British Canon
What was the great Epic that was rewritten by Christian Monks?
Beowulf
Who coined the idea of the bourgeoise and the proletariat?
Karl Marx
What is the name of the book Benjamin Franklin originally wrote that is still being published to this day.
Poor Richard's Almanac
`Poetic Device signified by "----"
Caesura
What was the famous circle in Italy which had members like Percy Shelley, John Keats, and Lord Byrom?
The Pisan Circle
What is the structure of a classic Athurian Romance
Knight-quest-passes or fail-grace in 3 forms. 1. Lord, 2 Lord, 3. lady
Foucalt coined two concepts in critical theory, name them
Power-knowledge
History of repressed sexuality
Puritans (Calvinists) tenets
Name all five
1. Unconditional Election
2. Innate depravity
3. Irresistible grace
4. Limited atonement
5. Perseverance of the saints
What is the feet and meter for a heroic couplet?
Iambic Pentameter
Name 3 of Jane Austen's literary work
Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma
Why did the British canon focus so much on a phallus during it's rise (think from Beowulf to about the Romantics)
Bigger d!ck = more power
What is the "English Book." That the British tried to use to assert power over India even though the Indians already have access to it?
The Bible
Name who Walt Whitman wrote "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" about and the types of poem
Elegy about Lincoln
What poet wrote, "Les Belle dames San Merci"?
John Keats
Mary Wollstonecraft wrote which early feminist work?
A Vindication for the Rights of Woman
Why was the British canon thoroughly enforced in India and the Caribbean?
Brainwashing! To create the perfect followers by enforcing the British canon
Feminism have come in four waves
What years did each take place
Round up to the 10s please <3 except for the 4th wave
1st wave 1790-1920
2nd 1960s-70s
3rd 80s and 90s
4th 2000s (2001)- 2020s v(2017 arguably but other argue 2023)
Emily Dickinson is famous for her writing style name main characteristics.
Minimal words that did not seem to fit the theme.
What language is the "Canterbury Tales" written in?
Middle English
Ernest Hemingway and other poets lived in this city for a brief time after WWII, what city is it?
Paris, France
Name some of the most influential writers in the Romantic Era?
(5 minimum)
Wordsworth
Coolridge
Keats
Percy Shelley
Mary Shelley
What theorist came up with the idea, "The power of normalization"
Michel Foucalt
Who wrote A Farewell to Arms?
Ernst Hemingway
Daily Double!
Scan the following couplet. Grab a piece of paper and write and scan!
"She was a worthy womman Al hir life
Housebondes at church Dore she hadde five"
Let Dimitrius and whoever else is an English major check
Paradise Lost by John Milton is based on what part of the Bible and what form was it written in.
Genesis
Blank Verse Epic