World Lit Before 1600 Final Exam – Flashcards
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Themes
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Says something about the topic, UNIVERSAL
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Epic Cycle
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Event, Quest, Help, Low point, End
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Traits of an Epic Hero
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Unusual divine birth, abilities, larger than life
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Differences between tragedy and comedy
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Comedy - irrelevant and ridiculous commentary on current events, characters usually ordinary, good fortunes for hero Tragedy - Evokes catharsis, comentary is universal themes, character are usually gods and heros. Hero is noble and admirable but often guilty of Hubtris. Downfall of hero dur to Hamartia
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Differences between medieval and ancient lit
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Medieval - interactions between religious races cultures inclusions of characters from various walks f life, combination of serious themes and comedy, in collections Ancient - National epics, religious texts from single culture, heavy focused on epic heroes and gods, strict division between tragedy and comedy
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Traits of medieval lit
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Collections of stories withing a frame tale, Criticism of absolute power, translation and reinvention of old stories
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Autoethnography
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A piece of work where one writes about their own culture or experience
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Hubris
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Arrogance, excessive pride
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Dalilu
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Power/chi
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Griot
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Someone with the responsibility to pass on stories
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Ascetic
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A movement in literature or the concern with beauty
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Simbon
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Master Hunter
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Misogyny
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Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women
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Foil
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A Character that contrasts with another character, usually antagonist and the protagonist
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Dharma
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The basic principles of existence. Obligations to fulfill ones duty
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Evanescence
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Lasting a short time, fading away gradually
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Avatar
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Embodied by a god or godess
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Courtly Love
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A highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and married noblewoman
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Frame Tale
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A story within a story
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Allegory
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Extended metaphor (book of the city of ladies)
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Kleos
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Glory, can be earned through great deeds. Like in battle
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Monologue
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A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group
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Alvarado
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Head conquistador and cortes leautenant. Killed the Aztecs
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Pizarro
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Conquered the Incas
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Egalitarianism
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A belief in the equality of all people
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Mysticism
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Doctrine of immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding
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Syncretism
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Mixing religions
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Huacas
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Holy Shrines
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Norman Invasion
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The great conquet of England in 1066
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Mestizo
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A person of mixed spanish and native American culture
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Greek heroic code
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Identity - ancetry and glory (kleos) Action - Duty and honor in the Illiad - to return the dead to the opposing side
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Hieroglyphs
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Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas
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Quipus
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a system of knotted cords of different sizes and colord used by the incas for keep records
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Catharsis
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Purge audience with emotion, pity, and fear
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Incan culture
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Largest empire in the pre columbian America, possibly largest empire in world in 16th century
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Mayan Culture
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Mesoamerican civilization noted for it heiroglyphic scripty, only known fully developed writing system of the pre columbian americans
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The Classic of poetry
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Confucious China What is the purpose of literature?
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Frogs
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Author - Aristophanes Country - Greece Genre - Comedy Purpose - Discover purpose (of literature) in society History - wester culture does literary criticism!
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Frogs Characters
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Literature is.. Aechylus - all about war, euripedes causes people to do evil deeds, finding solutions to problems Eurippedes - about thinking, is a conversation, gave lines to everyone, literature is about reality
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Author - NA Country - Mesopatamia Genre - Epic Purpose - Relationship between people and nature of death
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Gilgamesh
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King of uruk, demi-god, strong, handsome, but also a tyrant at first. Seeks immortality after enkidu is killed of sickness. Becomes better when he returns from his quest
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Enkidu
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Gilgamesh's god made equal. Originally a wild man, reigned in by the prostitute "priest" Shamhat
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Shamhat
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Prostutute that was sent to motivate and civilize Enkidu
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The Stela of Taimhotep
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Author - Not needed Country - Egypt Genre - Short Poem
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The Iliad
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Author - Homer Country - Greece Genre - Epic History - Cornerstone of Western Literature
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Achilles
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Serves under Agamemnon, leader of the Myrmadons, Mother is the god Thetis. Angry, Hubris, dishoners Hectors body
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Agamemnon
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Is the leader of the Greeks, brother menelaus, leads the greeks to troy to take back helen, clais the daughter of Chriseis
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Patroclus
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Is a close friend of Achilles, is killed by Hector when he was wearing Achilles armor.
