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Skara Brae
Stonehenge
Name 2 of the archaeological places/artefacts in Britain dating back thousands of years.
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Battle of Hastings / Norman Conquest
In 1066, one of the most important battles in English history took place. What is the name of this battle?
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Rebirth
What is the English word for the French 'Renaissance'?
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Romantic refers to individual thought and personal feeling (not love!)
What does 'Romantic' mean in the context of this period?
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1914-1918
What is the start and end year of WWI?
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Because the Roman Empire was in trouble.
Why did the Romans have to leave Great Britain years after the second invasion?
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The courtly love tradition gave women a prominent place in the works of the Middle English period.
What was the special about the tradition of courtly love?
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Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564
Where and when was Shakespeare born?
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Lyrical Ballads
What is the title of the poetry publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge?
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The War of the Trenches
or The Glorious War
What is another name for WWI?
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They were forced to pay tribute both in goods and hostages.
How were the Celtic tribes that were Romanised forced to pay tribute to the Roman Empire?
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One from: poetic form changed, alliterative line replaced by end-rhyme, fixed syllable pattern, new (more elegant) themes --> courtly love and chivalry
What were the consequences of the 1066 battle on literature?
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Tragedy
Comedy History
Mention the three categories in which Shakespeare's works can be divided.
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knowledge and the mind vs. personal feelings/thoughts/emotions
How is the Romantic Period different from the previous period?
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As propaganda
How were the poems used?
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They told stories and poetry that they remembered by heart and performed these in the great halls of Anglo-Saxon leaders.
What was the function of 'scalds' in the Old English Period?
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One from: Knight, Prioress, Merchant, Monk, Friar, Yeoman, Wife of Bath, Clerk, Man of Law, Carpenter, Weaver, Dyer, Cook, Shipman, Physician, Parson, Plowman, Summoner, Pardoner, the Host (and the Miller)
Name three other pilgrims apart from the Miller.
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Carpe Diem = Renaissance.
Memento Mori = Middle Ages
What is the 'motto' of the Renaissance? And what in Medieval times?
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Two of: emotion, feeling, supernatural, imagination (topics) / not dependent on literary devices, creative structures, no rhyme (structure)
Name two characteristics in the poetry of this period.
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It is an honour to fight for your country
What does 'Dulce et Decorum Est' mean?
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An elegy laments the loss of a loved one /
An elegy provides the reflection of the loss
What is an elegy?
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Alliterative line was replaced by the French type with end-rhyme and fixed syllable patterns. More elegant stories, not only just themes of war, death and glory.
The Norman Conquest had an influence on the form of poetry. Explain.
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Said by Juliet, she laments the fact that Romeo is a Montague and therefore her family's enemy.
'Wherefore art thou Romeo?'
What does this quote really mean? |
Normal everyday/common language / free simpler style
How can the language used by the Romantic poets best be described in terms of choice of words and style?
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"The Soldier" is a poem of patriotism, in which Brooke writes that representing your country is an honour.
Sassoon has experienced the war himself and he is negative towards the war.
Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” is seen as a ‘song of innocence’ and Sassoon’s poetry as ‘songs of experience'. Explain.
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