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Theoria

2005-04-22T13:42:41Z

Tjackson:

''Theoria'' is a latin word for enlightenment, illumination, vision, something seen, to make apparent, or deep understanding.

http://www.utpjournals.com/product/ctr/109/109_Koltai.html

In medias res

2005-04-22T13:04:11Z

Tjackson:

'''''In medias res'''''

Is a latin word that means "In the middle things".
This technique is usually used to highten tension or
add mystery to the story. The hero narrates
and recounts the chronological events that occured
earlier by memory or flashback within the story. (Wheeler)

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'''Works Cited'''

Dr. Wheeler's Homepage at Carson-Newman site. 3 Feb 2005.

[http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/] 2 Mar 2005.

Pelias

2005-04-20T14:36:37Z

Tjackson:

King Pelias was the son of [[Tyro]] and [[Poseidon]]. Medea tricked his daughters in cutting up their father and boiling him to restore his youth. They believed her because she had restored Jason's father, [[Aeson]], by slitting his throat and filling him up with a magical youth restoring potion. Medea never gave the potion to Pelias' daughters.

In medias res

2005-04-20T14:34:54Z

Tjackson:

Is a latin word that means "In the middle things."
This technique is usually used to highten tension or
add mystery to the story. The hero narrates
and recounts the chronological events that occured
earlier by memory or flashback within the story. (Wheeler)

Dr. Wheeler's Homepage at Carson-Newman site. 3 Feb 2005.

Aristotle's Poetics

2005-04-20T14:32:46Z

Tjackson:

Aristotle's Poetics is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play. Many times, he refers to [[Oedipus]] in relating examples of a great play and form of tragedy. In attept to understand Aristotle's Poetics here is a break down in laymen's terms.
Aristotle thought that "all men wished to know," and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson 10). This is exacatly what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth. In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.

The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude. However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action: the [[praxis]], the [[poiesis]], and the [[theoria]], which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).

Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete. First the reversal, [[peripetia]], is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16). The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ). The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that "the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means" (Fergusson 17 ).

The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, [[hamaritia]], error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and yet still highly prosperous and well thought of. On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad. Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as notus nimisomnibus,ignoussibi, "too well known to the world, unknown to self "(Fergusson J. 196).

Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy. Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, [[energia]] is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.

Works Cited

Fergusson, Francis., Aristotle's Poetics. New York: Hill, 1961.

Fergusson, John., A Companion to Greek tragedy.Texas: University of Texas Press, 1972.

Aristotle's Poetics

2005-04-15T18:35:04Z

Tjackson:

Aristotle's Poetics is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play. Many times, he refers to [[Oedipus]] in relating examples of a great play and form of tragedy. In attept to understand Aristotle's Poetics here is a break down in laymen's terms.
Aristotle thought that "all men wished to know," and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson 10). This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth. In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.

The definition of ''[[tragedy]]'' is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude. However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action: the [[praxis]], the [[poiesis]], and the [[theoria]], which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).

Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete. First the reversal, [[peripetia]], is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16). The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ). The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that "the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means" (Fergusson 17 ).

The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, [[hamaritia]], error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of. On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad. Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as notus nimisomnibus,ignoussibi, "too well known to the world, unknown to self "(Fergusson J. 196).

Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy. Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, [[energia]] is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.

Works Cited

Fergusson, Francis., Aristotle's Poetics. New York: Hill, 1961.

Fergusson, John., A Companion to Greek tragedy.Texas: University of Texas Press, 1972.

In medias res

2005-04-15T18:32:49Z

Tjackson:

Pelias

2005-04-08T16:51:29Z

Tjackson:

King Pelias was the son of [[Tyro]] and [[Poseidon]]. Medea tricked his daughters in cutting up their father and boiling him to restore his youth. They believed her because she had restored Jason's father, [[Aeson,]] by slitting his throat and filling him up with a magical youth restoring potion. Medea never gave the potion to Pelias' daughters.

Pelias

2005-04-08T16:51:11Z

Tjackson:

King Pelias was the son of [[Tyro]] and [[Poseidon]]. Medea tricked his daughters in cutting up their father and boiling him to restore his youth. They believed her because she had restored Jason's father,[[Aeson,]] by slitting his throat and filling him up with a magical youth restoring potion. Medea never gave the potion to Pelias' daughters.

