Ejercicios C2 : El vocabulario literario en inglés (corregido)

Estos ejercicios te ayudarán a consolidar el vocabulario literario en inglés de nivel C2, trabajando con metáforas, arcaísmos y los registros formales propios de la gran literatura anglosajona. Pon a prueba tu comprensión de las herramientas estilísticas que dan vida a las obras de Shakespeare y Keats.

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Ejercicio 1 : Reconocer el vocabulario literario en contexto

Elige la opción que mejor completa cada fragmento literario respetando el registro formal y el vocabulario propio de la literatura anglosajona clásica.

1. In Shakespeare's tragedies, the protagonist's fatal flaw is known as his ___.
   • hamartia
   • allegory
   • synecdoche
   • apostrophe
2. When Keats writes 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' he employs a rhetorical device called ___.
   • chiasmus
   • enjambment
   • anaphora
   • assonance
3. The archaic English word '___ ' meaning 'you' (singular, informal) was commonly used by Shakespeare in his plays.
   • thou
   • thy
   • thine
   • thee
4. A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is directly addressed is called ___.
   • apostrophe
   • metonymy
   • periphrasis
   • bathos

Correction

1. In Shakespeare's tragedies, the protagonist's fatal flaw is known as his hamartia.
2. When Keats writes 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' he employs a rhetorical device called chiasmus.
3. The archaic English word 'thou' meaning 'you' (singular, informal) was commonly used by Shakespeare in his plays.
4. A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is directly addressed is called apostrophe.

Ejercicio 2 : Asociar términos literarios con sus definiciones

Relaciona cada término literario con la definición que le corresponde según los conceptos trabajados en el curso sobre la literatura anglosajona clásica.

1. Pathetic fallacy
2. Enjambment
3. Blazon
4. Conceit

• The literary device by which nature or inanimate objects are described as reflecting or responding to the emotional state of a character.
• A poetic catalogue that describes and praises the physical attributes of a beloved figure, typically used in Renaissance sonnets and courtly literature.
• An elaborate and extended metaphor that draws a surprising or intellectually complex comparison between two very different things, characteristic of metaphysical poetry.
• The continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break in poetry, without a pause or punctuation at the end of the line.

Correction

1. Pathetic fallacy – The literary device by which nature or inanimate objects are described as reflecting or responding to the emotional state of a character.
2. Enjambment – The continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break in poetry, without a pause or punctuation at the end of the line.
3. Blazon – A poetic catalogue that describes and praises the physical attributes of a beloved figure, typically used in Renaissance sonnets and courtly literature.
4. Conceit – An elaborate and extended metaphor that draws a surprising or intellectually complex comparison between two very different things, characteristic of metaphysical poetry.

Ejercicio 3 : Completar fragmentos con vocabulario literario

Completa cada fragmento con el término literario o arcaísmo adecuado, tal como se emplearía en la literatura anglosajona de nivel C2.

1. The repeated use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines is a device known as ___, frequently found in the Psalms and in Keats's odes.
2. In Elizabethan English, the possessive form of 'thou' is ___, as in the phrase '___ crown is not eternal' spoken by a usurper king.
3. When a text uses a part to represent the whole, as in 'all hands on deck' referring to sailors, the device employed is called ___.
4. The deliberate use of an older or outdated word form to evoke a historical or elevated register, such as 'wherefore' or 'hath,' is referred to as ___ in literary studies.

Correction

1. The repeated use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines is a device known as anaphora, frequently found in the Psalms and in Keats's odes.
2. In Elizabethan English, the possessive form of 'thou' is thy, as in the phrase 'thy crown is not eternal' spoken by a usurper king.
3. When a text uses a part to represent the whole, as in 'all hands on deck' referring to sailors, the device employed is called synecdoche.
4. The deliberate use of an older or outdated word form to evoke a historical or elevated register, such as 'wherefore' or 'hath,' is referred to as archaism in literary studies.