Introduction to Literary Studies
Vorlesung von Heyl + Altklausurfragen - Die Altklausuren liefen immer nach dem selben Schema ab: 4. Fragen (auf 3 davon kann man sich gut vorbereiten). 1. Frage - Wissen zu Sonetten, Shakespeare, Metrum, Reimschema etc.; 2. Frage - Wissen zu Quellen / Portalen auf denen Literatur zu finden ist (z.B. ECCO, JSTOR etc.); 3. Frage - Erzählperspektive / Erzählsituation bestimmen (nach Genette und/oder Stanzel); 4. Frage - zusätzliches Wissen auf der Vorlesung — Viel Erfolg! :)
Vorlesung von Heyl + Altklausurfragen - Die Altklausuren liefen immer nach dem selben Schema ab: 4. Fragen (auf 3 davon kann man sich gut vorbereiten). 1. Frage - Wissen zu Sonetten, Shakespeare, Metrum, Reimschema etc.; 2. Frage - Wissen zu Quellen / Portalen auf denen Literatur zu finden ist (z.B. ECCO, JSTOR etc.); 3. Frage - Erzählperspektive / Erzählsituation bestimmen (nach Genette und/oder Stanzel); 4. Frage - zusätzliches Wissen auf der Vorlesung — Viel Erfolg! :)
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"Theatre used to be more high class than it is today"
What is a Blazon?
Blazon: French for “coat-of-arms” or “shield.” A literary blazon (or blason) catalogues the physical attributes of a subject, usually female.
Part of a text like a poem where somebody talks about body parts.
Describe stages during the 18th century?
- "Verbal scenery" - description of the surroundings
- props and stage design
- illusion of the forth wall
- illusionism "willing suspension of disbelief" vs. Anti-illusionism (narrator, chorus, intrusion of text, de- familiarization)
What is stichomythia?
Dialogue in brief, alternate lines, as in Ancient Greek drama
What's an aside?
- (Internal vs. External communication): other characters don't hear what has been said, only the audience
What is a soliloquy?
Characters talk to themselves or the audience, not the other characters
What is a polylogue?
Multiple people talk
What is a dialogue?
2 people talk
What is a monologue?
- 1 person talks
What is a closet drama?
- Meant to be read, rather than performed
What is plurimentality?
- Multiple media in one
What is the difference between Drama and Narrative?
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What is the etymology of the word "Drama"?
Comes from the Greek word "dran" (to do / to act).
How is an English sonnet structured?
- 14 lines
- Each containing ten syllables
- iambic pentameter
- 3 quatrains
- 1 heroic couplet
- abab, cdcd, efef, gg
What topics are often used in sonnets?
- Main concern usually about love
- "Love is blind" (image of Cupid)
- the problematic gap between ideal und reality when it comes to the person you love
- "Tempus fugiti" (time flies)
- literary works will endure, they are the only permanent monument a person can leave
- Awareness of cultural / historical context and ideas (topoi) current at the time
- time, chance, aging, lust, absence, infidelity,
How is an Italian Sonnet structured?
- 2 quatrains (octave)
- two tercets (sestet)
English sonnet:
Italian Sonnet:
What rhyme scheme do sonnets usually have?
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Where and when were sonnets popularized?
- England in the 16th century
What were the topi of Petrarcas sonnets?
Love as a paradox disease, as an irritation
Who is the most influential author of sonnets?
Francesco Petrarca
Who invented the sonnet?
- Lawyers in Italy (Sicily in 13th century)
What end rhymes are there?
- Couplet (Paarreim): aa bb
- envelope pattern (umarmend): abba
- tail rhyme (Schweifreim): abcabc
What is an internal rhyme?
- Binnenreim: "East, west, home's best"
What is a halft-rhyme?
- Less perfect than true rhymes
- assonance: connects two words by identical vowels (foam - moan)
- consonance: connects two words by identical consonants ( loads - lids)
What is an eye rhyme?
- Looks similar but sounds different (move - dove)
What is an identical rhyme?
- Includes the consonants before the vowel (know - no)
What is a triple rhyme?
- Parallels three syllables (treacherous - lecherous)
What is a feminine rhyme?
- Stressed - unstressed (gender - bender)
What is a masculine rhyme?
- Last syllables stressed in two lines ( fan - man)
"The spelling does not matter, as long as there is a correspondence in sound when it comes to rhymes."
What are end-stopped lines?
The line makes sense, it is a functional unit of meaning.
Iambic pentameter with rhymes is known as ...
Iambic pentameter without rhymes is known as ...
What are heroic couplets?
Iambic pentameters with rhymes.
What is a "blank verse"?
An iambic pentameter without rhymes.
What is an enjambement (or run-on lines)?
- In poetry, the continuing of a sentence from one line of a poem into the start of the next line
- no grammatical break or pause
"The more it snows
the more it goes
the more it goes
on snowing"
What is a heptameter?
7 units per line
What is a hexameter?
6 units per line
