An example of a literary general knowledge question is as follows:
What is a literary masterpiece? What are their characteristics?
A literary masterpiece refers to a literary work that has an important position in a certain period or a certain field. It usually has the following characteristics:
- Born in a certain period or region, such as "Dream of the Red Chamber","Journey to the West","Water Margins", etc.;
- It described the society, history, and characters of a certain period, such as War and Peace, Pride and Predict, and so on.
- He had a unique literary style and language features, such as the bold and unconstrained of Water Margins, the graceful and restrained of Dream of the Red Chamber, and the fantasy of Journey to the West.
- It had a profound influence at that time or now, such as the image of the righteous thief in the later generations of Water Margins, and the influence of Journey to the West on Chinese literature.
What are the common motifs and symbols in literary works?
The common topics and symbols in literature include:
- Love: such as Romeo and Juliet, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in Dream of the Red Chamber;
- Death: such as Lin Chong in Water Margins and Sun Wukong in Journey to the West;
- Freedom: For example, the freedom of the universe in Black Cat Sheriff and Three-Body;
- Hope: For example, Sun Wukong in Journey to the West obtained the Golden Cudgel, and the Liangshan hero in Water Margins;
- War: For example, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in War and Peace and Dream of the Red Chamber.
What are the famous novelists? What were their representative works?
Famous novelists include:
- Cao Xueqin ("Dream of Red Mansions"), Tolstoy ("War and Peace"), Dickens ("A Tale of Two Cities"), Hugo ("Notre-Dame de Paris"), etc.
- shakespeare (hamlet), dickens (a tale of two cities), maupassant (madame bovary), etc.;
- Lu Xun (Diary of a Madman), Lao She (Camel Xiangzi), Ba Jin (Home), etc.
- Jin Yong (The Legend of the Condor Heroes), Gu Long (The Condor Heroes), Liang Yusheng (The Fate of the Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds), etc.
Their representative works include:
- Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, Tolstoy's War and Peace, etc.;
- Hamlet by shakespeare, a tale of two cities by dickens, etc.
- Lu Xun's Diary of a Madman, The True Story of Ah Q, Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, etc.
- Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Condor Heroes, The Eight Dragons, The Deer and the Cauldron, etc.
- Gu Long's Legend of Lu Xiaofeng, Peerless Prides, Little Li Flying Dagger, and so on.
Literature general knowledge questions referred to questions related to the field of literature, such as works, literary schools, literary history, etc. As a fan of online literature, I will answer these questions based on the knowledge I have learned.
Literature general knowledge questions usually involved the basic general knowledge of novels, poems, essays, plays, and other literary genres, as well as knowledge of works, schools, and eras. The following are some common literary questions:
1 What is a novel? What were the characteristics of the novel?
What's the difference between poetry and prose?
3 What is a play? What are the characteristics of a play?
What are the famous novels? What were their representative works?
What are the main schools of novels? What were their characteristics and representative works?
What are the famous poems? What were their representative works?
What are the main schools of poetry? What were their characteristics and representative works?
8 What is prose? What were the characteristics of prose?
What are the famous essays? What were their representative works?
What are the main schools of prose? What were their characteristics and representative works?
What is the narrative structure of a novel? What are the common narrative structures?
What is the character image of a novel? How to portray a character?
Which famous novels have unique narrative structures or characters?
What is literary criticism? What was the role of literary criticism?
What famous works of literature have been influenced by literary criticism?