Soliloquy in Drama: Thinking Aloud on Stage
A detailed guide to soliloquy in drama — Shakespeare, interiority, audience complicity, Hamlet, Macbeth, and close reading methods.
Drama, Literary Analysis
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Sonnet in Literature: Fourteen Lines of Argument and Desire
A detailed guide to the sonnet — Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Spenserian, form, volta, and close reading methods.
Poetry, Literary Analysis
Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, and Sound Devices: How Literature Uses the Music of Language
A comprehensive guide to sound devices in literature — onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhyme, and rhythm. How writers use the musical qualities of language to create meaning.
Literary Devices, Poetry
Stanza in Poetry: Form, Movement, and Poetic Architecture
A detailed guide to the stanza in poetry — definition, types, examples, and how stanza form shapes rhythm, structure, argument, emotion, and meaning.
Poetry, Literary Analysis
Stock Characters and Stereotypes: Convention, Comedy, and Risk
A detailed guide to stock characters and stereotypes in literature — commedia dell'arte, archetype vs. stereotype, convention, and close reading methods.
Character, Literary Analysis
Stream of Consciousness: Interior Thought in Modern Fiction
A detailed guide to stream of consciousness in literature — definition, history, major examples, and how writers represent the movement of inner thought.
Narrative Technique, Literary Analysis
Structuralism and Semiotics in Literature: Signs, Systems, and Meaning
A detailed guide to structuralism and semiotics in literature — definition, key thinkers, signs, codes, examples, and how meaning works through systems and difference.
Literary Theory, Literary Analysis
The Subaltern in Literature: Voice, Silence, and Power
A detailed guide to the subaltern in literature — Spivak, Gramsci, representation, silence, mediation, and close reading methods for postcolonial texts.
Literary Theory, Literary Analysis