final wl2 Flashcards
Satire
1
Irony
1
Foreshadowing
1
Foil
1
Fable
1
Personification
1
Exemplum
1
Allegory
1
Blank verse
1
Heroic couplet
1
Alexandrine
1
Commedia Dell’Arte
1
Deus ex machina
1
Why was it called the “Enlightenment?” Who called it that?
1
Deism
1
Empiricists and rationalists
1
Neoclassicism
1
Convention
1
View of nature
1
pathetic fallecy
1
personification
1
Apostrophe
1
Lyric Poetry
1
Assonance
1
View of nature
1
View of Death
1
View of imagination
1
View of the individual
1
View of the artist/poet
1
Problem play
a play that confronts an issue within society
“Well-made play”
a play that reveals secrets of the characters gradually and is limited to only one climactic moment
Tragedy: hamartia, catharsis
tragic flaw in personality
“Le mot juste” (the right word)
just the correct word for the situation
Free indirect discourse
narration that moves among the consciousness of the characters without authorial commentary
Counterpoint/ juxtaposition
narration that shifts between two simultaneous scenes
Realistic techniques of theatre used
common phrases, pauses, interruption, rejected romantics
Class of society frequently depicted in realist works
1
Magical realism
magic elements are a natural part of a realistic environment
Existentialism
thinking begins with human subject by acting, feeling, and living
The “Absurd”
conflict between human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning of life and the human inability to find any
“Engagement”
1
“Breaking the fourth wall”
breaking the barrier between the audience and the cast
modernism
late 19th and early 20th century and questions the rationality of mankind
postmodernism
we try to understand our own reality and question scientific assumptions
postcolonialism
understand the knowledge of control
cultural parochialism
problems related directly to a culture
Metatheatre
the actors on the stage become the audience
Self-reflexivity
the actors on the stage become the audience
Surrealism
1920s movement to resolve the previous contradictory conditions of dreams and reality
Questions of identity, humanity
the entire modernism movement questioned the actions of humans and their ability to choose their destiny against the will of science and reason. Who one is and weather they act according to norms
Difficulty of communication
1
Perception/perspective of the perceiver and the perceived
The perceiver can view someone differently than they see themselves, but eventually they will see the same thing. The truth comes out
Breaking with tradition/authority (by literary form or by character’s actions/plot of story)
Literary forms are different than before. The fantastic world of dreams question reality, and the characters act contrary while pointing out social problems or inadequacies of each other
Reader/spectator involvement in the story
Tone or writing styles frequently used:
the fourth wall between the audience is broken and the audience/reader are far more emotionally engaged in the story line
Molière works
Tartuffe
La Fontaine works
Fables (The Cicada and the Ant, The Crow and the Fox, The Wolf and the Lamb, The Oak and the Reed, The Lion and the Rat, The Fox and the Grapes, The Rooster and the Fox, The Two Pigeons)
Racine works
Phèdre
Leopardi works
- To Sylvia,
- The Infinite,
- The Village Saturday,
- To Himself
Becquer works
- I Know a Strange Gigantic Hymn
2. Nameless Spirit
Hugo works
- The Child (of Chios),
2. Tomorrow at Daybreak
Heine works
- A Pine Tree Stands Lonely,
- A Young Man loves a Maiden,
- The Silesian Weavers,
- Ah, Death is like a long cool night,
- Die Lorelei
Lamartine works
The Lake
Bunina works
From the Seashore
de Castro works
- The Ailing Woman Felt her forces ebb,
- The Glowworm scatters flashes in the Moss
- As I composed this little book
Ibsen works
Hedda Gabler
Maupassant works
“Hautot and his Son”
Gogol works
“The Overcoat”
Tolstoy works
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Kafka works
“The Metamorphosis”
Pirandelloworks
6 characters in Search of an Author
Brecht works
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Molière country of origin
1
La Fontaine country of origin
1
Racine country of origin
1
Leopardi country of origin
1
Becquer country of origin
1
Hugo country of origin
1
Heine country of origin
1
Lamartine country of origin
1
Bunina country of origin
1
de Castro country of origin
1
Ibsen country of origin
1
Maupassant country of origin
1
Gogol country of origin
1
Tolstoy country of origin
1
Kafka country of origin
1
Pirandello country of origin
1
Brecht country of origin
1