Pelias

2005-04-08T16:50:57Z

Tjackson:

King Pelias was the son of [[Tyro]]and [[Poseidon]]. Medea tricked his daughters in cutting up their father and boiling him to restore his youth. They believed her because she had restored Jason's father,[[Aeson,]] by slitting his throat and filling him up with a magical youth restoring potion. Medea never gave the potion to Pelias' daughters.

Medea

2005-03-30T14:27:43Z

Tjackson: /* Characters */

== Summary ==

[[Image:MedeaChariot.jpeg|thumb|Medea’s Chariot]]Medea’s husband has left her for another woman. The daughter of King Kreon. She despises him for doing so, and curses him and his father. King Kreon has allowed her to stay in Corinth one more day, as long as she doesn’t do any evil. Jason was trying to tell Medea he was doing it for her and the children. Marry into prosperity. Then they would have brother and sisters of royalty. Medea says it is still evil to betray your wife in that way. Jason offers her some alimony, child support, and contacts with his friends that will help her once she and the kids have left the city. Medea refuses to take anything from him. Her friend Aigeus visits Medea. She asked him to make an oath to the gods that if she escapes her city on her own will; he will keep her with him safely and will not turn her over to her enemies (Jason & Kreon). Medea plans to kill the bride with poison. Medea sends the children with Jason to the bride with the poison dress and crown. She and her father die an awful death with suffering as well. Medea then kills the children, even though the chorus told her not to do so. Jason returns looking for Medea. She is on a chariot built by her father, and ready to flee to Aigeus. Jason desperately wants to kiss his dead children or even bury them but Medea refuses to give him the satisfaction. Medea succeeds in her plan and Jason is lonely and tormented.

== Themes and Motifs ==

== Historical Context ==

== Feminist Concerns ==

== Characters ==
* [[Jason]]
* [[Medea]]

== Commentaries ==
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000320.shtml Euripides' ''Medea'': Patriarchal Terrorism]]

== External Links ==

[[Category:World Literature]]

Aristotle's Poetics

2005-03-30T00:37:44Z

Tjackson:

Aristotle's Poetics, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play. Many times, he refers to [[Oedipus]] in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy. In attept to understand Aristotle's Poetics I have tried to break it down in laymen's terms.
Aristotle thought that "all men wished to know," and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson 10). This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth. In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.

The definition of ''[[tragedy]]'' is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude. However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action: the [[praxis]], the [[poiesis]], and the [[theoria]], which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).

Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete. First the reversal, [[peripetia]], is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16). The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ). The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that "the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means" (Fergusson 17 ).

The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, [[hamaritia]], error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of. On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad. Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as notus nimisomnibus,ignoussibi, "too well known to the world, unknown to self "(Fergusson J. 196).

Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy. Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, [[energia]] is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.

Works Cited

Fergusson, Francis., Aristotle's Poetics. New York: Hill, 1961.

Fergusson, John., A Companion to Greek tragedy.Texas: University of Texas Press, 1972.

Aristotle's Poetics

2005-03-30T00:26:58Z

Tjackson:

Aristotle's Poetics, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play. Many times, he refers to [[Oedipius]]in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy. In attept to understand Aristotle's Poetics I have tried to break it down in laymen's terms.
Aristotle thought that "all men wished to know," and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson 10). This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth. In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.

The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude. However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action: the [[praxis]], the [[poiesis]], and the [[theoria]], which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).

Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete. First the reversal, [[peripetia]], is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16). The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ). The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that "the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means" (Fergusson 17 ).

The [[''tragic hero'']], again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, hamaritia, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of. On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad. Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as notus nimisomnibus,ignoussibi, "too well known to the world, unknown to self "(Fergusson J. 196).
Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy. Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,[[energia]]is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.

____________________________________________________________
Works Cited
Fergusson, Francis., Aristotle's Poetics. New York: Hill, 1961.
Fergusson, John., ACompaniontoGreek tragedy.Texas: University of Texas Press, 1972.

