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Literature LCC WGU16
Literature-Notes Chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blank verse | Unrhymed but otherwise regular verse, usually iambic pentameter |
| classic, classical | used in senses parallel with those given under classic; hence, of recognized excellence or belonging to established tradition |
| classical tragedy | this term may refer to the tragedy of the ancient Greeks, Romans, as Sophocle's Antigone; or to tragedies with Greek or Roman subjects, as Shakespeare's Coriolanus |
| muses | nine goddesses represented as predsiding over the various departments of art and science |
| unities | the principles of dramatic structure involving the unities of action, time, and place. the most important unity and the only one enjoined by Aristotle is that of action. |
| Aeschylus | Greek-The Orestia |
| Aristotle | Greek-Poetics |
| Euripides | Greek-Medea / The Trojan Women |
| Homer | Greek-Odyssey / Iliad |
| Plato | Greek-The Republic |
| Sappho | Greek-“Hymn to Aphrodite” |
| Sophocles | Greek-Antigone / Oedipus Rex |
| Horace | Roman-The Odes |
| Juvenal | Roman-Satires |
| Ovid | Roman-Metamorphoses |
| Virgil | Roman-The Aeneid |
| 400BCE-500CE Greece and Rome | Classical Period |
| Tragic love Accomplishments of heroes The interactions of gods and goddesses The afterlife | Classical Period |
| Festivals for the god Dionysus Open air theatres (amphitheatres) | Genres-Drama |
| 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-Drama/Tragedy |
| Comedic take on mythological subject matter Direct references to current events and people Obscene jokes | Genre-Drama/Satyr |
| Long narrative poems in hexameter Contains invocation to the muse Often focus on great events | Genre-Poetry/Epic Poems |
| Verse meant to be sung or recited Expresses emotion | Genre-Poetry/Lyric Poems |
| Erotic subject matter Stressed emotions over stoicism Uses elevated language—very polished | Genre-Poetry/Erotic Elegy |
| Pokes fun at society Uses everyday language | Genre-Poetry/Satire |
| Epic poetry was important to the Greeks because | It records the events of a lost heroic age |
| Who in Classical Greek drama represented the citizens and sang in elevated language? | The chorus |
| The “skene” refers to: | The tent from which actors emerged |
| Epic poetry in Classical Greek Literature is concerned with | Gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines |
| Greek lyric poetry is intended to be: | Sung |
| Which of the following TWO themes are central to BOTH Classical Greek and Roman Literature? | Heroic deeds Interactions of gods and goddesses |
| Which literary genres are considered the “most Roman”? | Erotic elegy and satire |
| For the Greeks, the Iliad and the Odyssey played a similar role to that of the Torah for early Hebrews. | True |
| Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey from an original idea that he developed, which is why they are so famous. | False |
| Greeks blamed humanity for bringing disorder to a harmoniously ordered universe. | False |
| Greek comedy and tragedies developed out of choral performances in honor of Zeus, who is the most powerful of all gods. | False |
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