Literary Labels And Terminology. Quiz

Answer: ghost stories

Dickens lived from 1812 till 1870. 'Christmas Carol' was published in 1843. Pushkin from 1799 till 1837. 'Queen of Spades' was published in 1834. Washington Irving lived from 1783 till 1859. 'Sleepy Hollow' was published in 'Sketch-Book' (1815). Henry James lived from 1843 till 1916. 'The Turn of the Screw' was published in 1898.

Answer: Sebastian Brandt, 'The Ship of Fools'

The dates are: Brandt 1494, Erasmus 1509, Swift 1726, K.A. Porter 1962. Also 'Candide' by Voltaire (1759) has been classified within this category, although the usual label is conte philosophique, or philosophic tale.

Answer: closet drama

Other examples include 'Samson Agonistes' by John Milton and Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'.

Answer: chronicle play

Perkin Warbeck is the story of the Tournai-born impostor who lived in Flanders,Portugal and Ireland, before he agreed to impersonate Richard, the younger brother of the late Edward V of England and paid with his life for his unwise actions. Not a king's drama in the strict sense of the word.

A modern example of a chronicle play is George Bernard Shaw's 'Saint Joan'. That, anyway, is the name he gives to it. 'Cathy Come Home' (about homelessness) by Ken Loach (1966), 'Roots' (1977) ,the history of a slave and his family, 'Roe vs Wade' (1989) are all examples of the docudrama, a genre which is very suitable for television.

The docudrama should be distinguished from fictional dramas which make use of reality as historical context, but do not claim that the primary plot line is representing events that have actually occurred.

Answer: dream vision

Legends were what was to be read (from Latin 'legenda') during meals in abbey refectories. Typical of most medieval 'dream visions' was that the author, often on a May day, went to sleep, somewhere in agreeable surroundings and had a dream in which he met special people, witnessed strange events, etc.

Answer: demobilised German soldiers finding their homes and families in a state of disarray at the end of WWII

Draussen vor der Tur dates back to 1947, 'Wo warst du Adam?' to 1951.

Answer: a Soviet Russian Department for Agitation and Propaganda

The Department of Agitation and Propaganda was created in September 1920 as part of the Central Committee Secretariat of the Soviet Communist Propaganda.

Answer: dystopia

Outopia (ou =not; topos = place) is a pun upon the idea of eu-topia the land where everything is o.k. It literally suggests the Good Land is Nowhere.

Answer: Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler preceded Huxley's and Orwell with his novel 'Erewhon' (1872) in using the technique of writing about the future to satirize the present. In Butler's land of Erewhon the Victorians could find a distorted mirror image of some of their own opinions and practices. Anthony Trollope lived from 1815 until 1882; Thackeray from 1811 until 1868; Samuel 'Erewhon' Butler from 1835 until 1868.

Answer: campus novel

Tom Sharpe's 'Porterhouse Blues' deals with Sir Godbert Evans' attempts to modernise Porterhouse College in Cambridge. His main antagonist is the head porter Skullion. 'Lucky Jim', the story of Jim Dixon, the Welches, Urquhart, and his pretty niece Christine was one of the glorious successes of the Angry Young Men generation. 'The History Man' by Malcolm Bradbury shows us the eventful social life of Dr Howard Kir and his wife Barbara at the University of Watermouth. One of the professor's slogans is: 'Take a Valium. Have a party. Go on a demo. Shoot a soldier. Make a bang. Bed a friend.' 'Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses' is not just about the academic village, but also deals with differences in culture and lifestyle between U.S.A. and G.B. Morris Zapp, U.S.A., is the champion of specialisation. Philip Swallow, U.K., believes that all theory is 'un-English'.

Lodge was born in 1935; Sharpe in 1928. Amis lived from 1922 till 1995. Malcolm Bradbury from 1932- 2000.