Humanities 4 Flashcards
Who said:
So the whole ear of Denmark
Is by a forged process of my death
Rankly abused
the Royal Dane, character in a Shakespeare play.
Dane’s are from Denmark
The unglazed opening in the center of the dome of the Pantheon in Rome is called?
oculus
Parallel feet, flat-footed steps, undulating torso, body isolation, and syncopated rhythms refer to what type of dance?
Jazz
The hero of what nineteenth century novels states “vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation”
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
A trumpet can play different notes by adjusting the lip or by doing what?
pressing down a valve
One of the greatest modern chronicles of a famous incident during the Civil War is?
Catton’s A Stillness at Appomatox
In the early 1800’s, which American minister and writer promoted the philosophical and literary movement called transcendentalism?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What does the following describe:
What we write and speak most of the time in our everyday intercourse: unmetered, unrhymed language.
Prose
What is Freytag’s Pyramid and what is it used to describe?
originally used to describe the structure of a five-act drama but now widely used to analyze fiction. Stages: introduction or exposition, complication, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement or conclusion.
What describes the character in a story who struggles toward or for someone or something?
protagonist
What describes the character in a story who struggles against someone or something?
the antagonist
In literature, what is a detail or element of the story which is repeated throughout, and which may even become symbolic?
A motif
Which famous poet maintained that the meaning of poetry existed purely to distract us “while the poem did its work”?
T.S. Eliot
Which famous poet said:
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, —that is all
ye know on earth, and all ye need to know —
John Keats
what is the difference between blank and free verse
free verse is unrhymed and has a varying metrical pattern, blank verse is also unrhymed but has a strict rhythm
What is it called when a part of an object is used to represent the entire thing or vice versa
Synecdoche
Example: Give me a hand, does not mean literally give me your hand, it means give me help
What type of poetry was Browning known for?
dramatic monologues
what type of sonnet is organized into two groups: eight lines and six - the octave and setset
The Petrarch or Italian sonnet
what type of sonnet organizes the lines into three groups of four lines: quatrains and a couplet
The Shakespearean or English sonnet
Which sonnet has the rhyme scheme
abbaabba-cdecde
Petrarch or Italian sonnet
Which sonnet has the rhyme scheme
abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean or English sonnet
Which great epic was about Adam and Eve and the Fall?
Milton’s Paradise Lost
Which two poets marked a turning point by not only using the language of men but also by moving away from narrative poems to the lyric?
Wordsworth and Coleridge
What is known as one of the most famous elegies?
Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
What is the difference between an elegy and an ode?
they are both part of the lyric family, although an ode is usually longer, dealing with more profound areas of human life than simply death
Which English poet is best known for his odes?
John Keats (Ode to a Grecian Urn)
What is the most famous and arguably the best villanelle?Villanelle: a courtly love poem structure from medieval times
Dylan Thomas’s Do not go gentle into that good night
what kind of comedy in drama is described as low comedy intended to make us laugh by means of a series of exaggerated, unlikely situations that depend less on plot and character than on gross absurdities, sight gags, and coarse dialogue
Farce
What type of comedy in drama is rather high comic form implying that humanity and human institutions are in need of reform?
satire
How did Henrik Ibsen’s plays begin the modern era in drama?
with his emphasis on realism, a seeking of truth through direct observation using the five senses
Though often considered a work for children, this nineteenth century classic continues to amuse and amaze adults interested in puzzles, poems, and hidden meanings?
Alice in Wonderland by Charles Dodgson aka Lewis Carrol
Which novel presents a series of entertaining monologues and bawdy tales told by individuals with a common purpose?
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Which of the following is generally recognized as the most accurate literary representation of American soldiers in battler?
Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage
Henry Fleming fled the battle field. The red badge was literally a blood wound received during battle and signaled couragesness. He wished he had one and was brave.
In what work does the author deal with his or her blindness?
John Milton’s When I Consider How My Light is Spent
Which poet said:
They also serve who only stand and wait
John Milton. Last lines of When I Consider How My Light is Spent
Which work can be seen as a fable in which the main characters represent political personages engaged in the conflict of political systems?
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Which work presents a fascinating survey of English life at the time of William the Conqueror?
The Domesday Book commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 in order to raise taxes to pay for his army, he needed to assess everyone’s wealth and assets
Many of Shakespeare’s works are based on which philosophical and literary construct?
The Great Chain of Being Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order, which was pictured as a chain vertically extended.
Which novel was written by Charles Dodgson under a pen name?
Alice in Wonderland, pen name Lewis Carroll
Which poet is known for dramatic monologues such as Andrea del Sarto?
Robert Browning
Which American novelist was known for his love of deep sea fishing and bullfighting?
Ernest Hemingway
Which novel revolved around the bureaucratic aspects of the pursuit of war?
Heller’s Catch-22
A famous novel about American fighter pilot during WWII.
John Donne is considered the leader of what poets?
metaphysicals
Oscar Wilde, Ernest Dawson, Lionel Johnson, and Arthur Symons were part of which group of poets?
1890’s the decadents
Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs were part of which group of poets?
1960’s post war the Beat poets
Who were the two most prominent restoration poets?
John Milton and John Dryden 1600’s
Considered one of the greatest expressions of existentialism, this play by Samuel Beckett involves only two characters?
Waiting for Godot
Which modern novel portrays a New England prep school as America is about to go to war?
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Which famous ship is the subject of a novel about WWII mutiny?
USS Caine by Henry Wouk in his novel The Caine Mutiny
Which nineteenth century novel end with a hanging at sea?
Herman Melville’s Billy Budd
Some of Shakespeare’s sonnets are presumed to be written to someone critics call?
Dark Lady
A fixed form with five tercets and a quatrain
villanelle
an aubade is a poem that greets the
dawn
