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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






2. Augustan Period






3. Novel a modernist form that puts a story together by tracing the thoughts and feelings of its characters rather than through the voice of a detached narrator






4. The continuation of the grammatical flow from one line of verse to the next






5. The complex social process that pushes certain people outside mainstream society - usually because they are perceived as a threat to shared values






6. Anything that isn't tangible. In literature - it can be opposed to imagery - the representation of tangible things






7. The narrative devise of hinting at events that have yet to unfold






8. A sentence that changes its grammatical structure in the middle - often suggest disturbance or excitement. For example: 'we had almost reached the finished line and then the race had to have been fixed from the beginning'






9. (1670-1790) identified literature as a worthy cultural pursuit capable of reconciling respect for classical learning with the evolving interests and tastes of the educated middle class. Translated - imitated - and elucidated the most respectable anci






10. A group of four works






11. (1540-1640) public theaters presented plays that celebrated a semifluid social order governed by absolute power. These dramas portrayed any unchecked social mobility that might threaten state stability as the result of personal evil - corruption - an






12. Augustan Period;






13. A verbal pattern in two parts in which the second part is like a mirror image of the first.






14. A characteristic of art or nature that inspires a feeling of grander and mystery. For example: an ancient ruins - a storm swept landscape - of the fall of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost.






15. A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another - dissimilar thing by the use of like - as - etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale - her tears flowed like wine)






16. An unofficial grouping of works by authors whose importance has become generally recognized by literature scholars.






17. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






18. Novel a melodramatic novel devoted to scandalous doings - guilty secrets - and lurid intrigues






19. A novel in which real persons appear under fictitious names






20. Poetry that has no fixed meter - although it has rhythmic lines and line breaks and is therefore presumably composed with rhythmic qualities in mind. It came into vogue during the modern period.






21. A repeated pattern of lines and rhymes analogous to a verse in a song






22. A short - carefully constructed scene in a film - play - etc.; specif. - one regarded as subtle - sensitive - etc






23. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






24. A novel concerned with the negative social and economic impacts of industrialism






25. A literary - usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character - often in relation to a critical situation or event - in a monologue addressed to the reader or to a presumed listener.






26. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






27. Designating or characteristic of a kind of fiction that originated in Spain and deals episodically with the adventures of a hero who is or resembles such a vagabond or rogue






28. The narrative technique of shifting freely between a first-person and an interior third-person point of view






29. Is the idealized code of medieval nobility. It stressed honesty and integrity in living up to one's social obligations - courtesy to others - and deference to ladies.






30. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






31. A poem of fixed form - French in origin - consisting usually of five three-line stanzas and a final four-line stanza and having only two rhymes throughout






32. A term used in deconstruction - absence of meaning and multiplicity of possible meaning within a text






33. Made up of the ideas - beliefs - and values shared by members of a society. Ideology is shaped by political interests and serves power interests in ways we might not recognize






34. Renaissance Period; 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' & Doctor Faustus






35. The dramatic genre of the 1950s that enacts the idea of existential meaninglessness






36. Heroic poetry with an important subject of crucial national or cultural significance - together with a grand - lofty tone. Many epics tell the story of the founding of a nation or race by means of battle or journey






37. Plays presented during the Middle Ages by guilds of feast days - They depict important events in Christian history.






38. A collection of works on a common theme such as Charlemagne or the Trojan War. Cycles typically represent the work of several different authors brought together into a group. Cycles are often groups of romance narrative.






39. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






40. The process of denying or disguising political values by misrepresenting them as natural - universal - or transcendent ideals.






41. To put or publish. Published novel






42. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






43. A novel that traces the development of a young person from childhood or adolescence to maturity. It is often written in the form of an autobiography






44. The rhythmic structure of poetry






45. An important critical movement that took hold in the early decades of the twentieth century. It stresses the importance of paying close attention to the literary text as a way to develop critical intelligence






46. A method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense: the irony of calling a stupid plan 'clever'






47. A poem that treats the subject of the couple's wedding night






48. Renaissance Period; Sonnets - Hamlet - King Lear - Othello - Macbeth - Romeo & Juliet - Twelfth Night - Henry IV - and A Midsummer's Nught Dream.






49. The mood or emotional attitude evoked or reflected in a written work






50. A work written to mourn the death and memorialize the life of someone who died