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Literature LCC WGU16
Literature-Notes Chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blank verse | unrhymed but otherwise regular verse, usually iambic pentameter |
| Classical Tragedy | this term may refer to the tragedy of the ancient greeks and romans as Sophocles Antigone; or to tragedies with Greek or Roman subjects, as Shakespeare's Coriolanus |
| muses | nine goddesses represented as presiding over the various departments of art and science |
| unities | the principles of dramatic structure involving the unities of action, time, and place |
| Classic, Classical | used in senses parallel with those given under classic; hence, of recognized excellence or belonging to established tradition |
| Aeschylus (The Orestia) | Greek |
| •Aristotle ◦Poetics | Greek |
| •Euripides ◦Medea ◦The Trojan Women | Greek |
| •Homer ◦Odyssey ◦Illiad | Greek |
| •Plato ◦The Republic | Greek |
| •Sappho ◦“Hymn to Aphrodite” | Greek |
| •Sophocles ◦Antigone ◦Oedipus Rex | Greek |
| •Horace ◦The Odes | Roman |
| •Juvenal ◦Satires | Roman |
| •Ovid ◦Metamorphoses | Roman |
| •Virgil ◦The Aeneid | Roman |
| Main Topics and Themes: Tragic love Accomplishments of heroes The interactions of gods and goddesses The afterlife | The Classical Period |
| Genres: Drama-Classical Period | Festivals for the god Dionysus o Open air theatres (amphitheatres |
| Genres: Tragedy-Classical Period | Unity of time – limits the play to events occurring in one day Chorus Included song and dance Heroic myth, political conflict, mourning, and loss |
| Genres: Satyr-Classical Period | Comedic take on mythological subject matter Direct references to current events and people Obscene jokes |
| Genres: Poetry (Epic poems)-Classical Period | Long narrative poems in hexameter Contains invocation to the muse Often focus on great events |
| Genres: Lyric poems- Classical Period | Verse meant to be sung or recited Expresses emotion |
| Genres: Erotic Elegy- Classical Period | Erotic subject matter Stressed emotions over stoicism Uses elevated language—very polished |
| Genres: Satire- Classical Period | Pokes fun at society Uses everyday language |
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