EXAM REVIEW

What is the story?

• The actions and events occurring within the text.

• writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

• main idea of the text

what is epic?

• A Literary genre that highlighting the historic events of a nation.

• professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.

• a song

In the phrase '"swift-footed Achilles" the adjective can also be called as:

• epithet

• Invocation to a muse

• ornate language

identify the sentence that corresponds to the story of the epic work The Iliad, by Homer.

• it is the narration of the Trojan war, and tells the events about the taking of the city.

• • The Iliad centers on Aphrodite and Athena long and perilous journey home after the fall of Troy.

• The Iliad tells the story of the founding of Rome and its consequences

They are characteristics of the epic genre:

• Narrates historical facts about the past of a nation, exalting the heroes of the era, reliving its adventures in a way that could be fantastic.

• 1. 1 they are focus on emotions and they are expressed in verse.

• 1 they are past events and they mention gods

where is 'The Mahabharata' from?

• india

• Egypt

• rome

It is defined as the subgenera of epic.

• renaissance

• epopee

• golden age

What where the symbols, thoughts, beliefs and customs of the Egyptian culture that we can see on their writings?

• They highlight symbolism and religiosity. Through these texts we can know the idea they had about ​​death.

• They were heavily influenced by The Bible, a book that sets the bases for an entire religion

• Their literature had great spiritual unity and one of the most important works of this period is the Epic of Gilgamesh that is considered the oldest epic.

What are the characteristic the Hindu literature had?

• Hindu literature is full of imagination and symbolism, which were reflected in its religious context, mixed with myths and legends.

• Hindu culture, which exposes historical tales or epistles where there is normally a warrior king who conquers based on cruelty.

• it show a series of rules and moral teachings that are followed even today.

This text is composed by exile, weddings, and the insult at Corpes.

• The cid

• The Song of the Nibelungs

• The Song of Roland