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21ST CENTURY LITERATURE Flashcards

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  • Diversity of themes, forms, creative idioms and styles
  • Spanish-speaking countries
  • Magical realism
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LATIN AMERICA

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  • Rise of science and industry, shaped by history.
  • Group of colonies
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NORTH AMERICA

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  • Indo-European Languages, western literature and civilization.
  • British Literature
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Europe

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  • Aborigines
  • Traditions and Ethnic Cultures
  • The Legends of Maui
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Australia & The Pacific

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  • History and hardships
  • Slavery
  • Colonization
  • Diaspora
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AFRICA

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  • Haruki Murakami
  • War
  • Religion and Spirituality
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ASIA

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  • Sum total of the world’s national literatures
  • Circulation of work into the wider world beyond their country of origin
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World Literature

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Oldest Novel

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The Tale of Genji

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Longest epic poem known

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Mahabharata

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Period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic rebirth following the Middle Ages

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Renaissance

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Literary movement that emphasized emotion over reason, and senses over intellect

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Romanticism

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Large body of religious texts originated from ancient India

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Vedas

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Collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship

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A (One) Thousand and One Nights

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Author of the Divine Comedy

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Dante Alighieri

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Widely considered the greatest dramatism of all time as well as the most influential writer in the history of the English language

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William Shakespeare

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Oldest piece of Epic Literature

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition

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King Arthur

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Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Homer

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Ancient Chinese philosophical text composed of sayings and ideas attributed to Confucious

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The Analects

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Genre of literature that presents day-to-dat experiences as they occur in reality

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Realism

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Religion of Eastern and Central Asia growing out of the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddhism

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Heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic

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Beowulf

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Most extensive political and social structure in western civilization

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Roman Empire

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Movement that emphasizes a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression

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Modernism

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Literary movement characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality

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Postmodernism

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A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve

Classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg

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The Polar Express

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Name of the third book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

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Eclipse

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Magical country that the White Witch puts a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas

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Narnia

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Its official motto for fictional place of learning:
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon)

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Hogwarts

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2001 Yann Martel novel that features a character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker

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Life of Pi

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Dancing clown in Stephen King’s famed horror novel “It”

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Pennywise

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Species of white whale in Herman Melville’s famous Moby-Dick

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Sperm Whale

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Mark Darcy, a character from a classic Jane Austen novel

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Pride and Prejudice

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Daniel Handler authored a set of 13 books detailing the story of Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Baudelaire and their struggles to escape their unpleasant circumstances

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A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Name of the pet parrot in the film Aladdin who acts as a sidekick to Jafar and a secondary antagonist

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Iago

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Danish author who wrote The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and The Ugly Duckling

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Hans Christian-
Andersen

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Fairytale that narrates the story of 2 children who found a cottage made of gingerbread

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Hansel and Gretel

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Spanish, Portuguese, and French are the most prevalent languages, and also called as ________ languages.

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Romance

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  • Means mixed in Spanish
  • Generally used throughout Latin America to describe people of mixed ancestry with a white European and an indigenous background
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Mestizo

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Certain styles of music and dance are said to have originated from Latin American regions

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Salsa

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Descendants of slaves brought by Spanish and Portuguese colonists and slave traders

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African

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_____ - From Central Mexico
_____ - From Central America
_____ - From Peru

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  • Aztecs
  • Mayans
  • Incas
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Refers to written and oral works created by authors in parts of North America, South America, and the Caribbean

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Latin American Literature

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Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and politician

Popular for novels “Like Water for Chocolate” and “Malinche”

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Laura Esquivel

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  • One of the largest religions on the Asian continent
  • Originated in India
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Hinduism

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Japanese novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period

Best known as author of The Tale of Genji

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Murasaki Shikibu

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2019 Korean FIlm

First Asian film to win an Academy Award

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Parasite

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Martial arts such as judo, karate, and taekwondo are very prominent in Asian cultures

Various styles of Chinese martial arts

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Kung Fu

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Many works are in oral form

Were passed down through generations by word of mouth before eventually being recorded in written form

Encompasses works by authors from various regions across Asia

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Asian Literature

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The use of any person, situation, or object to represent ideas or concepts

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Symbolism

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Vivid descriptions and details which help create mental images

