English 2230F/G Lecture Notes - Conceit, Valediction, Extended Metaphor
8 Mar 2013
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Decorum: in literature, is language or is the metaphor appropriate for what"s being discussed. Metaphysical conceit: mess with this later that could be fun, an ingenious comparison that is elaborate and sometimes farfetched. Almost as if the vehicle and tenor were taken from two. Diction: the word choice different realms: when words are clustered into a certain type of language, think of jargon and such. Allegory: an image or a narrative with a second meaning partially hidden behind the first: narrative: a series of events just happening. The beginning, middle, end: the allegory goes throughout the whole story, it"s a story within something else, the metaphor goes on and on. Extended metaphor: good example is pet panther. In the classical era they were obsessed with decorum. Then the neoclassical era was similar to then classical but they were also about the way things sounded. The romantic poets stressed the importance of originality: new rhythms too.
