Lit Crit A 21

NOT a term that reflects an author's choosing to hide his or her name from the reading public in some way

Term for Neoclassic period in Eng. Lit. & sometimes Rev. and Early Natl. period that emphasize knowledge & self-control

Novel in which actual persons are presented under the guise of fiction-- ex.: Cakes and Ale, The Sun Also Rises

Chronicle presenting the life story of a rascal of low degree engaged in menial tasks; episodic, structureless:

Self-contradictory combination of words or smaller verbal units

Period of American literature in which Ben Franklin, Anne Bradstreet, and Jonathan Edwards flourished

Recipient of 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama awarded posthumously for his musical Rent

NOT a novel written by 20th century American author Mark Twain:

Repetition of initial consonant sounds or vowel sounds in closely associated syllables:

Genre of novel dealing w/development of young person from adolescence to maturity

Phrase used by 1st century Roman author Horace; exemplifies "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die"

5-foot line of verse that characterizes serious English language since Chaucer's time

20th Century American author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, Reflections in a Golden Eye

Literature, usually prose or fiction, written entirely as letters:

Early 19th century author of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion:

Term that involves a sort of yoking together of words as direct objects or objects of prepositions

Inappropriateness of speech resulting from the use of one word for another that resembles it

Belief that everything takes on a hierarchial system from inanimate matter to man to angels to God

Device by which a work presents material that occurred prior to the opening scene of the work

Instructiveness in a literary work; gives guidance in moral, ethical, and religious matters

NOT one of the nine Muses:

Most important Irish poet since Yeats; translated Beowulf; awarded 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature

Recipient of Pres. Medal of Freedom and 1961 Pulitzer for Fiction for To Kill a Mockingbird

Recipient of 1943 Pulitzer for Poetry for "A Witness Tree;" presented"The Gift Outright" @ JFK's inauguration

20th century genre of drama that presents ridiculousness and ludicrousness of the human condition

Literary trope that uses exaggeration to heighten effect, especially humorous:

Elizabethan playwright who penned All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and Love's Labours Lost

Central idea recognized as the general topic in nonfiction prose:

Group of American writers (1900's) who reacted against certain tendencies of older writers of their time

One of Burke's 4 master tropes-whole signifies part, part signifies whole: