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Distinctions are made according to features of construction , subject matter and theme , on the one hand , as well as function or mode of expression on the other . Calling a work of literature a novel describes its general form or ...
Distinctions are made according to features of construction , subject matter and theme , on the one hand , as well as function or mode of expression on the other . Calling a work of literature a novel describes its general form or ...
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They often share constructional features , subject matter and themes derived from the epic , romance , allegory and satire , but they remain distinctively separate from them . The novel was the first of the two to develop and from the ...
They often share constructional features , subject matter and themes derived from the epic , romance , allegory and satire , but they remain distinctively separate from them . The novel was the first of the two to develop and from the ...
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In addition to raising the level of importance or completeness of expression through parallels of stylistic devices and subject matter , it is also possible to create an ironic style in which figurative inversions or oppositions of ...
In addition to raising the level of importance or completeness of expression through parallels of stylistic devices and subject matter , it is also possible to create an ironic style in which figurative inversions or oppositions of ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
Copyright | |
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