Crash Course AP Literature

1832–1901: The Victorian Period World Literature Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist: A Doll’s House Victor Hugo, French: Les Misé ...

symbol: a person, place, thing or idea that represents something else. syntax: in general, the order of words in a sentence tha ...

1840–1860: American Renaissance Transcendentalism and American Gothic (dark romantics) Emily Dickinson, poet Walt Whitman: Leave ...

BASIC ELEMENTS OF CLASSICAL TRAGEDY 1. catharsis: a purging of emotion, experienced by audiences especially through the pity the ...

1855–1900: American Realism/Regionalism Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens): The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Bret Harte: regiona ...

TEN COMMON NOVEL TYPES Note: Many books can be classified in more than one way. 1. Bildungsroman (novel of education) or coming- ...

1901–1914 British (Edwardian Period) Joseph Conrad, Polish/British author: Heart of Darkness American (Naturalism) Theodore Drei ...

Chapter 7 Basic Elements of Poetry ...

1919–1945 Modernism World Literature Albert Camus, French writer: The Stranger British Literature George Orwell (born Eric Blair ...

In This Chapter Overview What Is a Poem Made of? Key Terms How to Read a Poem Meter Common Fixed Form Poems Other Types of Poems ...

1950–: Post Modernism British Literature William Golding, British author: Lord of the Flies American Literature (Note: Ethniciti ...

OVERVIEW You will most likely read one or two poems in the multiple-choice section of the AP Lit exam and have one poem to analy ...

FEATURED AUTHORS This list below is from the 2008 Course Description as published by the College Board. The purpose of this list ...

WHAT IS A POEM MADE OF? ...

POETRY W. H. Auden; Elizabeth Bishop; William Blake; Anne Bradstreet; Edward Kamau Brathwaite; Gwendolyn Brooks; Robert Browning ...

IMAGERY Imagery is what occurs when poets use words that appeal to our senses: we perceive, through his or her words, an idea or ...

DRAMA Aeschylus; Edward Albee; Amiri Baraka; Samuel Beckett; Anton Chekhov; Caryl Churchill; William Congreve; Athol Fugard; Lor ...

DICTION Diction is primarily the poet’s choice of words. Since poetry, of all literary forms, uses the least number of words to ...

FICTION (NOVEL AND SHORT STORY) Chinua Achebe; Sherman Alexie; Isabel Allende; Rudolfo Anaya; Margaret Atwood; Jane Austen; Jame ...

SOUND Poems are meant to be heard. It has been said that poetry is language the “drips from the tongue.” We must pay attention t ...