Final Quiz

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

Question 2

Russian Revolution

Answer 2

After the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917 several pogroms occurred amidst the power struggles in Eastern Europe.

Question 3

Shtetl

Answer 3

Yiddish word for little town, were small villages of predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish populations, which existed in Russia and Eastern Europe before the programs and the Holocaust

Question 4

WWI

Answer 4

The shift away from traditional and Victorian values and aesthetics was substantially informed by the horrors of WWI

Question 5

Artistic Ambiguity

Answer 5

several possible interpretations, but the plot is the same for all interpretations

Question 6

Irony

Answer 6

A lit device that creates a meaningful contrast between expectations and reality

Question 7

Motif

Answer 7

A recurrent theme throughout a body of literary composition

Question 8

Literary Device

Answer 8

techniques, styles, and strategies used to enhance writing

Question 9

Magical Realism

Answer 9

Portrays fantastic events in an otherwise realistic tone and situation. Includes fantastical elements in a real-world setting, Authorial Reticence- the story is told w/ logic and precision, plenitude- instead of sparse landscapes and spare narrative magical realism portrays abundance, hybridity- binaries of life/afterlife male/female are less stable and mutually exclusive, and heightened awareness of mystery- more intense than regular realist fiction.

Question 10

Merism

Answer 10

Rhetorical device that refers to two contrasting devices that creates a whole. (Searching high and low)

Question 11

Metafiction

Answer 11

Fictions that explicitly and self-consciously examines the nature of fiction. “Aware of itself.” Readers aren’t supposed to forget they’re reading a books. Writing about writing.

Question 12

Modernist Literature

Answer 12

Emerged and became increasingly dominant in Europe and North America from the 1880s-90s until th 1930s-50s. Self-awareness and a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing. Embraced experimentation, surrealism, and hyperrealism, or by incorporating elements from long-ago cultural traditions.

Question 13

Postmodernist Literature

Answer 13

Uses metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity and intertextuality. Experimentation remains important. Postmod sees attempts at literary realism as fundamentally naive. Challenges authority and notions of order. Emerged in 1960s

Question 14

Suspension of Disbelief

Answer 14

Willingness to ignore critical thinking or logic to believe something that is unreal or impossible in reality.

Question 15

The Maccabees

Answer 15

Macabea in THOT is a allusion to the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid. They founded a independent kingdom that lasted about 40 years. they reasserted the Jewish religion. Olimpico is an allusion of the false god

Question 16

The Shunamite

Answer 16

A character in the Hebrew Bible, a great woman in her town. He gives hospitality to the Prophet Elisha, who prophesied she’d have a son and that she should leave to escape the famine. Elisha resurrects her son when he gets sick and dies.

Question 17

Angels

Question 18

Culture

Answer 18

Encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups

Question 19

Experimental Writing

Answer 19

literature that is written using innovative techniques, or that is presented in such a way that defies literary norms and conventions.

Question 20

Sinaloa Mexico

Answer 20

Northwest Mexico

Question 21

Reading Against the Text

Answer 21

you seek to understand a text as the author likely intended it to be understood. Imagine walking alongside the author, considering their ideas and examining the text through their lens

Question 22

Lit vs. Writing

Answer 22

Lit is any written work intended or deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, generally by using language in a style that differs from common usage. Relates to noteworthy aspects of human experience.

Question 23

Relationship of Modernism and Postmodernism

Answer 23

Postmodernism is both a continuation of modernism and a rejection of the idea that modern forms and ideas can rescue us from ancient problems of experience. Modernist literature sees fragmentation and extreme subjectivity as an existential crisis or a problem that must be solved postmodernists often demonstrate that this chaos is insurmountable.