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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
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1. Dates of Postmodernism






2. Types of literature from Colonial Period






3. Sense of loss or disillusionment






4. 'A Description of Morning' (Characteristics)






5. Example of the country house poem


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






7. Emphasis on individual






8. 'To Penshurst' by Ben Jonson


9. Dates of Middle Ages/Medieval Period






10. What was the unifying theme of Romantic literature in Britain?






11. Political revolutions (Period and characteristics)


12. What does the form of Browning's 'The Cry of the Children' give a sense of? How?






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






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


15. (Period and types)






16. Matthew Arnold 'Dover Beach'






17. Theme of 'Richard Cory'






18. Story of the Trojan War (Title - author and period)






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






20. Literature articulates history and history articulates literature






21. (Period and types)






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


23. Elizabeth Barrett Browning 'The Cry of the Children'






24. Paine - Jefferson - 'Declaration of Independence -' The Federalist Papers






25. Human nature is essentially good






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






27. Dates of American Romanticism/Realism and Naturalism






28. Stabilizing of middle class and concern for morality






29. What does the extraordinary 'breaking in' upon everyday existence suggest about Romantics?






30. the 'Poet of the American Revolution'


31. Tomato soup can






32. Values subjective experience - innovation - individualism






33. Affluence and consumer culture






34. What is the conclusion of 'Dover Beach'?


35. Relations of colonizer and colonized






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






37. Ambivalence






38. Radically experimental and diverse






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


40. Repetition in Iroquois prayer-song






41. Dates of the Romantic Period (Britain)






42. Responds to crises of the period






43. Avoids overly symbolic characters - supernatural situations - heightened fantasies






44. (Title and period)


45. Freud and psychoanalysis






46. Focus on technologies of stimulation






47. Experimentation and 'stylistic unconventionality'






48. Hybridity






49. Pagan authors = sources for thinking






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