English

Literature - presents significant human experience

Prose - written in ordinary form of language

Poetry - composition in verse with rhythm, sound patterns

LITERARY PERIODS

1. Pre classical period - Homeric period

2. Classical period - golden age of Greece

3. Hellenic period - spread of Greek language

4. Byzantine period - birth of Christianity

SUB-GENRES OF POETRY

1. Fiction - any imaginative recreation

2. Non-fiction - real life stories

ELEMENTS OF FICTION

1. Setting - place

2. Character - any person

3. Plot - arrangement of events

   a. Exposition - background information

   b. Conflict - problem or opposition

   c. Rising Action - sequence of events

   d. Climax - plot and conflict rise

   e. Denouement - conflict is settled

4. Theme - central idea

5. Point-of-View - manner of telling a story

Epic - long narrative poem

Epikos - Greek word which means word, song, or speech

Epic Hero - person with unusual courage, unparalleled bravery with herioc deeds

Gilgamesh - King of Uruk

Enkidu - Companion and friend of Gilgamesh

Shamhat - temple prostitute

Utnapishtim - survived the great flood

Urshanabi - who pilots ferryboat

Anu - father of the gods

Ea - god of wisdom

Humbaba - demon who guards the Cedar Forest

Siduri - tavern keeper

Ishtar - goddess of love, fertility, and war

Ninsun - mother of Gilgamesh

Shamash - god of sun

Definition - reveals the meaning of word or term

1st type of Formal Definiton - contains term, verb, class, and differentiation

2nd type of Formal Definiton - contains word, part of speech, description, and reference