European Literature Flashcards
one of the 7 continents
Europe
number of countries in this continent
44
what European literature is often referred to
Western literature
term to a big bulk of literature pieces written in the context of Western culture and tradition
Western literature
what Western literature encompasses
American and European literature
languages present in Europe
English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Polish, Czech
the most prominent
English literature
the playwright, poet, actor
William Shakespeare
the greatest writer in English language
William Shakespeare
the no. of plays Shakespeare wrote
at least 37 (including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet)
Shakespeare was named after ______________
English Sonnet
the new version of English Sonnet
Shakespearean Sonnet
it is about love, if not tragedy. it is also the most famous
Sonnet XII (12)
Shakespeare is dubbed ______________
Bard of Avon
he was the American literary critique
Harold Bloom
western canons
Harold Bloom
these were called _____________:
- The Iliad and the Odyssey
- Divine Comedy
- Macbeth
- Frankenstein
- Pride and Prejudice
- 1984
- Leo Tostoy
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Canon literature
he ruled the Canterbury
Geoffrey Chaucer
the author of 1984
George Orwell
a canon literature writer that is all about war and peace
Leo Tostoy
it investigates the structure of the literary text to uncover its meaning
structuralism
a Swiss linguist
Ferdinand de Saussure
not only a system of text, contains signs and quotes, symbols, and every word has a meaning to it
Ferdinand de Saussure
3 literary theories
structuralism, post structuralism, and deconstruction
systematic study of signs and signification
semiotics
3 things included in semiotics
- symbolic signs
- iconic
- indexes
it is included in semiotic wherein it is created in subjective to understanding of the person or cultural background
symbolic signs
it is included in semiotic wherein it is to what is being signified (resemble)
iconic
it is included in semiotic wherein it indicate the presence of the signify, was contradicted
indexes
contradicts structuralism
post structuralism
whose idea is post structuralism
Jacques Derrida
focused in destruction and changing the usual signs
Jacques Derrida
associated with deconstruction
post structuralism
they believe there are many truths
post structuralism
winning and subjective and arbitrary
post structuralism
it means being random
arbitrary
example of an arbitrary
time flies like an arrow
it holds and destroys the meaning
deconstruction
refers to the history of the literary piece
historicism
refers to the culture of the literary piece (traditions)
cultural studies
