ENGL 222 Lecture : 1st Day
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In-class writing and final will be worth a total of 60% of the grade. Quizzes and participation in class are worth 40% - this includes preparedness such as having the necessary reading materials. Root word romantic is not fully related to the popular usage of the word. Jane austin and sir walter scott are our first writers who contributed to the. Suggests turning away from homer, cicero, etc. and instead picking up the bible; 1. relinquishing the sword and picking up the pen. All greek and roman learning is attached to warfare and he believes that the focus needs to shift to mental war over military war; apologetics and rhetoric over battle. Blake believed the bible: this wasn"t a literal ideal as blake didn"t actually believe in christianity/god, he called the judeo-christian god, nobodaddy mocking god-the-father. b. The sublime - timeless - outside of history - out of body. Don juan - lord bryan (poem around same time)
