Estancia High School – Comp/Lit II 10th Grade Literary Terms to Know CA 9/10 Content Standards: Reading/Literary Response and Analysis 3.3 – students apply their understanding of content-area terminology during narrative analyses of grade-level literary texts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This sheet includes the most common literary terms used to support the discussion of literature at the sophomore level
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Literary Criticism What comes to your mind when you hear the word “criticism”? Nowadays‚ most people look at criticism as something negative and personally‚ it has a negative connotation to me. Multimedia (for example‚ television‚ radio‚ etc.) has often depicted criticism as an antagonist. On reality TV shows‚ say‚ a singing competition‚ there is usually a panel of judges who criticize the contestants ’ performances particularly focusing on its fine points and flaws (more on the latter) and the
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The Glass Menagerie Literary Analysis Essay In Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” Amanda‚ Laura and Tom were affected detrimentally when Tom abandons his mother and sister to escape from his depressing and mundane life in Saint Louis to follow his dreams by sailing abroad with the Merchant Marines. Laura sacrifices her life as an eligible bachelorette because of her extreme shyness and lack of self confidence because of her disability. Amanda sacrificed her life as a southern belle by marrying
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LITERARY THEORY Misconceptions about theory: 1. Theory is difficult What is difficult however is the language because most of the theorists are French 2. theory is meaningless‚ pretentious jargon 3. that we are intellectually incapable of coping with it(i.e we are at fault) 4. We take everything as gospel truth; We should question What is literary theory? Theory is a coherent set of conceptual hypothetical and pragmatic principles forming the general frame of reference for a discipline
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In literary criticism‚ bildungsroman or coming-of-age story is a literary genre which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age)‚[2] and in which character change is thus extremely important.[3] The term was coined in 1819 by philologist Karl Morgenstern in his university lectures‚ and later famously reprised by Wilhelm Dilthey‚ who legitimized it in 1870 and popularized it in 1905.[1][4] The genre is further characterized by a number
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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Gracie Ferraco English 114- section 03 Schwartz March 14‚ 2013 Prompt # 2‚ Essay # 3 In Sonny’s Blues the theme‚ symbols‚ characters‚ and motifs all combine together to create a literary masterpiece that describes the importance of unity amongst family and the turbulent life of African-Americans living in Harlem‚ New York in the 1950’s. This story is written in a chronological thought process of experiences the narrator has seen while growing up and the memories of his family
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LITERARY DEVICES Copyright © 2007 by Jay Braiman www.mrbraiman.com Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature‚ in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language‚ which we can recognize‚ identify‚ interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language‚ and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide
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With that said‚ it is important to remember that all literary works cannot always be easily classified into a single genre. Moreover‚ literary works which might be classified as belonging to one genre might possess many qualities more typical of other genres. For example‚ Shakespeare’s Macbeth is classified as drama‚ but in many respects takes the form of poetry. In other words‚ sometimes the differences between categories like drama‚ poetry‚ and the short story are not so easily defined. Often a
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hours of community service before graduating. I hoped that my time would be well used‚ and that I could create a noticeable difference in someone else’s life. I had always thought of myself as good with kids‚ so I decided to try participate in Tuesday Night Tutoring‚ a program hosted by my school aimed at helping children to read. I naively believed that I could give them a few tips I used when I first learned to read‚ and at the same time help them to absorb some information from the practice
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