English Literature L1

• What are the two key points of active reading?

  Mining the text ( underline, divide into sections, journal important parts) and log the data ( make lists of recurring themes or motifs, quotable phrases...)
• What is the PEEL paragraph?

  Point

  Evidence

  Explanation

  Link
• How are novels plays and films titles written in an essay?

  underlined with capital letters on all key words
• How are poems titles written in an essay?

  with inverted commas and capital letter only on key words
• what is a literary commentary?

  an analysis of the given passage, its function and its formal characteristics
• what is, in order, the structure of a literary commentary?

  - Intro

  - Overview

  - Body

  - Conclusion
• what should the introduction do?

  contextualise, summarise, and point out the passage, its structure and thematics
• what should the overview do?

  state the kind of narration of the passage, its structure, the pov, the register and tone, and a preview
• what should the body do?

  contain 3 to 9 paragraphs analysing the language, the effects produced, and overall the elements listed in the overview in a more detailled manner
• what should the conclusion do?

  summarise and assess
• what are the three literary genres?

  Narrative fiction, drama and poetry
• what are the six subgenres of poetry?

  - dramatic monologues

  - the sonnet

  - ballads

  - epic poems

  - lyrical poems ( odes )

  - elegies
• what are the six subgenres of drama?

  - tragedy

  - comedy

  - history plays

  - social realism

  - comedies of manners

  - expressionist theatre
• what are the eleven subgenres of narrative?

  - realist novel

  - romances

  - science fiction

  - detective fiction

  - coming-of-age novels

  - bildungsromane ( ex: Jane Eyre)

  - fantasy

  - gothic

  - dystopian fiction

  - travel-writing

  - magical realism
• what are the components of literary analysis common to all genres?

  plot, characters, setting, style ( language, figures of speech)
• what are the components of literary analysis specific to certain genres?

  narration and focalisation (novel), scenography ( drama), poetics and figures of speech (poetry)
• give 3 common literary themes.

  - The passage of time

  - Loss

  - Human identity and its complexity
• What are poems made up of?

  Lines, which are organized in stanzas (=strophes)
• What is a 4 line stanza?

  quatrain
• What is a 2 line stanza?

  couplet
• Who writes plays?

  dramatists/playwrights
• What are " didascalies"?

  stage directions
• What do the chapter titles do?

  - introduce an enigma or mystery

  - create a reality effect

  - introduce versimilitude ( vraisemblance)

  - tell how long/where the narrative took place
• Give the definition of '' plot '' as a literary term.

  series of related events that make up the main story in a book
• Give the definition of '' subplot '' as a literary term.

  less important story, other than the main plot, in a book.
• What are the other definitions of the word '' plot ''?

  piece of land, to conspire
• What is the difference between a plot and a story?

  a plot is when causal connections are foregrounded; related events make up the main story. The plot makes up the causality of a story.

  Ex: "'The king died and then the queen died', is a story. 'The king died, and then the queen died of grief', is a plot."
• Give the definition of anachrony.

  any chunk of text that is told at a point which is earlier or later than its natural or logical position in the event sequence.
• What are analepses?

  Flashbacks, retrospection.
• What are prolepses?

  Flash-forwards, anticipation, recounting of a "future" event
• What are ellipses?

  show a long pause within a thought or trailing off and never finishes a thought (looks like ... )
• What are prolepses? a rhetorical device by which objections are anticipated and answered in advance
• Give an example of an episodic structure of a plot.

  - rising action > climax 1 > ending 1 > rising action > climax 2 > ending 2 > rising action > climax 3 > ending 3...
• When was written '"The Story Of An Hour"?

  1894
• By whom was written '"The Story Of An Hour"?

  Kate Chopin
• What is '"The Story Of An Hour" about?

  Joy disguised in grief: mrs. mallord's husband died and she was very happy about it (felt free). however, her husband didn't really die because he showed back up and then she died of shock
• What can iconic characters be regarding human behaviour?

  bywords ( general description of someone's behaviour similar to a fictional characters. Ex: a lolita )
• What is realism?

  a mode of writing that gives the impression of recording or 'reflecting' an actual way of life faithfully
• What is the greek ethymology of "character"?

  to engrave or inscribe
• What do characters convey?

  they elicit a strong emotional response in the reader