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World Literature

Major world literary works, authors, and movements spanning multiple cultures and eras, framed as original concept cards.

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Who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What literary movement emphasizes internal consciousness and subjective experience in the early 20th century?
Modernism
Who wrote 'Crime and Punishment'?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Which Charles Dickens novel depicts the French Revolution and begins 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?
'A Tale of Two Cities'
What is the literary term for narratives that blend magical or impossible elements with realistic settings?
Magical realism
Who is the author of 'The Brothers Karamazov'?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
What is a narrative or poem in which characters and events symbolize abstract ideas or moral lessons?
Allegory
Who wrote 'Les Miserables'?
Victor Hugo
Which literary movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries celebrated emotion, nature, and the individual?
Romanticism
Who is the author of 'Beloved'?
Toni Morrison
What is the traditional Japanese poetic form with three lines arranged in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
Haiku
Who wrote 'Ulysses'?
James Joyce
Which early modern Spanish novel features a delusional knight and is often considered the first modern novel?
'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes
What artistic and literary movement rejected rational thought and emphasized dreams and the unconscious?
Surrealism
Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Jane Austen

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