prelims Flashcards
any printed matter written within a book, a magazine, or a pamphlet.
LITERATURE
examples of literature
NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, NEWSPAPER, ESSAY, RESEARCH
written by Homer. these have been the source of myths and legends of Greece. contains Gods and Goddesses.
ILLIAD AND THE ODYSSEY
The sacred writing of the Catholic church and has become the basis of Christianity originating from Palestine and Greece.
BIBLE
The longest epic in the world. It contains the culture, tradition and history of Religion in India.
MAHAB-HARATA
The central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature.
KORAN
A Koran is organized in how many chapters?
114
It depicts the religion and customs of the English people in the early days.
CANTERBURY TALES
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
This depicted the sad fate of slaves; this becomes the basis of democracy later on.
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
He wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
HARRIET BEECHER
From Arabia and Persia (Iran). It shows the ways of government, of industries and of the society of the Arabs and Persians.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
This includes the cult of Osiris and the mythology and theology of Egypt.
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
Who wrote The Book of the Dead?
KARL RICHARD LEPSIUS
The Analects is the book that collects the daily teachings of Confucius recorded by his students.
THE BOOK OF THE DAYS
This includes Doce Pares and Roncesvalles of France. It tells about the Golden age of Christianity of France.
THE SONG OF ROLAND
He wrote The Song of Roland.
TUROLD
This shows the cultural characteristics of the Spaniards and their national history.
EL CID COMPEADOR
Who wrote El Cid Compeador?
ANTONIO DE TRUEBA
This shows the religion and customs of the early Italians.
THE DIVINE COMEDY
The Divine Comedy is divided into three major parts, namely
INFERNO, PURGATORIO, PARADISO
The Divine Comedy begun writing in ______ and was completed by ______.
1308, 1320
He wrote The Divine Comedy.
DANTE ALIGHIERI
This is a long narrative divided into chapters. The events are usually taken/inspired from true to life stories and the spans of long period of time.
NOVEL
This is a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression. Usually ends in an open-ended conclusion.
SHORT STORIES
This is presented on a stage, is divided into acts and each act has many scenes.
PLAYS
These are merely products of the writer’s imagination, and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the reader. It can be stories about animals or children.
ANECDOTES
These are also fictitious and they deal with animals and inanimate things who speak and act like people.
FABLES
These are fictitious narratives, usually about the origin of a certain thing or being.
LEGENDS
A formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public. It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the emotions of the audience.
ORATION
This deals with the story life of a person written by someone else.
BIOGRAPHY
This expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or event. The best example of this is the editorial page of a newspaper.
ESSAY
This refers to that kind of poetry meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre.
LYRIC POETRY
This form describes important events in life either in real or imaginary.
NARRATIVE POETRY
This is considered as the shortest and simplest. It has also a simple structure and tells of a single accident.
BALLADS
This is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control. It may deal with heroes and Gods.
EPIC
This is a narrative which is written in verse and can be classified either as a ballad or a metrical romance.
METRICAL TALE
These are short poems intended to be sung. The common theme is love, despair, grief, doubt, joy, hope and sorrow.
FOLKSONG
This is a lyric poem of 14 lines with an emotion, a feeling or an idea. These are two types: the Italian and the Shakespearean.
SONNET
These have measures of eight syllables and recited to a martial beat.
CORRIDOS
This is lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy, and whose theme is death.
A lament for the dead.
ELEGY
This is a poem of a noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definite number of syllables or definite number of lines in a stanza.
ODE
These have measures of twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.
AWIT
This is a song praising God of the virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life.
PSALMS
This form usually is light and written with the purpose of amusing, and usually has a happy ending.
COMEDY
Greek term which means festivity of revelry.
KROMOS
This is usually used in musical plays with the opera.
MELODRAMA
This is an exaggerated comedy.
FARCE
This form is either purely comic or tragic and it pictures the life today.
SOCIAL POEMS
The repetition of every last word in every phrase, and sentences.
EPIPHORA
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
EUPHEMISM
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
ALLUSION
