Epic poems & literary periods

What characteristics define an epic hero?

• A hero who is very intelligent.

• A hero who is very good at getting out of sticky situations.

• A hero who does everything to preserve his own life.

• A hero who is willing to sacrifice his life or happiness for the life or happiness of others.

a long narrative poem about an epic hero and the hero's journey.

• play

• epic theme

• epic poem

• lyric poem

an epic poem begins "in media res" which you can infer means

• at the beginning

• in the middle of things

• at the end

• prior to the story (prologue)

The ________, or main character of an epic, embodies or displays characteristics that his/her culture values.

• epithet

• epic simile

• epic hero

• antagonist

Two most famous epics are:

• Hamlet and MacbethShakespear's

• Homer's Illiad and Odyssey

• Ovid's Metamorphoses and Aeneid

• None of them

The astonishing achievements of the Renaissance period (roughly 1300-1600) were inspired by a developing outlook called:

• Contemporary

• Medieval

• Humanism

• Classical

The most famous Renaissance writer and humanist thinker may be:

• William Blake

• William Wordsworth

• William Shakespeare

• Robert Frost

This period had a focus on Balance and Form

• Classical

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Restoration

This period had a focus on emphasizing reason over chaos and irrationality

• Classical

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Restoration

The time period of 1945 to the present is which literary period?

• Classical

• Medieval

• Contemporary

• Restoration