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| What did Horace say about literature? (2 words) |
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| "No ideas but in things". Who said it? What does it mean? |
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| William Carlos Williams...it means poets should focus on the physical realities of life, not the world of ideas. |
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| Differentiate translation and transliteration. |
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Translation: getting the meaning of something across from one language to another.
Transliteration: more about preserving the sounds and the pronounciations from one language to another. |
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| Short prose quotation at the start of a text. |
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| During what years did Shakespeare live? |
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In citations, what are the meaning of slashes? As so:
Shakespeare writes, "For like the hectic in my blood he rages,/ and though must cure me till I know 'tis done." |
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| They denote line breaks in poetry and some drama. |
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| Of the 3 major literary genres (prose fiction, drama and poetry), which is the oldest? |
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| What is the first ever (written) story that we have evidence of today? When was it written? |
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| Epic of Gilgamesh, 2100 BC |
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| What major invention emerged at the end of Shakespeare's time? |
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| Who introduced the printing press to Europe? |
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| In about 1517, Martin Luther wrote something important that was able to spread because of the printing press. What was it? |
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| Luther's 95 theses - it allowed for the spread of protestantism. |
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| How were novels and printed books seen in the 17th century? |
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| Cheap and unacceptable. Other people with hand-copied books looked down in them in a kind of snobby fashion, as if their books were more significant and valuable. |
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| Describe the evolution of the novel through the 18th century. |
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| The novel's popularity emerges, while poetry and drama remain popular. |
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| Who wrote Robinson Crusoe? When? |
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| Why would the author of Robinson Crusoe not want to put his real name on the cover of his novel? |
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| Because novels were not exactly well-regarded from a societal point of view at that time, so he wanted to make it look like a real story; an account of a shipwrecked man on an island. |
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| Describe the evolution of the novel throughout the 19th century. |
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| It starts to become a dominant form of literature, because of universal literacy. People are excited for authors like Dickens and Austen. |
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| Novel set on a campus or in a scholarly environment. Includes themes common to school, college and university. |
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| Main character; hero as opposed to the antagonist. |
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| What does the prefix "pro" signify? |
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| If you go back to the greek, what does protagonist mean? |
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| The first competitor, or the first warrior. |
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| What does the latin phrase in medias res mean? |
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| How are women treated in the iliad? |
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| As property; the story itself is quite sexist towards women. |
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| The literary essay teaches you to think like a ____________ and write like a _________. |
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| What is E.M. Forster's most famous book? |
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Who said it?
"Know thyself" |
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| What are 3 different "ways" Brian learns in the novel? |
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1) Through his actual studies
2) University Challenge
3) Through Alice and Rebecca (he learns about himself, his identity) |
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| Which artistic display best describes first person narration? 3rd person? |
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1st person: portrait
3rd person: landscape |
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| What are the first 3 words of Moby Dick? |
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| How does Brian manage his identity with his CD arrangement? |
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| He puts the ones that he wants other people to see in visible areas, so that they will like him better, figuring that he listens to cool music. |
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Who said it?
"All comparisons are odious (hateful) |
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| John Dunne, 17th century English poet. |
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| Why does Alice want to be on the University Challenge team? |
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| TV exposure; she wants to become an actress. |
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Who said it?
"L'enfer, c'est les autres." |
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| Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher. |
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| Who wrote Brideshead revisited in 1945? |
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| Situation where there is an incongruity between the real and implied meanings. |
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| Figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. |
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| Irony that is understood by the audience, but not by the characters on stage. |
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When your actions and words don't line up.
Ex: A parent hits their child and tells them "You're not allowed to hit your sister!". |
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| A sentimental longing for the past. |
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| When was 90% literacy attained in Europe? |
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| Using exaggeration as a figure of speech |
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| Who was Plato? Who was his teacher? |
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| Greek philosopher taught by Socrates |
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| What did Plato's most famous book (The Republic) contain? |
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| The blueprint for an ideal state. |
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| An ideal form of something |
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| Coming-of-age story. Literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist. |
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Who said it?
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then
I am large
I contain multitudes |
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| Walt Whitman - American 19th century poet |
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| Paul Fussell, American literature scholar and WWII vet, wrote these two books mentioned in class: |
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1) Great War in Modern Memory
2) Class: A Guide to the American Status System |
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1) placing things side by side
2) to contrast sharply |
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| When was the Canadian constitution "born"? |
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| British North America Acts, basically what was the constitution before the one in 1982. |
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| Barney's version, authored by... |
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| Cite the wise Buddhist thought mentioned in class. |
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| All suffering is created by desire |
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| Generic (adjectivial form of genre) |
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Expectations from a certain literary genre.
