English 2200F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Socratic Method, Torpor, Reality Television

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2200F/G
• Professor: Christopher Keep

Document Summary

Sir philip sidney the defense of poesy. Percy bysshe shelley a defense of poetry. Charles baudelaire the painter of modern life. Karl marx the communist manifesto/ capital, volume 1. Matthew arnold the function of criticism at the present time/ culture and anarchy. Walter pater studies in the history of the renaissance. Oscar wilde preface to the the picture of dorian gray/ the decay of lying/ the critic as. Style: uses the socratic method a conversation between two people the rhythm of an argument, a dialogue true to the rhythm of the mind asking questions, give and take idealism: starting with the ideal form in your head. The allegory of the cave: the people in the cave us. Summary: material world is an illusion, ideal forms inhabit transcendent realm, god makes idea of things, we never have direct access to things. Believes knowledge can be derived from the things themselves.