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Hector
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Son of Priam. Husband of Andromache. Kills patroclus (while he's in achilles' armor) knows Achilles will kill him
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Andromache
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Hectors wife, doesn't want him to fight
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Helen
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Is the most beautiful women in the nation. Married to Melelaus, but Paris "stole" her. Convinced by Aphrodite and causes the Trojan War
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Paris
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Judge who chose Aphrodite in the contest (of beauty between the female gods) Effeminate.
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Sappho's poetry
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Sapho Lesbos Short Poem Work is the only female greek author's who's work survived
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Helen (Saphho)
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She is used to reinforce the idea that beauty is found in what you love, Love is all powerful helen choses Paris over armies, family, everything
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The Ramayana
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Valmiki India Epic, writen sanskirit First poem in indian language to use rhyming
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Rama
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Son of Dasaratha and Queen Kaulya. He is banished into the forest for 14 years and is the reincarnation of Visu
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Sita
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Rama's wife Reincarnation of Lord Laksmi. Goes to the forest with Rama and is taken by Ravana
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Laksmana
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Son of King Dasaratha and Sumitra. Half brother of Rama, goes to the forest with him. Pledges to never leave Rama until he is crowned king
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Ravana
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Is the king of demons, he steals Sita and is eventually slayed by Rama
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Thousand and One Nights
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No single author Middle East/India/Egypt Frame Tale
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Shahrazad
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Wife if Shahrayer who tells him a story each night to prevent his killing her
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The Fisherman
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Man who fished for a living, and pulls a Genie in a jar our by accident. Tricks the Genie Back into the jar later.
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The Demon
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Been stuck in the jar for hundreds/thousands of years. Swore he would kill whoever let him out.
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise
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Abelard and Heloise France (in Latin) Letters Lais
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Lanval
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Mistreated by King Arthur wouldn't give him wives or lands
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Lanval's lady
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Wealthy, beautiful, sexy body, ask lanval not to tell anyone about them being together
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King Arthur
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Wants to kill lanval for insulting his queen when she confessed her love for Lanval
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Song of Lasting Regret
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Bo Juyi China Poem Valued the birth of daughters instead of sons
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The emperor
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Falls in love with yang, biggest regret is letting his warriors kill her, looks for her, find her in the heavens, lives in regret
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Yang Guifei
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Blamed for rebellion, she is killed, goes to heaven
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Tale of Genji
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Mruasaki Shikibu Japan Novel (FIRST NOVEL)
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History Tale of Genji
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First Recorded poem, oral tradition used as school text, purpose of life, accepting death
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The Kokinshu
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NA Japan Collection of Wakas (Jap Poems)
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The Book of the City of Ladies
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Chistine de Pizan (first paid female writer) France (french) Frame Tale To disprove women inferiority defend woman of the past paint women in positive lighting
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Christene de Pizan
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Reads Negative works about women, is tasked with creating the "City of Ladies" which is really a book about all the great things women have done for humanity
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Lady Reason
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Tells Christine to oppositely interperet the negative works she's read about women, sort of Chirstine's guidance about realizing the power of women
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Popol Vuh
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NA South America Maya-Quiche Narrative one of the single most important pieces of mesoamerican literature
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Hunapu and Xbalanque
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Brothers killed the seven macaw and one and seven death
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Seven Macaw
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Diety, arrogant, the wealth makes him lord is contained in his teeth and eyes
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Parents of hero twins
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Dad is one, hunapha, spits on maidens hand from fruit tree to produce hero twins
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One Death and Seven Death
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Lord who killed father because he didn't bring back a cigar an torch, twins kill them by tricking them into dying (and being brought back to life but they skip that part)
