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Intro to Fiction
Midterm Study
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English
Undergraduate 2
03/06/2013

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Publishing date of Jane Eyre
Definition
1847
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Publishing date of Young Goodman Brown
Definition
1835
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Publishing daye of The Demon Lover
Definition
1945
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The publishing date of The Darling
Definition
1899
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The publishing date of the Cask of Amontillado
Definition
1846
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Publishing date of the Fall of the House of Usher
Definition
1844
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BildungsRoman
Definition
Charts the protagonist's story from childhood to maturity.
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Manor House
Definition
Upper middle to upper class.
Symbolises the 'correct' patriarchal society.
An example of a dysfunctional one is "Gateshead"
They have PICTURESQUE gardens
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Gothic House
Definition
A variation of the manor house with dark elements
"Secrets"

An example is Thornfield, with secrets being the third floor and Bertha being hidden away.
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Cottage
Definition
It symbolizes domesticity, peasent life
The "rustic norm"
Those not as economically privileged.
They have PASTORAL gardens.
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Byronic Heroes
Definition
Comes from Byron the poet.
They are the "anti-hero" and have a slightly dark side to them. "The dark misunderstood hero" who have issues with Hubris/Pride.
Rochester is an anti-hero.
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Round characters
Definition
Multidimensional, grows with the story
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Flat characters
Definition
Don't change with the story
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Over-determined characters
Definition
All the subconscious prejudices of the author come into play here.

ie. Bertha, Olenka
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Subaltern
Definition
NO voice. Appear as a body against which harm has been done.

ie. Bertha, the Arab
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Foils
Definition
Meant to be read against each other

ie Rochester vs Reed & Helen vs Jane
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in-media-res
Definition
no background, starts in the middle, right away with the action.
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Denoument
Definition
Resolution
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Omniscient
Definition
All seeing (3rd person)
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Limited Omniscient
Definition
View from character with outside details, mostly 1st person
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Dramatic
Definition
Comes primarily from dialogue. Very little narrator presence.
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Allegory
Definition
Has two levels to the story simultaneously neither discrediting the other.
Realistic & symbolic levels.
ie. Young Goodman Brown
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Existential
Definition
Only One truth is death. Act good despite this.
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Landscape of Camus "The Guest"
Definition
Middle space, taken out of the real world. Related to the concept of existentialism.
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Red Room
Definition
Unused master bedroom of the deceased uncle. Most of the furnishings are bright deep reds, crimson, maroon, etc. with one 'throne-like" white chair beside the bed.
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Thornfield
Definition
A 'gothic' house with three layers. The attic floor is hidden from all, with Bertha being secluded there.
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