AP Literature Flashcards

10603572020	The Human Condition	State of being; -Self awareness -Complex reasoning -Ethics/morality/justice -Creativity/beauty -Questioning Existance	0
10603578130	Zeitgeist	Theorized by Hegel; "Spirit of the times"; "the general cultural, artistic, religious, and philosphical climate of an era"	1
10603585075	Dialectical Clash	The clash of two ideas	2
10603589336	Thesis	idea	3
10603590558	Antithesis	The opposing idea to the thesis that sparks a new zeitgeist	4
10603593861	Renaissance	Rebirth	5
10603594917	Great Chain of Being	the idea that every existing thing in the universe has its place in a divinely planned hierarchical order	6
10603601105	Humanism	Enforced possibility within human life (rather than afterlife) through sociability	7
10603610917	Fortuna	Goddess of fate; symbol of luck	8
10603607282	Wheel of fortune	Symbol of fate; random wheel spun by Fortuna to randomly change fate	9
10603615635	Theme	The central idea or dominating thought, which results from the other elements contained in fiction	10
10603619586	Common themes	-Human Nature -Nature of Society -Human Freedom -Ethics	11
10603623873	Synesthasia	a mingling of sensation. When one sense is use to describe another sense	12
10603626855	Sign	an object, picture, or word which signifies something other than itself	13
10604569038	Symbol	an object, place, character, or event that represents something more or something other than itself	14
10604574208	Archetype	a symbol that transcends time and culture	15
10604576679	Collective subconscious	a reservoir os the experience of our species	16
10604581667	Common Archetypal Settings	Paths, crossroads, ocean, maze, threshold, underworld, fog, bridge, forest, tower	17
10604585955	Common Archetypal Objects	Fire, ice, talisman, water	18
10604586756	Common Archetypal Characters	Hero, Anti-hero, scapegoat, gothic hero, unbalanced hero, the "other", mentor, the shadow, the outcast, damsel in distress	19
10604593434	Common Archetypal Journeys	Quest for: Identity, promised land, vengeance, protection for ones people, love, knowledge; fools errand; grail quest	20
10604596474	Motif	repeated elements in a work of art	21
10604597932	Monomyth	Hero's journey I) Departure II) Initiation III) Return	22
10604601283	Poetry types	Narrative Ballad Epic Dramatic Monologue Dialogue Lyric Elegy Ode Sonnet	23
10604607911	Narrative Poem	tells a story in verse	24
10604608880	Ballad	songlike poem that tells a story	25
10604610523	Epic	hero embodies the values and aspirations of the poets culture	26
10604617858	Dramatic Poem	makes use of the conventions of drama	27
10604619157	Dramatic Monologue	a poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a listener (soliloquy)	28
10604622314	Dramatic Dialogue	a poem in which two speakers converse with one another	29
10604624867	Lyric poem	a melodic poem that expresses observations and the feelings of a single speaker; focuses on a single unified effect	30
10604631766	The Elegy	a reflective lament of the loss of something	31
10604634673	The Ode	a long, formal lyric poem, usually meditative, that treats a noble or otherwise elevated subject in a dignified manner; often honor people, commemorate events, respond to nature, or consider aspects of the human condition	32
10604644430	The Sonnet	"little song"; consists of 14 lines and follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes. may address a range of themes, love is most common	33
10604651565	Stanza	a grouping of lines in a poem; may be significant or arbitrary	34
10604654007	Poetic shift (PS)	most, but not all, poems have a PS. PS normally occurs with a shift in tone. THere can be multiple PSs in a poem. The PS is normally where the meaning of the poem is.	35
10604658807	Enjambment	when the physical end of a line does not coincide with the grammatical end of a line. Can sometimes add to the meaning and sometimes be arbitrary. Emphasizes words before and after it. Can operate for 2 different parts of a poem	36
10604665097	End Stopped Line	when the physical end of a line of poetry matches the grammatical end of a line	37
10604667302	Concrete Poetry	when the physical shape of the poem enhances the meaning	38
10604671961	Elements of Freytag's Pyramid	exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denoument	39
10604675330	Characterization	the creation and development of a character	40
10604676920	Ways to characterize	Direct Indirect	41
10604678111	direct characterization	the author directly tells the reader about the character	42
10604680404	Indirect Characterization	the author shows rather than than tells the character	43
10604682409	Character types	Round, Flat Static, Dynamic	44
10604685845	Round / Flat Characters	round: complex Flat: Stereotypical	45
10604687195	Static / Dynamic	Static: does not change in the story Dynamic: changes because of events in the story	46
10604691791	Foil	a secondary character who shares many aspects with a major character but who is different in some significant way which sheds light on a major character	47
10604696842	Protagonist	main character trying to achieve a goal	48
10604699245	Antagonist	character trying to stop the Protags. goal	49
10604707202	Aristotelian Tragedy	depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience	50
10604708278	Anagnorisis	a moment of clairvoyant insight or understanding in the mind of the hero as he suddenly comprehends the web of fate that he has entangled himself in	51
10604714150	Hamartia	a fatal error or simple mistake on the part of the hero that eventually leads to the final catastrophe	52
10604717066	Hubris	sin par excellence of the tragic or over-aspiring hero	53
10604718643	Nemeis	the inevitable punishment or cosmic payback for acts of hubris	54
10604721260	Peripateria	a pivotal or crucial action on the part of the protagonist that changes his situation from seemingly secure to vulnerable	55
10604725636	Hegelian Tragedy	Good is up against good and the contest is to the death	56
10604727380	Revenge Tragedy	dramatizes the predicament of a wronged hero	57