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Imagery

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A storytelling technique in which the chronological order of events is disrupted

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Non Linear Narrative

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A situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality

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Irony

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Singaporean fiction author known for writing about the Singaporean society and traditional Chinese culture

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Catherine Lim

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A literary technique in which writers focus more on the process of writing itself rather than on furthering a plot

Viktor Shklovsky in 1916 argues that when we have seen something several times, we stop seeing it for what it really is

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Defamiliarization

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Kill things that smell nice then tie them up in little bundles

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Florist

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Press buttons in a metal tube that rises 30 000 ft in the sky and moves across the planet

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Pilot

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Paid to talk to minors all day, judges them in the form of grades and criticize them constructively

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Teacher

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A collection of images that work together to tell a story

Present ordinary, everyday things in a new and fresh way

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Photo Essay

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Mythologies: The Father of All Spirits and the Sun Mother

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Australian Aborigine Creation Story

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Mythologies : The Clay, The Wood, and The Corn

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Mayan Creation Story

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Mythologies : Pangu

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Chinese Creation Myth

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Mythologies : Izanagi and Izanami

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Japanese Creation Myth

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Mythologies : Adam and Eve

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Genesis Creation Story

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Mythologies : Shida Matunda and His Two Wives

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African Creation Story

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Study of myths

Collection of several myths that usually belong to a group of people or culture to address issues regarding one’s history, gods, and ancestry

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Mythology

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Represents any kind of traditional story like folktales and legend

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Myths

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Greek stories of gods, heroes, and monsters date back more than 2700 years appearing in written form in the works of Homer and Hesiod

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Greek Mythology

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His work Theogony offered the fullest and most important sources of myths and the origin of the gods

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Hesiod (700 BC)

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The king of all the gods; father to many; god of weather, law and fate

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Zeus

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Queen of the gods; goddess of women and marriage

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Hera

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Goddess of beauty and love

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Aphrodite

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God of war

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Ares

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God of prophecy, music, poetry, knowledge

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Apollo

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Goddess of hunting, animals, and childbirth

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Artemis

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God of wine, pleasure, and festivity

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Dionyssus

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God of travel, hospitality, and trade; Zeus’ personal messenger

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Hermes

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God of fire, metalworks, and sculpture

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Hephaestus

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Goddess of agriculture and grain

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Demeter

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God of sex; minion to Aphrodite

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Eros

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God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses

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Poseidon

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Goddess of wisdom and defense

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Athena

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God of the underworld

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Hades

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Goddess of home and family

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Hestia

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Son of Zeus who performed 12 impossible labors

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Heracles

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First woman

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Pandora

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Sculptor who fell in love with his own creation

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Pygmalion

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Weaver who was turned into a spider

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Arachne

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Handsome trojan prince

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Ganymede

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King with a golden touch

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Midas

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Gorgon with living snakes as hair

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Medusa

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Priestess at Delphi who delivers oracles

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Pythia

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Man who fell in love with his own reflection

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Narcissus

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A winged horse

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Pegasus

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A horse-man

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Centaur

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A lion-woman

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Sphinx

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A bird-woman

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Harpies

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A one-eyed giant

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Cyclops

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Genre of modern literature that refers to the creation of artificial mythology

Concept was introduced by J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1930s to refer to the integration of traditional mythological themes

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Mythopoeia

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Three murderous, masculine, and womanizing soldiers use their strength to defeat their enemy

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The 3 Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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A mysterious man haunts the Paris Opera House and wreaks havoc on and offstage

He targets the young and talented soloist Christine

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The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

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The bell-ringer Quasimodo resides in the towers of a cathedral

His life is changed after saving the beautiful Esmeralda

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

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Edouard Dantes is betrayed and wrongfully imprisoned on an island.

