Literary movement Flashcards
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From what years did the renaissance take place?
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14th-17th century
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where did the renaissance begin?
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italy
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what type of literature did the renaissance revive?
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greek and roman
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what characteristic did the renaissance focus on?
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humanism and the individual
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how did artists and writers capture the beauty of the world in the renaissance? what techniques did they use?
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perspective and chiaroscuro
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who were the key figures during the renaissance era?
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William Shakespeare
Dante Alighieri
Petrarch
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what is hamlet about?
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regarded as one of the greatest tragedies in english literature. narrates about the story of a danish prince named Hamlet seeking for revenge
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what is macbeth?
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a story of a powerful noble scottish man and his ups and downs
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what is othello about?
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- othello is about a tale of jealousy and manipulation
- moorish general, othello, and the tragic consequences of his marriage to desdemona
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what is the story of midsummer nights dream about?
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- comedic fantasy love story that happens in the forest and its inhabitants
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what is the divine comedy book about?
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- Dante’s magnum opus
- epic poem consisting of 3 parts which are inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
- talks about Dante’s journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven
- guided by the roman poet Virgil and his idealized love, Beatrice
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what is vita nuova about?
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- a collection poems written in italian and latin
- celebrating Dante’s love for beatrice and exploring themes of love and devotion
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what is de moarchia about?
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- treatise about political and religious topics
- including the relationship between the holy roman emperor and the pope
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what is Canzoniere about?
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- aka Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta
- Petrach wrote it
- collection of 366 sonnets, songs, and poems dedicated to his unrequited love for Laura
- cornerstone of Italian renaissance poetry
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what is secretum about?
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- a dialogue in 3 books
- self-reflective conversation with st. augustine about his inner struggles and the pursiit of virtue and wisdom
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what is africa about?
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- an epic poem
- explores the achievements of the roman general Scipio Africanus
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what does the characteristic humanism mean?
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focuses on human potential and achievements
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what does the characteristic classical influence mean?
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literature and ideas of ancient greece and rome
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explain the characteristic individualism
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complexities of human nature, individual character, emotions
20
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explain the characteristic revival of poetry and drama?
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poetry and drama thrived in the renaissance era
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explain the characteristic emphasis on the arts
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the importance of the visual arts and made references to art
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explain the characteristic exploration of the individual and society
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examined the relationship between individuals and society in a political context
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explain the characteristic religious themes
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the renaissance was characterized by renewed interests in humanism, so religious themes were present for example the protestant reformation
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how many characteristics of renaissance literature are there? name them all!
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7
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when did the romanticism era take place?
late 18th - early/ mid 19th century
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what did romanticism focus on?
emotion, imagination, individualism.
- romantics believed that intuition and feeling > reason and logic
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state 3 of the most famous works of romantic literature!
1. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
2. Lyrical ballads - William Wordsworth
3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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state 6 popular writers from the romanticism era!
- Mary Shelley
- William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- John Keats
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Lord Byron
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what is the poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" (daffodils) about?
celebrates the beauty of nature and how it awes the poet
- william wordsworth
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what is the rime of the ancient mariner about?
a narrative poem about the sailor who faces consequences after killing an albatross
- samuel taylor coleridge
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what is ode to a nightingale about?
ode inspired by the song nightingale and talks about the contrast between eternal beauty of art and transience of human life
- John Keats
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what is Ozymandias about?
impermanence of human achievement by describing a ruined statue in the desert with the inscription "look on my works, ye mighty and despair"
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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what is Don Juan about?
adventures of Don Juan and explores themes of love, society, and morality
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how many characteristics are there in the romanticism era?
10:
- nature and the sublime
- individualism
- imagination and creativity
- emotion and passion
- freedom against conformity
- symbolism and allegory
- anti-industrialization
- celebrations of the past
- escapism
- unconscious mind
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explain the characteristic of emotion and passion in the romanticism era
they use intense emotions such as longing and despair
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explain the characteristic of imagination and creativity in the romanticism era
they often used imaginative language to create this imagination
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explain the characteristic of individualism in the romanticism era
often focuses on the experience of characters as a **reaction against the conformity** in the **enlightenment era**
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explain the characteristic of the nature and the sublime in the romanticism era
nature and the sublime played a central role in the romanticism era
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explain the characteristic of symbolism and allegory in the romanticism era
often used symbolism to convey deeper meanings and themes
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explain the characteristic of escapism and the supernatural in the romanticism era
many romantic works featured elements of escapism because characters were often seeking refuge from the harsh realities of life
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explain the characteristic of celebration of the past in the romanticism era
sense of nostalgia
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explain the characteristic of individual freedom and rebellion in the romanticism era
the romanticism era often portrayed characters who rebelled for freedom
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explain the characteristic of emphasis on the unconscious mind in the romanticism era
explored the workings of the human mind
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explain the characteristic of anti-industrialization in the romanticism era
many romantics expressed a sense of nostalgia for a simpler more natural way of life
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in what century did realism take place in?
