Kulisz Concepts

• Rejection of universals: rejection of traditional values and trying to be original
• Gothic fiction: (pseudo-medieval) fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror
• Satire: the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or exposing the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement
• Marlow and the narration in Heart of Darkness: unreliable, narrator is clueless about the events happening in the book
• dystopia: a theme in work of fiction representing, community, society or system which is undesirable or frightening
• 1984 The main forms of propaganda deployed by The Party are: telescreens, Two Minutes Hate.
• 1984 Slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.
• 1984 Images of Big Brother with the words Big Brother Is Watching You displayed everywhere
• 1984 Changing language to Newspeak
• 17th c. literature: female actors, dominant themes include: politics and religion, period of "intellectual vitality"
• 18th c. poetry: polished and sophisticated verse, age of highest literty expression in poetry
• Realism is a feature of: Victorian novel
• 3 major subjects of romantic poetry, choose one and elaborate:

  nature, the supernatural, the commonplace
• The supernatural was about encouraging imaginative freedom. Romantics fascinated by strange operation of the mind. Dreams as evidence of liberation of imagination and creative mind.
• 17th century novel char: realism, psychological insight, satire, epic elements, moral lessons, historical context
• 18th century novel characteristics: emphasized individual experience, everyday life plots, contemporary names and surnames, precision regarding time and place, tendency towards descriptive language