Moderism
Postmoderism
Postcolonialism
Feminist criticism
Random literary stuff

100

At what time approximately does the modernistic era start?

Around WW1

(1914-1919)

100

At what time approximately does the postmodernist era start?

Around WW2

(1940-1945)

100

What does the literary term postcolonial mean?

The term postcolonial in literature refers to the time after a country gained independence from colonization. A postcolonial critic is interested in literary and cultural practices that arise to respond to, and resist, colonialism and imperialism both before and after a nation gain independence from its colonial rulers. HOW are the colonies described in literature by its colonials. 

100

Who are the writers of the two texts about Little Red Riding Hood that you have read?

The Grim Brothers

Roal Dahl

100

What is the name for a record/transcript of a period in a person’s life?

Diary

200
There was mistrust among people and they all searched for......
the truth.
200

Name 3 traits that can be seen in postmodernist literature.


(critic's checklist)

Follows ww2

playful disregard for meaning

Texts are fragmented

truth is relative

breaking of genre

decentering texts

intertextuality

question of language: what do words actually mean?

Metafiction

blurry lines between fiction and reality

often a crazy spin

200

What does the postcolonial expression mean:

The Empire writes back!

it explores the power relationship between center and margin. In postcolonial literature, the voices of the marginalized can speak for themselves. It is a chance for anyone who has lived at the outskirts of Emire, to finally speak for themselves. 

200

What does it mean to be doubly marginalized?

Two minorities (suppressed or lack of power) combined. 


Example: gender, color, and/or sexual orientation

200

A genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. 

Science fiction 

300

The irrational flow of thoughts that transpired some literature. 

Stream of consciousness. 

300

What is it called when an author re-uses or repeats material from another well-known work of art or literature in his or her own text?

Intertextuality

300

Which is missing?

Postcolonial literature reflects on gender, ........, race and power. 

class

300

Spell the word that involves:

"a social system in which the father or a male elder has absolute authority over the family group; by extension, one or more men (as in a council) exert absolute authority over the community as a whole."

Britannica dictionary 

Patriarchy

300

What two genres are presented in the old Greek picture of two facemasks? 

Comedy vs Tradegy

400

What is the book called that has a chapter with no punctuation?

Ulysses

400

What is it that has no meaning according to a postmodernist? 

Words

400

What is colonial hybridity? 

When two cultures meet and one assumes its superiority over the other. The colonials thought they were superior to the countries they colonized. 

400

Who wrote the novel, Jane Eyre?

Charlotte Brontë

400

What is considered the oldest form of literary expression?


Poetry

500

Who wrote: The mark on the wall?

Virginia Woolf
500

Who wrote the poem:

Thoughts about the Person from Porlock. 

Stevie Smith

500

Who wrote: The man who would be king?

Rudyard Kipling

500

Who wrote: The Yellow Wallpaper?

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

500

What is the Latin word for: WORD?

Verbo