World Literature Flashcards
What are the 6 reasons we study literature? 1) To improve our reading ability 2) To develop discernment and judgment 3) To develop understanding and insight into the nature of man and society 4) To add points of contact for witnessing to unbelievers 5) To help us take dominion 6) To be more like Christ […]
Read moreAchaeans Term for the Greeks, along with Danaans and Argives. Menelaus King of Sparta; the younger brother of Agamemnon. Myrmidons The soldiers under Achilles’ command, hailing from Achilles’ homeland, Phthia. Patroclus Achilles’ beloved friend, companion, and advisor, killed by Hector. Diomedes The youngest of the Achaean commanders, bold and sometimes impetuous. Aeneas A Trojan nobleman, […]
Read moreCountry House Poem The best model is “To Penhurst” by Ben Johnson. A poem in which the author compliments a wealthy patron or a friend through a description of his country house. Describing from a distance Topographical Poem Though predicated on the description of a landscape or piece of scenery, topographical poetry often, at least […]
Read moreCharles Dickens A school of Facts Katherine Mansfield The Garden-Party Robert Browning How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix Edna St. Vincent Millay The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver Alfred Noyes The Highwayman Robert Frost The Death of the Hired Man Oliver Wendell Holmes The Wonderful “One-Hoss Shay” Edgar Allen Poe The Tell-Tale […]
Read moreMoliere Book-Tartuffe Characters: Tartuffe, Orgon, Madame Pernelle, Damis, Cleante, Dorine, and Mariane. Literary Period-Enlightenment 1650-1800 Voltaire Book-Candide Characters: Candide, Pangloss, Martin, Cunengonde, Cacambo, Old Woman, Paquette. Literary Period- Enlightenment 1650-1800 Sor Juana Poetry- Philosophical Satire, Poem 145, Poem 164 Literary Period- Enlightenment 1650-1800 Percy Bysshe Shelley Poetry- England in 1819 Book- A Defense of Poetry […]
Read moreGustav Freytag Surveyed to find common storytelling elements and developed a triangle Exposition What happens before the play begins and happens between scenes and off stage Climax Point of greatest dramatic tension Denoument The unwinding (gradual or not) of rising action complications Resolution How things are different for all characters in the end? Inciting Action […]
Read moreWhy were the men stranded in the desert? their plane crashed What did the men do one night to attract attention? built a bonfire from plane parts After walking several days, what did the men hear? a cock crowing In what city did the men spend the night? Cairo According to “There Is a Tide,” […]
Read moreJohn Wesley famous clergyman greatly influenced by William Law banker John Weightman’s occupation Sweden “The Silver Mine” is set in the country of ___ a gold watch Baard and his brother fought over what? riches in “The Cobbler and the Rich Man,” what caused the cobbler to lose his song? his brother burned down Ander’s […]
Read moreGood morning miss dove Frances gray patton Education our own work John todd A school facts Charles dickens The garden party Katherine Mansfield A poets plea for poetry Edwin markham How they brought the good news from Ghent to aix Robert browning The ballad of the harp weaver Edna st. Vincent Millay The highwayman Alfred […]
Read moreLeiningen lived where? Brazil William Rose Benét is what nationality? American “The Erl-king” based on an old German legend, was written by who? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe William Strickland was guilty of what crime? murder Silas Marner lived in what town? Raveloe only thing the raven said to the narrator in “The Raven” nevermore wrote […]
Read moreSophocles wrote “Antigone” Thebes city where “Antigone” is set Creon served as king for his nephews until they came of age Polyneices buried by his sister against the king’s orders Haemon engaged to Antigone Ismene sister of Antigone Teiresias blind prophet Eurydice killed herself after learning of her son’s death Oedipus father of Anitgone Haemon […]
Read morefamous clergyman greatly influenced by William Law John Wesley John Weightman’s occupation banker “The Silver Mine” is set in the country of ___ Sweden Baard and his brother fought over what? a gold watch in “The Cobbler and the Rich Man,” what caused the cobbler to lose his song? riches burned down Ander’s barn his […]
Read moreTheme Central idea which gives the story meaning; it is the interpretation of the events (plot) and persons (characters) in the story from which we learn some truth of human experience Verbal Irony Saying the opposite of what is meant Dramatic Irony Contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to […]
Read morewrote the ~Odyssey~ Homer how long did the Trojan War last? ten years how many ears was Odysseys away from home? twenty Odysseus’s dog Argos Odysseus’s wife postponed choosing a ____ for over three years by undoing her needlework each night suitor Odysseus’s wife is convinced of Odysseus’s true identity because of his knowledge of […]
Read moreSunjata is an oral epic that is set in: Africa The blending of different cultures and traditions is called: Tapestry Sunjata blends these 3 genres: Epic poem, praise poetry (hyperbole), & song Sunjata emphasises this religion, which became the religion of the ruling classes in different empires Islam Sunjata is the central story to which […]
Read more33 when he was assassinated, Caesae was said to have received ____ wounds Lepidus Antony, Octavius, and _____ are the triumvars who fight against the conspirators Portia Brutus’s wife ____ kills herself because of Brutus’s absence and the growing strength of Octavius and Mark Antony Titinius Cassius sends ____ to check the identity of troops […]
Read more“____ is the place where, when you have to go there, they have take you in.” Home what is the name of the hired man? Silas what is the name of Warren’s wife? Mary according to Warren, what is the one accomplishment of the hired man? bundling a load of hay what did Warren’s wife […]
Read moreConan Doyle Who is the author who created Sherlock Holmes? Jabez Wilson Who is Holmes client? The encyclopedia What did Holmes client copy? For about 8 weeks How long did the red-headed league continue in operation? Digging a tunnel What was John Clay doing in his employers basement?
Read moreat the beginning of the play, what are the people of Rome celebrating? Lupercal what does Mark Antony offer Caesar at the feast? crown Caesar’s wife Calpurnia first approaches Brutus about joining the conspirators Cassius conspirators chosen to lead Caesar to the senate-house Decius Brutus T/F Brutus hates Caesar F T/F Portia is the wife […]
Read morewhat subject did Miss Dove teach? geography what did Thomas Baker ask his brother Randy to give to Miss Dove? a kiss according to Miss Dove, the first duty of a teacher is to preserve what? order what was the name of the school? Cedar Grove what world event was scattering the children Miss Dove […]
Read moreLitera Greek word for the ability to read and write What is literature – expressed in written and oral form – the conceptualization of language – a creative expression Types of creative expression – fiction – imagination – appeals to human senses – seeing the gaps – reading between the lines – from human experiences […]
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