English 2 Honors Literary Terms

Greek meaning, "to speak in other terms" 6

A work of art intending to be meaningful on at least two levels of understanding: typically, a literal level and an abstract (moral) level 6

Characters journey may be appreciated not only as their physical progress through time and space but also their spiritual progress or moral development toward heaven and salvation 6

Characters that are often personifications of qualities, concepts, or types 6

In these, characters and actions may be understood to represent the author's interpretation of political or historical figures and events 6

In these, characters and actions may serve to comment on philosophical principles or belief systems 6

This word is most often employed to describe a narrative poem composed in short stanzas 25

The term derives from a medieval French word meaning "dancing song," which suggests he popular or folk origins of this oral form 25

A quatrain (4 lines) with an abab or abcb rhyme scheme, is adapted to both dancing and singing 25

These tell a story embodying folk wisdom or depicting heroic adventures 25

A pattern in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable 25

This tradition is commonly thought to have originated with the troubadours: traveling singers and poets who flourished durning the twelfth century in Provence. The songs and poems of the troubadours were characterized by protestsations of love and infatuation 50

The incidence of this in stories, poems, and plays that take up courtly love motifs may seem to contradict the idea of spiritualized love. However, sexual relations between the lovers are often treated as sins necessary for ultimate redemption and receiving grace. Moreover, this is treated as a kind of refined behavior because it is usually limited to the upper classes 51

The Greek verb meaning, "to show or to manifest" 71

Refers to the appearance or manifestation of a deity 71