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21st LIT > European Literature > Flashcards

European Literature Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 books created during the Archaic Times?

A

Bible and Illiad and Odyssey

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2
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How many books are in the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible?

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39 (old), 27 (new)

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True or False: Illiad and Odyssey was composed through Oral tradition

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True

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4
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This book chronicled the destinies of Greek and heroes

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Illiad and Odyssey

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5
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He is the main hero of Iliad during the Trijan war; his heel was his weakness

A

ACHILLES

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6
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He experienced 10 years struggle to return home after the war

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Odysseus

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7
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Who wrote the 2 important archaic texts during Archaic times?

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Hesiod

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8
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What are the 2 important archaic texts?

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Theogony - myths of God
Works and Days - days of present life

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9
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What blossomed during classical times? And what specific centuries

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Greek drama - 5th and 4th century BCE

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10
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Playwrights of what genre did flourish during the Classical Times?

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Comedy and tragedy

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11
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Who wrote “The republic” and also a student of Socrates

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PLATO

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12
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He is a student of Plato

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Aristotle

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13
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He is Alexander the Great’s teacher

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Aristotle

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14
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They preserved the legacy of Greek culture and modeled their empire and civilizations after the Greeks

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Romans

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15
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When did Rome became an empire?

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27 BC

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16
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Who is the ruler of the Roman empire who needed a literary work that would embody Rome’s greatness ?

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Augustus Caesar

17
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Was renowned for Aenid, an epic modeled on Iliad and Odyssey

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Virgil

18
Q

Wrote a very long narrative poem entitled “The Metamorphoses”

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Ovid

19
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A very long narrative poem that was written by Ovid

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The Metamorphoses

20
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It is an epic modeled on Iliad and Odyssey

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Aeneid

21
Q

What happened during the Medieval Period

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Fall of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire

22
Q

These 2 religions rose to become political, social, and cultural institutions

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Christianity and Islam

23
Q

2 books that was written by St. Augustine that remain spiritual pillars to this day

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The Confessions and City of God

24
Q

Wrote the Divine Comedy

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Dante Alighieri

25
Q

It envisions a Christian soul’s journey in the afterlife

A

Divine Comedy

26
Q

Warrior cultures traced their roots to the _______ epics

A

Homeric

27
Q

He is the father of English Literature

A

Geoffrey Chaucer

28
Q

This is the relationship between texts where one text refers to, quotes, or alludes to another text.

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Intertextuality

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