The Archaeology of Knowledge

The Archaeology of Knowledge Literary Elements

Genre

Historiography / Philosophy

Setting and Context

France, 1960s

Narrator and Point of View

Michel Foucault

Tone and Mood

Protagonist and Antagonist

Major Conflict

Archaeology vs. The History of Ideas

Climax

Foreshadowing

Understatement

Allusions

Imagery

Paradox

Parallelism

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Personification