literature WYK

revenge tragedy

genre in which the principal theme is revenge and revenge's fatal consequences.

university wits

group of playwrights and pamphleteers who attended universities

cavalier poets

school of poets who supported King Charles 1 during Civil War

metaphysical poets

a group of poets who produced highly intellectualized poetry. Leader: John Donne

tottels miscellany

the first printed anthology of english poetry

fabliau

a comic often anonymous tales written by jongleurs in France

ballad

song that tells a story

chivalric romance

literary genre of high culture. It featured characterisrics like heroes, chivalric knights, empathsize love and manners, quests. Popular in medieval periods

alliterative revival

resurgence of poetry using the alliterative verse form in Middle English. The Vision of Piers Plowman, The Pearl, Sir Gawain

benedictine revival

the reform in english church. the reformers replaced often married clergy with celibate contemplative monks

comitatus

body of wellborn men attached to a king or chieftain by the duty of military service

hall

gathering place for the warriors of the Anglo-Saxon culture

the enlightement

movement of the 18 century that stressed the belief of science and logic give people more knowledge than tradition and religion

modernity

is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, and often also blended imagery and themes, absurdism and nonlinear narratives. Example: James Joyce’s Ulysses

poet laureate

a poet officially apointed by monarch to receive formal recognition of their work