Notes

Question 1

What is the center of all literature?

Answer 1

Conflict

Question 2

Two literature categories

Answer 2

Fiction and Non-Fiction

Question 3

5 Genres

Answer 3

Short story, play, novel, essay, poem

Question 4

2 groups

Answer 4

Comedy and Tragedy

Question 5

Comedy

Answer 5

Protagonist removes himself from problem created by antagonist

Question 6

Tragedy

Answer 6

Protagonist does not remove himself from problem created by antagonist

Question 7

2 Classifications, describe them

Answer 7

Classic - has or will stand the test of time

Contemporary - will not stand test of time

Question 8

Classic Tragedy

Answer 8

does not solve problem, but still grows

Question 9

Contemporary Tragedy

Answer 9

Does not solve problem, does not grow

Question 10

Elements vs Techniques

Answer 10

Elements - Always are present (plot, theme, setting…)

Techniques - Literary devices which may or may not be used to create the writer’s style

Question 11

Style

Answer 11

Literary devices which may or may not be used to create the writer’s style

Question 12

A philosophy that states that we gain knowledge from beyond our senses

Answer 12

Transcendentalism

Question 13

When/By whom was Beowulf composed

Answer 13

8th century (written down in 11th)/Composed by Unknown

Question 14

Name some epic requirements

Answer 14

• Involve a grand fight
• Long narrative
• Omens (good/bad) present
• Elevated writing style
• Larger than life
• Includes a journey
• Fate

Question 15

Contemporary tragic hero components

Answer 15

Pity, Flaw, Suffering, Hero

Question 16

FOUR parts of romanticism

Answer 16

Beauty, Truth, Freedom, Love

Question 17

3 THINGS from romanticism

Answer 17

• Simple, direct language
• Spontaneous expression of feeling
• Response to nature which reflects the soul, leading to a deeper awareness of self (find yourself)

Question 18

Pity

Answer 18

We pity the character because he is displaced from society

Question 19

Flaw

Answer 19

character has many choices, but unable to make the right choice

Question 20

Suffering

Answer 20

Character continues to suffer as he seeks to attain dignity, and cannot find it

Question 21

Hero

Answer 21

Called hero but he didn’t solve problem, learn anything, falls lower, doesn’t solve problem

Question 22

Father of English literature

Answer 22

Chaucer

Question 23

Who was extremely satirical and critical of people?

Answer 23

Chaucer

Question 24

What religion was Chaucer, if at all?

Answer 24

Agnostic, probably atheist

Question 25

Who was father of Expressionism?

Answer 25

James Joyce

Question 26

What is expressionism?

Answer 26

Philosophy applied to literature which states that the chaos in a character's mind distorts reality

Question 27

What is image fluidity?

Answer 27

Image making devices related to water

Question 28

What is impressionism?

Answer 28

Depiction of a scene, emotion, character by details intending to achieve vividness/effectiveness more by evoking subjective sense impressions rather than objective reality

Question 29

3 Reasons shakespeare is the best author

Answer 29

Universal, Works are timeless, Image making devices

Question 30

Explain how Shake. is universal?

Answer 30

- Studied throughout the world | - Translated into more language than any other book (even the bible)

Question 31

How are Shake's works timeless?

Answer 31

Taught to HS more than any other work

Question 32

Explain Shake's image making devices?

Answer 32

His words/language is music to one's ears

Question 33

DOB and location of Shake.

Answer 33

1564, Stratford-Upon Avon, England

Question 34

When did Shake begin writing?

Answer 34

1590

Question 35

What are the four Shakespearean conventions?

Answer 35

Soliloquy, Aside, Structural Climax, and Disease Imagery

Question 36

Explain Soliloquy

Answer 36

expresses: inner conflicts, reaction to others, shows character

Question 37

Explain structural climax

Answer 37

- Act III of plays | - When protagonist is at high point of his good fortune just before his dramatic fall down

Question 38

Explain disease imagery

Answer 38

- Wrote during bubonic plague | - Image making devices that deal with disease.

Question 39

What was Shake's last play?

Answer 39

The Tempest

Question 40

3 play categories for Shake?

Answer 40

Comedy, Tragedy, History

Question 41

Each play category demonstrates 3 plot/themes, what are they?

Answer 41

History - Political Comedy - Love Tragedy - Societal

Question 42

T/F All 3 plot/themes are present in all plays, but one more than the rest

Answer 42

True

Question 43

What color flags are associated with which 3 play categories?

Answer 43

Black - Tragedy Green - History White - Comedy

Question 44

How was shake an architect?

Answer 44

designed "the globe"

Question 45

What was the Globe's nickname?

Answer 45

The Wooden O

Question 46

T/F Two negatives are acceptable in Shake. language?

Answer 46

True (Thou canst not)

Question 47

How much did groundlings play

Answer 47

1/2 penny

Question 48

Shake.'s FIVE literary contributions

Answer 48

- Dramatic narratives conveyed a sense of psychological identity - Used extended language - Perfected blank verse, iambic pentameter - Heroic couplet - Master of conveying thoughts/ideas through dramatic use of dialogue

Question 49

T/F He is studied by psychologists more than any other artist

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Who HATED Shake.?

Answer 50

Earl of Essex?

Question 51

Who loved shake.?

Answer 51

The queen

Question 52

Who took over the queen?

Answer 52

James I, liked Shake

Question 53

To whom is Macbeth dedicated?

Answer 53

James I

Question 54

What was Shakespear's son's name?

Answer 54

Hamnet

Question 55

Which play is the most studied in HS and why?

Answer 55

- Julius Ceasar | - short, no sex

Question 56

Which play is his most loved work?

Answer 56

Romeo and Juliet

Question 57

Which play is the least studied in HS? Why

Answer 57

King Leon, most complex

Question 58

What is characer foil?

Answer 58

A character that is there to point out positives/negatives of another character

Question 59

What is formalism?

Answer 59

Philosophy applied to lit. when the structure of the work creates the essence/theme