PPT-Literary Terms Project American Literature Fall Semester

2011 This is graded as the Semester Project Failure to do this project will have a serious adverse effect on the final grade in this class Assignment Due Date Monday December 17 and Tuesday . EOCT Vocabulary. For every term, you should have…. The term listed. Definition. Example used in context. Visual aid. Allegory. Allegory. is a demonstrative form of representation explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken. Allegory communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric, but an allegory does not have to be expressed in language: briefly, an allegory is a device used to present an idea, principle or meaning, which can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or novel, or in visual form, such as in painting or drawing. English novel Engl2349. . Dr. Sami S. . Breem. Plot. . plot/events/actions. . Aristotle’s plot-line/structure/diagram. introduction/exposition. . rising action/development. . climax/turning point. Dr. Maier. Aristotle: . Poetics. First significant work of literary criticism . Authored in 335 B.C. . Pity and Fear (Eleos and Phobos) . Catharsis. Mimesis. A Multiplicity of Approaches. Literary critics are almost never unified in their interpretation of a novel or any literary work. Why do you suppose this is the case? What factors make it virtually impossible for critics to come to a consensus regarding the meaning of a literary work? . Motif . - . A . recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, . an image, or reference, . which appears frequently . in a work . of literature. .. Symbol. - . a word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal . Middle English 1066-1500. transitional period between Anglo-Saxon and modern . English. cultural . upheaval that followed the Norman Conquest of England, in . 1066. secular literature:. ballads,. chivalric romance. the Age of Reason . (1750-1800). The literary implications of the American Revolution. . Military victory and . p. olitical independence from Britain spanned nationalistic hopes for a great . national. Or, how we ended up with all these pieces of literature we have to study in school.. Overview. There are many different literary movements and not everyone agrees on what qualifies things to be a movement. 2011. This is graded as the Semester . Project. Failure to do this project will have . a serious . adverse effect on the final grade in this class.. Assignment Due Date. Monday December . 17, . and. Tuesday . Figurative Language . Describing something by comparing it with something else. Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject.. Connotation. The idea and feeling associated with a word as opposed to its dictionary definition (denotation).. The word “childlike” has . connotations.  of . innocence or immaturity while the . Motif . - A recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, an image, or reference, which appears frequently in a work of literature.. Symbol. - a word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level and represents another, more general idea. Note, however, that symbols function perfectly well in isolation from other symbols. Allegory, however, does not work that way; allegory requires symbols working in conjunction with each other.. Midterm Review What you need to know for your Midterm: American Literary History through 1914 Terminology used in discussing literature How to find rhyme, rhythm and meter How to do basic literary analysis American Literary History through 1914. Terminology used in discussing literature. How to find rhyme, rhythm and meter. How to do basic literary analysis. Section 1: Major Themes in American Literate to 1914. V Paper . VII). Literary Criticism and Critical Appreciation. . . . Unit . I: Classical . Criticism. i. Mimesis ii. . . Catharsis iii. Hamartia.