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Epic poems a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, adventures Epistolary Poetry written and read as letters Must See! Eyewitness Captures the Moment a Pair of Male Sea Lions Attack Beach-Goers Ballads songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure, romance, death and religion Elegies poems of loss that express both praise for the dead and an element of consolation Odes Poems that express strong emotions about life, evolved from songs Epigrams/ limericks Known for humor and wit Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. novel of manners a novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group Sentimental love novels originated in romanticism epistolary novel a novel in letter form written by one or more of the characters Bildungsroman Novel German coming of age stories. Youth's struggles with identity and life's meaning (Catcher in theRye, Lord of the Flies) Roman a' clef Require real life frame of reference for full understanding (key). Disguises truth too dangerous for author to state directly (Animal Farm, Nun's Priest Tale: Canterbury Tales) Realism Addresses ethical issues Satire the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. (Alexander Pope's "Rape of Lock," John Swift's "A Modest Proposal" Used to depict lower-class characters speech in dramas Colloquial Prose Used to depict upper-class characters speech in dramas Stylized verse Example of a play within a play Hamlet Shakespeare borrowed themes and characters from which author Christopher Marlowe (Merchant of Venice- Jew of Malta) Comedy light and humorous drama with a happy ending 3 types of dramatic comedy Farce, romantic comedy, satirical comedy Farce A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. Highly improbable events romantic comedy a type of comedy whose likable and sensible main characters are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play, either attaining their ends or having their good fortunes restored. (Much Ado About Nothing- Shakespeare) Satirical Comedy and Black Comedy generally mock and lampoon human foolishness and vices; make main characters either fool, morally corrupt, cynical in attitude. characters display foible- cuckolded spouses, dupes, other gullible types. Examples Volpone-Ben Jonson, The Birds- Aristophanes, When extended to extremes it is black comedy, comedic occurrences are grotesque or terrible Tradgedy A serious drama in which the hero is brought to defeat by a character flaw/personal action Aristotle's criteria for tragedy in drama 1. Anagnorisis - tragic insight or recognition 2. Hamartia - tragic flaw or tragic error 3. Hubris - pride, violent transgression, arrogant overstepping of moral bounds 4. Nemesis - "retribution" represents cosmic punishment or payback 5. peripeteia - "turning" plot reversal from safe to endangered