The way that Chaucer portrays the ecclesiasticals proves to be a stark contrast to how he portrays his first pilgrim, the Knight. He speaks highly of the Knight but with an air of mockery and distaste towards his three ecclesiasticals; the Prioress, the Monk and the Friar. The way that Chaucer tells of his religious pilgrims could be seen as a reflection of his attitude towards the Church. It seems

Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” the father’s weekly and daily routines get up early and start working. One might find him cranky, for he was always after perfection in his job. feelings does the narrator of “those winter sundays” who is now an adult, convey about his relationship with his father his fear of his father’s anger, yet he expresses his absolute love for his father, for his father was

The poem exemplifies the courses themeof realism and uses the donkey as a symbol of romanticism to contrast the twoviewpoints. A weary man seems to be struggling in life and is workinghard day in and day out to survive.   “Aman toiled on a burning road, never resting.” (Line 1, 2) The man is exhaustedfrom life and sees a donkey in what seems to be a green pasture off of

These are just a few of the questions that will be answered in the duration of my talk. I have chosen a very famous Australian Poet who goes by the name of Henry Lawson who many believe was the first poet to catch the Australian way of life. Born in 1867 on a goldfield in rural New South Wales Lawson was brought up in a very poor family. His father

Realism This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism’s supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion. Regionalism Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region. Naturalism a literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to

Native American period pre 1620-1840 Colonial period 1620-1750 Revolutionary period and Nationalism 1750-1815 Romanticism and Transcendentalism 1800-1855 Realism 1850-1900 Naturalism 1880-1940 Modern period 1900-1950 Postmodern period 1950-present

puritan period 1492-1750 enlightenment period 1750-1820 romanticism period 1820-1860 realism period 1865-1915 modernism period 1915-1945 post modernism period 1945- present

Colonial Period 1620 – 1770John SmithAnne BradstreetJonathan Edwards Revolutionary Period 1770 – 1801Benjamin Franklin”American Romanticism”-Washington Irving-Thomas Cole-Edgar Allen Poe Transcendentalism 1836 – 1855Ralf Waldo EmersonHenry David ThoreauMargeret FullerNathaniel Hawthrone Realism 1855 – 1900Luisa May AlcottWalt WhitmanHerman MelvilleTheodore DrieserEmily DickinsonMarkTwainFrederick DouglassBret HarteStephan CraneKate Chopin Modernism 1901 – 1939Langston HughesEzra PoundSherwood AndersonSinclair Lewis Early 20th Century 1900 – 1950L. Frank BaumZora Neil HurstonJohn SteinbeckWilliam FaulknerWilla CatherF. Scott FitzgeraldErnest HemingwayRobert FrostKatherine Anne PorterEudora

Between the years of 1660 and 1760 we were introduced to the Age of Reason, or as some would call it the Age of Neo-classicism. During this period we were familiarized to writers such as Voltaire. His most famous piece of writing, “Candide” shows satire criticism like horation, which is a light and dry type of mockery and juvenalian, which tends to be more hard and rough. This style of

Wald Emerson- -Uses Figurative Language. Figurative language is not meant to be interpreted literally. -Uses Extended Metaphors. Compares a person’s intellectual and spiritual life too farmer’s cultivation off plot of ground. Ralph Wald Emerson was an essayist, philosopher and poet. We can only learn, understand and profit from our own efforts and experience. We cannot rely on the work and experience of others. Every person intuitively understands and responds to