Q1 exam reviewer Flashcards
what word means a letter of the alphabet?
littera
what is first and foremost humankind’s entire body of writing; after that it is the body of writing belonging to a given language or people; then it is individual pieces of writing?
literature
what is determined by a written work’s ability to stand the test of time, which makes it impossible to determine at the moment of
writing
permanence
what is not affected by the passage of time or changes
timelessness
what is the fact or quality of being done or occurring at a favorable or useful time
Timeliness
what appeals to the hearts and minds of almost any reader
Universality
what is aesthetically appealing and reveals or conveys hidden truth and beauty
Artistry
what allows the work to inspire and provoke thoughts and understanding beyond the actual words written on the page
Suggestiveness
what promotes critical thinking that enhances both abstract and reason-based thought processes and makes readers focus on the
fundamental truths of life and
nature
Intellectual Value
what lifts the inner
spirit and soul and has the
power to motivate and inspire
readers
Spiritual Value
what refers to the distinct
way the author expresses his
or her thoughts
Style
this means to entertain, to delight the audience
Dulce (Sweetness)
this means to instruct, to inform the audience
Utile (Usefulness)
what are the 4 genres of literature? PFND
POETRY
FICTIONAL PROSE
NONFICTIONAL PROSE
DRAMA
what uses metrical language with lots of rhythm and rhyme to create word pictures
POETRY
types of poetry: LN
lyric and narrative
types of lyric poems: SHOE (EOSH)
SONNET
HAIKU
ODE
ELEGY
TYPES OF NARRATIVE POEMS: BEMM
BALLAD
EPIC
METRICAL TALE
METRICAL ROMANCE
what is originally sung or recited with a musical instrument, called a lyre
lyric
what is story telling developed from ritualistic chanting of myths
Narrative
what is a reflective poem to honor the dead?
elegy
what is an elevated poem that pays tribute to a person, idea, place, or another concept
ode
what is a descriptive fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
sonnet
what is a seventeen-syllable
poem that uses
natural imagery to
express an emotion
haiku
what is a narrative poetry set
to music
ballad
what is a lengthy poem that
tells a story of heroic
adventures
epic
what is a topics vary from romance, the quest for adventure, love, and various place
metrical tale
what is also called chivalric poems
metrical romance
types of fictional prose: SN
SHORT STORY
NOVEL
what is marked by relative shortness and density, organized into a plot and with dénouement at the end
short story
what is an extended work of prose fiction and denotes a prose narrative about characters and their actions in what is
recognizably everyday life
novel
what is written in ordinary,
non-metrical language, but it
is the product of the writer’s
imagination
fictional prose
what is written in ordinary, non-metrical language and
communicates facts or
opinions about reality
nonfictional prose
what are the types of nonfictional prose: BADLE
-BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES
-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES
-DIARIES
-LITERARY REPORTS OR JOURNALS
-ESSAYS
What is an account of someone’s life written by someone
Biographical Narratives
what is an account of someone’s life written by that person
Autobiographical Narratives
what combines elements of prose and poetry into plays that are usually intended to be
drama
what are the types of drama: CFMMTT
COMEDY
FARCE
MUSICAL
MELODRAMA
TRAGEDY
TRAGICOMEDY
→ Lighthearted tone
→ Clever wordplay or turns
of phrase
→ Serious topics
addressed in a
humorous way
Comedy
→ Exaggerated humor
→ Slapstick gags
→ Nonsensical storyline
→ Improbable events
Farce
→ Originally referred to as opera
→ Dramas in which the
characters sing and dance while performing
Musical
→ Periods of standard
storyline interrupted by
songs
→ Dramatic or comedic
storylines
→ A sensational dramatic
piece with exaggerated
characters and exciting
events intended to appeal
to the emotions
Melodrama
→ A protagonist with a tragic
flaw
→ Circumstances that quickly
get out of control – and not in
a funny way
→ Darker themes than a
melodrama, such as human
suffering, hatred, or poverty
Tragedy
→ A serious storyline told in a
humorous, sardonic, or snide way
→ Tragically flawed characters
whose actions don’t result in death
→ An ambiguous theme
Tragicomedy
TYPE OF 21ST CENTURY THEME: Search for identity (including LGBT topics)
→ Life’s meaning/meaninglessness
→ Redefining one’s identity
identity
TYPE OF 21ST CENTURY THEME: this includes postcolonial viewpoints
History and memory
TYPE OF 21ST CENTURY THEME: this includes war, terrorism, racism, religious conflicts
Social Evils
TYPE OF 21ST CENTURY THEME: natural and man-made
catastrophe
TYPE OF 21ST CENTURY THEME: these are advantages and disadvantages of technology
Merits and/or perils of technology
what is retelling from another angle/history
Fracturing
what is the application of both manufacturing and consumption towards personal usage, or the practices, methods, aims, and distribution of products in a free market geared toward generating a profit
Effects of commercialism
what refers to a population that shares a common heritage who is scattered in different parts of the world
diaspora
what refers to people moving to different areas in search of a settlement
migration
who wrote why lit?
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
when and where was mario vargas llosa born
March 28, 1936, Arequipa, Peru
when was llosa given a nobel prize in lit
2010
Literature according to ***, reading is seen as entertaining and to delight– Dulce (sweetness).
horace
who wants to argue that that reading is not just an indispensable activity, that it is not just for past time
mario vargas llosa
t or f
Literature has a big role in society’s freedom
true
how did llosa start his essay?
talking about the stereotypical perspective when it comes to reading. That it is just an indispensable activity.
