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  • ALLUSION:   A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event,   or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification.   Allusions can originate in mythology, biblical references, historical   events, legends, geography, or earlier literary works. Authors   often use allusion to establish a tone, create an implied association,   contrast two objects or people, make an unusual juxtaposition   of references, or bring the reader into a world of experience   outside the limitations of the story itself. Authors assume   that the readers will recognize the original sources and relate   their meaning to the new context. For instance, if a teacher   were to refer to his class as a horde of Mongols, the students   will have no idea if they are being praised or vilified unless   they know what the Mongol horde was and what activities it participated   in historically. This historical allusion assumes a certain   level of education or awareness in the audience, so it should   normally be taken as a compliment rather than an insult or an   attempt at obscurity.
• 22 Jul 13
  

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• 21 May 13
  

  Kiara H

  I used this website to find the definition of the word "anaphora". It means the intentional repetition of words help create an artistic effect. Anaphora appears in the poem, The Famous, by Naomi Shihab Nye.

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  • The term loosely describes any writing in   verse or prose that has a double meaning.
  • usually involves moral or spiritual concepts   that may be more significant than the actual, literal events   described in a narrative.
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• 01 Oct 12
  

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  • ANAPHORA   (Greek, "carried again," also called epanaphora):
  • The intentional repetition of beginning clauses in order to   create an artistic effect. For instance, Churchill declared,   "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on the end. We shall   fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall   fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air.   We shall defend our island, whatever the cost shall be." The   repetition of "We shall. . ." creates a   rhetorical effect of solidarity and determination. A well-known   example is the Beatitudes in the Bible, where nine statements   in a row begin with "Blessed are." ("Blessed   are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.   Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.")   Anaphora is the opposite of epistrophe,   in which the poet or rhetorician repeats the concluding phrase   over and over for effects. Often the two can be combined effectively   as well. For instance, Saint Paul writes to the church at Corinth,   "Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am   I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. Are they the ministers   of Christ? I am more." Here, artful use of anaphora and   epistrophe combined help Paul make his point more emphatically.   Both anaphora and epistrophe are examples of rhetorical schemes.   They serve to lend weight and emphasis.
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• 09 Nov 11
  

  Kiera Beddes

  • ARCHETYPE:   An original model or pattern from which other later copies are   made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems   to represent common patterns of human life. Often, archetypes   include a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that some   critics think have a common meaning in an entire culture, or   even the entire human race. These images have particular emotional   resonance and power. Archetypes recur in different times and   places in myth, literature, folklore, fairy tales, dreams, artwork,   and religious rituals. Using the comparative anthropological   work of Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough, the psychologist   Carl Jung theorized that the archetype originates in the collective   unconscious of mankind, i.e., the shared experiences   of a race or culture, such as birth, death, love, family life,   and struggles to survive and grow up. These would be expressed   in the subconscious of an individual who would recreate them   in myths, dreams, and literature. Examples of archetypes found   cross-culturally include the following:

     

     

    (1) Recurring   symbolic situations (such as the orphaned prince   or the lost chieftain's son raised ignorant of his heritage   until he is rediscovered by his parents, or the damsel in   distress rescued from a hideous monster by a handsome young   man who later marries the girl. Also, the long journey, the   difficult quest or search, the catalog of difficult tasks,   the pursuit of revenge, the descent into the underworld, redemptive   rituals, fertility rites, the great flood, the End of the   World),

     

    (2) Recurring   themes (such as the Faustian   bargain; pride preceding a fall; the inevitable   nature of death, fate, or punishment; blindness; madness;   taboos such as forbidden love, patricide, or incest),

     

    (3) Recurring   characters (such as witches or ugly crones who   cannibalize children, lame blacksmiths of preternatural skill,   womanizing Don Juans, the hunted man, the femme fatale,   the snob, the social climber, the wise old man as mentor or   teacher, star-crossed lovers; the caring mother-figure, the   helpless little old lady, the stern father-figure, the guilt-ridden   figure searching for redemption, the braggart, the young star-crossed   lovers, the bully, the villain in black, the oracle or prophet,   the mad scientist, the underdog who emerges victorious, the   mourning widow or women in lamentation),

     

    (4) Symbolic  colors (green as a symbol for life,  vegetation, or summer; blue as a symbol for water  or tranquility; white or black   as a symbol of purity; or red as a symbol of blood, fire,  or passion) and so on.

