Extensive and very interesting article advising the reader on how to develop characters through adversity.

A site from the UK. Includes very detailed characterizations from the novel, as well as thematic analysis on topics such as marriage and societal standards.

Explore characterization, plot and setting and compare these elements in mythology and modern works of literature, film and television. Retell myths in modern settings or modern-day stories using a mythological Greek setting. While this...

The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."

This semi-biographical novel written by Jack Kerouac set in the 1960s shows the life of Jack Duluoz who is an alter-ego for Jack Kerouac. Read about the characteres and themes in this novel.