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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
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1. American Romanticism's emphasis on (4): _____ > _____






2. What is the tone of 'Dover Beach'?






3. Pessimism and alienation in 'The Darkling Thrust'






4. Experiences of disintegration and disillusionment


5. Tone = very modern - omniscience


6. Rejection of Victorian middle-class morality






7. Rewriting and subverting a history of American prejudices and ideological scripts






8. Individualistic - skeptical of society






9. Similar to Enlightenment






10. Augustan Age/Neoclassical Period






11. Content of Iroquois prayer-song






12. Applied Darwin's ideas to society






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






14. 'This poem has had up to here; this poem is the reader and the reader the poem'


15. (Period and definition)






16. 'To Penshurst' by Ben Jonson


17. Experiences of disintegration and disillusionment


18. Supernatural is special way to arouse wonder by violating logic or reason; folklore - superstition - demons create for reader the occult and unknown






19. Rewriting and subverting a history of American prejudices and ideological scripts






20. Expresses concern about the state of English culture


21. Theme of 'Richard Cory'






22. 'The Author to Her Book' by Bradstreet


23. Continuations of realism - but more pessimistic






24. What is the retreat of the tide in 'Dover Beach' a metaphor for?






25. Reign of Queen Victoria






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


27. 'A Description of Morning' (Characteristics)






28. Tomato soup can






29. Style that stresses emotions - everyday language - individual expression/originality






30. Dates of the Neoclassical Period






31. Experimentation - wildly creative verse






32. Literature articulates history and history articulates literature






33. From Jamestown to the American Revolution






34. Example of the carpe diem poem


35. (Period and characteristics)






36. Dates of early American literature






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






38. Some revive medieval ideas - some stress freedom from all constraints - some support escapist fancy






39. Literary goal = to explain and edify






40. Impact of WWII






41. Relations of colonizer and colonized






42. Symbolic landscape


43. Impact of the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression






44. How does 'A Supermarket in California' reflect the post-war conditions of the US?


45. 'The Imperfect Enjoyment' Restoration Period/Neoclassical Period


46. What is 'Dover Beach' a poetical record of?






47. Innovation in 'When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer'






48. 'Beauty is truth - truth beauty'


49. Not rejecting American history


50. Responds to crises of the period