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Midterm THS
LitHon11 - Part II Huckleberry Fin
Question | Answer |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - summary | |
Allegory | Allegories ex: fables, parables, poems, stories,& other style or genre. Main purpose is to tell a story that has characters, a setting, as well as other types of symbols, that have both literal and figurative meanings & extends metaphor in narrative form |
Picaresque | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been labeled as a picaresque novel. A picaresque novel is an adventure story that involves an anti-hero or picaro who wanders around with no actual destination in mind |
Bildungsroman | HFinn fits bildungsroman: a novel show's individual's coming of age. As a poor, uneducated boy, He distrusts society that treats him bad & fails 2 protect him from abuse. Distrust w/ societ & his relation w/ Jim, lead HF 2 question things , race &slavery |
Regionalism | Regionalist techniques in TAHFinn by the specific and richly detailed setting and the novel's insistence on dialect which attempts to reproduce the natural speech of a variety of characters unique to the Mississippi Valley region |
Dialect | The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class.Sometimes in stories authors use dialects to make a character stand out |
Realism | The use of authentic details in describing setting & real motives in character's behaviors. HF's big decision 2 free Jm, even if HF goes 2 hell, is classic Realist fiction coz shows HF's strgle 2 make choices based on inr motivations, than outside 4ces. |
Local Color | In lit., regionalism or local color fiction refers to fiction or poetry that focuses on specific features - including characters, dialects, customs and topography - of a particular region. |
Satire | |
Vernacular | |
Frame Story | |
Anti-Hero | |
Why is HF controversial | |
Main Characters if HF | |
Plot - Main in Chronological Order | |
Conflicts (most important ones throughout) | |
Settings (list the most important ones) | |
Themes of HF (Adventures if Huckleberry Finn) |