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English 110 Review
timeline, terminology review
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Undergraduate 1
12/01/2011

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Anglo Saxon Britain
-germanic peoples who came to Britain (Angles, Saxons, Jutes)
-Old English (Beowulf)
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1066
Definition
Norman Invasion
-King Edward dies, 3 way battle for throne ensues
-Battle of Hastings = William Duke of Normandy declared King of England
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1485
Definition
Revolution in Printing
-Introduction of the Print Press (Le Marte d'Arthur)
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1517
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Martin Luther - Reformation
-rebels against Catholic Church = Protestant religions
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1558
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Elizabeth I (Protestant)
-her defeat of the Spanish Armada
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1603
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James I
-Shift from Tudors to Stuarts
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1642
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English Civil War
-Roundheads (puritans) vs Royalists
-Puritans shut down theatres (no plays)
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1649
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Charles I
-Britain = commonwealth
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1660
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The Restoration
-Charles II restores all English monarchies
-theatres reopen, changes in literature (see Restoration Literature)
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in closely connected words
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Tenor
Definition
Course of thought/meaning that runs throughout a written/spoken work.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Formation of a word based on sound associated with it.
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Caesura
Definition
pause near middle of line
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Allusion
Definition
Stimulating ideas and associates of certain thing without directly mentioning it
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Conceit
Definition
combination of metaphors and similes that get elaborated through poem, elaborate parallel, extended comparison
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Blazon
Definition
Verses that catalogue and describe the various parts of a woman’s body through series of flattering comparisons.
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Foot
Definition
repeated unit or combination of stressed and unstressed syllables (iambic & trochaic)
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Iambic
Definition
unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable ex. Despair. des/Pair
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Trochaic
Definition
Stressed syllable followed by unstressed. Ex. Treasure. TRea/sure
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Meter
Definition
number of feet in a line of poetry
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Quatro edition
Definition
Book made of sheets of paper that have been printed on both sides and then folded twice
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Folio edition
Definition
a bok made of sheets of paper that have been printed on both sides and then folded once
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Tragedy
Definition
false integration; purgation; disintegration (with possibility of future integration)
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Comedy
Definition
Disintegration, purgation, integration (resolution)
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Aside
Definition
actors speech/comment that is not intended to be overheard by other characters.
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Verse
Definition
lines written in metrical form; lines of poetry (more formal, royal)
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Prose
Definition
writing without metrical structure; not organized into lines & rhythms (casual)
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
situation in which the audience shares with the playwright knowledge of which a character is unaware; the character acts inappropriately or in contrast to the actual state of things.
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Façade
Definition
deceptive appearance. Seeming not being.
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Masque
Definition
song, dance, drama (Distraction)
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Mutability
Definition
everything will decay, dissolve, and die as time passes regardless of what we do.
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Metaphysical Conceit
Definition
a conceit in which a comparison is established between two very dissimilar things (ex. The flea comparing sex to an insect taking blood)
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Rhetorical Device
Definition
Artful uses of language to convince or persuade an audience
Egs. Metaphors, metaphysical conceits, repetition of phrases/concepts
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Tempus Fugit
Definition
Time flies (latin expression)
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Carpe Diem
Definition
Seize the moment, seize the day, live in the present.
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Chiasmus
Definition
two phrases that are parallel in syntax but reversed (in terms of the order of the corresponding works) ex. “so long LIVES THIS and THIS gives LIFE to thee”
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
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Satire
Definition
diminish or deride a subject through ridicule.
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Invective
Definition
direct enunciation, critisism
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Centre of Consciousness
Definition
: Style of narration in which the point of view is limited to the consciousness of a specific character
The centre of consciousness is thus the character whose attitudes and perspectives are echoed by the narration. Result = judgement.
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