AP LITERATURE: Genres/Classifications of Literature Flashcards

3469431378	writing that falls into linked fragments or sentences and paragraphs; found in short stories, essays, novels, and some plays	prose	0
3469434206	poetry	verse	1
3469437127	a story line in prose or verse	narrative	2
3469445475	a narrative in which the characters, action, and setting make coherent sense on a literal level, but also represent large ideas or abstract qualities	allegory	3
3469448142	animal farm is an allegory of?	communism	4
3469451741	where the characters are symbolic of something else	allegory	5
3469457620	the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is an allegory of?	Jesus' life	6
3469460077	a collection of short stories or poems	anthology	7
3469469812	a 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 world	bildungsroman	8
3469473132	"coming of age" story	bildungsroman	9
3469482620	an amusing work that ends happily and presents the "lighter" side of life, and generally represents the experiences of ordinary people in common language	comedy	10
3469487525	the literary art of belittling a subject by making it ridiculous	satire	11
3469495200	a satiric form of comedy that takes the artificial and superficial habits of high society and mocks them	comedy of manners	12
3469498941	Pride and Prejudice is an example of a what?	comedy of manners	13
3469512776	a type of comedy that employs improbable or otherwise ridiculous situations and mix-ups, slapstick, horseplay, and crude/bawdy language	farce	14
3469516566	The Three Stooges is an example of a?	farce	15
3469519217	The Hangover is an example of a?	farce	16
3469532013	an imitation of a piece of writing, copying some features such as diction, style, and form, but changing features for humorous effect	parody	17
3469534975	scary movie is an example of a?	parody	18
3469538812	a novel that depicts an imperfect, oppressive world	dystopian novel	19
3469542619	a novel that depicts a perfect society or world	utopian novel	20
3517471452	a 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 time	epic	21
3517473210	novel written in letters	epistolary novel	22
3517478811	Dracula is an example of an?	epistolary novel	23
3517489019	a brief tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson using symbolic characters, details, and plot lines	fable	24
3517501689	a narrative of the exploits of a hero told through several generations	saga	25
3517503768	Star Wars is an example of a?	saga	26
3517512481	a 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 reveals	tragedy	27
3517524796	literature 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 actions	existentialism	28