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Introduction To English Major

Subject : english
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1. (Period and effect)






2. Christianized Germanic culture






3. From death of Pope to death of Samuel Johnson






4. Tomato soup can






5. Emphasis on instinct and feelings






6. Moral responsibility






7. (Title and period)


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






9. Rejection of form and order - Emphasis on uncertainty and play






10. 'A Description of Morning' (Characteristics)






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






12. Naturalistic Period






13. Dates of the Neoclassical Period






14. Interrogation and incorporation of mass media forms and images






15. Protestant Reformation






16. Emphasized contemporary life in actual setting






17. Transformation of personal and social identity through technological systems






18. (Author and period)






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






20. From the Civil War to World War II






21. Poetry can arouse wonder by creating perspective of ignorance or innocence in the reader - the sense of novelty - freshness of sensation






22. Affluence and consumer culture






23. English colonization






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


25. (Title and period)


26. What is the setting of 'Dover Beach'?






27. Protest movements and counterculture






28. Transition from Victorian to Modernist


29. Langston Hughes


30. Wordsworth's 'Expostulation and Reply'






31. Individualistic - skeptical of society






32. Modernist alienation from mainstream


33. John Keats 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'


34. What is the focus of the Book of Mergery Kempe?


35. Ordinary language - plain diction


36. Lorna Goodison (Title and period)


37. What period is marked by industrialization?






38. Three revolutions of British Romantic Period






39. Satire becomes popular






40. Assumptions of postcolonial/transnational literature


41. Example of American Indian - Pre-Contact Literature






42. Relations of colonizer and colonized






43. Theme of 'Richard Cory'






44. What period - and what did this result in?






45. Conscious efforts to innovate






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






47. What is the setting of 'Dover Beach'?






48. Decolonization throughout 20th century






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


50. What period - and what did they imitate?