Prose And Its Major Forms. Flashcards
Great prose work and their authors, essays and periodical journals. Biographies and autobiography
- Which is believed to be the earliest long prose work in English?
Marloy’s Morte de Arthur.
- The legend of “King arthur and his Knights of the round table”
Was first related in prose by
Malory (ma-lo-rey) in his Morte de Arthur.- 1485
- What is the central theme Layamon’s Brute ?
King Arthur and his Knights of the round table.
- Wyclif’s bible is a translation of
Latin text.
- In which year did John wyclif render the Bible into English ?
1380.
- Which is the earliest version of bible ?
William Tyndale’s “English New Testament”
- Who is the author of Novum Organum ?
Francis bacon
- Francis bacon classified his time under four idols in one of his essays ?
Name it
Novum Organum - written in Latin. New organon- or the direction concerning the interpretation of nature. The four idols ★Idol of Tribe ★Idol of Cave ★Idol of Marketplace ★Idol of Theater
- Who was the author of “the New Atlantis”
An incomplete utopian novel Francis Bacon
- Who wrote “Religio Medici” ?
And what does it mean ?
Sir Thomas Browne wrote “Religion of doc” - Religio Medici.
- Which work of Thomas Browne was a spiritual testament and early psychological self- portrait ?
Religio Medici
- Who was the author of “Areopagitica” ?
John Milton
- What is the central theme of Milton’s “Areopagitica” ?
To defend people’s freedom of speech
(He wrote it to protest against censorship. He wrote it for the liberty of unlicenced printing to the parliment of England).
- Milton’s title Areopagitica derived from the Greek word
‘Aeropagus’ who or what was ‘aeropagus’
A Greek hill where a tribunal for liberty of speech was held.
- Who was the author of “Hydrotaphia”
Thomas Browne.- the medicane guy
- What is the central theme of
“Hydrotaphia” ? written by
Different methods how the bodies were disposed of. by sir thomas browne
(Urn burial as the first part Of two part work that concludes with the garden of Cyrus.).
- Who wrote “Essay on human understanding”
John Locke - Essay on human understanding
- “Describes mind at birth as a blank slate, filled later through experience”
‘Essay on human understanding’ this was quoted by John Locke
- Chaucer dedidcated his prose piece “Treatise on the Astrolabe” to
His son, Lewis.
- Chaucer’s “Treastise of Astrolobe” opens with lines
“Lyte lowys my sone”
- Name the works written my Thomas Carlyle ?
Sartor Resartus
last day pamplets
Heroes and hero-worship.
(He was a historian, teacher , essayist, philosopher, satirical writer).- Thomas Carlyle.
- Who was known as “Father of liberalism” ?
Thomas Carlyle.
- What is the literal meaning of Sartor Resartus ? One of Carlyle great treatises prose.
Philosophy of clothes.
Humours essay a learned treatise on philosophy, symbolism, and influence of clothes
- Which member of Parliment had their diary written in a code language ?
Samuel Pepy’s Dairy. - 1660.