LA test #1
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elijahsoneli on September 25, 2012
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sophomore year first LA test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 another word for "resolution" | denouement |
| protagonist | main character in story (not always hero) |
| antagonist | character or force that opposes protagonist (not always villain) |
| foil | character who provides a contrast to the protagonist (used to emphasize main attributes of protagonist) |
| all of man vs: | man, society, nature, self |
| first person | I, we, us |
| third person objective | don't know thoughts of others (he, she, it, they) |
| third person limited | thoughts/feelings of ONE character |
| third person omniscient | all knowing |
| theme | underlying meaning of literary work (NOT the subject/topic) |
| Is the Canterbury Tales realism? (why | no (because from different social groups wouldn't meet up like they did) |
| How is Canterbury Tales organized? | from what Geoffrey Chaucer believes should be ranked from highest to lowest, disregarding the feudal system. |
| How many pilgrims are in the Canterbury Tales? | 29 |
| Framed Narrative | fiction story within a story |
| Canterbury tales is what type of narrative? | framed narrative |
| Moral redemption | capacity to transcend one's limitations and reveal new level of self knowledge (spiritual enlightenment) |
| What does Dante say about moral redemption? | can only be reached after they confront the evils of the world and within themselves |
| What language was Inferno written in? (why) | Italian (language used in art, literature, and church) |
| where was Dante born? | Florence |
| Guelphs | people who supported the pope |
| Ghibellines | people who supported the emperor |
| White Guelph | opposed pope as ruler |
| Black Guelph | still supported pope as ruler |
| Dante's true love | Beatrice |
| Why is the Inferno trilogy called a comedy? | they have a happy ending |
| Original language for Bisclavaret? | Italian |
| Canterbury Tales structure? | iambic pantameter |
| Inferno structure? | iambic tercet |
| Bisclavaret exposition | Garwal tells his wife about him being a were-wolf (bisclavaret) |
| Bisclavaret inciting incident/force | Garwal's wife hides his clothes |
| Bisclavaret rising action | king goes hunting and Garwal become king's pet, Garwal attacks his wife's new husband. |
| Bisclavaret climax | Garwal attacks his wife and almost gets killed |
| Bisclavaret falling action | wise man persuades king to question wife and forced her to speak |
| Bisclavaret denouement | Garwal wife speaks and becomes human again |
| Bisclavaret protagonist | Garwal |
| Bisclavaret antagonist | Garwal's wife |
| Bisclavaret conflict type (man vs....) | man (and society) |
| Bisclavaret point of view | Third Person Objective |
| Bisclavaret theme | courtly love |
| Inferno protagonist | Dante |
| inferno conflict type (man vs....) | ... |
| inferno point of view | first person |
| Inferno theme | ... |
| Language of Canterbury Tales (why) | Latin (used in church and most common) |
| author of stories during Geoffrey Chaucer's time? | Clerics (produced most literature) |
| kenning | compound expression used in place of a name or noun (storm of swords = battle) |
| allegory | extended metaphor |
| courtly love | Lady married to lord, but also married to Knight as long as they didn't have an affair. |
| What did lots of stories have? | Heroism/idealized behavior and Courtly Love |
| When was Inferno written (what was happening to Dante?) | he was in exile |
| Inferno (allegorical and literal meaning) | ... |
| Put in order during Dante's time (malice, fraud/disloyalty, betrayal/pride, weakness) | ... |
| what does the leopard, lion, and she-wolf mean? | leopard = fraud, lion = violence, she-wolf = weakness |
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