Ex: In a Western, there will be shootouts. |
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| What does "bad faith" mean? |
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| Who wrote the book Emotional Intelligence? |
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| Daniel Goleman, Harvard psychology Ph.D |
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| Making a show of being superior to other people |
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| A small glimpse of the bigger whole |
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| Branch of philosophy concerned with the fundamental nature of reality. |
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| A character writes what you're reading (think about Barabara in Notes on a Scandal) |
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| To black out, as in a report |
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| to not care; a non caring attitude |
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| Domination of the status quo |
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| A system of sending messages by holding the arms or two flags or poles in certain positions according to an alphabetic code. |
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| Of dark-red or purple-brown colour. |
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| State of being radically alien to the conscious self or to a particular culture. |
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| Projection (in psychology) |
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| When someone denies their attributes them and assigns them to other people. |
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| When you act differently in front of others. |
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| When was Hamlet first performed? |
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| Early 1600s (about 1602 or 1603) |
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| What were Shapespeare's 3 day jobs? |
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1) actor
2) writer
3) producer |
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| What is the reasoning behind the naming of the state of Virginia? |
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| Named after Elizabeth I, who was known as a virgin queen. |
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| Shakespeare co-owned this theatre. |
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| Most of Shakespeare's plays are based on these events. |
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| What is Shakespeare's first tragedy? |
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| Which Roman finalized the 5 act structure for plays? |
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| The gregorian calendar used to have 10 months. How were the other two added? |
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Julius Caesar - July
Augustus Caesar - August |
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| Approximately how many plays did Shakespeare write? |
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| What type of play was very popular in Shakespeare's time? |
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Who said:
L'État c'est moi |
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Who said it:
We work our way through a novel; a play works its way through us. (british theatre critic) |
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| Philosophy where life is considered as meaningless |
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| The love of immediate pleasure |
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| Name this pre-Shakespearean famous english writer of "The Canterbury Tales". |
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| Who played the ghost in Hamlet? |
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| Why do they swear upon the sword in 1.5? |
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1) religious implications (cross)
2) prelude to violence |
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| Priviledging logic over emotions. |
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| Said of someone who can endure hardship without complaining or showing their feelings |
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| What remark does Polonius make about the way other people dress? |
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| You can learn a lot from their garments. |
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| Which play character especially invokes the language of family? |
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| Why are Liberal arts named as such? |
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| The arts of persuasion, thinking, etc. were reserved for the free citizens of Rome. The slaves did more practical and hands-on things. |
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| Hypothesis not yet verified by experience |
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| "We have to make things good ourselves, because God cannot make them good." |
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| the defining quality of a thing |
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| The king of Troy during the iliad |
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| What does vita brevis, ars longa mean? |
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| Literary device designed to demonstrate a theme, position, idea, etc. |
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Who said it:
"murder will out" |
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| Recite John Keats' line from Ode on a grecian Urn |
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| Beauty is truth, truth beauty. Tis all you know and all you need to know |
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| Foil (meaning aside from sword) |
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| Literary term for 2 contrasting characters where their differences are highlighted. |
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| Name 4 reasons to study poetry (SVVA) |
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1) See the world better
2) Verbal precision
3) Verbal discovery
4) Art of memory |
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"Most of us are huddled tight to the border, looking into the candy store window, scared of the Americans on one side and the bush on the other."
What is Mordecai Richler saying here? |
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| Many Canadians live near the U.S. border. |
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| What did Lorrie Moore say about having an affair? |
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| "Having an affair is like always having a book out from the library." |
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"In the park near the pump under empires of oak, winter sits folding its linen"
What does Babstock compare here? |
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| What is Ezra Pond's recipe for poetry? |
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| The spill of meaning from the end of one line into the next. |
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| What word did Shklovsky coin? |
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| Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates) |
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| Art is long, life is short |
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| What did English writer Samuel Johnson say about metaphors? |
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| "With metaphors, you get two ideas for the price of one." |
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| Repetition of similar sounds |
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| Repetition of vowel sounds |
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| Repetition of consonant sounds |
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| Repetition of "s" sounds. |
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