Final Flashcards
(35 cards)
Yahoos
Humans who are irrational.
Houyhnhms
Horses who are rationales.
Liliput
Land of the little people
Brobdingnag
Land of the giants
La puta
The flying island where stupid experiments are made.
Explain the heroic couplet as used by Alexander Pope.
Two lines that rhyme in iambic pentameter…used in essay on man and essay on criticism.
What is the subject matter of Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man and Essay on Criticism?
Essay on man is an anthropological study of human nature. Essay on criticism is rules of rhetoric grammar, speaking and writing.
Explain the role of the following literary works from 18th century English literature: The Tatler and The Spectator.
They were magazines and were published by Addison and Steele.
Who was Samuel Pepys? What was his contribution to English literature?
Samuel Pepys was a highly knowledgable person. Published his diary of the lifestyles of the rich and famous in London.
Explain: “There are at least (3) major titles that describe 18th century English literature.”
Neo-Classical - Style of Greek and Romans.
Age of Reason - John Locke’s Essay on Hunan Understanding
Augustan Age - Writing like in Caesar Augustus time.
Using examples, explain how the 17th century poets used the technique of a metaphysical conceit.
Paradise Lost: God is a blacksmith. An elaborately extended metaphor.
Which books explain the plot of Paradise Lost most thoroughly?
1,6,9,12
6 and 9 are Adam and Eve
12 going to leave as partners and holding hands
Explain the debate regarding the hero of Milton’s Paradise Lost?
Adam and Eve because no matter how bad things get, good will overcome
What is the role of the Scientific Method in Paradise Lost?
Uses the telescope to tell the story. Telescope shows relativity; things in relation to.
Explain how Milton uses “kinesthesis” and “sprezzatura.”
Kinesthesis - motion, describes things moving.
Sprezzatura - Someone who’s out to have a good time.
Explain: “Paradise Lost is as much about English politics as it is about the fall of Adam and Eve.”
Adam and Eve lose paradise because they go against what God wants and that’s like England because England was shifting away from God.
17th Century
Name and explain the themes, authors and works in the schools of poetry in 17th century English literature, prior to Milton.
The cavaliers and the metaphysicals
Ben Jonson and Herrick were cavaliers: bawdy, sexual, earthy and explicit.
John Donne and George Herbert were metaphysicals: intellectual, spiritual and prayerful.
Explain by example: epic simile and metaphysical conceit
Epic Simile: crazy long
Explain the works “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso” as to theme and imagery.
L’Allegro - John Milton
Il Penseroso - NIght and Pleasure of mind
The poet who called England back to a morally upright center is?
Milton
The poet who defined the mood of 17th century English metaphysical poetry is?
John Donne
Sir James Tyrrel
Kill children in London tower
The Earl of Richmond
Reclaim throne for Lancaster
Lord Stanley
The step father of Richmond. Helps Richmond try and recapture the throne for Lancaster
