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DARK ROMANTIC; TRANSCENDENTALISM. Flashcards

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When was the American Romantic Period?

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1800-1860

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When was the American Renaissance?

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1840-1860

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Which two categories do belong to writers during the period of the American Renaissance?

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The Dark Romantics and Transcendentalists.

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Which three authors do belong to the era of the American Dark Romance?

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Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville.

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Named the three main features of the American Dark romance.

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The creepy symbols, horrific themes, and the psychological effect of guilt and sin.

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What was the most famous symbol of death and hopelessness?

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The Raven.

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What themes were used by the dark romantic writers?

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The horrific themes, the struggle of human nature, the idea that our surroundings can be filled with devils.
The focus of the psychological effects of sin and guilt.

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Who was the inventor of detective fiction in America?

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Which are the most famous short stories written by Poe?

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The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher,

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Which are the most famous poems written by Poe?

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Raven, Annabel Lee,

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Name the essay written by Edgar Poe.

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The Philosophy of Composition.

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What is unique for the style of Poe

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He used diction with connotations, emotional meanings.

This diction is leading to horrific imagery.

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to inflict vengeance

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to exact the revenge

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In which Poe’s short story was used a lot of ironies?

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The Cask of Amon-til-lado.

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Named two main characters in The Cask of Amontillado.

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Fortunato and Montresor.

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What are the themes?

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Main lessons, main ideas.

17
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How is Montresor characterized in The Cask of Amontillado?

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As the devil and sinister.

18
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What word refers to a gruesome focus on the horrifying and disturbing elements of injury as well as death?

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macabre

19
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Which Poe’s short story is one of the best written?

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The Fall of The House of Ushers.

20
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What is the main goal of The Fall of The House of Ushers?

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The goal is to create fear.

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Name 5 themes in The Fall of The House of Ushers.

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The fear, the mental illness, the incest, the family identity, the mortality.

22
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Poe’s diction, choice of words, fuel the images that he conjures to create such macabre stories.

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make appear, conjure

23
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What is specific for Poe’s work contrary to the rest of writers in The Dark Romantic period?

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Gothic fiction, old buildings, diction, macabre.

24
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Name a macabre piece about premature death, burial, and sorrow written by Poe.

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The Fall of The House of The Ushers.

25
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In which work did Poe explain his writing process and language usage?

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The Philosophy of Composition.

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Name the poetic devices used in The Raven.

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repetition, symbolism, meter, rhyme, internal rhyme, superstitious character, alliteration - repetitions of the consonant sounds.
Trochaic octamer, unity of effect.

27
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian life and Omoo

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Herman Melville. Love the cannibal tribal girl.

28
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Who did try to discover the metaphysical nature of the world and humans?

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Herman Melville, Moby Dick.

29
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Name Melville’s works.

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The Bartleby, Scrivener: A Story of the Wallstreet.

Billy Budd Sailor.

30
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Name characters in Moby Dick.

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Ishmael, Captain Ahab, Queequeg, Fedallah

31
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Through the use of symbols and allegory, it shows that vengeance can erode one’s sanity.

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Moby Dick.

32
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Who did specialize in his work about guilt and sin, and was influenced by Puritan’s ancestry?

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Nataniel Hawthorn

33
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Who did use allegory in order to show the hypocrisy, corruption, and sin

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Nataniel Hawthorn. Obsession with the Puritans.

34
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Name the works of Nathaniel Hawthorn.

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The Blit–hedale Romance. He lived in the utopian community Brook Farm. The Scarlet Letter. The House of Seven Gables.

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Name the main characters in The Scarlet Letter.

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Hester Prynne, Pearl, Roger Chilling–worth, Arthur Dimmes–dale.

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