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Restoration and the 18th Century- Literature
A.P. English Test (1660-1798)
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English
12th Grade
02/27/2011

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John Dryden
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1631-1700
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What was the rhyme scheme of John Dryden's poetry?
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Heroic Couplets- iambic pentameter; very organized and structured
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What was John Dryden the father of?
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Modern Prose
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Ode
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long lyric poem, formal in style and complex in form, written for special occasion; lyric
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When was Dryden named Poet Laureate?
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1661
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What is Hind and the Panther?
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1687; an allegory written by Dryden defending Catholicism
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Age of Pope and Swift
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1700-1750
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Neoclassicism (Augustan Age)
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everything was classy and people lived parallel to 27 B.C.
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Characteristics of Neoclassical Age
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1. aristocratic courtliness

2. restraint and dignity

3. sociable, sophisticated

4. skeptical yet rational

*everything was structured and Greek-like

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Daniel Defoe background
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middle class with posts in government
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Why is Daniel Defoe significant?
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he was the first english journalist
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What is Daniel Defoe's style?
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forceful, common sense approach

 

wrote:

The Review- political work of journalism;

narrative and desriptive prose;

fiction novels (Robinson Crusoe)

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Jonathan Swift
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1667-1745
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What was Jonathan Swift most famous for?
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England's greatest satirist (Irish)
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What was Jonathan Swift's purpose for writing satire?
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to ridicule weaknesses of groups hopefully in order to change
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7 Satiric Devices
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1. exaggeration

2. understatement

3. sarcasm

4. irony- most powerful

5. humor

6. incongruity

7. burlesque

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Approach Jonathan Swift used
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1. detached and bemused
2. angry
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Attitude of Jonathan Swift
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1. sympathetic
2. intellectual scorn
3. intense anger
4. pessimistic
5. mocking
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Intention of Jonathan Swift
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1. display intellectual superiority

2. enjoyment of audience and self

3. shake up reader

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Works of Jonathan Swift
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1. Gulliver's Travels- royalty satirized

2. A Modest Proposal- Ireland v. England

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Alexander Pope
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1688-1744
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What is Alexander Pope most famous for?
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epigrams- short, witty, statements
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Rape of the Lock
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mock epic- satire using epic form to develop a trivial event
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Joseph Addison
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1672-1719
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Richard Steele
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1672-1729
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Characteristics of social essays
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*etiquette

*moral based

*mannered

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Characteristics of philosophical essays
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*to enliven morality with wit
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What was the main goal of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele?
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bring philosophical topics from books and classrooms to the kitchen table
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Age of Johnson
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1750-1800
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Samuel Johnson
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1709-1784
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What was Samuel Johnson most famous for?
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Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
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James Boswell
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1740-1795
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What characteristics describe James Boswell?
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ambitious, impulsive, lacking judgment
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James Boswell was most famous for what?
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

-an autobiography of Samuel Johnson

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Thomas Gray
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1716-1771
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Thomas Gray was what kind of writer?
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tweener- ahead of his time because he wrote during the restoration period but wrote about nature and common life
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Thomas Gray's tone
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personal
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Thomas Gray's form
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classic
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Thomas Gray's style
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individualistic
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Robert Burns
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1759-1796
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What was Robert Burns famous for?
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National poet of Scotland
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William Blake
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1757-1827
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What kind of writer was William Blake?
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spritual
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What did William Blake experiment with?
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verse
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Works of Blake
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1. Songs of Innocence

2. Songs of Experience

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