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Intro to Lit Flashcards

1
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Literature cam from latin word

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Littera

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Littera means

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Letter of Alphabet

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3
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Not all Written works are Lit with a capital L

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True

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Literature is the first and foremost

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humankinds entire body of writing, then it is the body of writing beloning to a given language or people, then it is indiv pieces of writing

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5
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Literature is a

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Form of human expression

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6
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Lit is not just expressed in words but even when organized and written down

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True

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7
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Literary standards proponent

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William J. Long

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Literary standards

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UPASSIS

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9
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Universality

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Appeals to the hearts and minds of almost any reader

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Permanence

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can stand the test of time

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Artistry

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aesthetically appealing and reveals or convers hiddenntruth and beauty

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Suggestiveness

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allows work to inspire and provoke thoughts

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Style

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distinct way of writer jn creating

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Intellectual value

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criticak thinking of both abstract and reason based thought

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Spiritual value

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lifts the inner spirit and soul and has the power to motivate

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16
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Lit two functions proponent

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Horace, roman poet

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Two functions

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Dulce and Utile

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Dulce

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Sweetness, to entertain

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Utile

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Usefulness, to inform

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20
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Division of lit

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Divided into oral and written

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two types of lit

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Prose and Poetry

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Poetry

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features metrical and sophisticated use of language thru imagery, figurative language and poetic divises
“message to be dug out”

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Poetry Three types

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Lyric, Narrative, Drama

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Lyric

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originally sung with a lyre, focused on writer’s personal experiences and emotions

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Types of Lyric

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Elegy, Ode,Sonnet,Haiku

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Elegy

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poem ti hinor the dead

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Ode

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a poem that pays tribute to a person,idea, place or another concept

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Sonnet

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fourtheen-line poem with a specifuc srhyme scheme (Shakespearean or Petrarchan)

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Haiku

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three-line poem that originated in Japan, follows the 5-7-5 syllable scheme and uses nature to express an emotion/concept

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Narrative

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tells a story in lines abd verses, originally sung by bards

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Types in narrative

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Ballad, Epic, Metrical tale, Metrical Romance

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Ballad

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set to music, focused on human experiences

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Epic

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tells the stories of heroes and their adventure

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Metrical tale

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Topics vary from romance, the quest for adventure, love and various phases of life. Characters are normal people

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Metrical romance

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deals with acdventure,love, chivalry and deeds of derring-do, called chivalric poems. nobles are the bida

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Prose

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straightforward, written in ordinary but stull utilizes literary techniques

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Types of Prose

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Fictional, Non fic, Creative non fic, Drama

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Fictional prose

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imagination. maybinclude supernatural events but ate still ultimately rooted in reality

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Written Fic Prose

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Novel, short storry, flash fiction, dagli

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Oral trad fic

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Fable, Myth, Legends,Folktales

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Non fictional

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Factual , literary criticisms

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Creative Non Fic

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strategies in storytelling.

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CNF examples

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Memoire, Personal essay, Travelogue, Biography, Autobio

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Drama

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meant to be persformed on a stage.

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Drama examples

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Comedy, Musical, Farce, Melodrama, Tragedy, Tradecomedy

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Drama vs Play

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Drama written
Play Acted

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Importance of lit

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Powerful stress reliever, Fuels imagination, improves concentration and focus, keeps brain active and healthy, expands a persons vocab, improves writing skills, improves comm skill, critical thinking, history, empathy

48
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9 21st century themes

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Identity, History and Memory, Sociak Evils, Catastrophe, Merits or perils of tech, Personalization of Narratives, Fracturing, Effects of Commercialism, Diaspora and Migration

49
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Lit raises life into a new level of meaning

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Cirilo Bautista

50
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Perhaps literature makes readers identify values

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J.F Loria

51
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Mario Vargas Llosa won Nobel prize in Lit in

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2010

52
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Ran for president in

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1990

53
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Cartography of structured of power and his trenchant images of indivs resistance revolt and defeat

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Mario vargas

54
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Writing in a perdonal way about news

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Literary journ

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