Literary terms in Dutch
The list of Dutch translations of literary terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- allegory • allegorie
- alliteration • alliteratie
- allusion • allusie
- anachronism • anachronisme
- Anaphora • Anaphora
- antagonist • antagonist
- antithesis • antithese
- archetype • archetype
- assonance • halfrijm
C
- chiasmus • chiasme
D
- deus ex machina • deus ex machina
- dramatic irony • dramatische ironie
E
- ellipsis • beletselteken
- enjambment • enjambement
- epithet • epitheton
- euphemism • eufemisme
G
- genre • genre
H
- hamartia • Hamartia
- hyperbole • hyperbool
I
- in medias res • In medias res
- irony • ironie
J
- juxtaposition • juxtapositie
L
- leitmotif • leidmotief
- literary trope • Troop (literatuur)
M
- metaphor • metafoor
N
- narrative • verhaal
- narrative motif • motief
- narrative point of view • vertelperspectief
O
- ode • ode
- onomatopoeia • onomatopee
- oxymoron • oxymoron
P
- paradox • paradox
- personification • personificatie
- plot • plot
- protagonist • protagonist
S
- simile • vergelijking
- sonnet • sonnet
- stream of consciousness • stream of consciousness
- synecdoche • synecdoche
T
- tone • verhalende houding
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