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226:Georg Lukács
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1779:Tellability
1745:Metafiction
1740:Narratology
1512:Theological
1404:Pop culture
1285:Short story
1263:Epic poetry
984:Time travel
797:Red herring
782:Plot device
753:Frame story
706:Cliffhanger
649:Tritagonist
624:Protagonist
320:Schoff 1956
296:Lawton 1943
284:Lawton 1943
248:Lawton 1943
209:Shakespeare
197:Jean Racine
176:Greek drama
143:protagonist
1799:Categories
1665:Continuity
1534:Nonfiction
1498:Underwater
1394:Picaresque
1369:Historical
1354:Epistolary
1226:Fairy tale
1137:Peripeteia
1119:Exposition
875:Dreamworld
817:Stereotype
787:Plot twist
535:Antagonist
444:: 229–46.
233:References
160:monologues
135:confidante
18:Confidante
1556:Narration
1505:Superhero
1429:Chivalric
1414:Religious
1399:Political
1334:Adventure
1319:Biography
1241:Tall tale
1089:Structure
1074:Symbolism
1042:Narration
942:Leitmotif
870:Crossover
865:Backstory
822:Story arc
772:MacGuffin
743:Flashback
684:Backstory
560:Confidant
540:Archenemy
527:Character
519:Narrative
481:confidant
180:Euripides
46:confidant
32:confident
1762:Glossary
1757:Rhetoric
1564:Diegesis
1544:Creative
1517:Thriller
1466:Southern
1384:Paranoid
1379:Nautical
1290:Vignette
1248:Gamebook
1216:Folklore
1123:Protasis
1002:Allegory
947:Metaphor
905:parallel
900:universe
880:Dystopia
837:Suspense
723:Dialogue
711:Conflict
619:Narrator
591:Hamartia
1692:Prequel
1648:Related
1634:Present
1527:Western
1483:Science
1456:Fantasy
1424:Romance
1374:Mystery
1359:Ergodic
1324:Fiction
1280:Parable
1275:Novella
1205:Fabliau
1176:Premise
1027:Imagery
1017:Diction
895:country
852:Setting
832:Subplot
654:Villain
607:Byronic
429:2866115
379:3717370
341:Sources
219:Horatio
191:Orestes
166:History
147:doctors
141:whom a
1696:Sequel
1680:Retcon
1675:Reboot
1639:Future
1473:Horror
1461:Gothic
1446:Satire
1364:Erotic
1231:Legend
1133:Climax
1007:Bathos
914:Utopia
802:Reveal
701:Cliché
679:Action
673:Ab ovo
612:Tragic
427:
377:
214:Hamlet
185:Hecuba
1703:Genre
1670:Canon
1621:Tense
1539:Novel
1522:Urban
1434:Prose
1419:Rogue
1344:Crime
1339:Comic
1300:Genre
1270:Novel
1221:Fable
1199:Drama
1164:films
994:Style
962:Motif
952:Moral
937:Irony
929:Theme
842:Trope
425:JSTOR
375:JSTOR
139:story
1708:List
1629:Past
1488:Hard
1441:Saga
1349:Docu
1305:List
1236:Myth
1191:Form
1079:Tone
1052:Hook
1037:Mood
1032:Mode
890:city
777:Pace
664:Plot
602:Anti
597:Hero
580:Foil
199:and
153:Role
44:The
1097:Act
446:doi
417:doi
367:doi
89:or
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