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International College Editions will bring to university,college,schooland professional students,authoritative paperback books covering the history andcultures of the developing world,and the special aspects of its scientific,medical,technical,social and economic development.The International Collegeprogramme contains many distinguished series in a wide range of disciplines,some titles being regionally biassed,others being more international.Libraryeditions willusually be published simultaneously with the paperback editions.For full details of this list,please contact the publishers.  \nRelated titles  \nM.M.Badawi:Background to Shakespeare  \nB.King:The New English Literatures—Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World  \nB.King:West Indian Literature  \nCommonwealth Writers SeriesGeneral Editor:A.N.Jeffares  \nC.Hanson and A.Gurr:Katherine Mansfield  \nD.Carroll:Chinua Achebe  \nC.Robson:Ngugi wa Thiongo  \nB.Kiernan:Patrick White  \n# UNDERSTANDINGTHE ELEMENTSOFLITERATURE\n\nITS FORMS,  \nTECHNIQUES ANDCULTURAL CONVENTIONS  \nRichard Taylor  \n◎ Richard Taylor,1981  \nSoftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1981978-0-333-26320-4  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or transmitted,in any formor by any means,without permission.  \nFirst published 1981by  \nTHEMACMILLAN PRESS LTDLondon and BasingstokeCompanies and representatives throughout the world  \nTypeset in Great Britain bymb Graphic Services,Bovingdon,Hertfordshire  \nISBN 978-0-333-26321-1  \nISBN 978-1-349-16773-9(eBook)  \nDOI 10.1007/978-1-349-16773-9  \nThe paperback edition ofthis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way oftrade or otherwise,be lent,re-sold,hired out,or otherwise circulatedwithout the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding other than that inwhich it is published and without a similar condition including this conditionbeing imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nFor  \nOlu and Oba  \nContents  \nPreface  \n1X.X1  \nAcknowledgements  \n1.  The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition1Literature as Presentation of ExperienceSurface Detail and ThemeFunction ofLiterature  \n1  \n3  \n5  \nDynamics ofContrast and OppositionDistinguishing Characteristics of LiteratureComparison with Other Art Forms9Literary Composition and Relation to Life12Areas of Critical Judgement13Historical Perspectives16Antique Sources of Literary Tradition18The Historical Development of English Literature20The Medieval Period:450-150022The Renaissance:1500-166023The Neo-Classical Age:1660-179825The Romantic and Modernist Periods:1798-193929The Contemporary Age:1939-3539Definition of Genre39Genre Divisions40Traditional Subdivisions41Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction48Action—the Ordering ofEvents49Form—Outward Shape of Construction60Character62Setting69Point of View72Style—an Expressive Device81Conclusion99  \n6  \n7  \n2.  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