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Short and descriptive story telling
A vignette (/vɪnˈjɛt/ , also /viːn-/) is a French loanword expressing a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time. Vignettes
Vignette_(literature)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up vignette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vignette may refer to: Vignettes (Marilyn Crispell album), 2007 Vignettes (Ray Drummond album), 1995
Vignette
Depiction of everyday experience in art and entertainment
teeth, and simplistic human rendering." Iyashikei Mimesis Mumblecore Vignette (literature) American Splendor Costumbrismo Seinfeld King of the Hill Joe Pera
Slice_of_life
Literature written in or related to the United States
American literature is literature written or produced in the United States and in the British colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition
American_literature
Literary genre
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Prose_poetry
Literary genre
The term erotic literature refers to fictional or factual stories and accounts of eros (passionate, romantic, or sexual relationships) intended to sexually
Erotic_literature
Vice (character) - Victorian literature - Vignette (literature) - Villain/villainess - Villanelle - Virelai - Volta (literature) War poet - Whodunit Yellow
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Brief work of prose fiction
society". Novels portal Literature portal Conte (literature) Conte cruel Literary magazine Minisaga Sketch story Vignette (literature) "Short story – Emergence
Short_story
Genres of literature that explore social and political structures
Eschatological literature is a form of literature that can go hand-in-hand with dystopian literature. This is a form of literature that specifically
Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction
Character who contrasts with another character of a narrative work
window. L. Stuart. ISBN 978-0-8184-0255-5. Retrieved 3 March 2013. "foil | literature | Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015
Foil_(narrative)
Detailed medical report on a patient
describe an unusual or novel occurrence. Some case reports also contain a literature review of other reported cases. Case reports are professional narratives
Case_report
Central topic, subject, or message within a narrative
statement being "what the work says about the subject". Some common themes in literature are love, war, revenge, betrayal, grace, isolation, parenthood, forgiveness
Theme_(narrative)
Literary genre
In literature, psychological fiction (also psychological realism) is a narrative genre that emphasizes interior characterization and motivation to explore
Psychological_fiction
Type of fictional character
been identified in classical Greek drama, Roman satire, and Renaissance literature such as Don Quixote and the picaresque rogue. An anti-hero that fits the
Antihero
Written works of art
English literature Gujarati literature Hindi literature Kannada literature Kashmiri literature Konkani literature Malayalam literature Maithili literature Meitei
Outline_of_literature
Representation that conveys deeper meaning
In works of art, literature, and narrative, a symbol is a concrete element like an object, character, image, situation, or action that suggests or hints
Artistic_symbol
Literature written in the Bengali language
support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Bengali literature (Bengali: বাংলা সাহিত্য, romanized: Bangla Shahittô) denotes the body
Bengali_literature
Dramatic principle
Chekhov's Art: A stylistic analysis. Ardis. Daniel S. Burt (2008). The literature 100: A ranking of the most influential novelists, playwrights, and poets
Chekhov's_gun
Narrator whose credibility is compromised
In literature, film, and other such arts, an unreliable narrator is a narrator who cannot be trusted or whose credibility is compromised. As a narrative
Unreliable_narrator
Narrative device used in literature
while interior monologue is the technique for presenting it". And for literature, "while an interior monologue always presents a character's thoughts 'directly'
Stream_of_consciousness
Academic discipline
Philosophy and literature involves the literary treatment of philosophers and philosophical themes (the literature of philosophy), and the philosophical
Philosophy_and_literature
Literature written in the Egyptian language
the oldest corpus of Egyptian literature. Along with Sumerian literature, it is considered the world's earliest literature. Writing in ancient Egypt—both
Ancient_Egyptian_literature
Aspect of literature
science fiction Simulated reality Utopia Virtual reality British regional literature Index of fictional places Landscape List of fictional universes Setting
Setting_(narrative)
Literary website founded by Thomas Beller
It publishes original, previously unpublished non-fiction essays and vignettes. It was one of the first websites to use a map as a way of organizing
