It is an attempt to reflect life "as it actually To depict events in human life in a matter-of-fact, straightforward Literary conventions, or misplaced aesthetic glorification andīeautification of the world. Life in a faithful, accurate manner, unclouded by false ideals, It refers generally to any artistic or literary portrayal of RÄUBERROMAN(German, "Robber-novel"): The German term forĪn elastic and ambiguous term with two meanings. Hag later claims that boon before Gwenevere's court, demanding The rapist knight makes a rash boon to the aged hag-and the
We see the knight Erec involved in such a motif. Much to Pwyll's dismay! In the French Erec et Enide, Prince of Dyfed," Pwyll promises to give Gwawl son ofĬlud whatever he requests. In the first tale in The Mabinogion, "Pwyll, Request without hearing exactly what that request is. In folklore and in Celtic and Arthurian literature in whichĪn individual too hastily promises to fulfill another character's Of literature (short stories, novels, poems) rather than in Sing like the chorus, and the character appears in other genres However, a raisonneur doesn't necessarily In Greek drama, i.e., this choric figure remains at a distanceįrom the main action and provides a reasoned commentary about Literature whose purpose is similar to that of a chorus (French, "Reasoner"): A character in continental
William Butler Yeats, "A Prayer for My Daughter" See for instance, Yeats' quotation below:Īnd learns at last that it is self-delighting,Īnd that its own sweet will is Heaven's will. Radical innocence was theĪbility of an adult to maintain a child-like sense of wonder,įaith, and goodness in spite of being aware of the cruelties, Whole world" was the movement of the Romanticism, and radical Industrialized, materialistic society of the Enlightenment.Īs Emerson put it, "the simple genuine self against the Influence of civilized conformity and the heartless, mechanized, They saw it as antithetical to the corrupting Valued innocence as something pure, wholesome, fulfilling, natural,Īnd individualistic. Use it as a touchstone for important conceptsĪnd vocabulary that we will cover during the term.
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