First Partial Study

Question 1

Epic Genre

Answer 1

It is a narration, that shows historical facts about events that happened in the past of a nation. It usually makes an exhilaration (exciting way of telling) of the heroes of the past and relives their adventures in a glorious way that sometimes can be fantastic. Most of the time they include virtues.

Question 2

8 characteristics of the epic genre

Answer 2

-Mixes fantasy with reality (legends with history), and merging them so they are the same.
-These poems were transmitted verbally.
-An invocation to a muse is made at the beginning.
-Uses epithets (adjectives or phrases that enhance features).
-Gods coexist with humans.
-Ornate language is used. (wordiness)
-Literary figure enumeration.
-Written in verse.

Question 3

What is a story?

Answer 3

Actions and events that happen within a text. It is narrated in chronological order.

Question 4

What are themes?

Answer 4

Ideas that are not said explicity but give the text a setting. Example: friendship, love, betrayal, etc.

Question 5

Verse

Answer 5

Characteristics of having rythym, cadence, measurement, and is written in lines. It can also rhyme.

Question 6

Prose

Answer 6

Everyday speech, has a common structure.

Question 7

Aedos

Answer 7

Poets that recited poems.

Question 8

Epopee

Answer 8

A subgenre in which the adventures of a hero are told in a poetic narrative and in verse. It has most of the characteristics of the epic genre.

Question 9

6 examples of epopees

Answer 9

-Epic of Gilgamesh
-Mahabharata
-Ramayana
-Iliad
-Odyssey
-Aeneid

Question 10

Author of the Iliad and Odyssey

Answer 10

Homer (although it’s not confirmed), people agreed to him being the creator of both.

Question 11

Story of the Illiad

Answer 11

-Has 15,000 verses
-It narrates the development of the Trojan War, how Patroclus goes into battle, and is killed by Hector, but at the end of the epopee, Achilles kills him.
-Each deity supports a different character.

Question 12

Story of the Odyssey

Answer 12

-Ulysses is a survivor of the Trojan War, he has to go through many trials placed by the Gods, who have decided that Ulysses must go through a lot of suffering before his arrival to Ithaca (homeland).

Question 13

Characteristics of Greek epics

Answer 13

Its bubolic themes (pastoral poems and songs)

Question 14

Duration of the Middle Ages

Answer 14

Starts when the Roman Empire fell and ends with the fall of Constantinople

Question 15

4 factors of the crusades

Answer 15

-Religious faith
-The warrior spirit of the times
-Taste for adventure
-Business interest

Question 16

What was the name of the epopees at the time?

Answer 16

Songs of heroic deeds

Question 17

Why were the songs written during the Crusades?

Answer 17

Due to the nations that felt glorious and anxious to hear the adventures of their heroes. These also helped societies to create a national identification, and set their political, geographical and cultural characteristics.

Question 18

What is the description?

Answer 18

It is used to delimit, to explain its parts and characteristics of something or someone.
To describe the place where the action is happening or how the characters are feeling (physically and psychologically).

Question 19

What is the plot?

Answer 19

It’s the structure of interrelated actions, consciously selected and arranged by the author. It doesn’t have to go in chronological order.

Question 20

What is the difference between plot and history?

Answer 20

-The author decides what he wants to tell (history) but also how he want to tell it (plot).
-The structure of the history is defined by the plot.

Question 21

What is the history?

Answer 21

Set of events; fictitious or real that happen sequentially. It is the timeline of events that happen in the narrative.

Question 22

Line theme

Answer 22

A theme that is established in different works. Sometimes, the texts can be set in sagas.

Question 23

Three most representative Medieval Songs

Answer 23

-Poem of Cid
-Song of the Nibeluds
-Song of Ronald

Question 24

The Poem of the Cid

Answer 24

Based on the true story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian knight who fought for both Christian and Muslim forces, and explores themes like loyalty, honor, and justice.

Question 25

Song of the Nibeluds

Answer 25

It shows Siegfried, Hagen, and Kriemhild’s acts of deception as well as Kriemhild’s avenging wrath. It has themes like heroism, justice, revenge, and deception.

Question 26

Song of Roland

Answer 26

A battle with an army of 100,000. Roland dies in battle, and is praised because of his courage and pride. It reflects the fight between Christianity and Islam.

Question 27

What did the Renaissance want to get rid of?

Answer 27

Religion.

Question 28

Shakespeare’s 4 general characteristics of his plays

Answer 28

-The stories show the past of the protagonist’s life.
-The hero dies.
-The future of the hero is destroyed by terrible events.
-The innocents suffer.

Question 29

Protagonist narrator

Answer 29

Tells their own story and is the main character.

Question 30

Secondary character narrator

Answer 30

Tells what a person saw or heard, is not the main character.

Question 31

Omniscent narrator

Answer 31

Narrator who knows all about the characters, like thoughts and their past.

Question 32

Second person narrator

Answer 32

In second person, and seems like they’re speaking to the reader.

Question 33

Main character

Answer 33

Protagonist of the story.

Question 34

Secondary character

Answer 34

Lower participacion than main, but still important. Usually helps them.

Question 35

Incidental character

Answer 35

Appears only once in the text and has a sole purpose.

Question 36

Environmental character

Answer 36

Helps to understand the place of the story. Example: Hospital- doctor, nurse, etc.

Question 37

Static character

Answer 37

Person who does not change throughout the story. They don’t learn anything.

Question 38

Dynamic character

Answer 38

Person who changes at the end, either positvely or negatively.

Question 39

Round character

Answer 39

A character who we know how they evolved, the reader often knows their past, and why it justifies their actions. (two-dimensional)

Question 40

Plain character

Answer 40

Readers know few characteristics, and they remain the same. They can be guided by one thing, goodness, evil, etc. (one-dimensional)

Question 41

What made Don Quixote diferent?

Answer 41

It began the parody of the novels of chivalry. Instead of the traditional young character, he was old, crazy and rebellious.

Question 42

4 Characteristics of Don Quixote’s novel

Answer 42

-Considered as the first modern novel.
-Mixes several narrators.
-Uses the resource of a novel within the novel.
-There are two worlds: the reality of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote’s fantasy.

Question 43

What was Lope de Vega’s contribution?

Answer 43

Due to the content of his plays, where he talked about popular issues, made theatre more attractive to the people of all social classes. Created the “funny” character that serves to break the tension.

Question 44

Characteristics of Culteranismo

Answer 44

There are many references to mythology, metaphors, and comparisons.

Question 45

Characteristic of Conceptismo

Answer 45

It’s when the idea is more important behind the words.