World Literature I

2005-03-28T15:11:47Z

Tjackson: /* Tragedy */

[[Image:Lament-for-Icarus.jpg|thumb|Lament for Icarus]]
== Course Documents ==
* [[ENGL 2111 Description]]
* [[ENGL 2111 Goals]]
* [[ENGL 2111 Requirements]]

== Featured Class Projects ==
* Coming Soon

== General ==
* [[World Literature]]
* [[Literary Terms]]

== The Epic ==
* [[Epic Poetry]]
* [[The Odyssey Summary]]

== Tragedy ==
* [[Aristotle's Poetics]]
* [[Tragedy]]

== External Links ==

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[[Main_Page | LitWiki]] > [[Class Pages]] > World Literature I
[[Category:Course Documents]]

Aristotle's Poetics

2005-03-28T15:11:09Z

Tjackson:

Aristotle's Poetics, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play. Many times, he refers to Oedipiusin relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy. In attept to understand Aristotle's Poetics I have tried to break it down in laymen's terms.
Aristotle thought that "all men wished to know," and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson 10). This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth. In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.

The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude. However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action: the praxis, the poiesis, and the theoria, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).

Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete. First the reversal, peripetia, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16). The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ). The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that "the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means" (Fergusson 17 ).

The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, hamaritia, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of. On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad. Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as notus nimisomnibus,ignoussibi, "too well known to the world, unknown to self "(Fergusson J. 196).
Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy. Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,energiais left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.

____________________________________________________________
Works Cited
Fergusson, Francis., Aristotle's Poetics. New York: Hill, 1961.
Fergusson, John., ACompaniontoGreek tragedy.Texas: University of Texas Press, 1972.

Aristotle's Poetics

2005-03-28T15:10:24Z

Tjackson:

Aristotle's Poetics, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play. Many times, he refers to Oedipiusin relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy. In attept to understand Aristotle's Poetics I have tried to break it down in laymen's terms.
Aristotle thought that "all men wished to know," and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson 10). This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth. In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds. 

The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude. However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action: the praxis, the poiesis, and the theoria, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).

Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete. First the reversal, peripetia, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16). The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ). The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that "the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means" (Fergusson 17 ).

The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, hamaritia, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of. On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad. Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as notus nimisomnibus,ignoussibi, "too well known to the world, unknown to self "(Fergusson J. 196).
Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy. Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,energiais left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.
____________________________________________________________
Works Cited
Fergusson, Francis., Aristotle's Poetics. New York: Hill, 1961.
Fergusson, John., ACompaniontoGreek tragedy.Texas: University of Texas Press, 1972.

World Literature I

2005-03-28T15:09:23Z

Tjackson: /* Tragedy */

[[Image:Lament-for-Icarus.jpg|thumb|Lament for Icarus]]
== Course Documents ==
* [[ENGL 2111 Description]]
* [[ENGL 2111 Goals]]
* [[ENGL 2111 Requirements]]

== Featured Class Projects ==
* Coming Soon

== General ==
* [[World Literature]]
* [[Literary Terms]]

== The Epic ==
* [[Epic Poetry]]
* [[The Odyssey Summary]]

== Tragedy ==
* [[Aristotle's tragedy interpretation]]
* [[Tragedy]]

== External Links ==

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Literary Terms

2005-03-28T15:05:41Z

Tjackson: /* Text to Zeugma */

Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. Feel free to define or add your own terms.

== Allegory to Atmosphere ==

* [[allegory]]
* [[alliteration]]
* [[allusion]]
* [[anagnorisis]]
* [[antagonist]]
* [[anti-hero]]
* [[archetype]]
* [[atmosphere]]

== Canon to Convention ==

* [[canon]]
* [[catharsis]]
* [[character]]
* [[climax]]
* [[colloquialism]]
* [[comedy]]
* [[conflict]]
* [[convention]]

== Deconstruction to Diatribe ==

* [[deconstruction]]
* [[dénouement]]
* [[description]]
* [[deus ex machina]]
* [[diatribe]]

== Epic Poetry to Exposition ==

* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]]
* [[epigraph]]
* [[epiphany]]
* [[ethos]]
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exposition]]

== Flashback to Freytag’s Formula ==

* [[flashback]]
* [[foil]]
* [[foreshadowing]]
* [[Freytag’s Formula]]

== Genre to Irony ==

* [[genre]]
* [[hamartia]]
* [[hero]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* [[hubris]]
* [[hypertext]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[inciting action]]
* [[in medias res]]
* [[irony]]

== Melodrama to Myth ==

* [[melodrama]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[milieu]]
* [[mimesis]]
* [[monologue]]
* [[motif]]
* [[mood]]
* [[myth]]

== Narration to Oration ==

* [[narration]]
* [[narrative]]
* [[narrator]]
* [[novel]]
* [[novella]]
* [[onomatopoeia]]
* [[oration]]

