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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not rejecting American history


2. Not rejecting American history


3. William Butler Yeats


4. Phillis Wheatley


5. Religious controversy and persecution






6. Theaters reopened and comedy flourished






7. Psychoanalytic --> all about interiority


8. Three revolutions of British Romantic Period






9. Growth of public education and literacy






10. 'The Author to Her Book' by Bradstreet


11. Isolation and alienation from society






12. English colonization






13. Matthew Arnold 'Dover Beach'






14. Experimentation and 'stylistic unconventionality'






15. Stabilizing of middle class and concern for morality






16. Expresses concern about the state of English culture


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


18. (Title and period)


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


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






21. Westward expansion






22. Embrace of cacophony and chaos






23. Repetition in Iroquois prayer-song






24. American Romanticism's emphasis on (4): _____ > _____






25. Hybridity






26. Growing economic inequality






27. Harlem Renaissance features of 'The Weary Blues'






28. 'Put a bullet in his head'






29. Modernist alienation from mainstream


30. Texts of the Harlem Renaissance


31. Christianized Germanic culture






32. Derek Walcott


33. William Blake Interest in imagination


34. Harlem Renaissance features of 'The Weary Blues'






35. From Jamestown to the American Revolution






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






37. Time of crisis - turmoil - and disillusionment for many writers






38. What type of interpretation is Troy Book? Why?






39. Dates of the Neoclassical Period






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






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






42. Modernist features of 'The Weary Blues'






43. Subdivisions of Early Modern Period/Renaissance






44. Emphasis on instinct and feelings






45. Realistic details of 'Richard Cory'






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






47. Backlash against neoclassicism and its restraint and decorum






48. (Period and definiton)






49. Scientific revolutions






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