comic, frankly coarse, often cynical, It is a popular short narrative poem in the 12th and 13th centuries in Europe.
4-Pamphlet: AIt is a short essay or treatise usually on a current topic single subject usually published without a binding.
5-Satire: AIt is a literary work in which human vice andor folly areis attacked through irony and derision or wit.
6-Picaresque: Of belonging to or characteristicscharacteristic of a literary genre in which the rogue -hero and his escapade are depicted with broad realism and satire.
7-Ode: AIt is a poem suited to be set to music and chanted or sung originally with a chorus moving rhythmically.
8-Idealism: A philosophical concept according to which things, exist only through our thoughts and ideas.
9-Stanza: A group of poetic verses.
10-Sonnet: A fourteen line poetic form usually makes up of an octave and a sestet embodying the statement and the resolutiondeclaration of a single theme.
11-Fable:It is a narration enforcing some useful truth, A short metrical tale in writing especially one in which animals speak and act like human beings.
12-Essay:It is a short A literary composition on a single subject usually presenting the point of view of the author.
13-Blank verse: A verseVerse that has no rhymesrhyme or free verse. 14-Preciosity: The use of a special language to saydescribe one simple thing.
15-Rogue-hero: SomeoneA person who goes around and defends weak people against the strongest ones.
16-realism: Describing things the way they are.
17-Utopia: An imaginary social and political and
1-Thomas Gramner: “---“A book of common prayer”
2-John Bungan: “---“Grace abounding”
B. Definitions
1-A parody: It is aA literary work that imitatesimitate another in order to turn it or hold it up to ridicule.
2-A treatise: AIt is a formal account in writing, treating systematically of some subjectssubject.
3-A fabliau: A short metrical tale usually comic, frankly coarse, often cynical, It is a popular short narrative poem in the 12th and 13th centuries in Europe.
4-Pamphlet: AIt is a short essay or treatise usually on a current topic single subject usually published without a binding.
5-Satire: AIt is a literary work in which human vice andor folly areis attacked through irony and derision or wit.
6-Picaresque: Of belonging to or characteristicscharacteristic of a literary genre in which the rogue -hero and his escapade are depicted with broad realism and satire.
7-Ode: AIt is a poem suited to be set to music and chanted or sung originally with a chorus moving rhythmically.
8-Idealism: A philosophical concept according to which things, exist only through our thoughts and ideas.
9-Stanza: A group of poetic verses.
10-Sonnet: A fourteen line poetic form usually makes up of an octave and a sestet embodying the statement and the resolutiondeclaration of a single theme.
11-Fable:It is a narration enforcing some useful truth, A short metrical tale in writing especially one in which animals speak and act like human beings.
12-Essay:It is a short A literary composition on a single subject usually presenting the point of view of the author.
13-Blank verse: A verseVerse that has no rhymesrhyme or free verse. 14-Preciosity: The use of a special language to saydescribe one simple thing.
15-Rogue-hero: SomeoneA person who goes around and defends weak people against the strongest ones.
16-realism: Describing things the way they are.
17-Utopia: An imaginary social and political and