19th century
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why did realism emerge?
the era emerged as a response to the excesses of romanticism
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what is realism? what did realism focus on?
- the simple aspects of everyday life (how life really was)
- the struggle of ordinary people from poorer classes
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what language did the realism era use?
simple everyday language rather than elevated language of romanticism
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what writing techniques did they use in the realism era?
- stream-of-consciousness narration
- multiple points of view
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name three famous authors in the realism era
- leo tolstoy
- gustave flaubert
- gustave courbet
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name Gustave Flaubert's novels that are known for their meticulous attention to detail and psychological realism
- Madame bovary
- sentimental education
- bouvard and pecuchet
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name gustave courbet's paintings
- the stonebreakers
- the bathers
- a burial at ornans
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name 5 books from the realism era
- madame bovary
- middlemarch
- les miserables
- crime and punishment
- the grapes of wrath
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what is madame bovary from the realism era about?
a bored and unhappy housewife who embarks on an adulterous affair
- gustave flaubert
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what is middlemarch from the realism era about?
many characters that live in a small english town
- george eliot
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what is les miserables about?
- victor hugo
Jean Valjean, a former convict who struggles to redeem himself and become a better person
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what is crime and punishment about?
- fyodor dostoevsky
- a young man who murders a pawnbroker and her sister
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what is the grapes of wrath about?
- john stienbeck
- a family of migrant workers who travel from Oklahoma to california
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how many characteristics are there in realism? state them all!
8:
- rejection of romanticism
- complex characters
- detailed descriptions
- plausibility
- objective narration
- focus on the ordinary
- social commentary
- faithfulness to reality
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when did naturalism take place?
late 19th - 20th century
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what does naturalism focus on?
harsh realities of life (bad views of life)
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what was the key themes of naturalism?
determinism which was the behaviour of blaming the environment and social condition for their life
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who were the authors in the naturalism era?
- emile zola
- stephen crane
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what is the book sister carrie about?
- theodore dreiser
- talks about a Carrie Meeber who just moved to chicago and finds troubles adapting. she finds limited living conditions.
- a classic of american naturalism
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what is the call of the wild about?
- jack london
- a story of Buck, a dog, who faced the harsh realities during the Klondike Gold Rush
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what is maggie: a girl of the streets about?
- stephen crane
- a young girl who lives in the slums of new york
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what is the red badge of courage about?
- stephen crane
- Henry Flemming who was a young soldier and was in the american civil war
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what is McTeague about?
- Frank Norris
- a dentist who slowly falls into debt
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what is the jungle about?
- Upton Sinclair
- was first for a journal
- the harsh realities that immigrant workers face in a meatpacking factory
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what is the an american tragedy about?
- theodore dreiser
- Clyde Griffiths comes form a poor family and he falls in an affair with a girl which leads to a crime and a trial
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what are the characteristics of the naturalism era?
8:
- determinism
- focus on the environment
- conflicts and violence
- pessimism
- focuses on the lower class
- focuses on the characters as victims
- the influence of darwinism
- detailed descriptions
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when did modernism take place?
19th-20th century
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what characteristics were used in the modernism era?
- fragmentation of narratives
- themes of alienation
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what was Ulysses by James Joyce about?
Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus on a single day in Dublin
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What is the waste land about?
a poem about the fragmentation and disillusionment of the post world war 1 era
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what is the lighthouse about?
- virginia woolf
- a family vacation home
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what is the great gatsby about?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Jay Gatsby and his american dream and his obsession with Daisy Buchanan
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what is the portrait of the artist as a young man about?
- james joyce
- stephen dedaulus as he matures form childhood to adulthood
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what is mrs dalloway about?
- virginia woolf
- a single day of Clarissa Dalloway's life after WW1 in London
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what is the sun also rises about?
- ernest hemmingway
- "lost generation" (those who lived during WW1) and traveled to spain for the running of the bulls
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what is the metamorphosis about?
- Franz Kafka
- gregory samsa wakes up as a giant insect
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how many characterstics are there in modernism?
12
- experimentation
- fragmentation
- stream of consciousness
- symbolism
- alienation and disillusionment
- cultural and social critique
- subjectivity
- metafiction
- intertextuality
- mulitple points of view
- rejection reality
- existentialism
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when did post colonialism take place?
20th century
