Literary theory
This perspective critiques the patriarchal societies and constructs seen in literary works.
What is Feminism?
What job do the IB English Guys have that makes them such a reliable resource
What is an IB examiner
"The truth, it is both a beautiful and terrible thing" - Albus Dumbledore
What is a juxtaposition (between beautiful and terrible)?
Forest Gump using simile in "life was like a box of chocolates"
The future is unpredictable; you never know what a box of chocolates may hold (like the cookie boxes with sewing materials inside!)
Hercules and the Lion
What is Mythology?
This literary theory may be used to analyze the cultural changes afflicted by past British occuptation in every continent of the world.
What is Post Colonialism?
Make reference to the A_____/A______ when analyzing meaning.
"My whip could've been in the Tokyo Drift 'cause its fast and furious" - Central Cee (two devices)
What are allusion and colloquialism?
J.Cole's allusion in saying "Rhyming with me is the biggest mistake, the spiderman meme is me looking at drake"
References the well known meme of spiderman pointing at himself, implying that J.Cole and Drake are the spidermen and thus are equally as great (which is further highlighted by the previous line).
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
What is a tragedy?
Seen in "Green Grass, Running Water", this theory refutes the concept of objective truth
What is Postmodernism?
Writer + Verb + Technique + Purpose + Idea
What is the magic sentence?
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" - Don Corleone
What is a paradox?
The Weeknd's use of metaphor in "Oooh, I'm blinded by the lights"
The Weeknd details how he is has been changed (blinded) by fame (the lights)
"Pop Smoke", "Ice Spice" and "Fivio Foreign" are commonly known for their music under this hip-hop subgenre.
What is New York drill?
Named after the writer of "The Communist Manifesto", this literary theory analyzes text through the scope of political systems and social classes.
What is Marxism?
You must use the language of the G______ _____n in your thesis statement
"Everybody wanna know what my Achilles' Heel is, love" - Jay-Z (two devices)
What is hamartia and allusion?
Kendrick Lamar's use of colloquialism in the quote, "The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang, that 5.0 thing They say 5-0 came"
"5-0" is a popular colloquialism that refers to the police, and a 5.0 Mustang is a loud car which is what is drawing the police's attention.
What is a memoir?
This theory believes that past texts should be analyzed through a perspective with respect to the history of the author and the history of the critic.
What is New Historicism?
Articulate main claim + textual evidence + analyze craft + stay on the topic + discuss further implications
What is linger and level up?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (two devices)
What is foreshadowing and motif?
The use of indirect characterization in Robert Frost's "The Road not taken" with the quote, "I took the [road] less travelled by, and that has made all the difference."
The use of indirect characterization in this quote highlights the protagonist's bravery (by making an uncommon, dangerous decision) and its resultant payoff.
"In flander's fields" by John Mcrae
What is an elegy?