Here is a glossary that explains words related to literature, books and edition careers.
analepsis
noun
A flashback (sometimes called an analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory.
Example: There is an analepsis in the story
en: analepse
analysis
noun
Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
Example: There's several types of literary analysis.
en: analyse
autodiegetic
adjective
Pertaining to a narrator who is also the protagonist.
Example: the narrator is autodiegetic.
en: autodiégétique
developmental editor
noun
Developmental editors (DEs) are concerned with the structure and content of your book. If your manuscript lacks focus, your DE will help you find the right direction—the “right” direction generally being the most marketable.
Example: I am a developmental editor
en: éditeur de développement
diegesis
noun
Diegesis is a style of fiction storytelling which presents an interior view of a world in which the narrator presents the actions
Example: We will look at the construction of the diegesis.
en: diégèse
editor in chief
noun
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
Example: I am the editor in chief
en: éditeur en chef
ellipsis
noun
Ellipsis is the narrative device of omitting a portion of the sequence of events, allowing the reader to fill in the narrative gaps. Aside from its literary use, the ellipsis has a counterpart in film production. It is there to suggest an action by simply showing what happens before and after what is observed.
Example: There is an ellipsis in the story
en: éllipse
heterodiegetic
adjective
Of or relating to a narrator that does not take part in the plot. A heterodiegetic narrator is a narrator who is telling the story from outside of it, not as an actor or participant in the story.
Example: the narrator is heterodiegetic
en: hétérodiégétique
homodiegetic
adjective
Of or relating to the narrator of a dramatic work who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.
Example: the narrator is homodiegetic.
en: homodiégétique
intertextuality
noun
Intertextuality is the shaping of a text's meaning by another text, either through deliberate compositional strategies such as quotation, allusion, calque, plagiarism, translation, pastiche or parody, or by interconnections between similar or related works perceived by an audience or reader of the text.
Example: There's intertextuality because the author refer to a song that exists.
en: intertextualité
low angle
adjective + noun
in a comic, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up.
Example: This panel has a low angle view
en: vue en contre-plongée
mythical criticism
noun
Myth-criticism is concerned with the moment of contact between the often wide and varied tradition of a myth, especially as it is understood by the author and audience, and the literary work which contains a particular manifestation or interpretation of the myth.
Example: We learned how to analyze a book with the mythical criticism approach.
en: mythocritique
narratee
noun
The imagined person whom the narrator is assumed to be addressing in a given narrative.
Example: The narratee is the protagonist's mother
en: narrataire
narratology
noun
the branch of knowledge or literary criticism that deals with the structure and function of narrative and its themes, conventions, and symbols.
Example: narratology is one of my favorite literary criticism approach.
en: narratologie
onomatopoeia
noun
An onomatopoeia is the forming of a word by imitating the sound the word is referring to, as in bang, meaning “a loud, explosive sound,” and meow, meaning “the sound a cat makes.” The words themselves are also known as onomatopoeias. Many commonly used words are onomatopoeias.
Example: This comic has a lot of onomatopoeia
en: onomatopée
plot
noun
In a literary work, film, or other narrative, the plot is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.
Example: The plot of this story is not credible
en: élément déclencheur, intrigue
prolepsis
noun
Prolepsis, for Genette, is a moment in a narrative in which the chronological order of story events is disturbed and the narrator narrates future events out of turn. The nar- rative takes an excursion into its own future to reveal later events before returning to the present of the tale to proceed with the sequence
en: prolepse
protagonist
noun
The meaning of PROTAGONIST is the principal character in a literary work
Example: Julian is the protagonist of this story.
en: protagosniste, personnage principal
social criticism
noun
Social criticism is a form of academic or journalistic criticism focusing on social issues in contemporary society, in particular with respect to perceived injustices and power relations in general.
Example: We will analyze this book with a social criticism approach.