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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 is contemporary british lit marked with
contemporary British literature is marked by a tremendous range of topics and voices
what did the postwar writers struggle with
like the modernist poets and novelists the postwar writers struggled to find meaning, remained pessimistic and morally uncreatain
who is Philip Larkin
poet, liberian, englishman
what did Philip Larkin voice in his work which eastablished him as what
he voiced despair in his work which established him as a graveyard poet and the unofficial poet laureate of his time
how does the content of the poem reverses expectations in “Aubade”
the content of the poem reverses the expectations of what aubade means ,it shares the speaker’s despairing fear of death
how does the poem further contrasts in “Aubade”
the poem further contrasts with typical aubades in that the speaker dreads the morning and has no meaningful connenction with another person
what does the speaker say about courage in “Aubade”
the speaker says “courage is no good, of use in facing the fear of death”
“that vast moth-eaten musical brocade created to pretend we never dies” this is an example of
is an example of where larkin is referring to religion
“meanwhile telephones crouch, getting ready to ring in locked-up offices,and all the uncaring “ is an example of
personfication
who is ted hughes
English poet, literary critic who revolutionized english verse with earlthy tones and voilent nature
how does ted hughes explore humanity’s relationship
he explores humanity’s relationship by combining a focus on the natural world with mythological symbols
who does Hughed in “the though fox” use extended metaphor
uses extended metaphor to compare the fox to the speakers creative process
who inspired Beckett
james joyce
who was Samuel Beckett
he was irish playwright who affected English drama and was arwarded the nobel prize for literature
in “waiting for Godot” what did Beckett claim about Godot and what it’s meant
Beckett himself claimed that neither the name nor the charater of Godot was meant to suggest God, Perhaps Godot simply represents whatever an individual expects will create meaning in his or her life(this could be god or something else
what is “waiting for Godot”a representation of
existentialism
who is stevie smith
an english poet,novelist who wrote idiosyncratically
what did stevie smith adopt in her writing
she adopted a childlike simplicity and traditional poetic devices
what themes did stevie smith explore
themes of isolation and loss
what does “not waving but drowning” represent
represents the modernist theme of Alienation/Isolation of the individual
how many speakers are there in “not waving but drowning”
there are three different speakers in the poem
who is seamus heaney
irish poet,translator and literary critic whose work explores historical myth and language
“at the headrig with a single pluck of reins the sweating team turned round and back into the land “ these lines illustrate
enjambment
who is Nadine Gordimer
a south african novelist and short story writer
what did Nadine Gordimer advocate for
against apartheid and speaks to both the white and non white experiences of community in the apartheid
who are the victims in “the moment before the gun went off”
all three lucas, lucas’ mother and van der Vyver are the victim
from what characters does the narrator speak from in “the moment before the gun went off”
the narrator speaks from omniscient third person point of view he is inside minds of Van der Vyver and his wife, as well as the reporter, newspaper reader and the community
what does the reader expect in “the moment before the gun went off” about which side will be right
the reader expects that one side or the other will be right about van de vyver because the majority of the story pits the political faction of south africa against each other, but neither side has the complete story
who is anita desai
- possibly one of the best novelists speaking to dislocation in the 20th century
- Indian writer who highlights the pain of life and how to bear it
what are the conflicts in “a devoted son”
- rakesh must take care of Varma in a reversal of the father/son relationship
- Varma does not approve of Rakesh’s control over his father’s meal
- Rakesh has some western values, whereas Varma has traditional inidan values
what happened to Rakesh and Varma at the end
Rakesh and Varam are not able to resolve their differences at the end of the story
what does Chinua Achebe voice his belief
Achebe voices the belief that independent Nigeria can use colonial and traditional influences to form a dynamic whole
who is Chinua Achebe
he was considered to be the father of African literature, a novelist and poet
how did Chinua Achebe give voice to Igbo
He gave a voice to Igbo people in the form of the bestselling African novel of all time.
how did Chinua Achebe contribute to literary scholarships
He contributed to literary scholarship as both a literary critic and an educator.
