Coleridge Flashcards
Where and when was he born?
Was Born In Devonshire, late 18th Century
2 Main Points Of His Life
Pantisocracy, Wordsworth
Works
REVIEW(critique)
Rime of the ancient mariner, mariner’s guilt, kubla khan, opium, biografia literaria, Christabel, unfinished narrative poems
What are the main points of comparation between Coleridge & Wordsworth? Talk About Aim, Style, Object, Main Interest
REVIEW the order and just main interests
Object W: Mundane life. Ordinary things.
Object C: Supernatural Characters
Aim W: Give to ordinary things the charm of novel
Aim C: give supernatural characters a semblance of truth
Style W: common men’s language
Style C: archaic language rich in sound devices
Main Interest W: Men & Nature, The Power Of Imagination
What are the 3 main types of Coleridge’s imagination?
unconscious process+it manifests itself trough images that recall past sensorial experiences and secondary type of imagation. KEYWORD: image linked
Primary, secondary & fancy
5 Points On Coleridge Nature:
Meditation in the car, find what parts of the car, wheel and gearbox represented mental states
1: Unlike Wordsworth X Moral Guide
2: Presence Of The Awarness in the ideal
3: It was not identified with the divine
4: Stimulated the poet to find natural symbols that represented mental states & emotions
5: Shapes and colours of the nature represented mental and emotional states
Remember The Order of the slides
review
Plot—>5 Characters—>Interpretations
What happens at the beginning of the poem?
The mariner stops a wedding guest to tell him about the burden he has
How does the mariner expiates his sin?
Trough traveling around & telling people how he killed the albatross
Who are the 5 characters?
Review: sailors
Mariner: Old(eyes, hands)
Sailors: Ill-fated
Wedding Guest: Sadder & Wiser
Death: hulking form in a ghost ship, dice, wins
Life-In-Death: Beautiful Ghostly Woman
