Focalization in Narrative: Who Sees, Who Knows, and Who Interprets
A detailed guide to focalization in narrative — definition, types, examples, and how stories control what readers see, know, and judge.
Narrative Technique, Literary Analysis
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Foil Character in Literature: Contrast That Reveals Character
A detailed guide to foil characters in literature — contrast, Hamlet and Laertes, Macbeth and Banquo, Elizabeth and Charlotte, and close reading methods.
Character, Literary Analysis
Foreshadowing and Flashback: How Writers Manipulate Time to Create Meaning
A comprehensive guide to foreshadowing and flashback — how writers use narrative time to build suspense, deepen characterization, and create structural coherence in poetry, fiction, and drama.
Narrative Technique, Close Reading
Frame Narrative: Stories Inside Stories
A detailed guide to frame narrative in literature — definition, structure, examples, and how stories inside stories shape meaning and interpretation.
Narrative Structure, Literary Analysis
Free Indirect Discourse: Blending Narrator and Character Voice
A detailed guide to free indirect discourse in literature — definition, examples, and how third-person narration blends with a character's thoughts, language, and bias.
Narrative Technique, Literary Analysis
Free Verse in Poetry: Freedom, Form, and Modern Rhythm
A detailed guide to free verse in poetry — definition, history, examples, and how poets create rhythm, structure, voice, and meaning without fixed meter or rhyme.
Poetry, Literary Analysis
Genre in Literature: Forms, Conventions, Hybrids, and Reader Expectations
A comprehensive guide to genre in literature — definition, major genres, conventions, forms, modes, hybridity, reader expectations, and examples.
Literary Analysis, Story Elements, Close Reading
Gothic Literature: Terror, Architecture, and the Uncanny
A detailed guide to Gothic literature — definition, history, key features, examples, and how terror, secrets, architecture, and the uncanny shape meaning.
Genres, Literary Analysis