ENG 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Ars Moriendi, Weltschmerz
19 Oct 2017
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Terms for exam #1: coups de grace- beating people to death. Blows of mercy : omnipotence all powerful being, jean- jacques rousseau first discourse- talks about the corruption of civilization. Says the most corrupt thing to happen to the world was when started to claim possessions. Talked about the perhaps existing a noble savage that was still pure: nature vs. nature- capital n nature is the nature of the soul. Lowercase n nature is the natural world: lyric poem short poem with musicality to it. Often very subjective and person; often emotional: petrachan sonnet- octave sets up the issue. Sort of like the storyline of a novel: ennui- suffering from the mundaneness of life. These moments are anodynes: sublime- something or someone that inspires awe and lifts ones spirit. These moments stir the imagination: conversation poem- a poem with an implied conversation, but no direct dialogue, pantheism- belief in all gods.