Mr._Beller's_Neighborhood
Recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story
imagery, structural components, language, and other elements throughout literature. Symbolism is often expressed through motifs. For instance, the flute
Motif_(narrative)
Main enemy of someone
In literature, an archenemy (sometimes spelled as arch-enemy) or archnemesis is the main enemy of the protagonist—or sometimes, one of the other main
Archenemy
Genre of prose fiction with a roguish hero
for more than 200 years and it continues to have an influence on modern literature and fiction. According to the traditional view of Thrall and Hibbard (first
Picaresque_novel
Character of a work actively opposing the protagonist
into direct conflict and to do so again and again throughout the story." Literature portal Archenemy – Main enemy of someone Boss (video games) – Significant
Antagonist
Manner of expression in writing
In literature, writing style is the manner of expressing thought in language characteristic of an individual, period, school, or nation. Thus, style is
Writing_style
Ancient Norse prose stories and histories
Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture, ed. by Rory Mcturk (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005), pp. 27–42. "Clothing In Norse Literature (HistoriskeDragter.dk)"
Saga
Type of narrative convention
In literature, fiction, and narrative broadly, a convention or trope (among other meanings) may refer to any type of situation, character, plot structure
Genre_convention
Allowing imagination when reading or viewing a fictional story
a modern, enlightened audience would continue to enjoy such types of literature. Coleridge observed that his work, such as his contributions to the Lyrical
Suspension_of_disbelief
A creative figure's attitude toward both a subject and also an audience
In literature, the tone of a literary work expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. The concept of a work's
Tone_(literature)
Written or spoken commentary
spontaneous conversational narratives than in written literature, though it is sometimes used in literature to give a sense of immediacy of the actions. Screenplay
Narration
Category of literary composition
A literary genre is a category of literature. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or length (especially for fiction). They generally
Literary_genre
Background information within a narrative
characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. In literature, exposition appears in the form of expository writing embedded within
Exposition_(narrative)
Literary award
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes are an American literary award which offers unrestricted grants in four categories, namely fiction
Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes
Windham–Campbell_Literature_Prizes
Prediction that causes itself to become true
term "self-fulfilling prophecy" made its first appearance in educational literature in the 1960s, when African-American psychologist Kenneth B. Clark studied
Self-fulfilling_prophecy
Artistic movement
developed the literatura costumbrista (literature of manners), which manifested itself in the cuadro de costumbres, or vignette of everyday life, a short prose
Romanticism in Spanish literature
Romanticism_in_Spanish_literature
Creatives' use of symbolism or figurative language to add depth to their work
State Guide to English Literary Terms. Oregon State School of Writing, Literature and Film. Retrieved 28 April 2023. Paudyal, Homa Nath Sharma (2023-07-17)
Imagery
Main character of a creative work
BAR. pp. 101–112. Retrieved 7 July 2025. Müller, K.O. History of the literature of Ancient Greece. [Library of Useful Knowledge.] Society for the Diffusion
Protagonist
Genre of fiction including science fiction, horror and fantasy
ordinary real world. The term speculative fiction has been used for works of literature, film, television, drama, video games, radio, and hybrid media. The umbrella
Speculative_fiction
Narrative technique
story inside the main plot-line. The technique is common in electronic literature, and particularly in hypertext fiction, and is also well-established in
Nonlinear_narrative
Romance, horror and death literary genre
their works as well. Gothic aesthetics continued to be used in Victorian literature in novels by Charles Dickens and the Brontë sisters, as well as in works
Gothic_fiction
Story plot device
(October 2003). "Hitchcock's Macguffin In the Works of David Mamet". Literature Film Quarterly. 31 (4): 270–275. JSTOR 43797135.{{cite journal}}: CS1
MacGuffin
Style of literary fiction and art
Literature", Luis Leal explains the difference between magic literature and magical realism, stating that, "Magical realism is not magic literature either
Magical_realism
Genre of electronic literature
genre of electronic literature characterized by the use of hypertext links that provide a new context for non-linearity in literature and reader interaction
