European Literature Flashcards
(40 cards)
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