Terms pt 1
a long work of narrative prose
novel
the name of the land where Gulliver wakes up in the textbook's excerpt of Gulliver's Travels
Lilliput
belief that human society can gradually be made better and better through reform
progressivism
Where did the Romantics believe their vision for a better world would be found?
nature
agreeable or pleasant sounds
euphony
has a humorous didactic tone with a lighthearted appeal for change
Horatian satire
What kind of satire does Jonathan Swift write?
Juvenalian satire
belief that "god" is within nature and mankind, learned of through intuition and feeling
transcendentalism
the primary genre for expressing the ideas of the Romantics
lyric poetry
a momentary emotional experience in which readers briefly grasp ultimate beauty, horror, time, or grandeur
the sublime
the appeal to emotions rather than reason
sensibility
What British controversy is represented by the "egg controversy"?
Protestants vs Catholics
the belief that humanity has abandoned its original happy state in nature
primitivism
Who wrote "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"?
William Wordsworth
a long lyric poem, elevated in style and serious in theme, an exaltation or a meditation on someone or something
ode
minute detail that creates an illusion of actuality
verisimilitude
Swift writes in great detail. For example: "Blefuscu is an island situated to the north north-east side of .... parted by a channel of only 800 yards wide." What is this called?
verisimilitude
opposed Enlightenment rationalism in asserting that humans can't accurately observe reality and knowledge is a creation of one's mind
idealism
Which poet called King George III "an old, blind, despised and dying king"?
Percy Shelley
refers to sending readers to far away places or revisiting past literature
the distant
biting, savage and serious corrective ridicule
Juvenalian satire
What divide is represented by the Tramecksan (high heels) and the Slamecksan (low heels) groups?
Whigs and Tories
a devotion to beauty as the highest human concern
aestheticism
Which poet said "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know"?
John Keats
a conduit of inspiration who would communicate a new future
a visionary