Barton and Hudson Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms Reading List

Major Terms

Due Monday, January 23

Antagonist 17

Bildungsroman 27

Protagonist 168

Author 23

Canon 32

Character 35

Genre 92

Mood 124/Tone 291

Poetry 164

Setting 204

Symbol 214

Theme 218

Foreshadowing 90

Allusion 9

Ambiguity 10

Dialogue 56

Epiphany 71

Poetry

Due Monday, Jan 30

Alliteration 8

Caesura 31

Consonant Sound 47

Couplet 48

Free Verse 91

Meter 113

Personification 158

Rhyme 189

Rhythm 192

Sonnet 207

Criticism

Due Wed, Feb 8

Archeype 19

Ethnic Studies 75

Feminist Criticsm 81

Marxist 110

New Criticism/Formalism 132

Phsychological/Fruedian 169

Fiction Terms

Due Wed, Feb 15

Plot 162

Narrative Point of View 127

Epistolary Novel 72

Drama

Due Monday, March 20

Aside 22

Blank Verse 29

Drama 61

Film Editing 85

Oedipus Conflict (For Hamlet) 143

Soliloquy 206

Tragedy 221