Trope (literature)

A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.[1] Keith and Lundburg describe a trope as "a substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase".[2] The word trope has also undergone a semantic change and now also describes commonly recurring or overused literary and rhetorical devices,[3][4][5] motifs or clichés in creative works.[6][7] Literary tropes span almost every category of writing, such as poetry, film, plays, and video games.

  1. ^ Miller (1990). Tropes, Parables, and Performatives. Duke University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780822311119.
  2. ^ Lundberg, Christian O.; Keith, William M. (10 November 2017). The essential guide to rhetoric. Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN 9781319094195. OCLC 1016051800.
  3. ^ "Definition of trope". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  4. ^ Cuddon, J. A.; Preston, C. E. (1998). "Trope". The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (4th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 948. ISBN 9780140513639.
  5. ^ "What is a Trope?". 22 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. ^ "trope". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster. 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  7. ^ "trope (revised entry)". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2014.

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