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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oral tradition






2. 'Guinea Women'(Period and characteristics)






3. Emphasized contemporary life in actual setting






4. Similarities between 'The Indian Burying Ground' and 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard'






5. Interest in nature






6. Rejection of Victorian ideals of organic wholeness and progress






7. From death of Pope to death of Samuel Johnson






8. Conventions of the Augustan Age






9. Focus on the fight for survival in a world of urban decay






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

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11. Emphasis on instinct and feelings






12. Thomas Gray

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13. Discipline - economy - restraint






14. (Period and definition)






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






16. (Title and period)

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






18. What period is marked by industrialization?






19. Decolonization throughout 20th century






20. Period of immense emigration - constant expansion






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






22. Expansion into new topics - esp. graphic treatments of sexuality






23. Nation-states with strong monarchs develop






24. Subdivisions of early American literature






25. Dramatic political changes






26. Naturalistic Period






27. Nation-states with strong monarchs develop






28. Puritan world-view

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29. Assumptions of postcolonial/transnational literature

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30. Impact of WWII on postmodernism






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






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






33. From the Jacksonian period to the Civil War






34. (Period and aftermath)






35. Protestant Reformation






36. What is this an example of? And name the piece

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37. Similar to Enlightenment






38. Return to classics






39. Human nature is essentially good






40. Development of printing press






41. Moving from neoclassical to Romantic (America) - (Title and period)

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






43. Twist at the end of 'The Darkling Thrust' =






44. In the Kiowa tale - strategic use of language...






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

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46. Political revolutions (Period and characteristics)

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47. 'A Far Cry from Africa' (Period and characteristics)

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

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49. Result of historical context of the Victorian Period






50. Interiority - less optimistic version of Transcendentalism