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3) Mid 19th Century Fiction Flashcards

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General characteristics of the Mid 19th Century Fiction

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shift towards realism, blending with elements of regionalism, social critique, still elements of romanticism, themes of nature, supernatural, allegory and symbolism to convey deeper meanings

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Major collections of short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Twice-Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novels

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The Scarlet Letter, The Blithdale Romance, The House of Seven Gables, The Marble Faun

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Short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Young Goodman Brown, Rober Malvin’s Burial, The Birthmark, Rapaccin’s Daughter, The Minister’s Black Veil, Wakefield

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Which novel is considered the first genuine great American novel?

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The Scarlet Letter

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Setting of Scarlet Letter

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early Puritan colony, the town of Boston, 17th century, MA

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What is the genre of The Scarlet Letter?

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historical romance

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Which are the themes of The Scarlet Letter?

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sin, punishment, guilt, atonement, revenge, truth, history

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In the Scarlet Letter, the narrator is __________

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nameless

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What opens The Scarlet Letter?

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a long preamble about how the book came to be written

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What are the names of the main characters in The Scarlet Letter?

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Hester Prynne, her daughter Pearl, her husband Roger Chillingworth, and the father of Pearl Arthur Dimmesdale

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How does the Scarlet Letter ends?

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Hester and Pearl leave the colony and start a new life elsewhere, Hester continues to wear the scarlet letter as a symbol of her strength and defiance against societal judgement

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What happens to Dimmesdale and Chillingworth?

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they both die

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What is the name of the only novel written by Edgar Allan Poe?

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (a sea novel)

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Richard Henry Dana

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Two Years Before the Mast

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What are the themes and motives of Sea Novels?

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the voyage, quest, self-discovery, boudlessness of the sea, remoteness, danger, adventure, trade, business, masculinity, heroism, nautical language

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Name two authobiographical novels of adventure written by Herman Melville

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Typee, Omoo

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Who influenced Herman Melville?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Which are the two short stories written by Herman Melville?

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The Piazza Tales, Bartleby, the Scriviner

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What is the name of the most famous novel written by Herman Melville?

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Moby-Dick, or, The Whale

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Who narrates Moby-Dick?

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Ishmael (a crew member)

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What is the name of the ship in Moby-Dick?

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the Pequod

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Who is Capitan Ahab?

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capitan of the Pequod, obsessed with revenge on the white whale Moby Dick, which bit off his leg

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What is the crew on the Pequod like?

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multi-ethnical, no women

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Name some of the crew members from the Pequod

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Queequeg (a Polynesian harpooner), Starbuck

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How does Moby-Dick ends?

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The Pequod is destroyed, and most of the crew dies, the only one who survives is Ishmael

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Themes of Moby-Dick

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obsession, fate, the conflict between man and nature, the limits of knowledge

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Who narrates Bartleby the Scriviner?

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a lawyer who runs a small law office on Wall Street in NYC

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What are the main characters in Bartleby, the Scriviner?

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The Lawyer, Bartleby, Turkey, Nippers, Ginger Nut

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How does Bartleby, the Scriviner end?

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Bartleby ends up in jail, continues his passive resistance, refuses to eat and ultimately dies of starvation

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What does Bartleby, the Scriviner, criticise? Themes?

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dehumanizing effects of capitalism, materialism, themes of existentialism, individualism, limits of empathy and understanding

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