SAT Literature Terms(문학용어) 요점 정리 (A ~ C)
다음에 정리된 단어들은 학자들이나 문학비평가, 작가들이 자주 사용하는 문학용어들입니다.
English Literature과목을 공부하는 학생들이나, SAT를 준비하는 학생들은 기억해야 할 단어들 입니다.
abstract : An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship(발췌문)
adage : A saying or proverb containing a truth(격언)
allegory : A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surfa
ce(풍유, 우화)
alliteration : The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words(두운법)
allusion : A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect(암시)
ambiguity : A vagueness of meaning (의미의 불명확성)
anachronism : A person, scene, event in literature that fails to correspond with time(시대착오성)
analogy : A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things(유사성, 유추법)
annotation : A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text (요약문)
antagonist : A character or force in a work that produces tension or conflict (주인공에 대립하는 적)
antithesis : A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences (대조법, 대구법)
Apollonian : In contrast to Dioysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior (신의 성품을 가진 인간)
apostrophe : A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present (돈호법;사람의 이름을 부르는것)
archetype : An abstract or ideal conception of a type (대표적인 예)
assonance : The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines of a poem(유사한 음률)
bard : A poet (고대의 시인, 방랑시인)
bombast : Inflated , pretentious language used for trivial subjects (과장된 표현)
burlesque : A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject (익살 연극; 희화)
cacophony : Grating, inharmonious sounds (불협화음)
ceasura : A pause somewhere in the middle of an verse (운문 중간에 정지, 쉼)
canon : The works considered most important in a national literature or period (대표작)
caricature : A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things (풍자 표현)
carpe diem : “sieze the day”; enjoy life while you can (‘할 수 있을때 즐겨라’의 의미로 문학의 주제로 사용)
catharsis : A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity (감정의 순화)
climax : The highest point of a story (절정, 최고조)
conceit: A witty or ingenious thought (재치있는 사고)