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Literary Criticism - Myth Flashcards

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What are the Foundation and Building Blocks of Literature

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  1. Modern Literature
  2. Victorian Literature
  3. Shakespeare
  4. Greek Plays
  5. Bible and Mythology
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What does Season of Spring Mean

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Comedy
- Defeat of winter and carkness
- Birth of the hero
- Revival and resurrection
- Gardens, flowers, youth, sexual bliss

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What Does the Season of Summer Mean

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Romance
- Culmination of life in seasonal calender
- Complete innocence
- Reflective and idyllic
- Happy society resists change

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What Does the Season of Winter Mean

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Irony/Satire
- Darkness
- Return of chaos
- Defeat of the hero
- Wisdom: hero’s eyes are opened

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What Does the Season of Autumn Mean

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Tragedy
- Dying stage of the seasonal calender
- Fall and demise of the protagonist

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Who is northrop frye

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  • went to uoft
  • became chancellor
  • wrote book called anatomy of criticism ( outlined archetypes and symbolism that is in all literature)
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Intertextuality

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  • modern literature linked to bible and mythology
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Apple meaning

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Temptation

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Snake meaning

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Deception

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What does red mean

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association with blood, easily suggests passion, sacrifice, or violence

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What does green mean

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makes one think of fertility, and the fullness of life, even hope.

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What does blue mean

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holiness, or sanctity, or sadness.

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What is light and darkness associated with

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hope, inspiration, enlightenment, and rebirth, in contrast with ignorance, hopelessness, and death

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What does 3 mean

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spirituality, as in the Holy Trinity

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What does 4 mean

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4 seasons (the cycle of life) and the 4 elements (earth, air, fire, and water).

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What does 7 mean

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the union produces a powerful product that is perfect and whole and complete.

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What does water mean

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is often used as a creation, birth, or rebirth symbol

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What do circles mean

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can be presented simply or in complex relationships with other geometric figures. By their lack of beginnings and endings, they commonly suggest a state of wholeness and union.

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What does a garden mean

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paradise, a state of innocence (garden of eden)

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What does the sun mean

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At its rising, it calls to mind the beginning of a phase of life or life itself; at its setting, it points to death and other endings. At full presence, it may suggest enlightenment or radiant knowledge

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What does a tree mean

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knowledge

22
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What does dust mean

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death

23
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What does nakedness mean

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vulnerability

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What does the mirror mean

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two faced

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