Literary Movements
comedies, tragedies, or histories with five acts and recurring themes written in iambic pentameter
Shakespearean drama
a point of view that is often unreliable or biased; has "I," "me," or "my" as the pronouns.
first person
The master of Gothic literature
Edgar Allan Poe
"Here once the embattled farmers stood, / And fired the shot heard 'round the world."
Hyperbole or slant / eye rhyme
Romantic ideals combined with remote setting, macabre plots, and protagonists with psychological problems comprise this style of writing.
Gothic Literature
This element occurs when something expected doesn't happen and something else does.
situational irony
this viewpoint is third person, but restricts the reader to only one character's thoughts, feelings, and actions
third person limited
Who said it and in what work? "Good night, sweet Prince, and flights of angels flights of angels sing thee to thy death."
Horatio in Hamlet
A poem that divides its stanzas into an octave and a sestet
Italian / Petrarchan sonnet
a 19th century movement emphasizing the power of the individual and nature
Romanticism
an absurd, self-contradictory statement that can prove true upon investigation
paradox
this narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character
third omniscient
From what play is this dialogue?
But this is disgraceful. Is this the way you neglect your most sacred duties?
What do you consider is my most sacred duty?
A Doll's House
Hamlet said by Marcellus
Social Realism
a story or poem that can be interpreted on a surface level and a deeper level
allegory
This viewpoint appears to be spontaneous as the narrator flits from topic to topic, but it is done purposefully for effect.
stream-of-consciousness
A Norwegian playwright whose most famous play opened and closed in one night as he was banished from the country.
Henrik Ibsen
the term that applies to a character who is morally good but falters, and then becomes good before the end of the play
peripeteia
1920s movement associated with The Great Migration bringing African American culture to large cities
Harlem Renaissance
a style in which conjunctions are omitted in writing for an effect
asyndeton
Objective
An Irish playwright who was openly gay and banished for his flamboyant affairs-- wrote The Importance of Being Earnest.
Oscar Wilde
a poem about lovers who have to part at dawn
aubade