GREEK, ROMAN, & RUSSIAN LITERATURE Flashcards
The Golden Age of Athens and tragic drama was among the important literary themes
A. 4th Century
B. 5th Century
C. 6th Century
C. 6th Century
Showed archetypal figures in heroic myths to show man’s life and his position in the universe.
A. Tragic Drama
B. Comedic Drama
A. Tragic Drama
An unhappy play where hero dies in the end
Tragedy
Who were the three tragedians in ancient Greece?
SEA
Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aeschylus
A happy play with light humorous tones. Most famous in this genre was ARITOPHANES “Funny-es”
Comedy
Writer of the famous Iliad and the Odyssey, national epics of Greece
Homer
Writer of Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
A. Sophocles
B. Euripedes
C. Aeschylus
A. Sophocles
In Alcestis, a tragic play written by Euripedes, who willingly gave up his or her life for King Admetus to avoid his prophesized death? Unknowingly, the person’s death would bring extreme sadness to the King’s life
A. King’s brother
B. King’s Wife
B. King’s Wife
Considered as the Father of Greek Tragedy
A. Sophocles
B. Euripedes
C. Aeschylus
C. Aeschylus
Russian Author known for his realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry.
A. Ivan Turgunev
B.Leo Tolstoy
A. Ivan Turgunev
Most famous for the novels crime and punishment; The Brothers Karamazov
A. Anton Chekhov
B. Fyodor Dostoevsky
B. Fyodor Dostoevsky
A master of realistic fiction and one of the world’s greatest novelists, especially known for Anna Karenina and War and Peace
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Anton Chekhov
A. Leo Tolstoy
Father of Modern Short Story; Russia’s greatest dramatist whose plays are about isolation and despair
A. Vladimir Nabokov
B. Anton Chekhov
B. Anton Chekhov
Dramatic principle that states every element in a story must be necessary, irrelevant elements must be removed
Chekhov’s Gun
Russian Poet and Novel Prize winner for Doctor Zhivago
A. Borris Pasternak
B. Anton Chekhov
A. Borris Pasternak
