ENGL 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jonathan Swift, Geoffrey Chaucer
17 Jan 2017
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A form of verse to be sung or recited, comes from the oral tradition. Present a dramatic episode in a simple narrative. Characterized by repetitive and simple dictation, action moves forwarded by dialogue rather than description; contains supernatural, mysterious events. At the bottom of the hierarchy of the literature hierarchy associated with the lower class: william wordsworth (1770 1850) an english writer from the romanticism era. Tintern abbey defined as a good poem or what a poem should be. Preface of a lyrical ballad considered the moment that the romanticism movement begins or emerges. Challenges the idea that poetry is vastly different from prose. That the poet if as special figure outside society. The preface is a reflection of his political beliefs. The lyrical ballad uses the ballad to exemplify what a good poem is. Just like the french revolution was about the downfall of the monarchy the, ballad is about the toppling about the genre hierarchy.
