A Glossary of Literary TermsAs in the first edition, this work is organized as a series of succinct essays in the alphabetical order of the title term, but it now includes new essays, many drastically recast essays, and expanded and updated lists of suggested readings. |
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... Plot . The plot in a dramatic or narrative work is constituted by its events and actions , as these are rendered and ordered toward achieving particular emo- tional and artistic effects . This description is deceptively simple , because ...
... Plot . The plot in a dramatic or narrative work is constituted by its events and actions , as these are rendered and ordered toward achieving particular emo- tional and artistic effects . This description is deceptively simple , because ...
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... plots which turn largely on the success or failure of an intrigue . As a plot progresses it arouses expectations in the audience or reader about the future course of events and actions and how characters will respond to them . A lack of ...
... plots which turn largely on the success or failure of an intrigue . As a plot progresses it arouses expectations in the audience or reader about the future course of events and actions and how characters will respond to them . A lack of ...
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... plot is the resolution . In many plots the denouement involves a reversal , or in Aristotle's Greek term , peripety , in the protagonist's fortunes , whether to the protago- nist's failure or destruction , as in tragedy , or success ...
... plot is the resolution . In many plots the denouement involves a reversal , or in Aristotle's Greek term , peripety , in the protagonist's fortunes , whether to the protago- nist's failure or destruction , as in tragedy , or success ...
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