literature Flashcards

(111 cards)

1
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poetry
→ poetic

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Lyrik, Poesie

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narrative prose

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Erzählprosa

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genre

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Gattung, Genre

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4
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tragedy
→ tragic

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Tragödie

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5
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comedy
→ comic

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Komödie

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epic poetry

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epische Dichtung

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novel

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Roman

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biography

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Biographie

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to share something

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hier: etwas gemeinsam haben

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universal

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allgemein

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ambition
→ ambitious

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Ehrgeiz

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revenge

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Rache

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faith

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Glaube

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14
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fate

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Schicksal

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hatred

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Hass

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deceit
→ to deceit someone
→ deceitful

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Betrug
→ jemanden betrügen
→ betrügerisch

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17
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ingredient

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hier: Bestandteil, Merkmal

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imaginative
→ imagination

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phantasievoll
→ Phantasie, Vorstellungskraft

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19
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plot

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Handlung

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20
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sequence of events
→ event

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Handlungsablauf
→ Ereignis

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21
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chronological

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chronologisch, zeitlich geordnet

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22
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novelist

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Romanschriftsteller(in)

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23
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flashback

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Rückblende

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24
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anticipation

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Vorgriff, Vorwegnahme

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suspense
Spannung
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tension
Spannung
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setting
Schauplatz, Zeit und Ort der Handlung
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to be set in a certain time/place
sich zu einer bestimmten Zeit / an einem bestimmten Ort abspielen
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fitting
passend
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believable ≠ unbelievable
glaubwürdig
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character
Figur, Gestalt, Charakter
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round
hier: lebendig, komplex
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personality
Persönlichkeit
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to identify with someone
sich mit jemandem identifizieren
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to hold someone‘s attention
jemanden fesseln
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appropriate
geeignet, passend
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stylistic device
Stilmittel
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to employ something
hier: etwas anwenden
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satire
Satire
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irony
Ironie
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understatement ≠ exaggeration
Untertreibung
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detective novel
Kriminalroman
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whodunit “who has done it?“
Krimi „Wer hat es getan?“
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to commit a crime
ein Verbrechen begehen
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criminal
Verbrecher(in)
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investigation
Ermittlung
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deduction → to deduce something
Schlussfolgerung
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epistolary novel
Briefroman
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Gothic novel
Schauerroman
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popular
beliebt
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key element
Hauptelement
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mystery → mysterious
Geheimnis, Mysterium
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the supernatural
das Übernatürliche
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to depict something = to describe something
etwas schildern / beschreiben
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fictional ≠ real, factual
frei erfunden
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roman à clef (“klei“) (French)
Schlüsselroman
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thinly disguised
oberflächlich getarnt
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fictitious
fiktiv, frei erfunden
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to assume something → assumption
hier: von etwas ausgehen → Vermutung, Annahme
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imaginary → to imagine something
nur in der Vorstellung vorhanden → sich etwas vorstellen
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scientific
(natur)wissenschaftlich
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advance
Fortschritt
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to involve something
etwas beinhalten
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espionage → spy
Spionage → Spion(in)
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prose fiction
Erzählliteratur
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precursor ≠ successor
Vorläufer
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fairy tale
Märchen
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myth → mythical
Mythos
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legend
Sage, Legende
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parable
Parabel
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anecdote
Anekdote
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prose narrative
Prosaerzählung
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to require something
etwas erfordern
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perusal
Lektüre
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to have something in common with something
etwas mit etwas gemeinsam haben
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feature = characteristic
Merkmal
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characterization
Charakterisierung
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plot
Handlung
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narrative point of view / perspective → narrator
erzählerische Perspektive → Erzähler
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complex ≠ simple
komplex
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characteristic = feature
Merkmal
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subject
Thema
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setting
Schauplatz, Zeit und Ort der Handlung
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exposition
Exposition, Einleitung
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rising action
steigende Handlung
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climax
Höhepunkt
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turning point/twist
Wende
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denouement (french)
Ausgang, Entscheidung, Lösung
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resolution
Lösung
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open ending
offenes Ende
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pattern
Muster
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to concentrate on something
sich auf etwas konzentrieren
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“slice of life“
repräsentativer Lebensausschnitt
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protagonist
Hauptfigur, Protagonist(in)
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to react to something → reaction
auf etwas reagieren
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to undergo a change
eine Veränderung durchmachen
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initiation → to initiate someone (into something)
Einführung/Aufnahme in eine Gemeinschaft
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to deal with someone/something
von jemandem/etwas handeln
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unexpected twist
unerwartete Wendung
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to be identical to / with someone / something
mit jemandem / etwas identisch sein
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first-person narrator
Ich-Erzähler(in)
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point of view
hier: Erzählperspektive
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view
Sicht
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third-person narrator
Er-/Sie-Erzähler(in)
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omniscient
allwissend
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to enable someone to do something
jemandem ermöglichen etwas zu tun
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to direct someone‘s feelings
jemandens Gefühle lenken
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selective → to select something = to choose something → selection
hier: auswählend → etwas auswählen → Auswahl
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to present something through the eyes of someone
etwas aus jemandens Blickwinkel darstellen
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unobtrusive
unauffällig, zurückhaltend
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narrative technique
Erzähltechnik