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Southern Gothic
supernatural, ironic, unusual events. Southern ex. "A Rose for Emily" TERM 2
MInamalism
DEFINITION 2 bare stark use of vocabulary. short senbtences. ex. "Cathedral" TERM 3
Metafiction
DEFINITION 3 selfconscience fiction. lets the audience be privy to what is happening in the story. ex. "The Things They Carried" TERM 4
Farce
DEFINITION 4 improbable situations and broad satire. ex. "Greasy Lake" TERM 5
Harlem Renaissance
DEFINITION 5 African American movement in early 2oth century. ex. "Sonny's Blues"
Epiphany
An "Ah ha" realization. ex. "Cathedral" TERM 7
Grotesque
DEFINITION 7 Emily is this. ex. "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" & " A Rose for Emily" TERM 8
Allusion
DEFINITION 8 reference to another work of fiction, work of art, or some other work. TERM 9
Catharsis
DEFINITION 9 Emotional purging. ex. Jimmy Croos burning pictures and letters from Martha. TERM 10
Irony
DEFINITION 10 A contrast between what is suppose to happen, and what does happen.
Thesis
Main argument. TERM 17
Theme
DEFINITION 17 Old south vs. new south maint point of work of fiction. TERM 18
Simile
DEFINITION 18 "Like" os "as" TERM 19
Metaphor
DEFINITION 19 comarison without "like" or "as". TERM 20
Narrative voice
DEFINITION 20 perspective of one telling story. 1st person "I" 2nd person "You" 3rd person "They"
