Lit Flashcards

(39 cards)

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Yiddish

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Diaspora language,a Germanic language with elements of Hebrew,Aramaic,Slavic,developed in Middle Ages

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Coalescent theory

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Is a model how gene variants samples from population may have originated from a common ancestor

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Ashkenazi Jews

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Jewish settlers who established communities alone the Rhine rice in Western Germany and in Northern France dating to the Middle Ages.Shephardi Jews-Iberian Peninusula,Mizrahi Jews-Middle East

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First Czech kings

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1085 Vratislav II by Henry IV 1158 Vladislav II by Frederick I Barbarossa whom he had accompanied on his campaign against Milan 1212 Otakar I by Frederick II Hohenstaufen

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Anecdotal knowledge

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Based on personal accounts rather than facts or research

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In lieu of

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Instead of

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Hippolyte Taine

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1863 literary text can be understood with reference to race,milieu,moment (spirit of the age)

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Stoffgeschichte

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Circulation of materials

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Reynard the Fox

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Medieval allegorical Dutch,English,French and German fables.trickster figure,deceives other anthropomorphic animals,his ebony is the wolf Isengrim

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Tarnished reputation

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Poskvrnena reputace

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Debunk

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Expose the falseness or hollowness

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Trope

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Metaphorical use of a word or expression,recurrent theme

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Nadir /nejdir/

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The lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation

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Intrinsic approach x extrinsic approach

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Form,language,style,symbols,images,contrasts,structure,development of plot x background information- time period,biography,historical reference

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Transient

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Short-term

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Intrinsic

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For its own sake,in its own right

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Hegemon /hedzmom/

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Supreme leader

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Subaltern

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Of lower status

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Disseminate

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Provenance

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Empirical reality

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Observations,experience

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Constructivism

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The learner has prior knowledge and experience often determined by their social environment

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Deployment

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Acumen

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Vis-a-vis
Face to face
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Raison d’etre
The most important purpose for an existence
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Blatant
Done openly and unashamedly
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Insidious
Proceeding in a subtle way but with harmful effects
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Opulence
Great wealth,richness,luxuriousness
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Imagology
A branch of comparative lit.the study of cross-national perceptions and images as expressed in lit.discourse
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Ubiquitous
Present,found everywhere,omnipresent
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Purport
Pretend or implication,meaning,intention
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Pariah
Sb rejected by their community.org.a tribe in Southeast India,servants,drummers who did unsanitary jobs
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Samaritans
Samaria-West Bank,believe that they are true ancient Israelites who remained in the Land of Israel as opposed to Judaism which was altered religion by those who returned from the Babylonian captivity,mount Gerezim was the original Holy Place
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Seaters Redux
John Dryden’s poem.daughter of Zeus who leaves the earth at the end of Golden Age,her return marks the return of Justice and new golden age.Dryden praises Charles II for his endurance of suffering and his ability to learn from it.Dryden is in exile
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Opulence
Great wealth,richness,luxuriousness
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Imagology
A branch of comparative lit.the study of cross-national perceptions and images as expressed in lit.discourse
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Ubiquitous
Present,found everywhere,omnipresent
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Purport
Pretend or implication,meaning,intention