ENG305H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ombre, Humble Duty, Evry

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22 Oct 2012
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Mock-epic to reveal frivolities and superficiality of modern society, especially female society and vanity. Wit as spontaneous, not real knowledge but shallow, superficial tricks of the world language tricking perception. Language using rigour and reason to communication idea, to differentiate . Spectator wit like fine woman beautiful dressed and undressed. Locke and transformation of understanding of english language from rhetorical language (symbolic) to language as mode of communication, ideas, as medium. Communicating with pure reason and pure ideas. Yolking together different ideas to show wit in poetry. Good poetry should just come to you language shouldn"t distract us with beauty, shouldn"t hide truth. Don"t be so proud of wit humble duty of poetry to depict things as they are. Mock-epic, in style of homer and virgil, grand language but depict trivial things 18ce society. Mock heroic language depicting petty events in grand tone is critical of frivolities of modern society and artificiality, poor taste.

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