Literatura = Literature

1. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– a bookstore = knjigarna
– a library = knjižnica
– to publish = izdati
– an edition = izdaja
– a paperback = mehko vezana knjiga
– a hardback = knjiga v trdi vezavi
– a novel = roman
– a short story = kratka zgodba
– a play = a drama = gledališka igra
– drama = dramatika
– poetry = verse = poezija
– a poem = (literarna) pesem
– a poet = pesnik
– a stanza = kitica
– a rhyme = rima
– to recite = recitirati
– a recital = recital pesmi (glasbenih ali literarnih)
– a novelist = romanopisec
– a writer = an author = pisatelj
– a biography = biografija, življenjepis
– an autobiography = avtobiografija
– a biographer = življenjepisec
– a playwright = dramatik
– fiction = leposlovje
– non-fiction = strokovna (neumetniška) literatura
– a detective story = detektivka
– a character = literarni lik
– readable = berljiv
– moving = ganljiv
– compelling = očarljiv
– a plot = zaplet
– a story = zgodba
– a classic = klasika
– a bookworm = knjižni molj
– genre = žanr

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– The novel is based on a true story. = Roman je napisan po resnični zgodbi.
– I could really relate to the characters. = I could really identify with the characters. = Lahko sem se resnično povezal/poistovetil z literarnimi osebami.
– He seems to have done it without rhyme or reason. = Kot kaže, je to storil povsem brez razloga.
– It’s written in verse. = Napisano je v verzih.