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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Example of the politicized sonnet

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2. Growth of British Empire






3. Legacy of European colonialism






4. Impact of WWI






5. What does the extraordinary 'breaking in' upon everyday existence suggest about Romantics?






6. Natural world as endowed with feelings - pathos - passion - expression






7. Detachment from moral bearings






8. How is Whitman's 'When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer' a romantic poem?






9. Product of mass migrations (after 1910)






10. (Period and definition)






11. Jonathan Swift

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12. (Period and definition)






13. (Period and effect)






14. Political revolutions (Period and characteristics)

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15. Puritan world-view

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16. From the Civil War to World War II






17. (Period and aftermath)






18. Ordinary language - plain diction

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19. Impact of Cold War and Baby Boom Era






20. Imaginative vision in 'When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer'






21. Decolonization throughout 20th century






22. Changes for women (right to vote - contraception - etc)






23. Interrogation and incorporation of mass media forms and images






24. Exalted view of art






25. Changes for women (right to vote - contraception - etc)






26. Motivated by industrial reform






27. 'Put a bullet in his head'






28. Interest in the unconscious






29. On the cusp of romanticism/realism






30. What does the extraordinary 'breaking in' upon everyday existence suggest about Romantics?






31. Modernist alienation from mainstream

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32. Rejection of 18th-century emphasis on neoclassical - reason - constraint - order - etc.






33. Beat Generation






34. Postcolonial literature






35. (Period and definiton)






36. Freud and psychoanalysis






37. Protest movements and counterculture






38. Rejection of form and order - Emphasis on uncertainty and play






39. Radically experimental and diverse






40. Charles I executed and Puritan government comes into power






41. Cultural response to political upheavals and the new world of constant change






42. Writes devotional poetry






43. William Butler Yeats

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44. Transformation of personal and social identity through technological systems






45. What do both 'The Disappointment' and 'The Imperfect Enjoyment' show?

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46. Early Modern Period/Renaissance - (Period and characteristics)






47. (Period and characteristics)






48. Why is survival such an issue in Native American literature?






49. Phillis Wheatley

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50. Applied Darwin's ideas to society