Q1-2
Nails (EQs)
- How and why does C. S. Lewis' _Great Divorce_ transfigure traditional notions of heaven, hell, and human nature?
- What are the differences between a literary analysis and a plot summary?
- Who were the Anglo-Saxons, and what other people groups inhabited the British Isles up to AD 1066?
- What are some structural, linguistic, social, and geographical contexts that help us understand _Beowulf_?
- What kind of essay should I write to complete my college application (and/or CWP)?
- How does _Beowulf_ show the seeds of English chivalry, or how does it display the marks of a goodly king?
- How does learning Greek and Latin root words help add to my word-hoard?
- What is the code of chivalry?
- What is feudalism?
- What is courtly love?
- What is a medieval romance?
- What historical event is the backdrop for The Canterbury Tales and why?
- How is Chaucer's Canterbury Tales a frame narrative?
- How does Chaucer use irony in his tales?
- How does Chaucer celebrate and satirize Medieval life through his characters and their tales?
- What was the Renaissance and how and why was it birthed?
- What were some of the historical events that brought about England's golden age?
- Who are the principal characters in _Hamlet_, and what are their relationships with each other?
- What makes a drama a tragedy and a protagonist a tragic hero?
- How does Greek tragedy differ from Shakespearean?
- What is classic Shakespearean (English) Sonnet structure and how does it differ from Petrarchan (Italian)?
Literary Terms
- frame narrative
- irony
- ubi sunt
- litotes
- kenning
- assonance
- alliteration
- caesura
- hemistich
- stich
- imagery (and its types)
- dream or vision
Q3
Nails (EQs)
- Who were the second generation romantic poets, and what makes each poet's work both generally romantic and uniquely his?
- What were some of the characteristics and obsessions of Romanticism?
- How does one properly identify a theme in literature?
- How do inheritance laws and social class hierarchy help create the drama that is unique to Jane Austen's works?
- Who were the first generation romantic poets, and what makes each poet's work both generally romantic and uniquely his?
- How did poetry drastically change from the Neoclassical to the Romantic Eras?
- What were some of the main people, events, and ideas of the Romantic Era?
- What are some terms to help understand argument?
- What do logos, ethos, and pathos each contribute to an argument?
- Who were the major figures of the period and why?
- What were the major events and ideas during the Restoration and the 18th century in England?
- In what ways is Milton's Satan evil?
- What is Milton's purpose in writing _Paradise Lost_?
- How does Milton's _Paradise Lost_ try to "outdo" classical epics?
- What is an epic, and what are some of its defining characteristics?
- How is Shakespeare's Don John evil?
Literary Terms
- premise
- conclusion
- counterargument
- refutation
- concession
- pathos
- ethos
- logos
- epic simile
- in medias res
- invocation of the muse
- epic
Q4
Nails
- How and why is irony a common modern literary element?
- Identify some of the main people, events, ideas, and literary obsessions of the Modern Period.
- What themes do Wilde's two dramas share, and how are they different?
- How does Wilde use hyperbole, understatement, and irony to satirize (critique) Victorian values and institutions?
- What does the word "earnestness" or "earnest" mean and how does Wilde use it as a pun that critiques Victorian virtues?
- What is a comedy of manners and how does Wilde's _Importance of Being Earnest_ qualify as such?
- What were some of the main people, events, and ideas of the Victorian Period?
Literary Terms
- Tone
- Irony
- Epigram
- Paradox
- Understatement
- Hyperbole
- Comedy of Manners
- Modernism
