| A | B |
|---|
| picaresque | life story of a rascal making living through his wits |
| propaganda | deals with special social, political, economic, or moral issues |
| Gothic | magic, mystery, and chivalry are the chief characteristics. |
| apprentice | experiences of a youth learning the nature of the world |
| stream-of-consciousness | reproduce the unconscious flow of emotions |
| epistolary | novel told through letters |
| Kunstlerroman | an artist is struggling from childhood to maturity to understand his/her creative mission |
| roman a clef | Actual persons are persented under the guise of fiction |
| psychological | emphasis on interior characterization, motives, and circumstances--the WHY |
| plagiarism | literary theft |
| nom de plume | pen name (not author's real name) |
| tanka | extended haiku-31 syllables |
| novel of manners | dominated by social customs, manners, habits of a definite social class |
| novel of incident | episodic action dominates |
| novel of sensibility | characters have heightened emotional response to events |
| novel of the soil | lives of people struggling for existence in remote rural sections |
| novel of character | emphasizes character rather than exciting spisode |
