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1
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What is the center of all literature?

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Conflict

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2
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Two literature categories

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Fiction and Non-Fiction

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3
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5 Genres

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Short story, play, novel, essay, poem

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4
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2 groups

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Comedy and Tragedy

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5
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Comedy

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Protagonist removes himself from problem created by antagonist

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Tragedy

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Protagonist does not remove himself from problem created by antagonist

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7
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2 Classifications, describe them

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Classic - has or will stand the test of time

Contemporary - will not stand test of time

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8
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Classic Tragedy

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does not solve problem, but still grows

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9
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Contemporary Tragedy

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Does not solve problem, does not grow

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10
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Elements vs Techniques

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Elements - Always are present (plot, theme, setting…)

Techniques - Literary devices which may or may not be used to create the writer’s style

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Style

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Literary devices which may or may not be used to create the writer’s style

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12
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A philosophy that states that we gain knowledge from beyond our senses

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Transcendentalism

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13
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When/By whom was Beowulf composed

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8th century (written down in 11th)/Composed by Unknown

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14
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Name some epic requirements

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  • Involve a grand fight
  • Long narrative
  • Omens (good/bad) present
  • Elevated writing style
  • Larger than life
  • Includes a journey
  • Fate
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15
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Contemporary tragic hero components

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Pity, Flaw, Suffering, Hero

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16
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FOUR parts of romanticism

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Beauty, Truth, Freedom, Love

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17
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3 THINGS from romanticism

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  • Simple, direct language
  • Spontaneous expression of feeling
  • Response to nature which reflects the soul, leading to a deeper awareness of self (find yourself)
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18
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Pity

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We pity the character because he is displaced from society

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Flaw

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character has many choices, but unable to make the right choice

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20
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Suffering

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Character continues to suffer as he seeks to attain dignity, and cannot find it

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21
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Hero

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Called hero but he didn’t solve problem, learn anything, falls lower, doesn’t solve problem

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22
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Father of English literature

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Chaucer

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23
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Who was extremely satirical and critical of people?

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Chaucer

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24
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What religion was Chaucer, if at all?

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Agnostic, probably atheist

25
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Who was father of Expressionism?

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James Joyce

26
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What is expressionism?

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Philosophy applied to literature which states that the chaos in a character’s mind distorts reality

27
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What is image fluidity?

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Image making devices related to water

28
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What is impressionism?

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Depiction of a scene, emotion, character by details intending to achieve vividness/effectiveness more by evoking subjective sense impressions rather than objective reality

29
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3 Reasons shakespeare is the best author

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Universal, Works are timeless, Image making devices

30
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Explain how Shake. is universal?

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  • Studied throughout the world

- Translated into more language than any other book (even the bible)

31
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How are Shake’s works timeless?

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Taught to HS more than any other work

32
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Explain Shake’s image making devices?

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His words/language is music to one’s ears

33
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DOB and location of Shake.

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1564, Stratford-Upon Avon, England

34
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When did Shake begin writing?

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1590

35
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What are the four Shakespearean conventions?

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Soliloquy, Aside, Structural Climax, and Disease Imagery

36
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Explain Soliloquy

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expresses: inner conflicts, reaction to others, shows character

37
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Explain structural climax

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  • Act III of plays

- When protagonist is at high point of his good fortune just before his dramatic fall down

38
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Explain disease imagery

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  • Wrote during bubonic plague

- Image making devices that deal with disease.

39
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What was Shake’s last play?

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The Tempest

40
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3 play categories for Shake?

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Comedy, Tragedy, History

41
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Each play category demonstrates 3 plot/themes, what are they?

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History - Political
Comedy - Love
Tragedy - Societal

42
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T/F All 3 plot/themes are present in all plays, but one more than the rest

A

True

43
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What color flags are associated with which 3 play categories?

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Black - Tragedy
Green - History
White - Comedy

44
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How was shake an architect?

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designed “the globe”

45
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What was the Globe’s nickname?

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The Wooden O

46
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T/F Two negatives are acceptable in Shake. language?

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True (Thou canst not)

47
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How much did groundlings play

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1/2 penny

48
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Shake.’s FIVE literary contributions

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  • Dramatic narratives conveyed a sense of psychological identity
  • Used extended language
  • Perfected blank verse, iambic pentameter
  • Heroic couplet
  • Master of conveying thoughts/ideas through dramatic use of dialogue
49
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T/F He is studied by psychologists more than any other artist

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True

50
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Who HATED Shake.?

A

Earl of Essex?

51
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Who loved shake.?

A

The queen

52
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Who took over the queen?

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James I, liked Shake

53
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To whom is Macbeth dedicated?

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James I

54
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What was Shakespear’s son’s name?

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Hamnet

55
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Which play is the most studied in HS and why?

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  • Julius Ceasar

- short, no sex

56
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Which play is his most loved work?

A

Romeo and Juliet

57
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Which play is the least studied in HS? Why

A

King Leon, most complex

58
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What is characer foil?

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A character that is there to point out positives/negatives of another character

59
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What is formalism?

A

Philosophy applied to lit. when the structure of the work creates the essence/theme

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