Literary Concepts and Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the lecture transcript covering symbols, narrative elements, vocabulary terms, and definitions.

Symbolism

The use of objects, characters, colors, or actions to represent cleeper, abstract concepts beyond their literal meaning.

Universal symbols

Concepts widely understood across cultures.

Contextual symbols

Meanings specifically assigned by an author within their own narrative.

Main character

Faces conflict, undergoes a physical or emotional journey, and displays courage self-sacrafre, or moral integrity.

Zenith

The highest point or peak of something. In astronomy, it refers to the imaginary paint in the sky directly above an observer.

Terrain

The physical feautures, shape or lay of a piece of land.

Alchemist

A practitioner of alchemy, an ancient philosophical and pseudoscientific tradition focused on the transmutation of matter.

Omen

An event or sign that people believe predicts the future. It can hint a good or bad things to come, though people often use it to warm of danger on bad luck.

Abashed

A sudden loss of confidence or poise that makes you feel uneasy and self-conscious.

Infidel

Broadly defined a person who has no religious faith, or someone who rejects or does not believe in the centeral tenets of a praticular, typically clominantircision.

Lamenting

Showing or expressing deep sadness, gree or regret about something. It comes from verb lament, means mourn a loss, complain of bad situation.