Literary awardA literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize).
Canon occidentalLe canon occidental est l'ensemble de la littérature, de la musique, de la philosophie et des œuvres d'art de haute culture qui ont atteint le statut de classiques. Cependant, toutes ces œuvres ne sont pas originaires du monde occidental, et ces œuvres sont également appréciées dans le monde entier. C'est « une certaine tradition intellectuelle occidentale qui va, disons, de Socrate à Wittgenstein en philosophie, et d'Homère à James Joyce en littérature ». Le mot « canon » est dérivé du grec ancien κανών (kanṓn), signifiant un mètre ou un étalon.
Dialogue in writingDialogue, in literature, is a verbal exchange between two or more characters (but can also involve strategic use of silence). If there is only one character talking aloud, it is a monologue. "This breakfast is making me sick," George said. The George said is the identifier. Said is the verb most writers use because reader familiarity with said prevents it from drawing attention to itself. Although other verbs such as ask, shout, or reply are acceptable, some identifiers get in the reader's way.
Fiction writingFiction writing is the composition of non-factual prose texts. Fictional writing often is produced as a story meant to entertain or convey an author's point of view. The result of this may be a short story, novel, novella, screenplay, or drama, which are all types (though not the only types) of fictional writing styles. Different types of authors practice fictional writing, including novelists, playwrights, short story writers, radio dramatists and screenwriters. Fiction#Categories of fiction A genre is the subject matter or category that writers use.
Littérature antiquethumb|250px|Tablette du Déluge de l’Épopée de Gilgamesh, la première œuvre littéraire connue au monde dont on ait le texte. Elle a été retrouvée dans les ruines de la Bibliothèque royale de Ninive. La littérature antique désigne l'ensemble des littératures nées au sein des différentes civilisations antiques dans le monde, soit les œuvres orales ou écrites remarquables par leur esthétique durant l'Antiquité. Dans les premiers temps de l'historiographie européenne, la littérature antique se bornait bien souvent à celle des civilisations grecque et romaine.
Black Mountain poetsThe Black Mountain poets, sometimes called projectivist poets, were a group of mid-20th-century American avant-garde or postmodern poets centered on Black Mountain College in North Carolina. Category: Black Mountain College faculty and Category:Black Mountain College alumni Although it lasted only twenty-three years (1933–1956) and enrolled fewer than 1,200 students, Black Mountain College was one of the most fabled experimental institutions in art education and practice.
Littérature catalaneLa littérature catalane est le nom traditionnellement utilisé pour faire référence à la littérature écrite en langue catalane. La tradition littéraire catalane trouve ses débuts au Moyen Âge et connait un renouveau romantique au , avec la Renaixença, ouvrant alors l'émergence de nouveaux courants littéraires comme le mouvement moderniste ou encore le Noucentisme qui en procède.
Glossary of poetry termsThis is a glossary of poetry. This is a glossary of poetry terms. Accent Vedic accent Cadence: the patterning of rhythm in poetry, or natural speech, without a distinct meter. Line: a unit into which a poem is divided. Line break: the termination of the line of a poem and the beginning of a new line. Metre (or meter): the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Metres are influenced by syllables and their 'weight'. Metrical foot (aka poetic foot): the basic repeating rhythmic unit that forms part of a line of verse in most Indo-European traditions of poetry.
Vignette (literature)A vignette (vɪnˈjɛt, also viːnˈ-) is a French loanword expressing a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time. Vignettes are more focused on vivid imagery and meaning rather than plot. Vignettes can be stand-alone, but they are more commonly part of a larger narrative, such as vignettes found in novels or collections of short stories. Examples of vignettes include Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, Margaret Atwood’s The Female Body, Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, and Alice Walker’s The Flowers.
Genre artistiqueLe genre artistique, dans les arts et lettres, est une classification typologique des œuvres, qui se distingue du (littéraire, architectural ou autre), ainsi que du (littéraire, musical ou autre) et se réfère à un ensemble traditionnel de caractéristiques matérielles, formelles et finales. Cette typologie est généralement associée à un ordre de valeur, comme c'est le cas dans les beaux-arts avec la hiérarchie des genres.