Hypertext_fiction
Element of story structure
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Denouement
Literary genre
introduction of space operas, dystopian literature, and pulp magazines. Science fiction has come to influence not only literature, but also film, television, and
Science_fiction
Account that presents connected events
human creativity, art, and entertainment, including speech (oral literature), literature, theatre, dance, music and song, comics, journalism, animation
Narrative
(more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms, etc.) based on
List_of_writing_genres
Plot device wherein a fictional character is preserved from harm
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Plot_armor
1984 novel by Sandra Cisneros
by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing
The_House_on_Mango_Street
Genre of fiction about fiction
relationship between literature and reality, life and art. Although metafiction is most commonly associated with postmodern literature that developed in
Metafiction
Type of antihero often characterized by isolation and contemplation
other later 19th-century examples of Byronic heroes. In later Victorian literature, the Byronic character only seemed to survive as a solitary figure, resigned
Byronic_hero
Narrative technique
res is a stylistic convention of epic poetry, the exemplars in Western literature being the Iliad and the Odyssey (both 7th century BC), by Homer. Likewise
In_medias_res
Narrative technique
Barrymore) in Scream is killed in the first fifteen minutes. An example in literature and television is Ned Stark in the Game of Thrones franchise, who is killed
Plot_twist
Type of universe in which works written by multiple writers are set
""Blown To Atoms or Reshaped At Will": Recent Books About Comics". College Literature. 32: 166. doi:10.1353/lit.2005.0004. S2CID 143968817. THE MERCHANT OF
Shared_universe
Story with long setup and no payoff
ISBN 0-525-32410-0. Todd, Jane Marie (1992). "Balzac's Shaggy Dog Story". Comparative Literature. 44 (3): 268–279. doi:10.2307/1770857. ISSN 0010-4124. JSTOR 1770857.
Shaggy_dog_story
This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts. Genre is the
List_of_genres
Point of highest tension in narrative
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Climax_(narrative)
Separation of performers and audience
in which the enigmatic author – who portrays herself – interrupts the vignettes onscreen to address the audience directly. Oliver Hardy often broke the
Fourth_wall
Literary element of challenge that stands in the way of a goal
theory of literary conflict developed in European and European diaspora literature starting in the 20th century. It is often applied to other stories, framing
Conflict_(narrative)
Second most important character in a narrative
In literature, the deuteragonist (/ˌdjuːtəˈræɡənɪst/ DEW-tə-RAG-ə-nist; from Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs) 'second actor') or secondary
Deuteragonist
Literary manner not tied to a particular form
In literature and other artistic media, a mode is an unspecific critical term usually designating a broad but identifiable kind of literary method, mood
Mode_(literature)
Body of works written in the Telugu language
Sonti Venkata Suryanarayana (1999). Vignettes of Telugu Literature: A Concise History of Classical Telugu Literature. Jyeshtha Literary Trust. p. 57. Knipe
Telugu_literature
Style of fiction storytelling involving narration
narrators, existents, actors—are characterized in terms of diegesis. In literature, discussions of diegesis tend to concern discourse/sjužet (in Russian
Diegesis
Novel written as a series of letters
The Handmaid's Tale." Writing the Female Voice: Essays on Epistolary Literature (1989): 221-244. Ashworth, Jenn; Richard V. Hirst (14 June 2017). "Top
Epistolary_novel
Dramatic structure
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Three-act_structure
Literature originating in the Kashmir region
The Literature of Kashmir has a long history with the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author
Literature_of_Kashmir
Tendency to interpret vague statements as meaningful ones
brief personality vignette based on their test results. One week later Forer gave each student a purportedly individualized vignette and asked each of
Barnum_effect
Plot device
the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature "the nature of superhero origin stories and how the writing of these origin
Origin_story
Interjected scene that takes a narrative back in time
cohere a story, develop a character, or add structure to the narrative. In literature, internal analepsis is a flashback to an earlier point in the narrative;
Flashback_(narrative)
Overly competent fictional character
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Mary_Sue
Genre of prose fiction
microfiction Irish short story Literary journal Minisaga Sketch story Tall tale Vignette Collins English Dictionary 2014. Encyclopedia Britannica 1999. Carruthers
