Huck Finn Test (Vocab, COPE, and PHINE)

innate depravity

humans are born inherently flawed

narrative persona

voice that gives the story-first person or third person

narrative distance

the differences between the narrator and the characters

Time

Knowledge - The distance between Twain and Huck in terms of knowledge is pretty great (T—-----H)

Sympathy - Twain and Huck are very close in sympathy because Twain likes Huck (T–H)

satire

literature that mocks

parody

an exaggerated imitation of a work for mainly humorous purposes

deus ex machina

an implausibly convenient plot device; means “God out of the machine”

picaresque

novel style (adventure); picaro

bildungsroman

a growing-up story

id

the animal self (Fight or flight, survival instincts–all higher form animal have this)

ego

conscious self (Thinking and ability to do so–most higher form animals don’t have this)

super-ego

social self (Things you do because you are expected to by society); a corrupting influence

malapropism

a word misused for comic effect

Common Materials

ordinary people doing ordinary things

Objective Representation

in description of action and images, realistic writers try for photographic accuracy

Pragmatism

an attempt to influence the way people behave, typically concerning a social issue

Emphasis on Character

the realistic writer is much more concerned about character development than plot

Primitivism

the notion that man in his simplest form is at his best

Humanitarianism

every human being has value

Individualism

individuals are important; views society from the bottom up

Natural Mysticism

the belief that nature was the source of spiritual health

Emotionalism

being intensely emotional is not a bad thing