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Romanticism
1800-1850 literature
-overflowing of emotions
-individualism
- glorification
-Reaction to Industrial Revolution
Realism
, Representing the nature of life and social world, as it would appear to the
common reader. Usually of practical everyday life
Postcolonial Criticism
Examines literary works as examples of western colonization and imperialism
and try to show how these works helped further the ideas of racial and cultural
inequity they portray.
Farce
A comic play that employs stock situations and characters and exaggerated
emotions- considered by many to be the lowest form of drama.
Naturalism
, Sought to depict everyday life.
-Pessismistic
-Detachment from story (objective)
-Determinism (opposite of free will)
External Rhyme
Rhymes on the edges of poem - usually a rhyme scheme forms
Dystopia
A narrative that depicts an anti-utopia, a world where ordinary people live
regimented lives at the whim of a totalitarian government.
Syllogism
Major premise, minor premise, & conclusion
Romanticism
1800-1850 literature
-overflowing of emotions
-individualism
- glorification
-Reaction to Industrial Revolution
Realism
, Representing the nature of life and social world, as it would appear to the
common reader. Usually of practical everyday life
Postcolonial Criticism
Examines literary works as examples of western colonization and imperialism
and try to show how these works helped further the ideas of racial and cultural
inequity they portray.
Farce
A comic play that employs stock situations and characters and exaggerated
emotions- considered by many to be the lowest form of drama.
Naturalism
, Sought to depict everyday life.
-Pessismistic
-Detachment from story (objective)
-Determinism (opposite of free will)
External Rhyme
Rhymes on the edges of poem - usually a rhyme scheme forms
Dystopia
A narrative that depicts an anti-utopia, a world where ordinary people live
regimented lives at the whim of a totalitarian government.
Syllogism
Major premise, minor premise, & conclusion
