Narrative Perspectives
Methods of Persuasion
Stylistic Techniques
Common Themes
Literary Movements
| Old English | Middle English |
| The Elizabethan Period | The Restoration and 18th Century |
| The Romantic Period | Gothic Literature |
| The Victorian Era | Modernism |
| The Beat Movement |
Narrative Techniques
| Stream of Consciousness | Character Voice |
| Unreliable Narrator | Epistolary Voice |
| Audience Surrogate | Author Surrogate |
| Breaking the Fourth Wall | Defamiliarization |
| Magical Realism | Multiperspectivity |
Further Terminology
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