== Pace to Protagonist ==

* [[pace]]
* [[paradox]]
* [[parody]]
* [[pathos]]
* [[peripeteia]]
* [[personification]]
* [[plot]]
* [[poiesis]]
* [[point of view]]
* [[praxis]]
* [[prose]]
* [[protagonist]]

== Reader Response to Rising Action ==

* [[Reader Response Criticism]]
* [[resolution]]
* [[reversal]]
* [[rhetoric]]
* [[rhyme]]
* [[rising action]]

== Satire to Syntax ==

* [[satire]]
* [[science fiction]]
* [[semantics]]
* [[setting]]
* [[short story]]
* [[simile]]
* [[stream of consciousness]]
* [[style]]
* [[subplot]]
* [[surrealism]]
* [[symbol]]
* [[syntax]]

==Text to Zeugma ==

* [[text]]
* [[theme]]
* [[theoria]]
* [[tone]]
* [[tragedy]]
* [[trope]]
* [[verisimilitude]]
* [[zeugma]]

== External Links ==

* [http://web.cocc.edu/lisal/literaryterms/elements_of_literature.htm Elements of Literature] — Lisa R. Lazarescu begins by defining literature, then discusses various key aspects of the study.
* [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
* [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm Glossary of Literary Terms] — from Bedford / St. Martin’s press.
* [http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples] — by Ross Scaife at the University of Kentucky.
* [http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/dictionary.html Literary Dictionary] — covering poetry, drama, short fiction, the novel, and literary criticism, by the students of Lysbeth Em Benkert-Rasmussen.
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
* [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College.

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Literary Terms

2005-03-28T15:04:56Z

Tjackson: /* Pace to Protagonist */

Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. Feel free to define or add your own terms.

== Allegory to Atmosphere ==

* [[allegory]]
* [[alliteration]]
* [[allusion]]
* [[anagnorisis]]
* [[antagonist]]
* [[anti-hero]]
* [[archetype]]
* [[atmosphere]]

== Canon to Convention ==

* [[canon]]
* [[catharsis]]
* [[character]]
* [[climax]]
* [[colloquialism]]
* [[comedy]]
* [[conflict]]
* [[convention]]

== Deconstruction to Diatribe ==

* [[deconstruction]]
* [[dénouement]]
* [[description]]
* [[deus ex machina]]
* [[diatribe]]

== Epic Poetry to Exposition ==

* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]]
* [[epigraph]]
* [[epiphany]]
* [[ethos]]
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exposition]]

== Flashback to Freytag’s Formula ==

* [[flashback]]
* [[foil]]
* [[foreshadowing]]
* [[Freytag’s Formula]]

== Genre to Irony ==

* [[genre]]
* [[hamartia]]
* [[hero]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* [[hubris]]
* [[hypertext]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[inciting action]]
* [[in medias res]]
* [[irony]]

== Melodrama to Myth ==

* [[melodrama]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[milieu]]
* [[mimesis]]
* [[monologue]]
* [[motif]]
* [[mood]]
* [[myth]]

== Narration to Oration ==

* [[narration]]
* [[narrative]]
* [[narrator]]
* [[novel]]
* [[novella]]
* [[onomatopoeia]]
* [[oration]]

== Pace to Protagonist ==

* [[pace]]
* [[paradox]]
* [[parody]]
* [[pathos]]
* [[peripeteia]]
* [[personification]]
* [[plot]]
* [[poiesis]]
* [[point of view]]
* [[praxis]]
* [[prose]]
* [[protagonist]]

== Reader Response to Rising Action ==

* [[Reader Response Criticism]]
* [[resolution]]
* [[reversal]]
* [[rhetoric]]
* [[rhyme]]
* [[rising action]]

== Satire to Syntax ==

* [[satire]]
* [[science fiction]]
* [[semantics]]
* [[setting]]
* [[short story]]
* [[simile]]
* [[stream of consciousness]]
* [[style]]
* [[subplot]]
* [[surrealism]]
* [[symbol]]
* [[syntax]]

==Text to Zeugma ==

* [[text]]
* [[theme]]
* [[tone]]
* [[tragedy]]
* [[trope]]
* [[verisimilitude]]
* [[zeugma]]

== External Links ==

* [http://web.cocc.edu/lisal/literaryterms/elements_of_literature.htm Elements of Literature] — Lisa R. Lazarescu begins by defining literature, then discusses various key aspects of the study.
* [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
* [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm Glossary of Literary Terms] — from Bedford / St. Martin’s press.
* [http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples] — by Ross Scaife at the University of Kentucky.
* [http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/dictionary.html Literary Dictionary] — covering poetry, drama, short fiction, the novel, and literary criticism, by the students of Lysbeth Em Benkert-Rasmussen.
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
* [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College.

