Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature
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The culture of the arts took off during Romanticism. In literature there were leading writers like‚ Wordsworth‚ Shelley‚ Keats‚ and Byron changing how prose was written. In music‚ composers like‚ Beethoven‚ Wagner‚ Chopin‚ and Tchaikovsky were making their romantic impact in music. Romanticism could even be seen in paintings by: Gros‚ Goya‚ and Delacroix. However‚ the biggest cultural impact seen during this time is the invention of the folklore. Hobsbawm believes‚ “The Folk’ could be revolutionary
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1712 - Birth of philosopher‚ writer Jean Jacques Rousseau. Some of his works marked the beginnings of the Romantic Movement. 1764 - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole published 1775 - American war of Independence 1787 - Society for the abolition of slavery founded 1789 - Fall of Bastille - the storming of the fortress that represented authority in France; began the French Revolution 1793 - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declares war against Britain (and then Britain
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Romantic poets are known for their vivid and colorful language‚ and for their highly elevated ideas and themes. 4) The “Big six” poets of Romantic poetry are: William Blake‚ William Wordsworth‚ Samuel Coleridge‚ Lord Byron‚ Percy Shelley‚ and John Keats. 5) William Blake was known for having a strong depth in many of his poems and for having the ability to express the feelings of joy and innocence. 6) William Wordsworth was known for vividly describing the experience with nature.
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First Love The poem ‘First Love’ is about experiencing young love for the very first time. Firstly‚ Clare uses many forms of figurative language such as metaphors‚ personifications and hyperboles to show the negative impacts of love throughout the poem. Phrases such as his “face turned pale a deadly pale” and “stole my heart away” show this. Love shocked him as if he was a dead ghost and as if life was taken away from him. At the beginning‚ he mentions‚ ‘I ne’er was struck before that hour’‚ telling
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Dana Hall Dr. Doris Davis English 472 March 3‚ 2013 An Explication of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem by John Keats‚ written in 1819 and published in 1820 in Hayden’s Annals of Fine Art. As the title states‚ the poem is an ode‚ a lyric poem characterized by lofty words‚ elaborate style‚ and expressive emotion. The poet achieves this style with use of figurative language‚ imagery‚ and a personification of the urn. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” keeps to the standard stanza
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Compare and Contrast ‘Thomas the Rhymer’ (1206) and ‘La belle dames sans merci’ (1819). Do you think Keats was influenced by the ballad? There are a several similarities and differences between ‘Thomas and the Rhymer’ and ‘La belle dame sans merci’. In the ballad‚ ‘Thomas the Rhymer’‚ Thomas is received a warning before being whisked away to a mystical land by the desire of the Queen of Efland‚ but it is not all it seems. ‘La belle dame sans merci’ depicts a knight-at-arms who has been seduced
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• Romantic poetry – two generations: • „Lake school“ (Wordsworth‚ Coleridge) • Byron‚ Shelley‚ Keats • Romantic novel – historical novel (Sir Walter Scott) – gothic novel‚ horror (Mary Shelley) The Lake Poets The Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge The second generation George Gordon Byron: Childe Harold´s Pilgrimage Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale Other romantic poets • William Blake: The Tyger • Robert Burns Historical
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William Faulkner‚ "A Rose for Emily." Discovering Literature: Stories‚ Poems‚ and Plays. 3rd ed. Eds. Hans P. Guth and Gabriele Rico. Upper Saddle River‚ N.J. Prentice Hall‚ 2003‚ p.165-172. Birk‚ John F. ’ ’Tryst Beyond Time: Faulkner ’s Emily and Keats. ’ ’ In Studies in Short Fiction‚ Vol. 28‚ No. 2‚ Spring 1997‚ pp. 203-13. Hedges‚ Elaine R.‚ An afterword to The Yellow Wallpaper‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ Feminist Press‚ 1973‚ pp. 37-63 Howells‚ William Dean‚ "A Reminiscent Introduction‚" in
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The Importance of Sight We may often hear the statement‚ “First impressions are important‚” and this statement is ideally true because the first time we see something or someone is when analyze them or that item the most. When we first look at someone or something‚ we start gathering information for our own interpretation of what we saw. We may even begin questioning ourselves on why something or someone appears to look that way. However‚ the way someone or something appears to someone could even
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