     

    (5) Recurring   images (such as blood, water, pregnancy, ashes,   cleanness, dirtiness, caverns, phallic   symbols, yonic   symbols, the ruined tower, the rose or lotus, the lion,   the snake, the eagle, the hanged man, the dying god that rises   again, the feast or banquet, the fall from a great height).

     

     

    The study of these archetypes   in literature is known as archetypal   criticism or mythic criticism.   Archetypes are also called universal symbols. Contrast   with private   symbol.

  • ARTHURIAN:   Related to the legends of King Arthur and his knights. A large   body of ancient and recent literature is Arthurian in whole   or part, including these examples:

     
     
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      Celtic myths   (such as the Welsh "Raid on Annwfn")
       
     
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      The   Mabinogion
       
     
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      Legends   of the Grail King and the Fisher King
       
     
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      Historical   documents about the battle at Mons Badis, General Arturius,   and other sixth-century subjects some scholars claim are   evidence of a historical basis for later legends
       
     
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      Welsh/Latin   annals attributed to the so-called "Nennius" (i.e.,   medieval Latin writings mistakenly attributed to this person   in outdated scholarship)
       
     
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      Oral legends   transmitted by Breton conteurs in France between   1100-1175
       
     
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      Pseudo-histories   written by Geoffrey of Monmouth (circa 1136)
       
     
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      French stories   of courtly   love in medieval romances (such as Tristram   and Iseult, or Lancelot and Gwenevere)
       
     
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      Religious   allegories about the quest for the holy grail, such as the   Queste du Sainte-Graal (c. 1210)
       
     
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      Wolfram   von Eschenbach's Parzival (c. 1205)

       
       
     
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      Legends   of King Mark of Cornwall, Tristan, and Iseult, such as the   eleventh-century poems of Eilhart von Oberg and Thomas d'Angleterre,   Beroul's The Romance of Tristan, the anonymous   La folie Tristan de Berne, and Gottfried Von Strassburg's   Tristan (c. 1205)
       
     
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      Layamon's   Brut (c. 1200)
       
     
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      The anonymous   Alliterative Morte Arthur and the Stanzaic   Morte Arthur (c. 1360)
       
     
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      The Pearl   Poet's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375)
       
     
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      Chaucer's   "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (c. 1385)
       
     
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      Sir Thomas   Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (1469)
       
     
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      Spenser's   Faerie Queene (1590-96)
       
     
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      Scott's   Bridal of Triermain (1813)
       
     
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      Peacock's   "The Misfortunes of Elphin" (1829)
       
     
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      Morris's   The Defense of Guinevere
       
     
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      Tennyson's   The Lady of Shalott (1832)
       
     
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      Tennyson's   Idylls of the King (1885)
       
     
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      Mark Twain's   A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
       
     
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      Wagner's   operas
       
     
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      E. A. Robinson's   Merlin, Lancelot, and Tristram   (1915-25)
       
     
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      T. H.   White's The Sword in the Stone and The Once   and Future King
       
     
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      Marion Zimmer-Bradley's   feminist/revisionist tales such as The Mists of Avalon  
       
     
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      A legion   of popular films, cartoons, graphic novels, and works of   fantasy literature.
       
     
     

    See also courtly   love, medieval   romance, and chivalry.
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  • ARCHETYPE: An original model or pattern from which  other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation  that seems to represent common patterns of human life. Often, archetypes include  a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that some critics think have a  common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race. These images  have particular emotional resonance and power. Archetypes recur in different  times and places in myth, literature, folklore, fairy tales, dreams, artwork,  and religious rituals. Using the comparative anthropological work of Sir James  Frazer's The Golden Bough, the psychologist Carl Jung theorized that  the archetype originates in the collective  unconscious of mankind, i.e., the shared experiences of a race or  culture, such as birth, death, love, family life, and struggles to survive and  grow up.
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