0325-Week5
- setting
setting the time and place of the action in a work of fiction, poetry, or drama. The spatial setting is the place or places in which action unfolds, the temporal setting is the time. (Temporal setting is thus the same as plot time.) It is sometimes also helpful to distinguish between general setting—the general time and place in which all the action unfolds—and particular settings—the times and places in which individual episodes or scenes take place. The film version of Gone with the Wind, for example, is generally set in Civil War– era Georgia, while its opening scene takes place on the porch of Tara, Scarlett O’Hara’s family home, before the war begins. - A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
- Poetics
Definition of Tragedy:
Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its katharsis of such emotions. . . . Every Tragedy, therefore, must have six parts, which parts determine its quality--namely, Plot, Characters, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Melody. - Bildungsroman
In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman is novel of formation, novel of education, or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is extremely important. For example, in "Oliver Twist" Charles Dickens uses a child protagonist exposed to the evils of industrial society as a social commentary. - Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, which is largely dominated by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature that combines fiction, horror and Romanticism. Its origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled "A Gothic Story."
Syllable
- spatial (adj.)
Meaning: of or relating to space.
Example: The entire urban economy becomes distorted, as does the spatial structure of cities. - temp-→time
(1) temporary
(2) contemporary - plantation (n.)
Meaning: an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
Example: Sugar and tobacco plantations were established in the 17th century, worked by imported African slaves. - epoch (n.)
Synonym: era, period, age
Meaning: a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics.
Example: It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity... - magn-→great
(1) magnify (v.)
(2) magnificent (adj.)
(3) magnifier (n.) - spec-→to look, to see
(1) spectacular (adj.)
(2) spectacle (n.)
Meaning: a visually striking performance or display.
(3) perspective (adj.) - incident (n.)
Synonym: event
Meaning: an event or occurrence. - dic-→to say, to tell, to word
(1) diction (n.)
Meaning: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Example: Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction.
(2) dictionary (n.)
Meaning: a book that lists the words of a language and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different
language.
(3) predict (v.) - arsenic (n.) 砒霜
Meaning: the chemical element of atomic number 33, a brittle steel-gray metalloid. - indent
Meaning1: (n.) a space left by indenting a line or block of text.
Meaning2: (n.) an indentation.
Example: While typing text, this program automatically indents for you.
Meaning3: (v.) start (a line of text) or position (a block of text, table, etc.) further from the margin than the main part of the
text. - monogram
Meaning: (n.) a motif of two or more letters, typically a person's initials, usually interwoven or otherwise combined in a
decorative design, used as a logo or to identify a personal possession.
Meaning: (v.) decorate with a monogram.
- para-→beside
(1) parallel (v.)
(2) paraphrase
Meaning1: (n.) a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
Example: In his early years as a teacher he wrote explanatory paraphrases of many of Aristotle's works, setting a pattern of exegesis which continued to be followed throughout the Middle Ages.
Synonym: decipher, transcribe
Meaning2: (v.) express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words,
especially to achieve greater clarity. - tape (v.)
Meaning: record (sound or pictures) on audio or videotape. - self-delusion (n.)
Meaning: the action of deluding oneself; failure to recognize reality.
Example: He retreats into a world of fantasy and self-delusion.
- canon (n.)
Meaning1: a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged.
Meaning2: a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine.
Meaning3: (in the Roman Catholic Church) the part of the Mass containing the words of consecration.