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Brit Lit Final
Terms From Notes
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English
Undergraduate 3
05/07/2011

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objective correlative
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obj in nature imitating/representing human state
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socinianism
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christ was a man & not the son of god
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secrerian protestantism
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the threat of multiple christian sects, schisms (Vs Church of England). informed by trauma from civil wars
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fideistic skepticism
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proliferation of doubt & arguments causing appeal back to faith in authority (vs moderate/reasoned skepticism)
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allegory
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sidesteps novel genre- christian epic quest implied instead
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intrinsic analysis
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focus on work itself, languge, char/plot/setting/structure/style
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extrinsic analysis
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focus on history, biography, economics/pol
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hierarchy of proofs
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miracles, supernatural signs->bible->fiction/allegory->persuation/rhetoric/argument->characters/examples
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epistemology
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association of ideas
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design argument
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science proves the beautiful order constructed by god, aot disproving god's existence
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lanx satura
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medley, mix->satire's melange of genres to attack particular & universal targets
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materialism
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see order in nature but finding and "orderer" is like myth
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process poet
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more about the experience of reading the poem-duration, sounds- quality of preRoman
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romantic apostasy
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change of pol leanings; Wworth, coolridge
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dialectic
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movement through contraries to lead to higher truth (thesis->antithesis->synthesis)
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cartesian skepticism
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doubt all sensations (descartes)
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neoclassicism
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period when ancient values shape cultural ideals. mid18th->19th century
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pope's opposites
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judgment vs wit, taste vs genius, restraint vs license
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homer=nature
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=eternal characteristics of humans & their surrounding universe
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Deism's 5 Principles
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1) That there is one only supreme God. 2) That he chiefly is to be worshipped. 3) That virtue, goodness, and piety, accompanied with faith in and love of God, are the best ways of worshipping him. 4) That we should repent of our sins from the bottom of our hearts, and turn to the right way. 5) And lastly, that there is a reward and punishment after this life.
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