EN 2002 Lecture 2: Lecture 2

7 views16 pages

turquoisechimpanzee711

2 Jul 2020

School

Department

Course

Professor

For unlimited access to Class Notes, a Class+ subscription is required.

Document Summary

The romantics and the victorians: wordsworth, shelley, and arnold. I think mia"s borders is a really good fit for today. These are not topics generally found in mainstream pop music - but here, we have a song and a video which is restoring dignity to people who are often denied it. Another excellent musical choice for today"s readings is simon and garfunkel"s sounds of silence . Sounds of silence is about the power of visions and the need for those visions. Really, both of these songs combined i think evoke a lot of elements of the romantics! Political context: wordsworth (1770-1850) was part of the first generation of romantics. This generation was inspired by the revolutions taking place in america (1776) and france (1789). These revolutions were caused by a sense of injustice. There were a number of factors that led to these revolutions but just to take one example: people were heavily taxed.

Related Questions

Elements of Gothic Fiction

1- Settings that often include large, drafty old houses that have "been in the family for years"

2- An atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot containing secrets

3- A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder

4- Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams (bad dreams about something bad that is going to happen) play a role in the mysterious air of the. story

5- Highly charged emotional states like: terror, the brink of insanity, anger, impending doom, and obsessive love

6- Supernatural events: ghosts, unexplained sounds, etc.

7- Damsels in distress are frequent (sometimes to be rescued; sometimes not to be rescued)

8- Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom. (The good gothic writer can make you) picture the scary scene he is trying to create in your mind.)

9- The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion, the obsessive nature of a man or woman in love, or excessive grief one\} feels upon the loss of a loved one

American Gothic writers are sometimes referred to as "Brooding Romantics" or "Anti-transcendentalists" because, unlike the optimism of the Transcendentalist writers, they

A. had poor health and were always depressed.

B. explored the human capacity for evil.

C wrote about the good and bad aspects of nature.

isaiahh223g

Literary Analysis Outline

I. Introduction Paragraph

A. Thesis Statement: Saki uses irony, symbolism, and characterization to thematically suggest that the mantra of 'better late than never' is not always so true.

II. Body Paragraph #1

A. Topic Sentence Device: Irony

B. Evidence

C. Explanation

III. Body Paragraph #2

A. Topic Sentence Device: Symbolism

B. Evidence

C. Explanation

Which explanation belongs in body paragraph #2?

A. Saki characterizes the hatred of the two men to contrast the friendship that is created later.

B. They symbolize the revenge of Nature on two men who have treated Nature like personal property.

C. This turn of events is in itself ironic; both intended to murder the other, not become friends.

apricotwater-buffalo21

from Life On the Mississippi

by Mark Twain

The Boy's Ambition

1 - When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village [Hannibal, Missouri] on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboat man. We had transient ambitions of other sorts, but they were only transient. When a circus came and went, it left us all burning to become clowns; the first negro minstrel show that came to our section left us all suffering to try that kind of life; now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. These ambitions faded out, each in its turn; but the ambition to be a steamboat man always remained.

2 - I first wanted to be a cabin-boy, so that I could come out with a white apron on and shake a tablecloth over the side, where all my old comrades could see me; later I thought I would rather be the deckhand who stood on the end of the stage-plank with the coil of rope in his hand, because he was particularly conspicuous. But these were only day-dreams,—they were too heavenly to be contemplated as real possibilities.

What tool does Twain use in this excerpt from his autobiographical narrative to make it interesting?

1 - When a circus came and went, it left us all burning to become clowns;

A. Repetition

B. Imagery

C. Dialogue

isaiahh223g

EN 2002 Lecture 2: Lecture 2

Document Summary

Get access

Related Questions