English exam review 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Transcendentalism
-
coined by Kant, in 1820 unitarian ministers determined the essentials of the religious experience
1) intuition 2) mystery 3)emotion - Elements of Romanticism
- individual worth, goodness of humanity, glory of communion with nature, individual freedom of expression, equal oppurtunity
- Transcendentalism - Beliefs
-
1) direct correspondance between the universe and the soul
2) by contemplating objects in nature, people can transcend the world and discover a union beyond the individual (unites all-->community)
3)follow your own intuition and beliefs; diverage from social norms
4)people are inherently good - Self-Reliance
- philosophy of individualusm, non-conformity, moved focus
- Emerson Themes
- greatness and meaness, inward focus
- Walden
-
-moves to lake to find the essential facts - simple
-live deliberately
-journal like
-people so relient on news
-learning newness
-concept of lonely - Thoreau Themes
- nature, personal, sublime, outward focus
- Whitman Themes
-
-no convential themes, literary allusions, rhyme
-New American poet (free verse
-base in reality not morality
-explored individual identity ("Americanism") - "I Hear America Singing"
-
-talks of individual working for lifestyle
-melting pot
-sense of community
*catalog-there are frequent lists of people, things, and attributes - Dark Side of Individualism
-
-exploration of human mind
-gothic literature/architecture
-"spirit of perverseness"(Poe)
-psychology (Freud) - Elements of Gothic Literature
-
-desolate, haunted landscapes
-oppressive atmosphere of doom
-phantoms; demonic powers
-old house, battered by wild elements
-ruined abbeys, feudal halls, castles, dungeons, old churches and graveyards, secret passageways
-dreams/nightmares
-hero's physical and psychological appearance - Poe's Role in Literature
-
-created the modern short story
.....horror-emotional & shrill-builds to a climax
-created detective story
..unemotional and rational (language)
..action is first part of the story
..tales of RATIOCINATION (used logic rather than horror) - "The Masque of the Red Death"
-
-Prince Prospero takes 1,000 friends with him to abbey
-Red Death similar to bubonic plague
-person at end is skeleton
-they all die
-7 rooms - diff colors
-clock represents time is still going on
allegory=death, clock can represent life - "The Raven"
-
-18-six line stanza
POETIC DEVICES: alliteration, assonace, internal rhyme
ATMOSPHERE: midnight, dreay, December
SETTING/MOOD: negative, dreary
MAJOR THEME: loss of loved one
SECONDARY THEME: mental instability-insanity