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Literature
12th Grade
10/10/2011

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poetics
Definition
how texts function
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playwright
Definition
to make plays
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hermeneutics
Definition
study of interpretation
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epic
Definition
you hear the voice of the narrator and characters
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dramatic lit
Definition
only hear the voice of the characters
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exposition
Definition
preemptive education
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plot vs story
Definition
ordering of events within play/everything that fills in the world of the play
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Aristotle
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a tragedy should take place in one revolution of the sun/24 hour play
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High Class/Low Class
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Tragedy was for _____. Comedy was for ______.
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Aristotle's six elements of tragedy, arranged in order of importance.
Definition
plot, character, thought, diction, song, spectacle
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anagnorisis
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moment of recognition
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percipetia
Definition
a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstance
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catharsis
Definition
The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
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deus ex machina
Definition
god comes down at end and sets everything straight
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objective
Definition
can be right or wrong based on evidence
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pyhric (peer-ick)
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a victory that comes at such a great cost that it doesn't feel like a victory
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hamartia
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fatal flaw
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2 goals of satire
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to point out social ills and to serve as a corrective
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aristophonese
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old comedy
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helenism
Definition
greek spread of culture throughout the world
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high brow
Definition
art that requires one to be sophisticated or "in the know"
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low brow
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don't need to go in with prior knowlege to "get it"
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tragedies deal with
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the fates of kingdoms
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comedies deal with
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the fates of households... and everything works out in the end
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tragic heroes
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have a flaw that leads to their downfall
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comedic heroes
Definition
are flawed but have no downfall
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things that new comedies involve
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mistaken identities, overheard convos, people hiding behind doors, young lovers kept apart by a father, slapstick, people coming in and out of doors at the right or wrong time, at the end... the lovers are able to get together because something is revealed about one of them that allows it to happen
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good vs bad prejudice
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good - looking at historical context
bad - looking just at words on page without thinking about what it meant at the time it was written
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verisimilitude
Definition
likesness to truth, appears to be true
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3 unities
Definition
time, place, action
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decorum
Definition
people should act appropriately to their stations
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realism
Definition
truth is acquired through the accumulation of surface details
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realism has to...
Definition
go the extra mile to appear to be true
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well-made play
Definition
didn't involve any extraneous details
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