11.18.2003
English extra credit
1. The 17th Century:
a. The era was reacting against . . .
i. Civil war between parliament and Charles I.
b. Its major identifying traits were . . .
i. There were poems modeled after classical precedents, amorous and religious verses, also, religious works were written appropriate to the society in civil war.
c. The kind of writing we find most often is . . .
i. There were the Sons of Ben and metaphysical poets.
d. A paradox is . . .
i. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
e. A conceit is . . .
i. An extended, fanciful metaphor that makes a surprising or unexpected comparison.
2. The Restoration and the 18th Century:
a. The era could be considered a period of . . .
i. An elaborate or strained metaphor.
b. The Enlightenment (or Age of Reason) put great emphasis on . . .
i. Order, harmony and stability.
c. Writers of this time were sometimes called neo-classicists because . . .
i. Enlightenment thinkers and artists discovered harmony, restraint and clarity.
3. The Romantic Period
a. The era was reacting against . . .
i. The French revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
b. Some major contrasts between the classical/rational thinkers and the romantic thinkers were. . .
i. Scientific observation vrs. Emotions, feelings. Stability vrs. Radical change. Hierarchy vrs. Democracy.
c. Many romantic poets viewed nature as . . .
i. To them, nature should be untamed.
d. Rousseau�s philosophy of society said that . . .
i. He suggested that humanity should revert to its natural state, abandon stifling social institutions and outworn philosophies � they should listen to nature, instinct and intuition.
it sucks, but dont complain
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1. The 17th Century:
a. The era was reacting against . . .
i. Civil war between parliament and Charles I.
b. Its major identifying traits were . . .
i. There were poems modeled after classical precedents, amorous and religious verses, also, religious works were written appropriate to the society in civil war.
c. The kind of writing we find most often is . . .
i. There were the Sons of Ben and metaphysical poets.
d. A paradox is . . .
i. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
e. A conceit is . . .
i. An extended, fanciful metaphor that makes a surprising or unexpected comparison.
2. The Restoration and the 18th Century:
a. The era could be considered a period of . . .
i. An elaborate or strained metaphor.
b. The Enlightenment (or Age of Reason) put great emphasis on . . .
i. Order, harmony and stability.
c. Writers of this time were sometimes called neo-classicists because . . .
i. Enlightenment thinkers and artists discovered harmony, restraint and clarity.
3. The Romantic Period
a. The era was reacting against . . .
i. The French revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
b. Some major contrasts between the classical/rational thinkers and the romantic thinkers were. . .
i. Scientific observation vrs. Emotions, feelings. Stability vrs. Radical change. Hierarchy vrs. Democracy.
c. Many romantic poets viewed nature as . . .
i. To them, nature should be untamed.
d. Rousseau�s philosophy of society said that . . .
i. He suggested that humanity should revert to its natural state, abandon stifling social institutions and outworn philosophies � they should listen to nature, instinct and intuition.
it sucks, but dont complain
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