EN 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: La Belle Dame Sans Merci, My Last Duchess, John Donne

• School: York University
• Department: English
• Course: EN 2250
• Professor: Elizabeth Pentland

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Rhymed couplet -> the rape of the lock (it"s use in pope"s work) Critical terms -> identify the term, relate it to a critical work like where you see it in action, and talk about examples/how that author uses the device/what effect it has on the work. Sight passages -> write author/title and time period (e. g. restoration period, Exam based on milton readings until the end of this semester. Essay questions -> (60% of the essay) the questions will be broad/general like love/marriage. Comparative questions (2 essays each and discuss 3 works for each essay) -> they have to be 4 different time periods with different authors. Love/marriage (romantic love/love from the natural world, love for a political figure, love of god (john donne) E. g. the wife of bath"s prologue, miller"s tale, sir gawain and the green knight (adultery) Pastoral -> the passionate sheppard to his love, the mower against gardens,