25 Pastoral Terma Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is Arcadia?
It is the mountain region found in the Peloponnese, Greece, a place depicted in classical literature as an ideal and rural haven populated by shepherds and shepherdesses tending their flocks and being free from the stresses and strains of real life
What does anti-pastoral mean?
It is the opposite of pastoral, in terms or genre. Antipastoral texts are designed to subvert and undermine he ideas and illusions upon which the pastoral genre is founded.
What does Bucolic mean?
It is another term for pastoral, from the Greek word for a herdsmen.
Explain what is meant by court/courtly.
Is is befitting a royal court, hence, the opposite of country/rustic
What does Doric mean?
Is is another term for rustic. Often hard in reference to rough ritual manner or dialect as opposed to the sophisticated and urbane. The word comes from Doris, a region in Greece.
What is an ecologue?
A short poem, usually taking the form of a dialogue between two pastors characters
What is elegiac?
Elegiac refers to the characteristics of an elegy
What is an elegy?
A poem of mourning, similar to a lament, for a deceased individual or tragic event. Often pastoral elegies lament the death of a shepherd, or, in later versions, the death of the pastoral idyll itself.
What is a georgic?
Is is a poem about rural life which instructs the reader in agricultural matters.
What is meant by the Golden Age?
It is a time of idyll, often containing qualities of prestige, wealth and power.
What is meant when something is idealised?
It is someone or something that is exalted to a state of perfection
What does idyll mean?
It is a noun, used to describe a place or state of tranquility of happiness. An idyll presents a position vision, and on that is attainable
What does idyllic mean?
Is is an adjective, used to describe something with the qualities of an idyll.
What does lament mean?
Lament is an expression of great or sorrow, often sung, for the loss of a person state or thing.
What does lyric mean?
It mans song-like , melodic, and often expressing intense feeling. A poem is lyrical if it flows
What is a peasant?
In pastoral literature, a country-dweller, or a rustic
What does picaresque mean?
Picaresque is a type of pastoral narrative, typically consisting of a journey made by a disreputable servant and his master. During the course of the journey, a series of unfortunate events take place.
What is meant by provincial?
It is another term for rustic. ( within the pastoral genre)
What is meant when something is romanticised ?
A romanticised text is one that is designed to capture and evoke intense emotions
What is meant by rural?
Rural is pertaining to the countryside
What is meant by rustic?
As a noun, it means countryside-dweller, who is unsophisticated. As an adjective, it means something that is characteristic of rural life.
What does sentimental mean?
That which prioritises feelings and emotions over reason and rational.
What is a swain?
A man who is a lover of a young women’s, or, more generally, a country lad.
What is mean by urban?
Urban is pertaining to the city, hence the opposite of rural
