Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
English supports the claim that we learn language to speak our souls
English supports the claim that we learn language to speak our souls
Ekphrasis
Use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device
Literature Today is the same as it was Yesterday
Literature Today is the same as it was Yesterday
Never Let Me Go was the most contemporary text we read this semester
Never Let Me Go was the most contemporary text we read this semester
The list of characters in a dramatic work
Dramatis personae
The Bolded Dialogue in the play signifies
A character is speaking English
The turn or rhetorical shift in a sonnet
Volta
The negative aspect of Teleology
Yields binaries, winners and losers, and hierarchies
This Theorist is associated with "the death of an author"
Roland Barthes
The Love Poems in Deaf Republic undermine the more pressing themes of war, protest, and moral ambiguity
The Love Poems in Deaf Republic undermine the more pressing themes of war, protest, and moral ambiguity
The reason Omid is removed from the class
Course is for advanced learners not native speakers
Poetry is an attempt to crystallize memory
Poetry is an attempt to crystallize memory
8 texts we’ve read this semester
*See Syllabus
Amitav Ghosh was right
Amitav Ghosh was right
“Signs” possesses different significations in the text
“Signs” possesses different significations in the text
Alienation Effect
Creating distance between audience and characters; acting as if there is no fourth wall
The distinguishing style of Chang’s poetry
Obituary form
The 7 major literary forms
Novel, novella, nonfiction, short story, poetry, play, graphic novel
The description Plato gives to Poetry versus the description Aristotle gives to poetry
Plato says poetry is contagion; emotional manipulation
Aristotle says poetry is catharsis; emotional ventilation
The “I’s” of Act One and Act Two
Alfonso and Momma Galya
The irony of English is that the students teach us more than Marjan
The irony of English is that the students teach us more than Marjan
Stallings and Chang could not accomplish their respective poetic projects in Free Verse
Stallings and Chang could not accomplish their respective poetic projects in Free Verse
5 Versions of Reality
Ontology, Being
Metaphysics, Truth
Empiricism, Observational;
Phenomenology, Experience;
Psychoanalysis, Negative Space
If you could be one of the 7 literary forms (novel, novella, nonfiction, short story, poetry, play, graphic novel) which would you be? Did it change?
If you could be one of the 7 literary forms (novel, novella, nonfiction, short story, poetry, play, graphic novel) which would you be? Did it change?