Literature Flashcards
(28 cards)
Traditionally derived and orally transmitted literature
Folklore
Reflect the people’s beliefs handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
Folktales
Conclusion or final part of non-dramatic literary work.
Epilogue
Distinctive type of literary composition such as epic, tragedy, comedy & novel.
Genre
means “where are you going”.
“Quo Vadis”
Oldest form of egyptian writing
hieroglyphics
narrative whose meaning is beneath the surface
Allegory
a meditated poem of grief
Elegy
verse w/14 iambic pentameter lines
Sonnet
long poem w/c depicts the adventure of a great hero who reveals his country’s aspirations; narrates heroic deeds and supernatural happenings w/local actor in w/c people sing/chant
Epic
speech made by a person who reveals his thoughts
Soliloquy
He wrote “How my brother Leon brought home a wife”
Manuel Arguilla
He wrote “The Legend of a Sleepy Hollow”
Washington Irving
hypochondriac living in morbid fear
Fall of the house of usher
poet & soldier noted for his Peculiar nose
Cyrano de Bergerac
great epic poem whose plot centers around the anger & wrath of Achilles against agamemnon
“The Illiad of Homer”
“If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being”
“The Bells”
literary term w/c means harsh & discordant sounds introduced for poetic effect
Cacophony
know for his excellence of characterization, swiftness of narrative & clarity of style
George Bernard Shaw
greatest American writer of horror and detective stories
Edgar Allan Poe
best known for his collection of poems called Gitanjali/song offerings
Rabindranath Tagore
ranked as one of the best modern American poets.
Robert Frost
Morning Star of English Literature
Geoffrey Chaucer
“Samuel Clemens”
Mark Twain
