Cenlit review

Language

Language

critics believe there has to be enough words for it to be considered literature

Connotation

not literal/symbolic meaning

Denotation

dictionary meaning

defamiliarization

presenting "normal" things in a new/innovative way

Aesthetic

literary conventions like metaphors, simile, symbolisms, etc

21st century literature

literary works made in the 2000s

Plot

sequence of events in a story

Story

Narrative of events arranged in their time sequence

Are Mangas, illustrated novels, and doodle fiction considered 21st century literature

Yes

Denouement

Resolution of a story

Pyramid used in plotting events

Freytag Pyramid

Invented Material

Material that does not exist in the real world

Stylized Material

Writer having artistic control over their work

Factual accuracy

Literature containing real/true descriptions of people, places, or events

Indirectly stated ideas

Using literary conventions to indirectly give the idea

Directly stated ideas

Communicating true ideas about life

Making the readers feel what the literature is expression

Literature is experiential

Intertextual

relates to other works of literature

When does the 21st century literature era begin

2000s

How was literature defined by new critics

focused on structure and must contain all components of a literature for it to be considered.

How is literature defined in the modern era

Focuses on themes