English 212 Final Exam Literary Terms: Estates Satire: genre of writing from 14thcentury medieval literary works. Three estates: Clergy (those who prayed), Nobility (those who fought), Peasantry (those who labored) Humility Topos: a common rhetorical strategy in which an author or speaker feigns ignorance or pretends to be less clever or less intelligent than he or she really is oChaucer reports the wickedness of characters inThe Canterbury Tales pilgrimage without condemnation or apparent realization of the wickedness that is taking place Confession:first-person style that is often presented as an ongoing diary or letters, distinguished by revelations of a person's heart and darker motivations Anti-feminist discourse: Haiku:a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world Autobiography: A non-fictional account of a person's life--usually a celebrity, an important historical figure, or a writer--written by that actual person Slave narrative: A narrative, often autobiographical in origin, about a slave's life, perhaps including his original capture, his punishments and daily labor, and his eventual escape to freedom. Abolitionist movement: movement to end slavery in western Europe and the americas Symbolists: French literary movement characterized by pure subjectivity and the expression of an idea over a realistic description of the natural world Decadence:literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations oDeterioration of morality or culture; decay; degeneration Free Verse: Poetry based on the natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses rather than the artificial constraints of metrical feet Ennui:a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom Modernism: an early twentieth-century artistic marked by the desire to break away from established traditions, a quest to find fresh ways to view man's position or function in the universe, and experiments in form and style, particularly with fragmentation, as opposed to the Romatic and Victorian eras Free indirect discourse: A style of third-person narration that mingles within it traits from first-person narration, often shifting pronouns, adverbs,
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