Unit 5 Terms Flashcards
The Belief that human reason rather than revelation or authority is the source of all knowledge and the only valid basis for action
Rationalism
A reverence for tradition as a source of authority or values in religion, morality, or art.
Traditionalism
The philosophical view that all knowledge originates in sensory experiences. (John Locke’s philosophy that human beings know only what they see, hear, feel, taste or smell and what they can conclude from reflecting on their sensory experience.)
Empiricism
Corrective ridicule in literature, or a work that is designed to correct an evil by means of ridicule. Not to be confused with verbal irony or sarcasm.
Satire
A cultural attraction to the art and thought of Ancient Greece and Rome. Beginning in 16th century Italy as a result of the study of classical literature.
Neoclassicism
A reaction against the cultural climate and values of neoclassicism. It insisted on the greater importance of 1.) individualism, 2.) imagination, 3.) nature, 4.) the distant
Romanticism
The attempt in fiction to create an illusion of actuality by the use of seemingly random detail or the inclusion of the ordinarily or unpleasant in life.
Realism
A long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national or ethnic hero.
Epic
A short, highly compressed poem making a wise or humorous observations and ending with a witty twist.
Epigram
A standard type or category of literature.
Genre
Drama that ends unhappily
Tragedy
Drama that ends happily
Comedy
A witty and often licentious satirical comedy and popular during the reign of Charles II.
Comedy of Manners
Highly emotionalized and moralized comedy designed to arouse benevolent feelings.
Sentimental Comedy
An 18th-century reaction against neoclassicism that anticipated romanticism. In subject matter writers favored the quality picturesque or the pitiful, aiming to arouse human feelings through scenes of contentment or pathos.
Sentimentalism
