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Epic genre Flashcards

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Prosaic

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-Fictional type of literature can be
1. LONG
-epic, novel
2. MEDIUM
-novella, short story
3. SHORT
-fable, anecdote

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What is epic genre?

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-plot, storyline
-author’s outer world
-temporal aspect -> usage of past tense - “historical present”

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Temporal aspect

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Usage of the past tense - “historical present”

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Epic (Epos)

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-long narrated poem
-most epics exist only in oral form
-originated in ancient Greece, centered up on a hero featuring his achievements, deeds -> national hero, legendary hero

elements
-invocation to muses
-supernatural beings
-heroic genre -> focuses on his journey
-lofty language -> grand style
-glorious battles
-feasts

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Homer

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-Major epic writings - > The Oddysey, The Illias

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Novel

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minimum 50 000 words
-LONG fictional prosaic works

elements
-plot -> structured ( one direct plot + sub-plots -> indirect plotlines )
-setting -> realistic and believable
-numerous complex characters
-narration -> 1st / 3rd person

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Novel plot structure

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Three-act structure:
1. beginning
-introduction
2. middle
-the plot, what hero wants to achieve, what kind of obstacles has to overcome
3. the end
-possible ways of resoluting the story

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History of english novel

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-18th century -> developed, recognized as “serious literature” with works of respected authors:
-Daniel Redfoe - Robinson Crusoe (1st English novel, 1719)
-Henry Fielding - History of Tom Jones, a foundling (1749)
-Pamella - Samuel Richardson (love as part of the plot for the 1st time)

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Classification according to the thematic aspect

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  1. HISTORICAL NOVEL
  2. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL
  3. FANTASY NOVEL
  4. SCI-FI NOVEL
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Classification according to the technique of composition

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  1. ROMAN-FLEUVE (stream novel)
  2. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS NOVEL
  3. EPISTOLARY NOVEL
  4. ANTI-NOVEL
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Historical Novel

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-narrates events of the past
-events narrated must’ve had happened before writing

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Autobiographical novel

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-reveals info about author’s life
-writer includes elements of his own life + mixes it with the plot

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Fantasy novel

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-imaginary worlds
-theme is magic
-characters, names, events are completely made up + have magical connections

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Sci-fi novel

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-alternative and imaginary worlds
-technological elements
-concentrated on the future

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Roman-Fleuve

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-another name -> stream novel (sága, generačný román)
-long chronicle of a family of several generations
-can be series or a novel

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Stream of consciousness novel

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-author provides series of thoughts
-Virginia Wulf - To The Lighthouse

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Epistolary novel

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-Story told through letters, documents, diaries

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Anti-novel

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-ignores signs of novel
-doesn’t use typical novel elements

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Novella

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20 000 - 50 000 words
medium length

-emerged durig Reinessance
-few subplots (or none at all), fewer characters
-no chapters
-Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron

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Short-story

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1 600 - 20 000 words
medium length

-brief prosaic work
-focused on one theme
-begins and ends suddenly
-provides reader with little information
-“in medias res” - “in the middle”
-involves one plot
-Geoffry Chaucer - Canterbury Tales (1st collection of short stories)

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Legend

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medium length
-orally transmitted for generations
-oldest legends focus on the lives of Christian saints
-nowadays focus on folk-heroes
-believed to have a historical background - can’t be verified
-twist historical events

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Fable

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short lenghth
-orally transmitted
-folk story
-animals representing humas attributes
-provides moral lesson
-Aesop - “the master of fables”

23
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Parable

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short lenghth
-teaches a moral/religious lesson

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Fairytale

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short lenghth
-passed on for generations by mouth
-intended for children
-magical events, imaginary creatures

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Anecdote

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short lenghth
-shortest of all
-amusing story of an event that happened

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Transitional genres

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-between ficiton and non-fiction
1. THE ESSAY
2. THE PAMPHLET
3. THE TRAVELOGUE
4. BIOGRAPHY
5. AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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The essay

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transitional genre
-short piece that tells person’s thoughts or opinions about a particular subject

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The pamphlet

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transitional genre
-politically motivated, connected with some revolutionary period

29
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The travelogue

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transitional genre
-truthfull account of someone’s travelling experience

30
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Biography

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transitional genre
-detailed description of someone’s life written by somebody else

31
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Autobiography

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transitional genre
-detailed description of author’s life written by the author

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