== Credits ==

* See the LitWiki [[LitWiki:Community_Portal | Community Portal]]
[[Category:Literature]][[Category:Literary Terms]]

Literary Terms

2005-03-28T15:03:18Z

Tjackson: /* Pace to Protagonist */

Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. Feel free to define or add your own terms.

== Allegory to Atmosphere ==

* [[allegory]]
* [[alliteration]]
* [[allusion]]
* [[anagnorisis]]
* [[antagonist]]
* [[anti-hero]]
* [[archetype]]
* [[atmosphere]]

== Canon to Convention ==

* [[canon]]
* [[catharsis]]
* [[character]]
* [[climax]]
* [[colloquialism]]
* [[comedy]]
* [[conflict]]
* [[convention]]

== Deconstruction to Diatribe ==

* [[deconstruction]]
* [[dénouement]]
* [[description]]
* [[deus ex machina]]
* [[diatribe]]

== Epic Poetry to Exposition ==

* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]]
* [[epigraph]]
* [[epiphany]]
* [[ethos]]
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exposition]]

== Flashback to Freytag’s Formula ==

* [[flashback]]
* [[foil]]
* [[foreshadowing]]
* [[Freytag’s Formula]]

== Genre to Irony ==

* [[genre]]
* [[hamartia]]
* [[hero]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* [[hubris]]
* [[hypertext]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[inciting action]]
* [[in medias res]]
* [[irony]]

== Melodrama to Myth ==

* [[melodrama]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[milieu]]
* [[mimesis]]
* [[monologue]]
* [[motif]]
* [[mood]]
* [[myth]]

== Narration to Oration ==

* [[narration]]
* [[narrative]]
* [[narrator]]
* [[novel]]
* [[novella]]
* [[onomatopoeia]]
* [[oration]]

== Pace to Protagonist ==

* [[pace]]
* [[paradox]]
* [[parody]]
* [[pathos]]
* [[peripeteia]]
* [[personification]]
* [[plot]]
* [[point of view]]
* [[praxis]]
* [[prose]]
* [[protagonist]]

== Reader Response to Rising Action ==

* [[Reader Response Criticism]]
* [[resolution]]
* [[reversal]]
* [[rhetoric]]
* [[rhyme]]
* [[rising action]]

== Satire to Syntax ==

* [[satire]]
* [[science fiction]]
* [[semantics]]
* [[setting]]
* [[short story]]
* [[simile]]
* [[stream of consciousness]]
* [[style]]
* [[subplot]]
* [[surrealism]]
* [[symbol]]
* [[syntax]]

==Text to Zeugma ==

* [[text]]
* [[theme]]
* [[tone]]
* [[tragedy]]
* [[trope]]
* [[verisimilitude]]
* [[zeugma]]

== External Links ==

* [http://web.cocc.edu/lisal/literaryterms/elements_of_literature.htm Elements of Literature] — Lisa R. Lazarescu begins by defining literature, then discusses various key aspects of the study.
* [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
* [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm Glossary of Literary Terms] — from Bedford / St. Martin’s press.
* [http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples] — by Ross Scaife at the University of Kentucky.
* [http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/dictionary.html Literary Dictionary] — covering poetry, drama, short fiction, the novel, and literary criticism, by the students of Lysbeth Em Benkert-Rasmussen.
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
* [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College.

== Credits ==

* See the LitWiki [[LitWiki:Community_Portal | Community Portal]]
[[Category:Literature]][[Category:Literary Terms]]

Talk:Sandbox

2005-03-21T14:21:00Z

Tjackson:

This is not an informal area of communication this is for facts and formal writings as one would find in a encyclopedia.

Lotus-eaters

2005-03-14T15:14:58Z

Tjackson:

Lotophagi , are fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower"(Seidman). Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland"(Fitzgerald0. Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them from returning.

== Works Cited ==

Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.

The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961]

Lotus-eaters

2005-03-14T15:13:20Z

Tjackson: /* Works Cited */

Lotophagi , are fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower".(1) Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland".(2) Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them from returning.

== Works Cited ==

Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.

