Literature
An allegory for The Gunpowder Plot
What is Macbeth?
Wrote Macbeth
Who is William Shakespeare?
The oldest collection of English literature
What is the Exeter Book?
Uninterrupted speech by one character speaking to him- or herself
What is a soliloquy?
Elements of effective story telling
What are character, conflict, plot, setting, point of view, tone, style, theme?
In The Canterbury Tales, Religion & Corruption; Love, Marriage & Gender; Morality & Human Nature
What is a theme?
Wrote The Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
Prior to the 19th century, the word “weird” referred to this
What is "supernatural" or "fate"?
The deliberate use of ambiguous and evasive language to conceal the truth
What is equivocation?
Acts selflessly to help others facing adversity, is driven by compassion, courage, or strength, and expects nothing in return for their actions. Examples: King Arthur and Sir Lancelout
What is a true hero?
The purpose of The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales is to do this
What is to tell readers about each of the pilgrims including how they look, how they dress, how they are traveling, and what job each pilgrim has?
Was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
Who is William Shakespeare?
This was an unsuccessful insurrection led by a group of zealous English Roman Catholics against King James VI of Scotland and I of England
What is The Gunpowder Plot?
A story within a story
What is a frame story?
The elements of a hero's journey
leave the ordinary world
face trials in a special world
achieve a victory
return transformed
example: Beowulf
A poetic exposé of English society
What is The Canterbury Tales?
Born in Geatland (modern-day Denmark and Sweden) and lived during the Anglo-Saxon Period
Who is the anonymous author of Beowulf?
John Henry, Paul Bunyan, Davy Crockett, Calamity Jane, and Daniel Boone, for example
What are Tall Tales?
A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something
What is characterisation?
Novels, short stories, poems, songs, plays, auto/biographies, religious texts, academic institutions, how-to/self-help books, journalism, television shows, movies, etc.
How do we [humans] tell the tales of our journeys, be they physical, spiritual, or entirely fictional?
The situational archetype represented in each text we have read this semester
What is Good vs. Evil?
Wrote Le Morte d’Arthur, “The Sword in the Stone”, and “The Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake”
Who is Sir Thomas Malory?
J. R. R. Tolkien's novel, The Lord of the Rings, was inspired by this course text
What is Beowulf?
Most important to least and chronological order are examples of this storytelling tactic
What is event sequencing?
The central focuses of Unit 3