Key Concepts in Poetry and Prose Literature - engl 202 final prep

Second-person

The narrative voice addresses 'you,' often used in speculative, fiction, sci-fi or meta-fiction.

Third-person

Narrative primarily uses he/she/they pronouns.

Limited

At its most limited extreme, you only have access to one character's perspective.

Omniscient

At its most extreme, the narrative has a god-like quality with knowledge of the thoughts of every human.

Ecocriticism

using literature to examin the relationship between humans and the natural world

Feminism

How gender constructions/dynamics shape the story and how it is told.

Postcolonialism

Attention to the text's setting and cultural consequences.

Katherine Mansfield

New Zealand born, lived in England and Europe, modernist master of the short story.

Plot

The chronological series of events; not to be confused with 'Narrative'.

Narrative

What happens on a page-by-page basis.
For example a short story might begin with a flashback and then jump forward into the present.

Novella

A little novel.

Allegory

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Mimesis

When art mirrors the real life. example a painting depicting a historical event

Epistolary novel

A novel that consists of letters of correspondence.

Picaresque

A type of novel that features a 'lowborn' rogue; hijinks ensue.

Bildungsroman

A 'novel of education'; focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist.

Roman à clef

'Novel with a key'; a novel about real events that is overlaid with a façade of fiction.

Conceit

An extended metaphor that makes a surprising comparison between two very different things.

Carrier-Bag Theory

A novel is a bag that stuff is put in to carry around/transport.

Dialogue

A literary form in which two characters discuss ideas.

Epigram

A brief witty statement.

Aphorism

A statement of a life truth, or a general principle.

Meta allegory

like an allegory not only does it tell a story with a hidden meaning, but also directly comments on or reflects upon the very concept of that hidden meaning

Vivisecting

The controversial act of performing surgery as a test on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research.

Aesthetics

is a study og beauty and the appreciation of art

Aestheticism

a 19th century movement that prioratizes beauty above all else

An aesthete

Someone interested in beauty, refinement.

Hedonism

The pursuit of pleasure for its own sake. this can be often seen in food and sex

The Grosvenor Gallery

An art gallery that would display artist's works for the public to view.

Walter Pater

The 'Guiding Spirit' of Aestheticism; influential to the movement.

Memento Mori

'Remember, you must die'.

Puppyism

Affectation or excessive art in costume or posture; flamboyance.

Symbolism

A 19th century artistic movement that used symbolic images and indirect suggestion to represent absolute truths.

Decadence

A late 19th century movement in Europe that found beauty in excess and artificiality.

Orientalism

Style, artifacts, or traits considered characteristics of the peoples and cultures of Asia.

Japonism

The influence of Japanese art on European aesthetics.

Chinoiserie

Western art, design, and architecture that are inspired by Chinese aesthetics.

Opium

Addictive drug used as basic medicine for various ailments in the 19th century.

Neologism

new word or expression

Kennings

a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning

Paratext

material that is both inside and outside the text. ex: title, dedication, epigraph, chapter, etc.

Who was Shelley

A Romantic Poet

What are ars poetica poems

they either explain how to make poems or (a poem that) meditates upon it.

What is the significance of opium?

it allowed Britain to dominate trade in China and have a colonizing influence

What are fashion studies

- the critical analysis of garments, accessories, and design generally: as represented in literature and/or illustrations, advertisements, etc
- when in literature this is normaly shown using ekphrasis

Sartorial

something that has been taylored or created

Presentism

When your present moment causes you to have a bias view. For example if you are writing about slavery in a time where it is leagal that writing will contain a bia compared to writing about it in a time where slavery is ilegal.

What is Dorions name an illusion to? two things

the greek columns
musical mode

anachronism

a literary and rhetorical term: something out of place in terms of a historical moment. example can be seen in shakespear play where it mentions clocks but clocks didnt exist in timeline of play. basicaly placing modern things into the past.

How do fashin studies relate to Dorion?

he was a very fashinable guy that was very intrested in aesthetics.

Aesthetic dress

attempted to modifie something from the past (something before the the machien era)

also contained orientalism

The Great Masculine Renunciation

Who gets to dress up, men or women?
men no longer stand out they blend in while women have grander clothes.

Beau Brummel;

He bathed which was agenst the trends.
he also participated in the art of the put-down, he basicly was mean saying things like "do yuo call that thing a coat?"

diffrence betwenn plot and narrative?

plot is about what is happening over the whole text while narrative is what is happening page by page.

What are expectations of fiction

- psychological depth of characters
- structural soundness : consistency, relevance
- closure
- meaning: explanation, subtext

Best contemporary (or american) essatist?

Didion

Who is Theodor Adorno

he celebrates the essay as a unique form

homo narrans

we are the story tellers

Essay

is a form
- related to the quasi-genre of the "pensee" - "thoughts" (not arguing one thing)
- Grouping of insight or ideas
- individually they are often brief
- not necessarily arranged in chronological or logical order
just random thought put together no clear point or layout

What are the parts of the scale of knowledge (5 parts)

Ignorance, pre-conscious, repression, awareness, and consciousness

What is an example of aphorism

dont fix something if its not broken