1. It began in 1785 and ended in 1832. It was a dramatic change with rebellion. Emotion over reason, nature over human artifice, ordinary people over aristocrats, and spontaneity and wildness over decorum and control.
2. King George III was king of England from 1760-1820. The French Revolution began. France declared war on England in 1793.
3. They followed the Neoclassical model of imitating traditional literary forms. They showed romanticism in their emotional explorations and in their perceptions of nature as wild and untamed. Thomas Gray, Robert Burns, and William Blake.
4. The publication of Lyrical Ballads. He explained the revolutionary theory of poetry within the book. He explains that poetry should be about common people and events. Wordsworth and Coleridge were the second generation of romantic era poets. The celebrated emotion over reason and nature over science.
5. Long storeis containing elements of suspense, mystery, magic, and the macabre, with exotic settings such as haunted castles and untamed wildernesses. The Castle of Otranto, the Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein.
6. Novel of manners.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Pride and Prejudice
1. Elizabeth has the pride because she acted stuck up. Mr. Darcy has the prejudice because he looks down on people.
2. Women cannot own land. High expectations to be sophisticated.
3. Darcy is in higher class than Elizabeth. They didn't have much say if in middle class.
4. Do everything; be sophisticated. She declines the offer of marriage.
5. That arranged marriages are not good because they don't know each other and that marriages should be based on choice. Yes.
2. Women cannot own land. High expectations to be sophisticated.
3. Darcy is in higher class than Elizabeth. They didn't have much say if in middle class.
4. Do everything; be sophisticated. She declines the offer of marriage.
5. That arranged marriages are not good because they don't know each other and that marriages should be based on choice. Yes.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Candide
1. Candide gets thrown out of the castle and onto the streets, he becomes a beggar. He was made a soldier after being found by the Bulgarians. The King spared his life so he didn't get beheaded.
2. It is showing that everything happens for a reason and it has a purpose.
3. In candide war and government show that it is all the same. Religion was shown when the religious guy didn't help Candide the beggar but a non religious guy did help him.
4. The irony is that the king becomes a beggar when he had threw Candide out on the street.
5. I believe that everything does happen for a reason but somethings are great that happen.
2. It is showing that everything happens for a reason and it has a purpose.
3. In candide war and government show that it is all the same. Religion was shown when the religious guy didn't help Candide the beggar but a non religious guy did help him.
4. The irony is that the king becomes a beggar when he had threw Candide out on the street.
5. I believe that everything does happen for a reason but somethings are great that happen.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Gulliver's Travels
In the world of the Huanhuhums Swift is saying that humans aren't perfect. The horses were capturing yahoos instead of the people capturing the horses. It is blatant. It showed a lot of irony; you could visualize it better. It made me think because it went back and forth between the worlds and brought out some good points to think about.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Modest Proposel ?'s
1. The tone is full of facts. He is straight to the point.
2. He has 3 or 4 main points; he talks about the problems first and then solution and benefit at the end. It's way to populated, the mother's don't support the children. The children into food.
3. If you sell the children because more people will want to get married and it will reduce domestic violence.
4. A false or mistaken idea is a fallacy. When he talked about the mother carrying eight kids and how it's saying that all of the country is like that. It is naturalistic fallacy.
5. My gut reaction to this is that it makes me sick to think about. My reaction changed a little because it's not meant to be taken literally.
6. No it's not meant to be taken literally. He is saying that one thing leads to another and that all of England is like this. That there is a problem in Ireland.
7. Yes, PETA does that.
8. Most decisions should be based on logic but some might be gut reaction.
2. He has 3 or 4 main points; he talks about the problems first and then solution and benefit at the end. It's way to populated, the mother's don't support the children. The children into food.
3. If you sell the children because more people will want to get married and it will reduce domestic violence.
4. A false or mistaken idea is a fallacy. When he talked about the mother carrying eight kids and how it's saying that all of the country is like that. It is naturalistic fallacy.
5. My gut reaction to this is that it makes me sick to think about. My reaction changed a little because it's not meant to be taken literally.
6. No it's not meant to be taken literally. He is saying that one thing leads to another and that all of England is like this. That there is a problem in Ireland.
7. Yes, PETA does that.
8. Most decisions should be based on logic but some might be gut reaction.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Enlightenment/Restoration ?'s
1. It ended the Protestant Inter-regnum. The monarchy was restored.
2. The country was moved toward a form of government called constitutional monarchy.
3. It is called this because of the emphasis on power of intellect over feeling. Immanuel Kant, John Locke, and Adam Smith were some of the people that contributed.
4. Neoclassicism made use of classical forms and allusions and promoted ideals of harmony, tradition, and reason. It emphasizes on social interactions. It is also called the Augustan Age.
5. The Age of Dryden, the Age of Pope, and the Age of Johnson.
The Age of Dryden: Characteristics-Drama made a comeback in this era. Authors-John Dryden Literary genres-tragedies, modern prose, novels
The Age of Pope: Characteristics-also called the Augustan Age. Authors-Alexander Pope, Johnathan Swift, Joseph Addison, and Sir Richard Steele, Daniel Defoe. Literary genres-satires, poems.
The Age of Johnson: Characteristics-Writers began to move away from Neoclassicism. Authors-Samuel Johnson, James Boswell. Literary Genres-poetry, literary criticism, and prose fiction, biography.
2. The country was moved toward a form of government called constitutional monarchy.
3. It is called this because of the emphasis on power of intellect over feeling. Immanuel Kant, John Locke, and Adam Smith were some of the people that contributed.
4. Neoclassicism made use of classical forms and allusions and promoted ideals of harmony, tradition, and reason. It emphasizes on social interactions. It is also called the Augustan Age.
5. The Age of Dryden, the Age of Pope, and the Age of Johnson.
The Age of Dryden: Characteristics-Drama made a comeback in this era. Authors-John Dryden Literary genres-tragedies, modern prose, novels
The Age of Pope: Characteristics-also called the Augustan Age. Authors-Alexander Pope, Johnathan Swift, Joseph Addison, and Sir Richard Steele, Daniel Defoe. Literary genres-satires, poems.
The Age of Johnson: Characteristics-Writers began to move away from Neoclassicism. Authors-Samuel Johnson, James Boswell. Literary Genres-poetry, literary criticism, and prose fiction, biography.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Puritian Cavieler Comparison Contrast
1. Puritans believe in everything that is holy and pleasing to God and the Cavilers do things their own way.
2. The Cavilers way might not be pleasing to God and the Puritans way is.
3. The Cavilers talked about things in their eyes and how they see life.
4. I think I am both at some point in times because sometimes I can be uptight and other times I am relaxed and like to do things my own way.
2. The Cavilers way might not be pleasing to God and the Puritans way is.
3. The Cavilers talked about things in their eyes and how they see life.
4. I think I am both at some point in times because sometimes I can be uptight and other times I am relaxed and like to do things my own way.
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