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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
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1. Values subjective experience - innovation - individualism






2. (Title and period)


3. What does the line 'the space between - is but an hour' mean?


4. Religious controversy and persecution






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


6. Interest in nature






7. Culmination of Enlightenment






8. What was literature's goal in the Augustan Age?






9. (Period and definition)






10. From Jamestown to the American Revolution






11. 'Beauty is truth - truth beauty'


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


13. Subdivisions of Neoclassical Period






14. Rejection of Victorian ideals of organic wholeness and progress






15. Writes devotional poetry






16. Backlash against neoclassicism and its restraint and decorum






17. 'Put a bullet in his head'






18. Development of printing press






19. Similar to Enlightenment






20. (Period and characteristics)






21. Theme of 'Richard Cory'






22. How are sentimentality and emotions portrayed in 'The Wild Honey Suckle' by Freneau?


23. Avant-garde






24. Uses ordinary language






25. Literary goal = to explain and edify






26. Naturalistic Period






27. (Title - period and definition of quyting)






28. Questioning of traditional institutions - customs - and morals (America)






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






30. Aim of postcolonial criticism






31. Includes a lot of repressed stuff


32. Oral tradition






33. Thomas Hardy


34. What ideas did the end of the Commonwealth Period give birth to? What were the poetic responses?


35. Discipline - economy - restraint






36. Augustan Age/Neoclassical Period






37. Interested in singular character (not symbolic - not unnamed)






38. Satire becomes popular






39. Embrace of cacophony and chaos






40. Postcolonial literature






41. Sense of despair - crisis of faith






42. (Period and aftermath)






43. Types of literature from Colonial Period






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






45. Alexander Pope - Jonathon Swift - Joseph Addison - Daniel Defoe






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






47. English colonization






48. Contrast between court culture and lingering Puritan culture






49. Awareness of horrors of empire and industrialism






50. Invasion of Celtic Britain to the printing press