T OR F
Llosa threatens that a society can lose its sanity or freedom if it does not read
true
what can reading offer or improve according to llosa?
critical thinking skills
does llosa discredit the contribution of science and technology or its advantages?
no
* leads to a lack of social understanding, to the division of human beings into ghettos of technicians and specialists. The ** of knowledge requires specialized languages and increasingly arcane codes, as information becomes more and more specific and compartmentalized
specialization
according to the essay, what pisses off llosa?
when people ask the meaning of literature
what does llosa compare people who dont read to?
aphasics
what are people who do not express their thoughts and have the ability to read but do not read called?
aphasics
llosa claimed that if u do not read your taste in ** & ** is low.
love and pleasure
what are the 6 types of literature: FSDMFP
FORMALISM
STRUCTURALISM
DECONSTRUCTION
MARXISM
FEMINISM
POST COLONIALISM
this is the Study of language
and Science of language
LINGUISTIC
FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE
Father of linguistic
what are different perspectives we consider when looking at a piece of literature, they seek to give us answers to these questions, in addition to aiding us in interpreting literature?
critical approaches
it is sometimes called critical theory. it is body of ideas and methods used in the practical reading of literature
literary theory
what are tools by which one attempts to understand literature
literary theory
what is an informed, written analysis and evaluation of a work of literature
It is the method used to interpret any given work of literature.
literary criticism
who said “The life which is unexamined is not worth living.”
socrates
An interpretative approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of the literary devices within the text
formalism
- equating the meaning of a poem with the author’s intentions.
Intentional Fallacy
- confusing the meaning of a text with how it makes the reader feel.
Affective Fallacy
- assuming that an interpretation of a literary work could consist of a detailed summary or paraphrase
Heresy of Paraphrase
a close and detailed analysis of the text itself to arrive at an interpretation without referring to historical, authorial, or cultural concerns
close reading
Literary language, partly by calling attention to itself as language, estranged the reader from the familiar and made fresh the experience of daily life
Defamiliarization
what is a science that seeks to understand how systems work.
it look for patterns that underlie human behavior, experience and creation, not just structures in a physical sense.
structuralism
This approach employs more of a reading strategy rather than a philosophy.
deconstruction
This relates literary texts to a larger structure, which may be genre, intertextual connections, narrative structure, or recurrent patterns (like how the structures of a text are resolved).
structuralism
While structuralism is more focused on language, deconstruction is more focused on what?
meaning
type of approach where texts are static and unchanging
STRUCTURALISM
The texts are fluid, dynamic
entities that are given new life
with repeated reading through
interactions with other texts
deconstruction
asshole who created deconstruction (THE BANE OF ME EXISTENCE)
Jacques Derrida
the goal of this approach is to achieve a worldwide classless society by exposing the oppressive ideologies (belief systems) that keep the nations of this planet bound within socioeconomic systems
marxism
what is the belief that our value as human beings is directly related to the class to which we belong: the higher our social class, the higher our natural, or inborn superiority?
classism
what is a system in which everything, every object, every activity, every person can be defined in terms of its worth in money, it’s “going rate” on a specific market
Capitalism
*** among individuals is the best way to promote a strong society because this ensures that the most capable, most intelligent people will rise to the top
competition
it is relating things and people in terms of how much money it is worth and what social status it gives to the owner of that object
commodification
what is an ideology in which an individual strikes out alone in pursuit of a goal not easily achieved, putting self interest above the needs of the community
Rugged Individualism
this theory asks us to examine the ways in which our personal identity is formed by our culture’s definition of what it means to be a man and a woman
feminsim
it is is any society in which men hold all or most of the power.
patriarchy
what define men as naturally rational, strong, protective, and decisive. While women are defined as emotional (irrational for patriarchy), weak, nurturing, and submissive
Traditional Gender Roles
it is when women are not viewed as independent human beings with their own goals, needs, and desires; they are valued only in terms of their usefulness to patriarchal men
The Objectification of Women
what is the belief that women are innately, or by nature, inferior to men: less intelligent, less rational, less courageous, and so forth
Sexism
what theory emerged in an attempt to understand people from different cultures in terms of an important experience they had in common: colonial domination by a superior European military force.
Postcolonialism
what is the practice of judging those who are different as inferior, as somehow less human
othering
this is when colonialist ideologies create social hierarchies and subalterns are those who occupy the bottom of the social ladder whether their inferior status is based on race, class, gender,religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or any other cultural factors
subaltern
these are subalterns who internalize or “buy into ‘’ the colonialist belief that those different from a society’s dominant culture are inferior — they have a colonized consciousness
the colonial subjects
what is imitation by a subaltern of the dress, speech, behavior, or lifestyle of members of the dominant culture
mimicry
what is the feeling of having no stable cultural identity — no real home in any culture — that occurs to people who do not belong to the dominant culture and have rejected their own culture as inferior
Unhomeliness
what is the effort to rid one’s land and/or one’s culture of colonial domination
Anticolanist Resistance
it is when colonized peoples have been completely subjugated to a foreign power over the course of many generations and no longer have access to their own language or their own cultural past
Psychological resistance
people who are powerful and have the control of production of the society
bourgeoise
they are the working class
proletariat
Proposed the idea of State Apparatus
altuser
it is when the state uses it to control the working class
State Apparatus
