World Literature Ii Midterm Exam

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Haiku

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Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

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Romanticism

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A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.

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Reason

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The capacity for consciously making sense of things, applying logic, for establishing and verifying facts, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.

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Industrial Revolution

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The rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It was characterized by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods.

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Free Verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. Also called a vers libre.

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Novel

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A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

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Floating World

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Described the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo-period Japan (1600-1867).

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Great Chain of Being

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Strict, religious hierarchal structure of all matter and life, believed to have been decreed by God.

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Tutelage

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Protection of or authority over someone or something' guardianship. Instruction' tuition.

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Ode

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A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

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Prose

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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. Plain or dull writing, discourse, or expression.

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Enlightenment

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European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by the 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.

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Comedy of Manners

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A comedy that satirizes behavior in a particular social group, esp. the upper classes.

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Decorum

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Literary term denoting suitability of style. Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.

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Raisonneur

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A character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view in the work.

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Realism

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The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.

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Unreliable Narrator

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A narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised.