Literature 101

Technique-Narrative-Authorial Intrusion

by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ There are few decisions a writer can make that will have a stronger influence on their story than the choice of point of view. The point of view (POV) from which a story is told answers more than the simple question, "Who tells the story?"

What is Point of View? The term "point of view" has many applications, from video game development to the interpretation of art. This page will discuss point of view as it pertains to the study of reading and literature.

"Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!" Recognize the emphasis laid in the previous sentence? The term 'anaphora' originated from the Greek word meaning 'carrying back'. It can be defined as a repetition or a rhetorical device where the same word or phrase is repeated at regular intervals, which could be in the beginning or the middle of a line, a sentence or a clause.

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Looking for examples in books of allegory? The purpose of allegories is to teach or explain an idea or principle.

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Here you will find our graphical timeline representing literary periods & movements, as well as major events or authors from literature history. To learn more about specific eras you can browse back to our Literary Periods page.

The rhetorical strategy of extending a metaphor through an entire narrative so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. Adjective: allegorical. One of the most famous allegories in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678), a tale of Christian salvation.

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William Shakespeare. Biography of William Shakespeare and a searchable collection of works.