Mini quiz- Literary terms 1-15.
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1. An impersonal (using he, she, it) story teller who who knows none of the character’s thoughts or feelings.
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2. The attribution of human characteristics upon non-human objects.
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3. When tangible objects (concrete nouns) represent ideas (abstract nouns).
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4. Making a direct comparison between two items by saying the one is literally the other.
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5. One of the main recurring ideas in a piece of literature.
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6. When events/situations are the opposite of what you expect.
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7. A constant changing of narrators within a single text.
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8. When the reader is aware of situations/ events that characters within the text are not.
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9. The use of clues that suggest events yet to occur. Helps to create suspense.
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10. When the weather/ natural environment matches the emotions of a narrative/ character.
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11. The direct clashing of two opposing ideas. (e.g. freezing warmth)
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12. A more intelligent term for a main character within a text.
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13. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
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14. An exaggeration or overstatement.
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15. The repetition of initial vowel or consonant sounds.
Mini quiz- Answers
1. Third person objective.2. Personification3. Symbolism4. Metaphor5. Theme6. Irony7. Shifting perspective8. Dramatic irony
9. Foreshadowing10. Pathetic fallacy11. Oxymoron12. Protagonist13. Onomatopoeia14. Hyperbole15. Alliteration
LEARN THESE!
Literary Movements: An introduction
Romanticism, Modernism and Gothic.(The must-know movements for Wuthering
Heights and A Handful of Dust!)
Learning Objectives
• All: Understand the main features of gothic, romantic and modernist genres.
• Most: Apply this knowledge in order to identify what genres a range of texts are.
• Some: Explore the features of each genre, justifying opinions by discussion effects of these features.
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The importance of context!
• The historical context (events/people/politics of the time in which something was written) usually hugely influences the content of a text!
• As history changes- so did ideas and, by extension, so did literature.
• E.g. Macbeth (a play about witches and overthrowing government) was written, and was definitely influenced by:– Witch trials/ hunts– The Gunpowder plot.
TPS: What do you think of when you hear the word gothic?
Conventions of the Gothic:
• Generally involve elements of the horror and romance genres.
• Sinister, usually isolated settings – castles, dungeons, secret passages, winding stairs, haunted buildings.
• Extreme landscapes – rugged mountains, thick forests, generally bad weather (pathetic fallacy).
• Omens, ancestral curses and secrets
• An element of the supernatural.
Gothic Characters
• Tyrants, villains, maniacs.• Persecuted maidens, femme fatales,
madwomen, fallen women.• Ghosts, monsters, demons.• Byronic heroes – intelligent, sophisticated and
educated, but struggling with emotional conflicts, a rebellious moody attitude, a troubled past and ‘dark’ attributes.
Goya
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
1797
What makes this painting ‘Gothic?’
Classic examples in film.
• For each of the following trailers, write a sentence which shows they are part of the gothic genre.
‘(Film name) is part of the gothic genre because it includes…
Starter: Romanticism1. What is the meaning of the adjective romantic?
-an expressive and pleasurable feeling from an emotional attraction towards another person associated with love.
This is very different from Romantic- ensure you don’t get the two mixed up!
Conventions of Romanticism:
• Poetry = “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth)
• Nature massively influences this movement- Romantics saw it as transcendental (a way of being at one with God), but also threateningly powerful.
• The supernatural is also occasionally used(therefore often has close links to Gothic)
Conventions of Romanticism:
• Believed in destructive side of sexuality/love and links between desire and death.
• The importance of imagination- dreams/ daydreams were significant.
• Would often write about outer body experiences.
• Made literature less elitist, interested in the stories of the common man/ lower class.
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818
What makes this painting ‘Romantic?’
Classic examples in film.
• For each of the following trailers, write a sentence which shows they are part of the Romantic genre.
‘(Film name) is part of the Romantic genre because it includes…
Modernism
riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.
End here. Us then. Finn, again! Take. Bussoftlhee, mememormee! Till thous-endsthee. Lps. The keys to. Given! A way a lone a last a loved a long the
Finnegan’s wake (extremely long novel).
BEGINNING
END
WHAT ARE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS/ OPINIONS BASED
ON THESE EXAMPLES?
• Experimental; search for new forms; break with the traditions of the past.– “Make it new!” urged the poet Ezra Pound
• Often Non-realistic (e.g. Picasso)• Fragmented artworks (e.g. Cubism, modernist poetry)
to reflect unstructured modern existence.• Influence of modern psychology, e.g. Freud (i.e.
stream-of-consciousness), and by new technology (the world seemed ‘new’)
• Urban experience a key theme (city life)
Conventions of modernism
Complexity and Modernism• Heavily influenced by World War and its
destructive nature.• Modernist literature is often difficult to
understand (e.g. 100 pages of unpunctuated prose with no paragraphs …)– This is deliberate! To reflect the complexity of
modern life– e.g. in light of Freud’s insights/ experience of
living in modern cities/ new technology
Guernica by Picasso, 1937.
What makes this
painting
‘Modernist?’
Classic examples in film.
• For each of the following trailers, write a sentence which shows they are part of the Modernist genre.
‘(Film name) is part of the Modernist genre because it includes…
• We are going to read three poems.
• TASK: As we read, try to decipher what genre each poem belongs to.
• Extend yourself by: – Trying to identify if any of the poems have
elements of more than one genre.– Noting what features prove the genre of each
text.
Poetry and genres!
• You are going to be split into 3 groups and be assigned a poem.
• TASK: Make a presentation on your assigned poem, exploring:– What genre(s) it belongs to,– What features of that genre show that your
opinion is correct,– The effect these features have on a reader, and
your personal opinion.
Poetry and genres!
• People will now conduct their presentations.
• As people present: Make notes and annotate your copy of each poem so that you can clearly identify the unique features of each genre for future reference.
• Be respectful and ensure you are fully focused as people present their ideas.
Poetry and genres!
Independent work
• Create a collage of words and images of your impressions of either:– One of the genres we have explored OR– One of the poems we have read.
THIS IS GOOD PRACTICE FOR YOUR MULTIMODAL COURSEWORK- BE CREATIVE.
