English: Literary Movements

Victorian era (c. 1832-1901)The period of British history when Queen _______ruled; it includes the entire second half of the nineteenth century, a time when Britain was the most powerful nation in the world. The __________period was known for a rather stern morality. It was also marked by a general earnestness Read more…

English Literature CLEP

heroic couple a rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines, first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit, esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: “In every work regard the writer’s end, Since none can compass more than they intend”) terza rima -(tert′sə rē′mə) a verse Read more…

English Literature Quiz 6

Duncan the king of Scotland at the beginning of the play Sleepwalking is the action showing Lady Macbeth guilty Daggers are in men’s smiles according to Donalbain Lady Macbeth said,” Look like th’ innocent flower,/But be the serpent under ‘t” the Globe was the name of the first theater in Read more…

English Literature Exam 1

Philip Sidney 1554-1586 Poetry is “unelected vocation” English Nobleman; much time to write Relic Part of a deceased holy person’s body or a holy object; pilgrimages to be around the holy were common “Fool”, said my Muse to me, “look in thy heart and write.” Astrophil and Stella I by Read more…

English Literature CLEP

Old English A time in history where literature was written to foster bravery and promote heroic deeds. Middle English A time in history where literature was written to promote knightly ideals that stabilized social hierarchy. Renaissance A time in history where literature was written to entertain through stage plays, comedies, Read more…

JNHS Periods of English Literature

Old English Period, 428-1100 began with invasion of England by Angles, Saxons, Jutes; ended with establishment of Norman Rule under William the Conqueror. Major works are Beowulf, Caedmon’s Song, Domesday Book; first mention of King Arthur; Whitby (N. England) was center of poetry; Winchester (S. England) was center of prose Read more…

Sonnet in English literature

A sonnet is… A fourteen lined poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme Who developed the sonnet? Italian poet Petrarch Who introduced the sonnet into English lit? Sir Thomas Wyatt Wyatt modeled his sonnet after the subjects of who? Petrarch Wyatt’s rhyme scheme came from where? Other Italian Read more…

English Literary History

What is Literary History? Literary History is not just out there – it is something we construct from various facts we connect and emphasize – it is constantly re-written – it is a narrative within national and cultural discourses – Globalization started early within literature. Encountering other cultures via literature. Read more…

english literature test 11

Unity Sallet : character Tony Kytes Mr. Murdstone :character David Copperfield Colonel Pickering :character Pygmalion Mrs. pearce :character Pygmalion Hannah Joliver :character Tony Kytes “London Coffee House” Thomas Barbington Macaulay “Under Ben Bulben” William Butler Yeats “The Unknown Citizen” W.H. Auden “The Soldier” Rupert Brooke “The Hollow Man” T.S. Eliot Read more…

AP English Literature and Composition Key Terms

Allegory Narrative with multiple levels of meaning Allusion Literary, historical, religious, mythological reference Anecdote brief story or tale Antagonist Force opposing main character/protagonist Archetype Recurrent patterens of action, themes, images, characters in wide range of literature Ballad Narrative poem originally meant to be sung Blank Verse unrhymed lines in iambic Read more…

English Literature: Timeline Events

Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period Express religious faith and give moral instruction through literature; Early English epic poems such as Beowulf, The Wanderer and The Seafarer Elizabethan Age Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, “Much Ado about Nothing” and “Richard III” Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine the Great”, “Dr. Faustus”, “The Jew of Malta”, and “edward II” Read more…