UIL LITERARY CRITICISM EXAM LATEST AND UPDATED 2024/2025

UIL LITERARY CRITICISM EXAM LATEST AND UPDATED 2024/2025 Caroline Age - CORRECT ANSWER-applied to the period of Charles I reign and to the spirit of the court, which was defined by its melancholy literature, decadent drama, and emphasis on classicism. It was in the Caroline times that Puritan migration was heaviest. Cavalier Lyricists - CORRECT ANSWER-The followers of Charles I and opposed to the supporters of the Parliament (called Roundheads). They composed lighthearted poems. They were soldiers and courtiers first and poets incidentally. Ciceronians - CORRECT ANSWER-a group of Latin stylists in the Renaissance who would not use any word that could not be found in Cicero's writings. Commonwealth Interregnum - CORRECT ANSWER-The period between Charles I's execution and the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, during which England was ruled by Parliament under the control of the Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell. Old English Period - CORRECT ANSWER-The period between the invasion of England by the Teutonic tribes of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, beginning around 428, and the establishment of Norman rule around 1100, following the triumphant Conquest by the Norman French under William the Conqueror. Old English - CORRECT ANSWER-That Germanic dialect spoken in the British Isles between the Anglo-Saxon invasions in the fifth century and the Norman Conquest in the eleventh. Middle English Period - CORRECT ANSWER-The period in English literature between the replacement of French by English as the language of the court and the appearance of modern writings. This is the period of the Black Death, the age of Chaucer, political and religious unrest, the Peasants Revolt, and the rise of the Lollards. Realistic Period - CORRECT ANSWER-This is the latter portion of Queen Victoria's reign and during the reign of Edward VII in which the literary intellectuals revolt against Victorian ideals. This is the period of Newton's mechanics, Darwin's evolution, Marx's view of history, Comte's view of society, and Taine's view of literature. Renaissance - CORRECT ANSWER-This word, meaning "rebirth," is commonly applied to the period in transition from the medieval to the modern world in Western Europe. It was an age of compromise in which artists endeavored to harmonize the Christian tradition with the newly discovered tradition of pagan classical culture