European Literature

Question 1

one of the 7 continents

Answer 1

Europe

Question 2

number of countries in this continent

Answer 2

44

Question 3

what European literature is often referred to

Answer 3

Western literature

Question 4

term to a big bulk of literature pieces written in the context of Western culture and tradition

Answer 4

Western literature

Question 5

what Western literature encompasses

Answer 5

American and European literature

Question 6

languages present in Europe

Answer 6

English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Polish, Czech

Question 7

the most prominent

Answer 7

English literature

Question 8

the playwright, poet, actor

Answer 8

William Shakespeare

Question 9

the greatest writer in English language

Answer 9

William Shakespeare

Question 10

the no. of plays Shakespeare wrote

Answer 10

at least 37 (including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet)

Question 11

Shakespeare was named after ______________

Answer 11

English Sonnet

Question 12

the new version of English Sonnet

Answer 12

Shakespearean Sonnet

Question 13

it is about love, if not tragedy. it is also the most famous

Answer 13

Sonnet XII (12)

Question 14

Shakespeare is dubbed ______________

Answer 14

Bard of Avon

Question 15

he was the American literary critique

Answer 15

Harold Bloom

Question 16

western canons

Answer 16

Harold Bloom

Question 17

these were called _____________:
- The Iliad and the Odyssey
- Divine Comedy
- Macbeth
- Frankenstein
- Pride and Prejudice
- 1984
- Leo Tostoy
- Geoffrey Chaucer

Answer 17

Canon literature

Question 18

he ruled the Canterbury

Answer 18

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 19

the author of 1984

Answer 19

George Orwell

Question 20

a canon literature writer that is all about war and peace

Answer 20

Leo Tostoy

Question 21

it investigates the structure of the literary text to uncover its meaning

Answer 21

structuralism

Question 22

a Swiss linguist

Answer 22

Ferdinand de Saussure

Question 23

not only a system of text, contains signs and quotes, symbols, and every word has a meaning to it

Answer 23

Ferdinand de Saussure

Question 24

3 literary theories

Answer 24

structuralism, post structuralism, and deconstruction

Question 25

systematic study of signs and signification

Answer 25

semiotics

Question 26

3 things included in semiotics

Answer 26

1. symbolic signs
2. iconic
3. indexes

Question 27

it is included in semiotic wherein it is created in subjective to understanding of the person or cultural background

Answer 27

symbolic signs

Question 28

it is included in semiotic wherein it is to what is being signified (resemble)

Answer 28

iconic

Question 29

it is included in semiotic wherein it indicate the presence of the signify, was contradicted

Answer 29

indexes

Question 30

contradicts structuralism

Answer 30

post structuralism

Question 31

whose idea is post structuralism

Answer 31

Jacques Derrida

Question 32

focused in destruction and changing the usual signs

Answer 32

Jacques Derrida

Question 33

associated with deconstruction

Answer 33

post structuralism

Question 34

they believe there are many truths

Answer 34

post structuralism

Question 35

winning and subjective and arbitrary

Answer 35

post structuralism

Question 36

it means being random

Answer 36

arbitrary

Question 37

example of an arbitrary

Answer 37

time flies like an arrow

Question 37

it holds and destroys the meaning

Answer 37

deconstruction

Question 38

refers to the history of the literary piece

Answer 38

historicism

Question 39

refers to the culture of the literary piece (traditions)

Answer 39

cultural studies