Conte_(literature)
Genre of narrative presented in a long format
novels, and video games. Epic poetry dates back millennia to works of literature predating Ancient Greece or the Hebrew Bible, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic_(genre)
Third most important character of a narrative
In literature, the tritagonist (from Ancient Greek τριταγωνιστής (tritagōnistḗs) 'third actor') or tertiary main character is the third most important
Tritagonist
Reversal of circumstances, turning point
περιπέτεια) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point, within a work of literature. Aristotle, in his Poetics, defines peripeteia as "a change by which the
Peripeteia
Literary genre
back to the 19th century as realist and modern authors began writing literature that reflected a changing urban society. City novels of yesteryear that
Urban_fiction
Genre of literature, film, and television
Aristotle in his book Poetics, suspense is an important building block of literature, and this is an important convention in the thriller genre. Thriller music
Thriller_(genre)
Literary term; the physical movement of the characters
In literature, action is the physical movement of the characters. "Action is the mode [that] fiction writers use to show what is happening at any given
Action_(narrative)
Literary genre
the later part of 1933. The genre of mystery novels is a young form of literature that has developed since the early 19th century. The rise of literacy
Mystery_fiction
Style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity
Steve Almond, Barbara Henning, and Grant Faulkner. Spanish-speaking literature has many authors of microstories, including Augusto Monterroso ("El Dinosaurio")
Flash_fiction
Atmosphere of a narrative
feels about it. Tone and mood are not the same. The tone of a piece of literature is the speaker's or narrator's attitude towards the subject, rather than
Mood_(narrative)
Community or society that is undesirable or frightening
entertainment. In the 2010s, there was a surge of popular dystopian young adult literature and blockbuster films. Some have commented on this trend, saying that
Dystopia
Short, constantly recurring musical phrase
recurring theme (whether or not subject to developmental transformation) in literature, or (metaphorically) the life of a fictional character or a real person
Leitmotif
Visual and design aspects of a theatre production
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Mise-en-scène
Story in a nested narration that brackets one or more embedded stories
Sailor, and The Eloquent Peasant. Other early examples are from Indian literature, including the Sanskrit epics Mahabharata, Ramayana, Panchatantra, Syntipas's
Frame_story
Interjected scene that takes a narrative forward in time
the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent
Flashforward
Narrative technique
The technique applies equally to nonfiction and all forms of fiction, literature including haiku and Imagist poetry in particular, speech, movie making
Show,_don't_tell
Stock character in literary works
A swashbuckler is a genre of European adventure literature that focuses on a heroic protagonist stock character who is skilled in swordsmanship, acrobatics
Swashbuckler
contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word literature means "acquaintance
List_of_21st-century_writers
Old English poem
exist, including that the vignette is part of a well integrated narrative sequence and concerns Niðhad. The fourth vignette presents the thirty-year reign
Deor
Device to resolve the plot of a dramatic work
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Deus_ex_machina
1923 novel by Jean Toomer
structured as a series of vignettes revolving around the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignettes alternate in structure
Cane_(novel)
Long fictional narrative story
literature holds a larger market share. Romance fiction had an estimated $1.375 billion share in the US book market in 2007. Inspirational literature/religious
Novel
Literary genre
completely imaginary realms and creatures. The genre's roots lie in fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various
Fantasy
Body of work primarily from New England
Franco-American literature is a body of work, in English and French, by French-Canadian American authors "who were born in New England...born in Canada
Franco-American_literature
Message that is conveyed or lesson to be learned from a story or event
Moral tales were one of the main purposes of literature during 1780–1830, especially in children's literature. Part of the reason for this was the writings
Moral
Extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media
Serial Sjuzhet Storytelling "Narrative Arc – What is Narrative Arc in Literature?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved August 10, 2023. "Friends of Friends". Time. Vol
Story_arc
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