CSET SUBTEST II
# Term Definition
1 Bildungsroman or “novel Coming of age story, generally to do with
offormation”: morality Ex: To Kill A Mockingbird
2 Dystopian Novel: A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive)
society, often propagandized as being utopian
Ex: George Orwell- 1984 Aldous Huxley- Brave
New World Yevgeny Zamyantin- We
3 Nouveau roman or “ new novel”: avant-garde French novel-1950s. It rejects plot,
characters, and omniscient narrator central to
the traditional novel in an attempt to -reflect
more faithfully the sometimes random nature of
experience.
4 Postmodern Novel: reliance on narrative techniques- fragmentation,
reality vs fantasy, and the unreliable narrator;
and often is (though not exclusively) defined as a
style or a trend which emerged in the post–World
War II era.
5 Elizabethan World View: "degree" or hierarchy of a authority and power,
are necessary to a smoothly functioning society
6 Young Adult Literature A focus on the thoughts and reactions of an
individual character in a situation that takes place
over a relatively short period.
7 Greek Theatre Chorus Provides background information to help the
audience follow the play
8 Romantic Period A reliance on nature for inspiration and a habit of
closely examining human feelings and emotions
John Keats- Percy Shelley- William Wordsworth
9 Dramatic Monologue Blank verse- Thoughts and emotions of a
character in a particular situation Robert
Browning- Alfred Lord Tennyson
10 Ballad Narrative poem to music - Simply, folksy
language- often tragic- quatrains of iambic
pentameter
, CSET SUBTEST II
# Term Definition
11 Sonnet fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with
rhymes arranged according to certain definite
patterns- expresses a single, complete idea or
thought with a reversal, twist, or change of
direction in the concluding lines
12 The Petrarchan sonnet has an eight line stanza (called an octave)
followed by a six line stanza (called a sestet). The
octave has two quatrains rhyming abba, abba,
the first of which presents the theme, the second
further develops it. In the sestet, the first three
lines reflect on or exemplify the theme, while the
last three bring the poem to a unified end. The
sestet may be arranged cdecde, cdcdcd, or
cdedce. Ex: 1914 by Wilfred Owen
13 The Shakespearean sonnet uses three quatrains; each rhymed differently,
with a final, independently rhymed couplet that
makes an effective, unifying climax to the whole.
Its rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Typically, the final two lines follow a "turn" or a
"volta," (sometimes spelled volte) because they
reverse, undercut, or turn from the original line
of thought to take the idea in a new direction.
14 The Miltonic sonnet is similar to the Petrarchan sonnet, but it does
not divide its thought between the octave and
the sestet--the sense or line of thinking runs
straight from the eighth to ninth line. Also, Milton
expands the sonnet's repertoire to deal not only
with love as the earlier sonnets did, but also to
include politics, religion, and personal matters.
15 Epithalamium Greek wedding hymn Sappho 641BC
16 Imagist An early twentieth-century artistic movement in
the United States and Britain. Imagists believed
poets should use common, everyday vocabulary,
experiment with new rhythm, and use clear,
precise, concentrated imagery. Amy Lowell "The
Pike"
17 Parnassian Poetry mid-19th-century, Russian and French school of
poets that advocated art for its own sake and
emphasized sensual and vivid imagery divorced
from emotional content
# Term Definition
1 Bildungsroman or “novel Coming of age story, generally to do with
offormation”: morality Ex: To Kill A Mockingbird
2 Dystopian Novel: A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive)
society, often propagandized as being utopian
Ex: George Orwell- 1984 Aldous Huxley- Brave
New World Yevgeny Zamyantin- We
3 Nouveau roman or “ new novel”: avant-garde French novel-1950s. It rejects plot,
characters, and omniscient narrator central to
the traditional novel in an attempt to -reflect
more faithfully the sometimes random nature of
experience.
4 Postmodern Novel: reliance on narrative techniques- fragmentation,
reality vs fantasy, and the unreliable narrator;
and often is (though not exclusively) defined as a
style or a trend which emerged in the post–World
War II era.
5 Elizabethan World View: "degree" or hierarchy of a authority and power,
are necessary to a smoothly functioning society
6 Young Adult Literature A focus on the thoughts and reactions of an
individual character in a situation that takes place
over a relatively short period.
7 Greek Theatre Chorus Provides background information to help the
audience follow the play
8 Romantic Period A reliance on nature for inspiration and a habit of
closely examining human feelings and emotions
John Keats- Percy Shelley- William Wordsworth
9 Dramatic Monologue Blank verse- Thoughts and emotions of a
character in a particular situation Robert
Browning- Alfred Lord Tennyson
10 Ballad Narrative poem to music - Simply, folksy
language- often tragic- quatrains of iambic
pentameter
, CSET SUBTEST II
# Term Definition
11 Sonnet fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with
rhymes arranged according to certain definite
patterns- expresses a single, complete idea or
thought with a reversal, twist, or change of
direction in the concluding lines
12 The Petrarchan sonnet has an eight line stanza (called an octave)
followed by a six line stanza (called a sestet). The
octave has two quatrains rhyming abba, abba,
the first of which presents the theme, the second
further develops it. In the sestet, the first three
lines reflect on or exemplify the theme, while the
last three bring the poem to a unified end. The
sestet may be arranged cdecde, cdcdcd, or
cdedce. Ex: 1914 by Wilfred Owen
13 The Shakespearean sonnet uses three quatrains; each rhymed differently,
with a final, independently rhymed couplet that
makes an effective, unifying climax to the whole.
Its rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Typically, the final two lines follow a "turn" or a
"volta," (sometimes spelled volte) because they
reverse, undercut, or turn from the original line
of thought to take the idea in a new direction.
14 The Miltonic sonnet is similar to the Petrarchan sonnet, but it does
not divide its thought between the octave and
the sestet--the sense or line of thinking runs
straight from the eighth to ninth line. Also, Milton
expands the sonnet's repertoire to deal not only
with love as the earlier sonnets did, but also to
include politics, religion, and personal matters.
15 Epithalamium Greek wedding hymn Sappho 641BC
16 Imagist An early twentieth-century artistic movement in
the United States and Britain. Imagists believed
poets should use common, everyday vocabulary,
experiment with new rhythm, and use clear,
precise, concentrated imagery. Amy Lowell "The
Pike"
17 Parnassian Poetry mid-19th-century, Russian and French school of
poets that advocated art for its own sake and
emphasized sensual and vivid imagery divorced
from emotional content
