Name____________
Eng. IV
Westberg
Study Guide
Mid-Term 2012
How Does Literature shape or Reflect Society?
You will be tested on the following material:
Snapshot of the Period -#2-#16
Earthly Exile, Heavenly Home:
Book of Exeter: The Seafarer / The Wanderer / The Wife’s Lament :
Key Concepts: Telling the Story / an Early Anthology / Guests Who Came to Stay / The Lament as a
Poetic Convention / Vocabulary
Focus on Literary Forms: The Epic: Beowulf
Key Concepts: Elements of the Epic / Epic Hero / Quest / Valorous Deeds / Divine Intervention / Great
Events / Epic Conventions / Vocabulary / Pagan vs. Christianity / Forging an Epic / A Guide to Life /
Beowulf and Popular Culture / The wrath of Grendel /The Coming of Beowulf /The Battle With Grendel
/The Monster’s Lair /The Battle with Grendel’s Mother /The Last Battle /The Spoils / The Farewell /
A National Spirit:
The Canterbury Tales-Chaucer
Key Concepts; The Journey Begins / Snapshots of an Era / A Literary Tour / The Endless Road / Geoffrey
Chaucer- The Poet’s Beginning / The Poet Matures / The Canterbury Tales / The Father of English Poetry
/ Chaucer’s Sharp Eye for Dress / Vocabulary / A Frame story / Direct and Indirect Characterization /
Social Commentary / The Prologue / Allegories / Archetypal Narrative Elements / Vocabulary /
Pardoner’s Tale / The wife of Bath’s Tale / Setting / How Does Literature shape or Reflect Society? /
Context Clues / Vocabulary
The Decameron: Federigo’s Falcon- Giovanni Boccaccio
Key Concepts: A Wider World View / Scholarship and Authorship / A Frame story /
Perils and Adventure; Key Concepts: Medieval Romances / Legends / Vocabulary / Knights of Legend / A
Society of Promises / The Code of Chivalry / King Arthur and His Knights / Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight
Morte D Arthur-Sir Thomas Malory
Key Concepts: Malory the Prisoner / A Book From Behind Bars / A Legend Reborn / Medieval Romance /
Pagan vs. Christianity
Ballads: Key Concepts / Ballads as a Poetic Convention / TWA Corbies / Lord Randall / Get Up and Bar the
Door / Barbara Allan
Snapshot of the Period-#236-#250
Lovers and Their Lines: Spenser / Petrarchan / Sydney / Shakespeare / Rhyme Scheme / Theme/
Unrequited Love / Spenser-Pay for Poetry / The Faerie Queen / A Poet’s Poet Sidney- Groomed for
Success / A Brave Soldier / Pioneering Sonneteer / Comparing Literary Works /
Context Clues
Pastoral Poetry: Marlowe – Pioneer in Drama / a Life of Intrigue / A Violent Death / Raleigh / Analysis of
Similar Themes / Raleigh- A Charmed Life / Disaster / Literary Achievements / Vocabulary
Figurative Language and Writing Skills
Macbeth
Act 1 / Act 2. /Act 3 / Act 4
All Vocabulary / All Characters / Major Themes
Tutoring 3:30-4:00