The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961]

Lotus-eaters

2005-03-14T15:11:48Z

Tjackson: /* Works Cited */

Lotophagi , are fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower".(1) Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland".(2) Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them from returning.

== Works Cited ==
1. Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.
2. The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961]

Lotus-eaters

2005-03-14T15:09:49Z

Tjackson: /* Works Cited */

Lotophagi , are fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower".(1) Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland".(2) Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them from returning.

== Works Cited ==
* Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.
* The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961]

In medias res

2005-03-02T19:47:37Z

Tjackson:

In medias res

2005-03-01T15:43:32Z

Tjackson:

"In the middle things" or " — by Horace, refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Paradise Lost.

'''''in medias res'''''. 1 Mar. 2005 Wikipedia.
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latinphrases]]

In medias res

2005-03-01T15:42:25Z

Tjackson:

"In the middle things" or " — by Horace, refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Paradise Lost.

''in medias res''. 1 Mar. 2005 Wikipedia.
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latinphrases]]

In medias res

2005-03-01T15:38:52Z

Tjackson:

"In the middle things" or " — by Horace, refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Paradise Lost.

''in medias res''. 1 Mar. 2005 Wikipedia.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latinphrases]

In medias res

2005-03-01T15:37:25Z

Tjackson:

"In the middle things" or " — by Horace, refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Paradise Lost.

''in medias res''. 1 Mar. 2005. Wikipedia. [http://www.example.com link title]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latinphrases

In medias res

2005-03-01T15:36:55Z

Tjackson:

"In the middle things" or " — by Horace, refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Paradise Lost.

''in medias res''. 1 Mar. 2005. Wikipedia. [http://www.example.com link title]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latin phrases

In medias res

2005-03-01T15:36:26Z

Tjackson:

"In the middle things" or " — by Horace, refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Paradise Lost.
''in medias res''. 1 Mar. 2005. Wikipedia. [http://www.example.com link title]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latin phrases

Lotus-eaters

2005-03-01T15:23:12Z

Tjackson:

Lotophagi , are fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower".(1) Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland".(2) Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them from returning.

1. Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.
2. The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961])

Lotus-eaters

2005-03-01T15:21:06Z

Tjackson:

Lotophagi , are fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower". Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland". Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them from returning.

Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.
The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961])

Lotus-eaters

2005-02-25T21:12:48Z

Tjackson:

Lotophagi , a fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ODYSSEY early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower". Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland". Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them returning.

Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.
The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961])

Lotus-eaters

2005-02-25T21:09:53Z

Tjackson:

Lotophagi , a fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They apper in the ''Italic text''Odyssey early in Odysseus' voyage he and his men were driven by a storm to the land of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, "who live upon that flower". Three of Odysseus's men met the Lotus Eaters, ate the Lotus, and longed "to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland". Odysseus pulled the men to the ship to keep them returning.

Robert J. Seidman, "Ulysses" Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses" [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988], p. 84.
The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald [New York: Doubleday, 1961])

The Odyssey

2005-02-25T20:59:31Z

Tjackson: /* Human Beings */

[[Image:Chagall-odyssey.jpg|thumb|The Odyssey, by Chagall]] [[Homer]]’s [[The Odyssey|Odyssey]] is a ''nostos'', or an [[Epic Poetry | epic]] of return, and asks can one come home again, especially after years of bloody war? In fact, an odyssey is now meant generally as a long journey home, much like Odysseus’ after the fall of Troy. The [[The Odyssey|Odyssey]] attempts to remake order after the chaos of war. [[Odysseus]], a young man when [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaos]] recruited him for the campaign against Ilium, is now a middle-aged survivor and veteran of that war who must be smarter than the champion Achilles and the leader [[Agamemnon]] in order to return home and set his lands in order. War almost seems easy in the light of [[Odysseus]]’ journey — at least in war, he knew his enemies. Enemies during peacetime wear many masks; [[Odysseus]] must do the same if he is to survive.

== Summary ==
The ''Odyssey''’s action is spread over twenty-four books, generally half before Odysseus returns home, and half after. For a synopsis of each book, see [[The Odyssey Summary]].