Years later, he escapes, acquires a fortune, and plots revenge as a mysterious man

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Jan Valjean is released after 19 years in prison and became Monsieur Madeleine

Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him

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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Also known as Western literature

Literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, as several geographically and historically related languages

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European Literature

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Collection of literary masterpieces including:

Iliad and Odyssey by Homer
Aeneid by Virgil
The Divine Comedy by Dante
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

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Western Canon

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Covers the 5 ancient civilizations of Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, Greece, and Rome

Clay tables and papyrus paper scrolls were used in the writing of the Holy Scriptures, which became influential in European literature

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Ancient Literature

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Middle ages began after the Fall of the Roman Empire

The period was also known as the Dark Ages due to barbarian invasions, wars, famine, plagues, and decline in culture and learning

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Medieval Literature

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Means birth or revival

Marked the reawakening of intellectual and artistic inquiry, which was the dominant feature of this political, religious, and philosophical phenomenon

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The Renaissance

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Known as the Age of Reason

People began the discovery of the grounds and relations of knowledge, faith, reason, and authority in religion, metaphysics, ethics, politics, economics, and natural science

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17th Century

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Reason and passion

Was shown in the pursuit of order, symmetry, decorum, and scientific knowledge

In literature, this fostered satire, argumentum wit, and plain prose

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18th Century

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Various influences such as Romanticism, Symbolism, and Realism had their origins and development in this period

These literary movements are reflected in modern literature

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19th Century

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Marked an increasing sense of crisis and urgency

Doubts to the faith in the psychological stability of the individual personality

Deep questioning of all philosophical or religious solutions to human problems

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20th Century

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Alternate universe

Hypothetical universe that coexists with our own

In fiction, the idea of another world has long been used in myths and legends

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Parallel Universe

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English author of short fiction, novels, graphic novels, audio theater, and screenplays

Won several awards and medals for his works, which include the Sandman and Coraline

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Neil Gaiman

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A 2002 British dark fantasy horror novella for children

Has won numerous awards and was considered one of the best books of the 21st century

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Coraline

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consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written languages such as French, Portuguese, and English.

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African Literature

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Oral histories, myths, and proverbs additionally serve to remind whole communities of their ancestors’ heroic deeds, their past, and the precedents for their customs and traditions.

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Oral Literature

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one of the most talented of the younger French West African poets of the 1950s, whose tragic death in an airplane crash cut short a promising career.

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David Diop (1927 - 1960)

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Colors and their meanings:

Blue
Black
Green
Purple
Yellow

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Serenity
Grief
Jealousy
Royalty
Optimism

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Used to determine the form and function of a literary work

Symbols, images, statements, characters, situations, or behavior that can be universally understood by readers/audience

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Archetypes

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Argues that a literary work is shaped by cultural and psychological myths and archetypes

A hero and a villain, a snake or a cross, the colors black and white, may represent special meanings when included in a text

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Mythological-Archetypal Criticism

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Investigates the social, cultural, and intellectual contexts that influenced the creation of a literary work

The author’s biography is included as part of this criticism

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Historical Criticism

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Believes that a literary work can be better understood by looking into the life of its author

The critic analyzes the writer’s experiences to show its relationship to the work

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Biographical Criticism

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Examines how gender and sexual identity influence the creation and the reception of a text

Attempts to correct imbalances and combat certain attitudes by reflecting or rejecting forces that keep society from achieving equality

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Feminist / Gender Criticism

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Sees a literary work as a unique form that needs to be examined on its own terms

Believe that all the elements necessary for understanding the work are within the work itself

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Formalist Approach

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Types of Conflict

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Man vs Man
Man vs Self
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
Man vs Technology
Man vs Supernatural

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Leaving the authorial and other external influences when interpreting a text

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Close reading

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mistake of reading the text based on the author’s intended meaning

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Intentional Fallacy

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mistake of reading a text through the reader’s emotions

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Affective Fallacy

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Formalist movement during the 20th century that emphasized the use of close reading

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New Criticism

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Examines elements of human culture against larger structures

Involves the analysis of binary oppositions

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Structuralist Approach

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refer to concepts or characters from 2 opposing categories that often lead to conflict

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Binary Oppositions

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Explores the relationship between the work and the society

May examine different societal elements, or economic and political elements within the text

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Marxist - Sociological Criticism

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Reflects how modern psychology can be used to interpret a work

Examines language and symbols to demonstrate or reflect, for instance unconscious desires or fears

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Psychological Criticism

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Evaluates the ethical content of a literary work

Acknowledges that a text can have positive or negative effects to the readers

Critics who use this approach believe that the purpose of literature is to teach morality and/or investigate philosophical issues

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Moral - Philosophical Approach

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Focuses on how readers are actively engaged in creating meaning of the text

In contrast to other perspectives whose primary focus is the form of the author

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Reader-Response Criticism

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