Question

Match the description to the term.

Answer 1

1. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea = Jules Verne. (this French writer wrote this revolutionary 'sci-fi' novel back in 1870)
2. the resolving of the action = denouement. (it is a French word meaning a conclusion, something that explains everything in the end)
3. an extreme, unbelievable character = caricature. (often writers exaggerate a lot when they describe certain characters, usually to mock some of their flaws)
4. based on determinism = naturalism. (this literary era was all about determinism - meaning that we are not the rulers over our own lives, but rather that everything has already been determined for us, whether we like it or not)
5. a story or account = narrative (it is a piece of literature you write about something)
6. Canterbury Tales = Geoffrey Chaucer (a collection of 24 stories written somewhere in the 14th century)
7. War and Peace = Leo Tolstoy (a famous Russian author who wrote this lengthy novel in 1869 and is considered to be his masterpiece)
8. example of a novel of incidence = Robinson Crusoe (Crusoe is incidentally left alone on an island)
9. James Boswell = Life of Johnson (a biography about Dr. Samuel Johnson's life)