== List of Characters ==
===Human Beings===
* [[Telemakhos]]
* [[Odysseus]]
* [[Lotus-eaters]]

=== The Women of the ''Odyssey''===
* [[Circe]]
* [[Clytemnestra]]
* [[Kalypso]]
* [[Helen]]
* [[Penelope]]

=== The Supernatural Beings of the ''Odyssey'' ===
* [[Athena]]
* [[Circe]]
* [[Kalypso]]
* [[Poseiden]]
* [[Zeus]]

== The ''Odyssey'' in History ==

== Internal Links ==
* [[Homer]]
* The [[Odyssey: Questions for Consideration]]

== Commentaries ==
* [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Odysseus.html Odysseus] — A background on the ''Odyssey'' and Odysseus
* [http://www.davidclaudon.com/odyssey/questions.html A Study Guide by David Claudon]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000167.shtml Myth and the Odyssey]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000314.shtml The Odyssey: General Notes]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000313.shtml The Telemachiad] (books 1-4 of the Odyssey)
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000038.shtml Odysseus and the Poet]: Notes on Book VIII
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000316.shtml The Odyssey: Notes on Book IX]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000317.shtml The Odyssey: Notes on Book X]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000215.shtml Poor Confusing Elpenor]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000318.shtml The Odyssey: Notes on Book XI]
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000318.shtml The Odyssey: The Lessons of Hell] (more on Books XI and XII)
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000319.shtml The Odyssey: Odysseus’ Return]

== Suggested Reading ==

[[Category:World Literature|Odyssey]]

Patroclus

2005-01-29T21:11:56Z

Tjackson:

'''Patroclus'''

Patroclus was Achilles dearest friend who accompanied him in the Trojan War. Achilles had withdrawn his troops, the Mymidons because of a disagreement between Agamemnon, the Greek commander. Patroclus persuaded Achilles to allow him to go to war in his stead. In Achilles armor, Patroclus led the Greek troops to victory. Hector, the commander of the Trojans, slew Patroclus. Achilles avenged his friend’s death by killing Hector.

[http://www.barrysmylie.com/iliad link title]

Hecuba

2005-01-25T20:06:05Z

Tjackson:

Hecuba is the Queen of Troy and the mother of Hector.

Achilles

2005-01-25T17:59:04Z

Tjackson:

'''Achilles'''

The story of Achilles is that his mother dipped him into the River Styx to make him immortal. This made him invulnerable except for the heel by which his mother held him. Achilles was the son of the sea nymph Thetis and Peleus, king of the Myrmidons of Thessaly.

When Agmemnon, the king of Mycenean took the maiden Briseis from him, Achilles withdrew from the battle. The Trojans started winning the war when the Myrmidons fled in retreat since Achilles the Greek hero was no longer fighting. Patroclus, Achilles dearest friend, led the Greeks into battle then was later killed by Hector. Achilles returned to battle to avenge his friend’s death and slew Hector whom he dragged through the streets behind a chariot. In the last battle of the Trojan War Achilles killed the king of the Ethiopians. Then he led his troops to Troy where he meets death by a wound to his heel by Paris.

Patroclus

2005-01-25T17:18:36Z

Tjackson:

Patoclus

Patroclus was Achilles dearest friend who accompanied him in the Trojan War. Achilles had withdrawn his troops, the Mymidons because of a disagreement between Agamemnon, the Greek commander. Patroclus persuaded Achilles to allow him to go to war in his stead. In Achilles armor, Patroclus led the Greek troops to victory. Hector, the commander of the Trojans, slew Patroclus. Achilles avenged his friend’s death by killing Hector.

Patroclus

2005-01-25T17:18:12Z

Tjackson:

'''Bold text'''Patoclus

Patroclus was Achilles dearest friend who accompanied him in the Trojan War. Achilles had withdrawn his troops, the Mymidons because of a disagreement between Agamemnon, the Greek commander. Patroclus persuaded Achilles to allow him to go to war in his stead. In Achilles armor, Patroclus led the Greek troops to victory. Hector, the commander of the Trojans, slew Patroclus. Achilles avenged his friend’s death by killing Hector.

Patroclus

2005-01-25T17:13:04Z

Tjackson:

'''Bold text'''Patoclus

Patroclus was Achilles dearest friend who accompanied him in the Trojan War. Achilles had withdrawn his troops, the Mymidons because of a disagreement between Agamemnon, the Greek commander. Patroclus persuaded Achilles to allow him to go to war in his stead. In Achilles, armor Patroclus led the Greek troops to victory. Hector, the commander of the Trojans and son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, slew Patroclus. Achilles avenged his friend’s death by killing Hector.