Terminology
A novel consisting of letters, diary entries, or newspaper clippings.
What is epistolary novel.
Deep sadness
What is, melancholy or melancholic?
The ATSS compass quote
What is, "Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
ATSS foils?
What is Mariam and Laila?
Fueled in various literatures by the search for an authentic response to a much-changed world. Typically associated with the period after World War I. The enormity of the war had undermined humankind’s faith in the foundations of Western society and culture, and religion. 1914- 1945
What is modernist movement
A novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education. Usually from youth to adulthood.
What is bildungsroman
The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
What is metamorphosis?
ATSS Mariam's execution quote.
What is, "This is a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate beginnings.”
Pride and Prejudice foil character
What is Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy?
P.S.: Elizabeth and Darcy are one and the same. Both prideful with a lot of prejudice
1945- present. Is a form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues.
What is post modernism?
A poem with 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet
What is Shakespearean sonnet?
A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.
What is stream of consciousness?
The Great Gatsby quote. Extra 100 points if you explain what it means.
What is, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
The Great Gatsby foil characters.
What is Daisy and Myrtle?
1785 - 1830 Emphasis on individual heroism and on the exotic and the mysterious was in clear contrast to the elegant formality and artificiality of prevailing Classical forms of literature. Within this movement is the Regent era.
What is romanticism?
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What is, juxtaposition?
The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
What is catharsis?
Pride and Prejudice quote.
- Universally acknowledge quote
- Pride Quote
What is, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
What is, "I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine."
The Color Purple foil characters?
What is Celie and Sophia?
Movement in the late 19th century which privileged the aesthetic value of literature, music and the arts over their socio-political functions
What is aestheticism?
An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
What is, deux ex machina?
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.
What is hamartia?
Color Purple Quotes. You must answer both
What is, "Dear God, I'm here! I'm here!"
What is, "But I don't know how to fight, all I know how to do is stay alive."
Foil characters in Picture of Dorian Gray.
What is Henry and Basil?
Having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror in which the environment or literal monsters reflect humanity's inner demons.
What is gothic literature?