FICTION: THE NARRATIVE GENRE Flashcards

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un extrait / un passage

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an excerpt / a passage

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tiré de

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drawn from

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une nouvelle

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a short story

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un roman

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a novel

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un conte de fées

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a fairytale

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un roman contemporain

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a contemporary novel

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un roman de science fiction

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a science fiction story

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un roman policier

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a detective novel/story

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un roman épistolaire

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an epistolary novel

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un roman gothique

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a Gothic novel

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le fantastique

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the fantastic

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un roman historique

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a historical novel

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un roman réaliste

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a realistic novel

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un roman naturaliste

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a naturalistic novel

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surréaliste

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surrealistic

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un roman sentimental

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a sentimental novel / a novel of sensibility

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une autobiographie

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an autobiography

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une biographie

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a biography

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un journal intime

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a diary

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un portrait

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a portrait

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une description

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a description

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une description de paysage

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a landscape description

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le classicisme

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classicism

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le romantisme

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romanticism

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le modernisme
modernism
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le post-modernisme
post-modernism
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un récit (à la 1ère personne / à la 3ème personne)
a (first / third person) narrative
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un auteur
an author
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un écrivain
a writer
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un genre littéraire
a literary genre
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littérature
literature
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la suite (chronologique) d’une histoire ou action
a sequel (≠ a prequel)
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se conformer au genre de
to conform to the genre of
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les conventions d’un genre
the conventions of a genre
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conventionnel
conventional
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inventif
inventive / innovative
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une intrigue
a plot
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l’intrigue principale
the main plot
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l’intrigue secondaire
the subplot
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le fil directeur de l’intrigue
the main story-line
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le déroulement de l’intrigue
the unfolding of the plot
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un récit enchâssé
an embedded narrative
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l’enchaînement des événements
the sequence of events
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le roman s’ouvre / se clôt sur
the novel opens on (with) | the novel closes on
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le déroulement de l’action
the unraveling of the action
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un tournant (dans une histoire)
a turning point
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la chute, une fin qui surprend
a surprise / a twist ending | an unexpected denouement
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riche en événements, mouvementé
eventful, packed with incidents
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l’apogée, le paroxysme (de la tension)
the climax
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un passage où la tension monte / descend
a climactic / anti-climactic passage
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le suspense est maintenu par...
the suspense is sustained by...
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le suspense est renforcé par...
the suspense is built up by...
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la tension retombe
the tension subsides / lessens / slackens
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la tension monte
the tension rises / mounts / gathers
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détendre l’atmosphère
to ease off the tension
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désamorcer la tension
to defuse the tension
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accroître la tension
to heighten the tension
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un rythme qui s’accélère
an acceleration (≠ deceleration) in the rythm
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le rythme du récit
the pace of the narrative
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rapide ≠ lent
quick-paced ≠ slow-paced
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l’instance narrative
the narrating agency
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les voix narratives
the narrating voices
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le narrataire (= destinataire du récit)
the narratee
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le narrateur
the narrator
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un narrateur omniscient
an omniscient narrator
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un narrateur fiable / non fiable
a reliable / unreliable narrator
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le narrateur cache certaines infos
the narrator withholds information
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une fausse piste
a misleading indication
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les points de vue
points of view / viewpoints
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la focalisation externe / interne / zéro
internal / external / zero focalisation
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la technique du courant de conscience
the stream-of-consciousness technique
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un monologue intérieur
an interior monologue
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un résumé
a summary
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résumer
to sum up, to summarize
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reprendre (un récit interrompu)
to resume
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un plan
an outline
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un commentaire linéaire
a running commentary
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commenter
to comment on
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faire une observation sur
to remark on
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une explication | -> explicatif
an explanation | -> explanatory
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interpréter | -> interprété comme
to interpret | -> interpreted as
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interprétatif
interpretive
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le thème principal
the main theme
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le thème sous-jacent
an underlying theme
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le centre d’intérêt, le coeur (d’un récit, d’un passage)
the focus
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le point crucial, point central
the core / gist / crux of the matter
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au coeur de
at the heart / core of
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le premier plan
the foreground
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l’arrière-plan
the background
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un gros plan sur
a close-up on
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zoomer sur
to zoom on
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une vue générale de
an overview of
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une vue d’ensemble, panoramique
a panoramic view
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faire allusion à
to allude TO / to hint AT
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s’étendre / insister sur qqc
to dwell on / upon smth
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exposer ses vues
to expound one’s views
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révélateur, éloquent, efficace
revealing, telling
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signifiant
meaningful
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significatif
significant
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signification
significance
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imprégner, envahir (sens figuré)
to permeate, to pervade
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imprégner (une scène) de
to suffuse with
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un texte plein de...
a text fraught / scattered with
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saturé de..
saturated with..
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envahissant
pervasive
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une citation
a quote
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citer quelqu’un
to quote somebody
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citer (un livre)
to quote from (a book)
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réécrire / remanier
to rewrite
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ce passage est une réécriture de
the passage is a rewriting of
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un personnage
a character
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le personnage principal
the protagonist
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un héros, une héroïne
a hero, a heroine
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un anti-héros
an antihero
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le « méchant »
the villain
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l’antagoniste
the antagonist
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un type (archétype)
a type, an archetype a stock character
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un stéréotype / stéréotypé
a stereotype / stereotypical
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un personnage ambigu
an ambiguous character
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les traits distinctifs
the defining features
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faire le portrait d’un personnage
to portray a character
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le portrait; la peinture d’un personnage
the portrayal of a character
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décrire, dépeindre quelqu’un comme
to depict someone as
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servir de repoussoir (pour mettre en valeur)
to act as a foil to a character
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peu détaillé, incomplet
sketchy
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subtil ≠ grossier
subtle ≠ crude
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émouvant, poignant
moving
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ridicule
pathetic, ludicrous, ridiculous