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92 Cards in this Set
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The Ambassadors |
Henry James |
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Nicholas Nickleby |
Charles Dickens |
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Joseph Andrews |
Henry Fielding |
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The Way of the World |
William Congreve |
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Pamela |
Samuel Richardson |
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The literary history that immediately preceded the novel was that of the |
drama |
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The Way of the World, which marked the end of great English dramatic writing was written in the year |
1700 |
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The first English novel appeared in |
1740 |
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The 2 forms that had been joined in English drama up to the end of the 17th century were |
drama and poetry |
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Jane Austen and Emily Bronte emphasized |
character |
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What happens to a literary form, such as the novel, when it takes on formal marks or characteristics? |
Other authors would write according to the marks rather than create a new work. They would follow the form and many novels would look the same |
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A novelist attempts to draw characters |
in action |
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A good novelist cannot work well without a |
plot |
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The novelist is conscious, first of all, of making a good |
work |
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The novelist cannot always explain the process of |
writing a novel |
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What makes a perfect or classic novel? |
the novel should match the author's ability and temperament |
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The novelist must accept his |
limitations |
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One of the most powerful forces in broadening the novelist's range is |
grief |
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The writer cannot extend his range because it must come as a ____ and ___ event in the course of life |
natural and normal |
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A novelist's range is |
his experiences, limitations, and his ability to work |
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A novelist that worked well within range was |
Jane Austen |
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The novelist's primary concern is |
common sense |
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Judgement of a writer must be made on his |
writing |
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The novelist's task is to |
bring order to the world by demonstrating balance and sanity in common sense |
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The novelist must persuade the reader not only ____, but also ___ |
what is good and in sense |
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The novelist must be able to present beliefs that are not his own as well as |
beliefs that are |
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Why must the novelist remain detached? |
So that he can clearly work to preserve or affirm values that are necessary for living. He needs to just focus on his work instead of getting attached to people and other things that might distract him |
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Henry James was both a ___ and a ___ |
dramatist and a novelist |
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Drama and ___ were joined together for the most part until |
eighteenth century |
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A great tradition of dramatic writers never emerged again in England after |
Congreve |
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end of the drama tradition |
1700 |
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beginning of novel tradition |
1740 |
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ordered sequence of events |
plot |
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Henry James demonstrated that the novel could do as much and more than the
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drama |
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The plot of Nicholas Nickleby is held together by the |
hero |
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The novel as a form began in the |
eighteenth century |
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When a literary form takes on set characteristics, creativity |
is often lost |
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A novelist often describes ____ when he tries to describe the creative process |
methods and events |
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A classic novel contains the perfect match of subject with the novelist's |
ability and temperament |
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The novelist's range can only be extended by |
natural events of life |
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The first English novel, Pamela, was written in the year ____ by ____ |
1740 and Samuel Richardson |
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To maintain balance and common sense, the novelist must remain |
detached |
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The novelist persuades the reader not only what is good in _____ but also in |
culture and sense |
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The Henry James novel that is sometimes used as an example of a perfect novel is |
Spoils of Poynton |
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The novelist's selection of material requires that he both ___ and ____ material |
reject and retain |
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How does the novelist use his limitations best? |
He must accept his limitations and try to write within his range, writing to the best extent |
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To what values should the values of a literary work be compared? |
To other beliefs, values, and prejudices |
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The first novel in the English language was written in ____ style |
epistolary |
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Incidents should arise naturally from the ____ character |
fictional |
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An author must ____ the plot of a novel |
plan |
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Life is illogical; the plot of a novel must be |
logical |
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characterization |
creation of characters |
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real in the fictional world of the novel |
believable characters |
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long prose narrative |
the novel
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Define image |
Literal representation of an experience of the senses or of an object that can be known by one or more of the senses |
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Define figure of speech |
Intentional departure from the normal order |
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Define symbol |
Something that is itself and yet stands for something else |
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A plot needs |
atmosphere |
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When you have atmosphere in a novel, you will find ____ and _____ operating in that atmosphere |
plot and character |
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Literature uses ____ terms to bring out emotional response |
concrete |
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most important ingredients of a novel |
character in action and plot |
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subject matter |
style |
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landscape and setting are the most essential ingredients |
travel book |
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limited by setting |
character in action |
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writing for setting |
descriptive writing |
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used background as a symbol |
Charles Dickens |
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multiple background |
stream-of-consciousness novel |
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best way to show emotion |
through action |
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The novel form was based in ____ forms |
ancient |
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A novel of manners deals with |
customs |
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The novelist portrays characters through ____, ____, and ____ |
action, from within, and through a block of information |
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Charles Dickens used background as |
symbol |
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According to the French whatever appeared in the setting had to be used |
quickly |
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representation of something |
image |
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something that stands for another thing |
symbol |
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interpretation |
What does the writer say? |
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analysis |
How does the writer say it? |
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evaluation |
Was what the writer said worthwhile? |
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book review |
a type of evaluation essay |
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content and meaning |
dealt with in interpretation |
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Are image and symbol the same? |
no |
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A book review is a form of |
critical essay |
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The book review focuses on the question |
Was what the writer said worthwhile? |
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A book review that centers on how the writer says what he says is an |
analysis |
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interpretation deals with the question |
What did the writer say? |
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analysis deals with the question |
How did the writer say what he said? |
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evaluation deals with the question |
Was what the writer said worthwhile? |
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The type of critical essay that deals with content and meaning is |
interpretation |
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The type of critical essay that the book review represents is |
evaluation
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The type of critical essay that deals with technique and style is |
analysis |
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A literal and concrete representation of an experience of the senses or of an object that can be known by one or more of the senses is
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image |
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A figure of speech is an intentional departure from ___, _____, and _____ |
normal order, concrete, and meaning of words |
