Lit quiz

Seasmus Heaney

Was interested in the impact of history upon the present, and his poetry and translations frequently explore how the present both mirrors and differs from the past

Perfect Rhyme

the agreement of word’s sounds from the last stressed vowel sound onward

Slant Rhyme

occurs when words come close to perfect rhyme but do not fully achieve it

Nadine Gordimer

A South African novelist and short-story writer whose fiction depicts her homeland’s tangled racial dynamics

Anita Desai

Indian writer who has produced a steady stream of critically acclaimed novels, novellas, and short stories

Apartheid

What political system is in place in South Africa?

Isolation and loss

What was the main theme of postwar poems?

Heaney

Which of the poets had work that was less dark than his peers?

Gordimer

Which author was a anti-apartheid South African author?

China Achebe

Which author wrote “things far apart”?

Anita Desai

Which author focused on family relationships?

Philip Larkin

Which author gave us the poem “abode”?

Death

What did Larkin fear in his poem?

Rejection of hope

What can describe Philip Larkin’s style?

Sylvia Plath

Who was the American poet he was married to?

Fox

What physical part of the fox does he focus on?

Simple

What is the staging like in Beckect’s plays?

Tree

What is the main set piece of the staging?

Stevie Smith

Who wrote not waving but drowning?

Black Humor

What kind of humor does Stevie Smith use?

Isolation

What is the man feeling in not waving but drowning?

Stevie Smith

Who used cartoonish like illustrations?

Ireland

Where is Heaney from?

Translator

What did Heaney also work as?

Beowulf

What work did Heaney translate?

Present mirrors the past

What idea did Heaney like to explore?

Father

Who becomes the follower?

Perfect rhyme

What type of rhyme is the agreement of words?

Slant

What is a rhyme when it’s close to a rhyme but doesn’t fully achieve it?

3rd person omniscient

What point of view does Gordmier use in her story?

It’s his son

What is the plot twist in Gordmier's story?

Hughes

Who wrote the Thought Fox?

Thought Fox

“The window is…”

The follower

“I was a nuisance”

Anita Desai

Who wrote Devoted son?

Ted Hughes

An English poet, children’s author, and literary critic whose earthly, sometimes violent poetry revolutionized English verse

Extended Metaphor

metaphor developed beyond a single sentence or paragraph

Samuel Beckett

was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in Paris

Waiting for Godot

What play popularized the philosophy of existentialism?

Existentialism

What philosophy became popular because of Waiting for Godot?

Stevie Smith

Success of her novels led to the successful publication of her poetry

Dramatic Irony

contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to be true

Black Humor

a form of shock humor derived from treating grotesque, serious, or morbid situations comically

Tragicomedy

the overall tone of the play is gloomy with occasional comedy

Philip Larkens

novels and poems are characterized by themes of isolation and loss.

Seamus Heaney

works tend to be less dark than those of Larkin, Smith, and Hughes

China Achebe

showed both the positive and negatives of Nigeria’s colonial heritage and suggested a path forward in his novel Things Fall Apart

Anita Desai

writes on family relationships and the conflict between Westernized modern values and a traditional Indian worldview

Philip Larkin

An English poet whose work reflected the prevailing sense of despair in postwar Britain

Aubade

a form that dates back to the twelfth century; a lyric poem or song greeting the dawn and often expressing the regret of two lovers parting

Mood

emotion pervading a work

Irony

words used as the opposite of their intended meaning

Style

a mode of writing formed by a combination of elements such as syntax, diction, figurative language, imagery, tone, and voice; Larkin’s tone in this specific work expresses cold disillusionment and a rejection of hope common to postwar works of literature

Apartheid

what profoundly impacted Nadine Gordimer’s works?

Nadine Gordimer

The apartheid impacted who’s works?

Not waving but drowning

“I was much too far out all my life”

Stevie Smith

Who wrote “Not waving but drowning”

The Moment Before The Gun Went Off

 “Farmers usually have…..”

Nadine Gordmier

Who wrote The Moment Before The Gun Went Off?

The Moment Before The Gun Went Off

“The Negligence was not…”