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two or more words having identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and the sounds that follow refers to rhymes at the end of lines
end rhyme
the narrator stands outside the story and refers to the characters with pronouns such as he she or they
third-person point of view
a type of writing in which the author attempts to reproduce the flow of thoughts in a character’s mind with little attention to grammar or logic
stream of consciousness
a sudden revelationary insight into some aspect of life or reality that springs from an ordinary person object or event
epiphany
to hint at events that will occur later within the story
foreshadow
is a type of stream of consciousness narration
interior monologue
a lyric poem or song greeting the dawn and often expressing the regret of two lovers at parting
aubade
the emotion pervading a work
mood
a form of shock humor derived from treating grotesque serious or morbid situation comically
black humor
is the agreement of sounds from last stressed vowel sounds onward with a difference in the immediately preceding constant sounds
perfect rhyme
shows agreement in terminal constant sounds but disagreement in the proceeding vowel sounds or agreement in the vowel sounds but disagreement one succeeding constant sounds
slant rhyme
what were the pre-war years
the pre-war year was 1901-1914
why was Britain a period of unrest
Britain was in a period of unrest because the British colonies in America and Ireland were pursuing independence
what did Britian hope while in war
when Britain was in a war they thought it would be over by Christmas but lasted years
what did many Britains believe about the established order?
many Britains believed that the established order from the ruling classes to traditional religion had failed the country.
how did modern technology affect the war?
modern technology in which Victorians had placed so much hope had made war more inhumane than ever and the traditional church seemed to offer few answers to the trauma of the war, Britains war leadership had too often show gross income costing soldiers lives.
why is queen Elizabeth special
queen Elizabeth coronation was televised and she became the nation’s longest-reigning monarch
what did Darwinism challenge
darwnism challenged human morality if man is an animal might as well behave like one
what did sigmund frued influence
sigmund frued huge influenced modern physchology
what are the 5 major themes of modernist art and literature?
- disillusionment with modern life
- fragmentation of community and alienating individuals within society
- explore the inner lives of individuals and psychological realism
- experimentation
- Search for meaning
the first female prime minister is
Margret Thatcher
speak about the Christian perspective about the bitter pessimism and moral uncertainty of much modern literature
from a Christian perspective the bitter pessimism and moral uncertainty of much modern literature distance it from believers just as its obscurity alienates most ordinary readers. The Christian objection to much of modernist literature therefore is not to its unconventional techniques but rather to many of the messages it conveys
define Brexit
Britain’s withdrawal from the European union
what is existentalism
existentialism which had been rising in popularity before the war gained new momentum based on the idea that there is no factual evidence to human life, existentialism posits that people nonetheless require meaning and so must rise above despair over life’s absurdity to create their own meaning for their existence
define determinism
the idea that people are trapped by conditions imposed on them by human nature, society, and the world
what does yeats offer in moderst search for meaning
in the modernist search for meanings yeats offered alternative explanations through his poetry
what two trends in tinkering emerged
first,combining Frued’s intrest in the individual mind and their own personal attempt to make sense of life, modernists primarily explored individual experiences and perspectives
2nd, key trait of modernists literature is indirectness
what has CS lewis emerged to
CS Lewis emerges as key defender of a christian worldview
what have prime minster Winston Churchill’s speeches done
prime minister Winston Churchill’s speeches rallied Britain to continue fighting.
in each of mansfield’s best stories what are insights into the natural envoroment
in each of Mansfield’s best stories insights into the natural environment are juxtaposed against the thought of the characters, creating a focus on the characters’ perceptions, particularly as related to the class. These characters although frequently emotionally fragile women are always complex full of internal contradictions and transcendent yearnings
is rosemary compared to the good smaritan
rosemary is not compared to the good smartian she is simply thinking of herself (Luke 10:25-27) she doesn’t have real compassion
who is james jocye
he is an irish author, who exiled himself from his homeland but still wrote mainly about Ireland
what does Joyce’s work abound in
Joyce’s work abounds in psychological insight and dazzling linguistic virtuosity (he was a master of language and psychology)
the two symbols that used throughout araby
light and dark
what is the main conflict and theme of araby
reality vs fantasy
what is “gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creative driven and derided by vanity and my eyes burned with anguish and anger” an example of
epiphany
who is DH lawerence
he is an english novelist, short story, essayist and poet he wrote controversial content focusing on the shifting fragments nature of human experinces and people’s inability to escape their enviorment
what is the difference from william and lucy
william and lucy do not share the same vision for home life
what happens to lucy at the end of a sick coller
at the end of the story lucy fears are unresolved
who is Virginia Woolf and what does her writing portray
Virginia Woolf was an English novelist, essayist, and publisher whose fiction experimented with modernist forms while exploring feminist themes. Her work vividly portrays the profound but unspoken moments in everyday life
how does Virginia Woolf symbolize the mark
she develops the symbol on the mark on the wall indirectly and thus obscures the meaning for the reader
how doe does the speaker in “the mark on the wall” question the traditional worldview
the speaker questions a traditional worldview with the illustration of Whitaker’s Alanack
what does the mark from “the mark on the wall” mean
the mark on the wall symbolized an escape from reality and an ensurance of reality
how does the narrator seem in “the mark on the wall”
the narrator seems disoriented and unstable but relieved when she finds out what the mark is
what is CS Lewis famous book
he wrote “the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe”
who is CS Lewis
he was an Irish novelist, poet, theologian, and literary critic
what is Paralongre genre
its in the genre of science fiction but has a focus almost entirely on theological themes
what was the solution Ransom provides in Paralongre
the solution Ransom provides to the dilemma is the green lady should walk out of her own will
who was Winston Churchill
he was a gifted leader and oriented during WW 11
who was Winston Churchill son of
he was the son of an American heiress and an English lord
how did Winston inspire the british
his steady optimism and confident speeches inspire the British people during “their finest hour”
what was the dominant rhetorical appeal in Winston speech
the dominant rhetorical appeal is pathos
“The bulk of that hideous apparatus of aggression which gashed Holland into ruin and slavery in a few days will be turned upon us”
is an example of connotative language
“Whatever happens they will fight to the end, be it bitter or be it glorious”
is an example of antithesis
what did modernist lit offer
Modernist lit offered a realistic perspective on life and human nature itself but without christ(gospel) it lacked a balm for the trails of the human heart
which two writers held to traditional ideology and style contrasting with modernist
cs lewis and Winston Churchill
what philosophy dominated postwar literature and maintained that people must create their own meaning
existentialism
