Read the selection below from “Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe and answer the question that follows. “My frien,” said he at long last, “we don try our best for call dem but I tink say dem all done sleep-o . . . So wetin we go do now? Sometaim you Read more…
Robinson Crusoe What was the first novel to gain worldwide recognition? Jonathan Swift Who is known for being the greatest English prose satirist? John Dryden Who is known as the Father of Modern Literary Criticism Journalism The two greatest literary forms during the eighteenth century were the novel and… Daniel Read more…
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…
The Manhunt – Quotes – “After the first phase, / after passionate nights and intimate days, // only then would he let me trace”: ‘only then’ repeated – “blown hinge of his lower jaw” – “the parachute silk of his punctured lung” – “feel the hurt / of his grazed Read more…
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…
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…
Which of the spirits does not speak to Scrooge? The ghost of christmas yet to come. What is Jacob Marley forced to drag about as a result of his sinful life? Heavy chains forged from ledgers and lockboxes. Why does Scrooge like darkness? It is cheap. Who is in the Read more…
Formalist The standard way of analyzing things. Emphasis on the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements (plot, character, setting, diction, imagery, structure, pov). Sociological Analyzing from a view of society at the time, focusing on the the values of a society and how Read more…
When We Two Parted “They name thee before me, a knell in my ear” Love’s Philosophy “See the mountains kiss high heaven” Porphyria’s Lover “That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good” Sonnet 29 “I think of thee! – my thoughts do twine and bud about thee” Read more…
Masculine Rhyme A rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound is in the final syllable of the words involved Metaphor A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike. Meter The regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse; the measurable repetition Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ebenezer Scrooge The miserly owner of a London counting-house (accountant’s office). The three spirits of Christmas visit Scrooge in hopes of reversing his greedy, cold-hearted approach to life. Bob Cratchit Scrooge’s clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family. He respects Scrooge and is grateful and Read more…
What form of writing is Sir Gawain and the green knight? Medieval romance What form of writing dealt with biblical subjects? Mystery play In Everyman, who accompanies Everyman into the grave at the end? Good-deeds Who comes to visit Everyman at the beginning? Death What poem tells the story of Read more…
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…
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…