People read fiction mainly for pleasure, however, a writer can derive increased pleasure the more he knows about his subject. A writer should be aware of different types of novels and should be able to recognize certain attributes in fiction. You may have never have heard of a certain myth, but you certainly can appreciate it better and discuss it more intelligently if you understand some technical terms associated with it.
- alienation
- allegory
- anachronism
- anti-hero
- characterization
- coincidence
- epistolary novel
- existentialism
- flashback
- Gothic novel
- irony of fate
- local color
- motivation
- naturalism
- novel
- novelette
- picaresque novel
- plot
- point of view
- protagonist
- realism
- satire
- science fiction
- sentimentalism
- setting
- social criticism
- setting
- social criticism
- stream of consciousness
- suspense
- Victorian novel
- whodunit
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