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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF, ENGLISH LITERATURE –, , Book divided in three parts, 1. Poetry – B.A. I, 2. Drama – B.A. III, 3. Prose – B.A. II, , 2

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE –, , POETRY, 1., 2., 3., 4., , Subjective and Objective Poetry, Poetical Types, Stanza Forms, Schools and Movements, , 3

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Subjective and Objective Poetry, 1. Subject Matter., 2. Reflections., 3. Personal and Impersonal., 4. Origins., 5. Theoretical Division, 4

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., , The Lyric., The Ode., The Sonnet., The Elegy., The Idyll., The Epic., The Ballad., The Satire., 5

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, , The Lyric, 1. Short Poem with single Emotion., 2. Musical Composition. (Word Music), 3. Subjective poem., 4. Structured Poem viz., i. Motive., ii. Bulk., iii. Conclusion., 6

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, , The Ode, , 1. Exalted in Subject Matter, tone, style., 2. Longer than Lyric., 3. Addressed Directly., 4. Great events as Subject Matter., 5. Types of Odes:i. Dorian or Pindaric Ode, ii. Lesbian or Horatian Ode., iii. English Ode., 7

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, , The Elegy, 1., 2., 3., 4., , Initially Known by Subject Matter., Modern connotation is with Subject., No fixed form., Lamentation of Dead, Defeat, Failure in Love, Loss, of Religion, literature etc., 5. Pastoral Elegy:Elegy written using the pastoral style, images, symbols, etc., , 9

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, , The Idyll, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., , Not a Distinct Species., No set Form., A Poem Depicting a Little Picture., Simple and straight style., Landscape, portrait, etc., May Find in any Type of Literature., 10

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., , The Epic, , Classical type of Poetry., Begins with Proposition and Invocation., Full of Homeric Epithets., Involves Supernatural Agents., Includes thrilling episodes., Divided into Books., Has Moral Purpose., Types of Epics:i. Epic of Growth., ii. Epic of Art., iii. Mock Epic., 11

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., , The Ballad, , Origin – English Folk Literature., Sung by wandering minstrels., It is in Ballad Mesure.4 feet 3 feet, Abrupt opening no proper introduction., Impersonal treatment., Repetation of lines., No details of Time and Place like history., Types of Ballad:i. Ballad of Growth., ii. Ballad of Art., iii. Ballad Epic., 12

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, , Poetical Types, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., , The Satire, , No set Literary Form., Classical Origin., Reform and not to hurt., Straight style., Varied range of subjects., Social ills, crimes, corruption, immorality etc., Used widely in print media of all times., , 13

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