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The plot

Cinema and literature. Expanding vocab 2

TermDefinition
L'intrigue The plot
l'intrigue (f) se déroule... the plot unfolds...
s'inspirer de... to get an idea/inspiration from…
le sujet de prédilection favourite subject
l'idée (f) de départ initial idea
traiter de to deal with
il s‘agit de... it's about...
le récit autobiographique account of the author's own life
le déroulement d'une vie way a life unfolds
les souvenirs d'enfance childhood memories
la maladie illness
l'agonie (f) et la mort the approach of death and death itself
raconter (en détail) to recount (in detail)
le récit historique historical narrative
l’histoire (f) de guerre war story
l’histoire d'amour love story
l’histoire d'aventures adventure story
|‘enquête policière criminal investigation
la science-fiction science fiction
le drame mondain social drama
représenter to portray
signifier to mean
Ia signification meaning; importance
le protagoniste protagonist
jouer un rôle majeur to play a major part
jouer un rôle décisif to play decisive part
le développement the development
faire avancer l’histoire to move the story on
tout au long du film/roman right through the film/novel
Ia série de quiproquos series of misunderstandings
le rebondissement de l‘intrigue twist in the plot
le dénouement outcome
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