FINAL EXAM review r.5-r.9

1. FINAL EXAM reviewr.5-r.9 201 INTRO TO LITERATURE Prof. Everson

2. ENG 201 FINAL EXAM: TUESDAY May 15th9:00-11:00 amall make up work is due on this date!!!

3. Section:identification

4. “The lights in the city are multiplying and now it seems they are coming toward us!” said the sentinel to the General. Title? “Eleven Thousand Virgins” Author? Cayetano Coll y Toste Legend Genre? Rising action or Climax Part of plot? Setting? San Juan Puerto Rico, 1797 Historical figures? Gen. Abercromby, Bishop Trespalacios Historical facts? English invasion of PR in 1797, la rogativaprocession in honor of Sta. Ursula & the Eleven Virgins English abandon the island & retreat to ships Resolution?

5. 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? “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

6. 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. Title? “The Hummingbird” Author? unknown Genre? myth Rising action Part of plot? To explain how hummingbirds came into existence and why they hum and jump from flower to flower Purpose? Resolution? hummingbird is Taroo always looking for Alida the flower

7. 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. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Title? Ursula Le Guin Author? Genre? Science Fiction Part of plot? Rising action ?? Type of SciFi? Dystopian fiction / philosophical or parable tale Setting in fantastic place and time, social system different than our own / illustrates relation between utopia & dystopia / issue of freedom and happiness Elements of SciFi?

8. 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. “Shakespeare in Love” Title? John Madden (Director) Author? Genre? Historical Fiction Part of plot? Exposition Type of HisFic? Historical figures, fictional events Setting? 1590s Elizabethan England Historical facts? William Shakespeare and his plays, rivalry of theaters, play writer Christopher Marlowe’s death

9. Genres, subgenres, and literary elements

10. Genres: Setting Time period: timeless, general past time Characters: Archetypal (flat), often gods appear or fantastical creatures Myth Setting: Specific historical time period (year, era) Characters: Includes real historical figures, and sometimes fictional ones Legend

11. Setting Time period: future / other planets or galaxies / utopian or dystopian societies Characters: Includes robotic, androids, aliens, other futuristic creatures Science Fiction Historical Fiction Setting Time period: historical period at least 20 years before the work is written Characters: Includes real historical figures mixed with fictional characters, some real events Social Realism Setting Time period: contemporary (to when it is written) Characters: marginal people as heroes, powerful people are villains or exposed as immoral or incompetent

12. Literary elements - definitions --main character Protagonist --villain or foe Antagonist --contrasts with other (usually main) character Foil character Foreshadowing --prepares reader for what comes later --main struggle in story or novel Conflict --exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution Plot structure Point of view --vantage point or narrative voice Omniscient narrator --knows all characters thoughts Limited omniscient narrator --knows some characters First person narrator --knows one character, main Mixed narrator --changes during a story

13. Literary elements - definitions imagery --collection of images to evoke mood, tone --a set of repeated imagery (ex.: birds) motif symbol --a singular image that stands for something else allegory --an extended metaphor tone --the author’s attitude toward the subject irony --meaning is opposite of what is expected Verbal irony --what is said is opposite of what is meant Situational irony --actions have opposite effect Dramatic irony --audience knows something the characters don’t so the actions or words have opposite meaning

14. Literary analysis and response

15. 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” CayetanoColl 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

16. 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

17. literary analysis: Example of: “The Hummingbird” unknown – flower for beauty and innocence symbol? a singular image that stands for something else related to the theme of the story “Eleven Thousand Virgins” Coll y Toste – the Virgins as God’s “soldiers” protectors “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin – wretched child for outcasts or social evil “Shakespeare in Love” by John Madden – Skull for play Hamlet / ? “I Want to Work” by Sherwood Anderson – Civil War / struggle for worker’s rights

18. Literary analysis: Example of: “The Hummingbird” unknown –situational: Taroo can never find his Alida Irony? “Eleven Thousand Virgins” Colly Toste – dramatic: Gen. thinks procession is soldiers when the opposite is meant to what is said or happens Types: Verbal Situational Dramatic “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

19. Folk Stories – Coll y Toste Project Genre? Carabali -title -summary -historical references (people or events) Executioner’s Daughter Cofresi, the Pirate The Devil’s Gate The Shark Killer

20. Personal response Which genre and story did you like the most? Why? Provide 3 specific aspects. “The Hummingbird” Author unknown Myth (Taino) “Eleven Thousand Virgins” CayetanoColl y Toste Legend (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 Anderson Social realism Coll y Toste story – (wiki project story)