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78 Cards in this Set
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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Written in English by Salman Rushdie in 1990, he was born in India
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Six Characters in Search of an Author
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Written in Italian by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, he was born in Italy
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Gulliver's Travels
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Written in English by Jonathan Swift in 1726, he was born in Ireland
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Candide
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Written in French by Voltaire in 1759, he was born in France and Expatrioted
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Faust
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Written in German by Johann von Goethe in 1806, he was born in Germany
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Notes from the Underground
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Written in Russian in 1864 by Fyodor Dostoevsky, he was born in Russia
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Persepolis
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Written in French in 2000 by Marjane Satrapi, she was born in Iran
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The Amazing Life of Olaudah Equiano
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Written in English in 1788 by Olaudah Equiano, he was born in Igbo
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Heart of Darkness
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Written in English in 1902 by Joseph Conrad, he was born in Poland
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A Bend in the River
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Written in English in 1979 by V.S. Naipaul, he was born in Trinidad
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A Passage to India
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Written in English in 1924 by E.M. Forester, he was born in England
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Written in Spanish in 1967 by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, he was born in Columbia
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Age of Reason
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a period characterized by a prevailing belief in the use of reason
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Allegory
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the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
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Alliteration
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the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
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Allusion
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an implied or indirect reference
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Anticlimax
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the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
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Anti-hero
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a character that has some characteristics that are antithetical to those of the traditional hero
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Anti-novel
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a work of fiction that lacks most or all of the traditional features of the novel
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Bildungsroman
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It’s a coming of age, going from childlike state to adulthood
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climax
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point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action
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deism
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belief that God made the world then just sat back to watch (watchmaker)
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denouement
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the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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dialogue
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a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing
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diction
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choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
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discourse
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conversation between characters
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dramatic irony
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things turning out dramatically different than what is expected
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dystopia
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an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives
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existentialism
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Holds out hope for confused beings. It is a philosophical movement that is generally considered a study that pursues meaning in existence and seeks value for the existing individual
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exposition
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a setting forth of the meaning or purpose
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falling action
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after the turning point, coming toward resolution
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first person point-of-view
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the narrator is part of the story
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foil
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someone or something that serves as a contrast to another
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frame-story
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a story within a story
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freytag's pyramid
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form of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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genre
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category of literature characterized by a particular style, form, or content
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graphic novel
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hybrid art form, novel + comic book; forces uniformity in images, generally has a hero and villain.
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hamartia/tragic flaw
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flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy
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Hegel
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phenomenologist, can’t reach truth without phenomena
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hegemony
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one group has power over another
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hero
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the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work
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implied author
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The messages and themes that are interpreted from literature; what you think the author implies
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intertextuality
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Makes a reference to another work of language; a willing suspension of disbelief. Willing to believe a story on its own terms. the complex interrelationship between a text and other texts taken as basic to the creation or interpretation of the text
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Kant
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we can't comprehend what exists outside of our own experience.
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Leibniz
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Theodicy, the explanation for evil in the world
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magical realism
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a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction.
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metafiction
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framing device that draws attention to the fact that it’s fiction
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metanarrative
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framing device that draws attention to the fact that it's a narrative
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metaphor
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figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
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modernism
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a reaction to realistic drama, it is also surreal and beyond the norms of regular drama. Author refers to himself.
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narrator
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the story teller
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neo-colonialism
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forcing culture upon a people or place
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nihilism
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there is no meaning, life has no meaning
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omniscient narrator
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the narrator knows what will happen before it happens; has a sense of control over the story
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ontology
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to be; what it means to be human
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phenomenology
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the study of Phenomena; the study of what we experience
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bethany
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the most loving and beautiful girl in the whole world. she's like a lotus flower, so rare, precious, and beautiful. her aroma makes me salivate.
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Picaresque
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fast moving plot, lots of action
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Picaro
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living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others (Gypsy)
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plot
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the events in the story and how they fit in to create a theme
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point of view
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the related experience of the narrator, not that of the author
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post-colonialism
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reaction to colonialism
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post-modernism
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of, relating to, or being any of various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity
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prolepsis
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jumping forward, telling what is going to happen
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Vladamir Propp
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Russian who studied folktales; They are combinations of the same stories
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protagonist
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the principal character in a work of literature
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realism
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commonly defined as a concern for fact or reality and a rejection of the impractical and visionary
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romantic hero
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ideal hero, surreal
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satire
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a genre that uses indirect means to critique and institution
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setting
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the time and place of the action of a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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slave narrative
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a narrative in which a slave tells their personal story
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mark
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Zeus writ man, a personality and body chiseled by Michelangelo from pure marble. basically the perfect male specimen. should be used for breeding stock for all mankind but refuses to because it is morally objective.
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symbol
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an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response
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Theodicy
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explanation for evil in the world
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Utopia
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perfect world
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verisimilitude
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the appearance of truth and reality
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white man's burden
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civilizing the natives
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