[강호민의 SAT 뒤집어보기] 영어문학용어 (Literary and Rhetorical Terms) 정리: O ~ W

문학가들이나 비평가들이 사용하는 문학용어를 정리한 내용입니다. 많은 단어들이 실제 SAT시험이나 AP English Literature시험과 직접 관련이 있으니 참고하시기 바랍니다.

Omniscient narrator : a narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, and all other elements of the story (전지적 작가)

Onomatopoeia : the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning (의성법, 성유법)

Oxymoron : a term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect (모순어법)

Parable : a story from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived (우화)

Paradox : a statement that seems self-contradictory but is true (반어법)

Parody : an imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject (풍
자)

Pastoral : a work of literature dealing with rural life (전원적인)

Pathos : an element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow (비애감, 연민)

Persona : the role or fa?ade that a character assumes to a reader (등장인물의 역할)

Personification : a figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics (의인화)

Picaresque novel : an episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits (악한을 주제로 한 소설)

Point of view : the relation in which a narrator stands to the story or subject matter of a poem (관점)

Protagonist : the main character in a work of literature (주인공)

Pseudonym : a false name or alias used by writers (가짜이름, 가명)

Pulp fiction : novels written for mass consumption, often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots (싸구려 통속소설)

Pun : a humorous play on words, using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings (동음이어를 사용한 말장난)

Roma a clef : French for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction (실화소설)

Rhetorical stance : language that conveys a speaker’s attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject (수사학적 태도)

Sarcasm : a sharp, caustic expression or remark (풍자)

Simile : a figurative comparison using the words like or as (직유법)

Stream of consciousness : a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind (의식의 흐름)

Theme : the main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built. (테마, 주제)

Verisimilitude : similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is (사실적표현)

Voice : the real or assumed personality used by a writer (작가의 성향)

Wit : the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness (위트)

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