Please turn in your Please turn in your group’s ‘Is it Romantic?’ group’s ‘Is it Romantic?’

worksheetworksheetPlan for today:1. Quiz #3 2. Groups 7 & 83. notes4. Literary devices5. review for midterm

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The Victorian Age & The Victorian Age & Critical realismCritical realism

ContentContent

being critical of the real worldYears:  1832-1900 conflict between those in power and

the common masses of laborers and the poor  

shocking life of sweatshops and urban poor is highlighted in literature to insist on reform  

country versus city life

Genre/stylesGenre/stylesnovel becomes popular for first time;

mass produced for the first time◦political novels◦detective novels (Sherlock Holmes)◦serialized novels (Charles Dickens)-published in sections in papers, magazines

poetry: easier to understand  ◦dramatic monologues

drama: comedies of mannersmagazines offer stories to the masses

literature begins to reach the masses

EffectsEffects

Historical ContextHistorical Contextpaper becomes cheap; magazines and

novels cheap to mass produce  unprecedented growth of industry and business in Britain

unparalleled dominance of  nations, economies and trade abroad

The Reign of Queen Victoria

Chartism-The Working Class want a say!

Key literature and authorsKey literature and authorsCharles Dickens, “Oliver Twist”,

“Great Expectations”Thomas HardyRudyard KiplingRobert Louis StevensonGeorge EliotOscar WildeAlfred Lord TennysonCharles DarwinCharlotte BronteRobert Browning William Makepeace Thackeray

“Vanity Fair”

Literary/sound devicesLiterary/sound devices

Symbol ImageryMoodAssonanceConsonance

right-hiveMargaret got a

velvet hatThe poem made me

feel confident and brave

The wood crackled and popped with the heat of the fire

Dove=peace

Pg.87-88

IronyIronyOpposite of what is meant; a general term

for the contrast between appearance and reality; a contrast between what appears to be true and what is true. 

-Verbal irony (p. 68)-e.g. someone says ‘nice day, isn’t it?’ during a rainstorm

-Situational irony (p. 113)-e.g. a king is sad after killing his enemy

Example of IronyExample of Irony

PunPunA figure of speech/joke involving a ‘play

on’ words (express two meanings at the same time)◦The gorilla went ape when he saw the bananas.

◦On the side of the diaper delivery truck was written "Rock a Dry Baby."

OxymoronOxymoronSelf-contradictory terms used together

Examples:◦plastic glasses◦honest lawyer◦jumbo shrimp◦soft rock◦clearly misunderstood◦ pretty ugly◦Small crowd

The use of a word that suggests the sound it makes; creates clear sound images and helps a writer draw attention to certain words; examples include buzz, pop, hiss, moo, hum, murmur, crackle, crunch, and gurgle

OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia

LitotesLitotes

“Not unattractive” (as a means of saying)

"He was not unfamiliar with the works of Dickens.“

"She is not so unkind.“

"You are not wrong."

“attractive”"He was well

acquainted with the works of Dickens.“

"She is kind.”

"You are correct."

Figure of speech that uses understatement for effect, often by using double negatives

EuphemismEuphemism

an expression or "phrase" used in place of words considered unpleasant, painful, or offensive; when courtesy and tact are required

Unpleasant term Euphemism to die to pass away

Literary & sound devices: Literary & sound devices: we’ve learned a lot! we’ve learned a lot!

Review!Review!Team timeline

Literary devices jeopardyAuthor & works jeopardy

Which author…Which author…spent time fighting in revolutions in Italy

and Greece? ◦ Lord Byron

struggled with unemployment and hypochondria? ◦ Charlotte Bronte

came from a poor family that struggled with debt? ◦ Charles Dickens

• started out as a merchant? • Daniel Defoe

Which author…Which author…• was a Puritan? • John Bunyan

• was an actor as well as a writer and poet?• William Shakespeare

• wrote under a pen-name? • Charlotte Bronte

was known to have a scandalous private life?◦ Lord Byron

Name the character who said…Name the character who said…

“To be or not to be, that is the question.”◦Hamlet

“He kissed the ground by my feet, and then picked up my foot and put it on his head. He was trying to show me that I was his master and he was my slave.”◦Robinson Crusoe

Identify the novel, play or Identify the novel, play or poem these lines are from:poem these lines are from:

“Then people long to go on pilgrimagesAnd palmers long to seek the stranger

strandsOf far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands,And specially, from every shire’s endIn England, down to Canterbury they wendTo seek the holy blissful martyr, quick…”

Canterbury Tales

Identify the novel, play or poem Identify the novel, play or poem these lines are from:these lines are from:

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou are more lovely and more temperateRough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature’s changing course

untrimm’d;

Shakespeare’s sonnet 18

This author commonly wrote This author commonly wrote about which issues or themes:about which issues or themes:

Daniel Defoea. Rights of womenb. Colonialism and capitalismc. Nature

Charlotte Brontea. Individualismb. Industrialismc. Importance of education

Let’s do some more review! Let’s do some more review!

For each hint, write down: For each hint, write down: 1) the author1) the author2) period they wrote in 2) period they wrote in 3)their major work(s)3)their major work(s)4) general form of writing4) general form of writing

Hint for Author 1 Hint for Author 1

Period: Pre-Renaissance(Middle Period: Pre-Renaissance(Middle Ages)Ages)

Major Works: The Canterbury Major Works: The Canterbury TalesTales

General Form of Writing: PoetryGeneral Form of Writing: Poetry

Hint for Author 2Hint for Author 2

Period: The RenaissancePeriod: The Renaissance

Major Works: Hamlet, Romeo and Major Works: Hamlet, Romeo and JulietJuliet

General Form of Writing: Sonnets General Form of Writing: Sonnets and Playsand Plays

Hint for author 3Hint for author 3

Period: The Classical PeriodPeriod: The Classical Period

Major Works: Pilgrim’s ProgressMajor Works: Pilgrim’s Progress

General Form of Writing: allegorical General Form of Writing: allegorical proseprose

Hint for author 4Hint for author 4

Period: The Age of EnlightenmentPeriod: The Age of Enlightenment

Major Works: Robinson CrusoeMajor Works: Robinson Crusoe

General Form of Writing: NovelGeneral Form of Writing: Novel

Hint for author 5Hint for author 5

Period: The Romantic PeriodPeriod: The Romantic Period

Major Works: “I Wandered Lonely Major Works: “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud”As a Cloud”

General Form of Writing: PoetryGeneral Form of Writing: Poetry

Hint for author 6Hint for author 6

Period: The Romantic PeriodPeriod: The Romantic Period

Major Works: “She Walks in Major Works: “She Walks in Beauty”Beauty”

General Form of Writing: Poetry General Form of Writing: Poetry

Hint for author 7Hint for author 7

Period: The Victorian Period: The Victorian Period/English Critical RealismPeriod/English Critical Realism

Major Works: Oliver Twist, Great Major Works: Oliver Twist, Great ExpectationsExpectations

General Form of Writing: NovelGeneral Form of Writing: Novel

Homework: review for your midtermHomework: review for your midterm

Be familiar with Middle Ages-19th century◦Well-known writers of each era

-their lives(briefly), works, themes/style in writing• historical contexts that effect writers• literary devices• how to analyze a poem for form, meter, rhyme• Vocabulary covered in class

*To prepare review your notes, homework and classmate’s handouts