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AP LITERATURE: Genres/Classifications of Literature Flashcards

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3469431378writing that falls into linked fragments or sentences and paragraphs; found in short stories, essays, novels, and some playsprose0
3469434206poetryverse1
3469437127a story line in prose or versenarrative2
3469445475a narrative in which the characters, action, and setting make coherent sense on a literal level, but also represent large ideas or abstract qualitiesallegory3
3469448142animal farm is an allegory of?communism4
3469451741where the characters are symbolic of something elseallegory5
3469457620the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is an allegory of?Jesus' life6
3469460077a collection of short stories or poemsanthology7
3469469812a novel that recounts the development of an individual from childhood to maturity, to the point at which the main character recognizes his/her place in the worldbildungsroman8
3469473132"coming of age" storybildungsroman9
3469482620an amusing work that ends happily and presents the "lighter" side of life, and generally represents the experiences of ordinary people in common languagecomedy10
3469487525the literary art of belittling a subject by making it ridiculoussatire11
3469495200a satiric form of comedy that takes the artificial and superficial habits of high society and mocks themcomedy of manners12
3469498941Pride and Prejudice is an example of a what?comedy of manners13
3469512776a type of comedy that employs improbable or otherwise ridiculous situations and mix-ups, slapstick, horseplay, and crude/bawdy languagefarce14
3469516566The Three Stooges is an example of a?farce15
3469519217The Hangover is an example of a?farce16
3469532013an imitation of a piece of writing, copying some features such as diction, style, and form, but changing features for humorous effectparody17
3469534975scary movie is an example of a?parody18
3469538812a novel that depicts an imperfect, oppressive worlddystopian novel19
3469542619a novel that depicts a perfect society or worldutopian novel20
3517471452a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects that customs, mores, and aspirations of a nation or race and who undertakes historical exploits, usually over a long period of timeepic21
3517473210novel written in lettersepistolary novel22
3517478811Dracula is an example of an?epistolary novel23
3517489019a brief tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson using symbolic characters, details, and plot linesfable24
3517501689a narrative of the exploits of a hero told through several generationssaga25
3517503768Star Wars is an example of a?saga26
3517512481a serious and often somber drama, written in prose or verse, that typically ends in disaster and that focuses on a character who undergoes unexpected personal revealstragedy27
3517524796literature that concerns itself with humanity's very being, with its perpetual, anguished struggle to exist; individuals have free will and are thus entirely responsible for their actionsexistentialism28

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