EN214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Breton Lai, Sigmund Freud, The Daemon Lover
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5 quizzes: 2. 5%/ quiz = 10% (only count best 4 of 5) Jan 12th, jan 26th, feb 26th, mar 15th. Romans (celtic people who spoke latin) arrived in britain 1st century. Romans leave centuries later where anglo- saxons (old english- beowulf) arrived around 450 a. d. Middle english period is dominant english 1066- 1485 (language of geoffrey chaucer. Modern english (shakespeare) 1485 and on (beginning of print) Old english poetry is based on alliteration. Metre (how many stresses are in each line) About imagination to purpose, and what it has to do with life. Pathetic fallacy (cid:894)the idea that (cid:374)ature reflects o(cid:374)e"s (cid:373)ood(cid:895) Grieving over dead lover, image of dead flower is imagery that reflects this. Still in love with the sailor, but married the carpenter. Breton lai (sub-genre of medieval romances) associated with magic (more celtic) activities of the minstrels (singing, instruments, etc. )
