FINAL EXAM REVIEWR.5-R.9

201 INTRO TO LITERATURE

Prof. Everson

TUESDAY MAY 15TH 9:00-11:00 AM

ALL MAKE UP WORK IS DUE ON THIS DATE!!!

ENG 201 FINAL EXAM:

SECTION:IDENTIFICATION

Title? “Eleven Thousand Virgins”

“The lights in the city are multiplying and now it seems they are coming toward us!” said the sentinel to the General.

Author? Cayetano Coll y Toste

Part of plot? Rising action or Climax

Genre? Legend

Setting? San Juan Puerto Rico, 1797

Resolution? English abandon the island & retreat to ships

Historical figures?

English invasion of PR in 1797, la rogativa procession in honor of Sta. Ursula & the Eleven Virgins

Gen. Abercromby, Bishop Trespalacios

Historical facts?

Title? “I Want to Work”Author? Sherwood Anderson

Genre? Social realism

Part of plot? Rising action

Purpose? to valorize unemployed working men; expose the ignorance of people in power

We sat in two chairs by a window that looked down on the factories while we drank our beer and talked. An old feeling, so common in American men, concerned with modern industry – was pride in the very thing that has apparently thrown his life out of gear.

Title? “The Hummingbird”

Alida was grief stricken and prayed to her god for help. “Do not let me marry this man whom I do not love!” The god took pity on her and changed her into a beautiful red flower.

Author? unknown

Genre? myth

Part of plot? Rising action

Purpose? To explain how hummingbirds came into existence and why they hum and jump from flower to flower

Resolution? hummingbird is Taroo always looking for Alida the flower

Title? “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”

Author? Ursula Le Guin

Genre? Science Fiction

Part of plot? Rising action ??

Type of SciFi? Dystopian fiction / philosophical or parable tale

Elements of SciFi?

Setting in fantastic place and time, social system different than our own / illustrates relation between utopia & dystopia / issue of freedom and happiness

They all know it is there, all the people …. Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know it is there. They all know that it has to be there.

Title? “Shakespeare in Love”

Will: Good title. Christopher Marlowe: Yours? Will: "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter". - Oh, yes, I know, I know. Christopher Marlowe: What is the story? Will: Well, there's this pirate. - In truth I have not written a word.

Author? John Madden (Director)

Genre? Historical Fiction

Part of plot? ExpositionType of HisFic? Historical figures, fictional events

Setting? 1590s Elizabethan EnglandHistorical facts?

William Shakespeare and his plays, rivalry of theaters, play writer Christopher Marlowe’s death

GENRES, SUBGENRES, AND LITERARY

ELEMENTS

GENRES:

Myth Setting Time period: timeless, general past timeCharacters:Archetypal (flat), often gods appear or fantastical creatures

Legend Setting:Specific historical time period (year, era)Characters:Includes real historical figures, and sometimes fictional ones

ScienceFiction

Setting Time period: future / other planets or galaxies / utopian or dystopian societies Characters:Includes robotic, androids, aliens, other futuristic creatures

HistoricalFiction

Setting Time period: historical period at least 20 years before the work is writtenCharacters:Includes real historical figures mixed with fictional characters, some real events

SocialRealism

Setting Time period: contemporary (to when it is written)Characters:marginal people as heroes, powerful people are villains or exposed as immoral or incompetent

LITERARY ELEMENTS - DEFINITIONS

Protagonist

Antagonist

Foil character

Foreshadowing

Conflict

Plot structure

Point of view

Omniscient narrator

Limited omniscient narratorFirst person narrator

Mixed narrator

--main character

--villain or foe--contrasts with other (usually main) character--prepares reader for what comes later

--main struggle in story or novel

--exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution--vantage point or narrative voice

--knows all characters thoughts

--knows some characters--knows one character, main

--changes during a story

LITERARY ELEMENTS - DEFINITIONS

imagery

motifsymbol

allegorytoneironyVerbal irony

Situational ironyDramatic irony

--collection of images to evoke mood, tone

--a set of repeated imagery (ex.: birds)

--a singular image that stands for something else

--an extended metaphor--the author’s attitude toward the subject

--meaning is opposite of what is expected--what is said is opposite of what is meant

--actions have opposite effect--audience knows something the characters don’t so the actions or words have opposite meaning

LITERARY ANALYSIS AND

RESPONSE

LITERARY ANALYSIS: Example of foil character:

“The Hummingbird” unknown Main Character: Alida Foil: Taroo ? Why?: He has opposite qualities of Alida – he is masculine and warrior, stranger, enemy / she is feminine, innocence, native

“Eleven Thousand Virgins” Cayetano Coll y Toste Main character: Bishop Trespalacios Foil: Gov. de Castro Why: represents weakness and ineffectiveness of Spanish government in defending the city, Bishop and church is successful

LITERARY ANALYSIS: Example of foil character:

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Ursula LeGuin Main character: ? Foil: ? >>no real characters in this story, though can make a case for the wretched child, the musician, and the ones that walk away – but not in a traditional sense

“I Want to Work” Sherwood Anderson Main character: workman Foil: the narrator Why?: narrator’s more comfortable social position is contrasted to workman, whose life is precarious and yet he is actively searching out knowledge to better understand his world and situation – it is practical and useful not vicarious entertainment

LITERARY ANALYSIS:Example of:

symbol?

a singular image that stands for something else related to the theme of the story

“The Hummingbird” unknown– flower for beauty and innocence

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin– wretched child for outcasts or social evil

“Eleven Thousand Virgins” Coll y Toste– the Virgins as God’s “soldiers” protectors

“Shakespeare in Love” by John Madden– Skull for play Hamlet / ?

“I Want to Work” by Sherwood Anderson– Civil War / struggle for worker’s rights

LITERARY ANALYSIS:Example of:

Irony?

when the opposite is meant to what is said or happens

Types:VerbalSituationalDramatic

“The Hummingbird” unknown–situational: Taroo can never find his Alida

“Eleven Thousand Virgins” Coll y Toste– dramatic: Gen. thinks procession is soldiers

“I Want to Work” Sherwood Anderson–situational: workman has pride in the technology that puts him out of work

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Ursula LeGuin–situational: joy depends on misery

“Shakespeare in Love” John Madden [dir.]–dramatic: Marlowe is more famous than Shs

FOLK STORIES – COLL Y TOSTE PROJECT

Genre?

-title-summary-historical references (people or events)

Carabali

Executioner’s Daughter

Cofresi, the Pirate

The Devil’s Gate

The Shark Killer

PERSONAL RESPONSEWhich genre and story did you like the most? Why? Provide 3 specific aspects.“The Hummingbird” Author unknown

Myth (Taino)

“Eleven Thousand Virgins” Cayetano Coll y TosteLegend (Puerto Rico)

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Ursula Le Guin Science fiction

“Shakespeare in Love” John Madden (Dir.)Historical fiction

“I Want to Work” Sherwood AndersonSocial realism

Coll y Toste story – (wiki project story)