Brit Lit Finals Short awnser Flashcards
(10 cards)
Who wrote “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and, in response to a friend’s death, “In Memoriam”?
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Describe characteristics of a Victorian novel
Could be include things like social life, emerging middle class, manners, expectations, female authors play big roles, author intrudes and addresses the reader, author passes judgment
Which Victorian poet wrote “Aurora Leigh” and Sonnets from the Portuguese?
Elizabeth Browning
What are some aspects of modern literature?
Could include interest in psychology , fragmented word choices, language is a “game”, ambiguous meanings, and experimental forms; shifting perspectives; internal reality of individuals, the importance of the self, the alienation of the self
How does Ivanhoe fit into the Romance genre?
Ivanhoe fits into the Romance genre with a quest, the need to combat societal problems, and the focus on chivalric ideals
What happens to the Lady of Shallot at the end of the poem?
One day, Lancelot comes riding by and the lady looks out toward Camelot. This causes the mirror to break and the curse takes place. The lady leaves her home and carves her name in a boat. She climbs into the boat and lets it take her to Camelot. She sings a sad song and dies. The people of Camelot (including Lancelot) mourn The Lady of
Shalott.
What was a serial novel?
chapters or sections in journal issues; pay was by the word, so
authors were very wordy in their prose
Who wrote Mrs. Dalloway and To the Light House?
Virginia Woolf
What are three themes found in the novel, Sense and Sensibility?
money/inheritance, gender, marriage, expectations vs. reality, propriety and discretion, code/
standard of behavior, sensibility can be dangerous
What makes a novel a bildungsroman?
A protagonist matures after a journey of some sort where he/she is facing obstacles as he/she finds their identity within their society.
