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Terms for subject Literature (1061 entries)
coursework Essays or work done in a student's own time, rather than in examination conditions. The mark from coursework contributes to a candidate's overall grade or qualification.
courtly love A type of idealised love portrayed in literature of the Middle Ages. The lovers are always of a high social class, and their love is ennobling, although outside marriage.
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Creole A native language, which merges together the traits of several languages, i.e. an advanced and fully formed pidgin. In the American South, black slaves were taken from a variety of African tribes sharing no language. Thus, on the plantation they developed first a pidgin (limited and simplified) version of English with heavy Portuguese and African influences. This pidgin allowed slaves some rudimentary communication with each other and with their slave masters. In time, they lost their original African languages and the mixed speech became the native tongue of their children, a Creole.
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crime novel The term covers both detective fiction and other kinds of crime stories.
critical reading Careful analysis of a piece of writing. see close reading.
criticism Refers to the concept of analysis, evaluation and interpretation of literature.
critique A detailed analysis of a work.
crossed rhyme A pattern of rhyming of abab.
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cyberpunk A genre of science fiction.
cyfarwydd Story teller, from the Welsh.
dactyl A three syllable foot which is accented on the first syllable. An example of this would be the word "merrily," which is spoken: MER - ri - ly
Daniel Defoe Born around 1659, Defoe died on the 24 April 1731. Originally Daniel Foe, this English writer and journalist was crucial to the success of the novel form. He achieved great success through his novel Robinson Crusoe.
dark lady sonnets A number of sonnets written by Shakespeare (sonnet numbers 127-152) addressing a dark lady (a reference due to her colouring) It is unknown whether she is an actual person, someone Shakespeare knew or a fictional character.
dative A grammatical case.
dead language An extinct language where there are no longer native speakers of the language.
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