AP Literature Unit 18 Vocabulary Flashcards

2301384410	adventure novel	novel in which exciting events and fast paced actions are more important than character development, theme, or symbolism (Ex. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)	0
2301400584	American Dream	optimistic desire for self-improvement, freedom, self-sufficiency, and self determination; "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" ideal; motif of hard work, ingenuity, and honesty as means of rising economically and socially (Ex. Horatio Alger novels)	1
2301540282	defamiliarization	presenting audiences with common things in an unfamiliar way in order to enhance perception of the familiar (Ex. poetry of Wordsworth, where subjects are viewed with a child's wonder and amazement)	2
2301586447	diacope	repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase; meant to show strong emotion. (Ex. "My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.")	3
2301609088	Hemingway Code	a hyper-masculine moral code used to make sense of the world; a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful (Ex. Any Hemingway protagonist)	4
2306737128	Victorian Period	period of British literature from 1840-1900; excellent novelists, essayists, poets, and philosophers but few dramatists; attitudes of social progress, conservative morals, hard work, gentlemanly honor and feminine virtue but also hypocrisy and smugness (Ex. Jane Austen)	5
2306775297	naturalism	literary movement that depicts life without emotion, idealism, and literary convention; post-Darwinian philosophy; human beings exist entirely within nature and do not have souls or live beyond the biological realm; we are higher animals determined by heredity and environment alone (Ex. Stephen Crane)	6
2306819920	Machiavellian	refers to sneaky, ruthless, and deceitful behavior, especially in regard to civil rulers obsessed with power who pretend to be honorable and trustworthy in order to achieve evil ends; term originates in essay "The Prince" written by Niccoló Machiavelli (Ex. Caesar, Antony)	7
2306864908	palinode	poem, song, or section of a work in which the poet renounces or retracts his words from an earlier work; usually meant to apologize or counterbalance earlier material (Ex. Chaucer at the end of Canterbury Tales)	8
2306897843	Faustian bargain	temptation motif from German folklore in which an individual sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, wealth, or power (Ex. Marlowe's Doctor Faustus)	9