Quiz 1 Flashcards
Type of literature
Genre
A tool for teaching, perhaps too much, so “preachy”
Didactic
Substantial body of important literature
Canon
Changing one’s language based on context
Code-switching
What are some points about New Criticism?
Well-wrought urn
Look at any piece of the text and what is good about the book should be present
Look at work itself, nothing else needed - close reading
What is Feminist Theory?
Gender based theory - read story based on gender or in a certain gender POV
What are some points about Queer Theory?
Sexuality/sexual identities are influencing how you read based on your own orientation, what you think of the characters, and what happens to them in the story
What is traditional criticism?
What author intended
Locked book, you have to find the key
What is reader response criticism?
Not everyone reads the same, get what you get out of it on your uniqueness, text is collaborated between reader and text
You are the only one alive and everyone else is a fragment of your imagination
Solipsism
Heterosexual/homosexual rating scale
Kinsey Scale
What is Bildurigsroman?
Building a story
Assumed that the thing you’re building is the self
What is a coming of age story?
Story of a character’s maturation
More mature at the end of the book than at the beginning
What is Young Adult Literature?
Present message in today’s world
Often coming of age
Standing up for who you are
Comparison of 2 unlike things. Doesn’t use like or as
Metaphor
Uses direct comparison language. Uses like or as
Simile
A text’s implied claim and how the world works/being a human
Theme
A concrete thing standing in for an abstract idea
Symbol
Who wrote the hate you give?
Angie Thomas
Who wrote Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe?
Benjamin Sáenz
Who wrote Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
Who wrote the Critical Apparatuses - be the magpie?
Michael Cart
What is the hate you give about?
African American teenagers and their life after a shooting where one of their friends dies, protests and riots, police brutality, etc.
What is the Ari and Dante story about?
Ari and Dante discovering their love for each other, homosexual, coming of age story/coming out story
What is turtles all the way down about?
Girl who has OCD and anxiety, her life with her friends and Davis. Davis’s father’s mystery disappearance and body discovery. Aza and Daisy coming to terms with each other’s lives. Aza coming to terms with the voices in her head controlling her.
