List of 20th-century writers

This is a partial list of 20th-century writers. This list includes notable artists, authors, philosophers, playwrights, poets, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non fiction.

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Narrative

Character	Antagonist Antihero Archenemy Character arc Character's voice Characterization Deuteragonist False protagonist Focal character Foil Protagonist Stock character Supporting character Tritagonist Narrator

Plot	Action Backstory Cliché Climax Cliffhanger Conflict Deus ex machina Dialogue Dramatic structure Exposition Eucatastrophe Foreshadowing Flashback Flashforward Framing device Frame story In medias res Pace Plot device Plot twist Poetic justice Reveal Self-fulfilling prophecy Subplot Trope Kishōtenketsu

Setting	Backstory Utopia Dystopia Alternate history Fictional location city country universe

Theme	Leitmotif Metaphor Moral Motif Irony

Style	Allegory Bathos Diction Figure of speech Imagery Narrative technique Narration Stylistic device Suspension of disbelief Symbolism Tone Mode Mood

Structure	Linear narrative Interactive narration Nonlinear narrative Films Television series Types of fiction with multiple endings

Form	Epic Fable Fabliau Fairy tale Folktale Flash fiction Legend Novella Novel Parable Play Poem Screenplay Short story

Genre	Action fiction Adventure Comic Crime Docufiction Epistolary Erotic Fiction Fantasy Gothic Historical Horror Magic realism Mystery Nautical Paranoid Philosophical Picaresque Political Psychological Romance Saga Satire Science Speculative Superhero Thriller Urban Western List of writing genres

Narrator	First-person Second-person Third-person Multiple narrators Stream of consciousness Stream of unconsciousness Unreliable

Tense	Past Present Future

Related	Audience Author Creative nonfiction Fiction writing Literary theory Literary science Narratology Monomyth Rhetoric Screenwriting Storytelling

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Lists of writers

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List of 20th-century writers

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