Hamilton, Essential Literary Terms (112-149) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Probably the most influential practitioner of stream of consciousness is James Joyce, who used it extensively in his innovative novel Ulysses (1922)."
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Forster, ''The Machine Stops'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Rapid intercourse, from which the previous civilization had hoped so much, had ended by defeating itself. What was the good of going to Peking when it was just like Shrewsbury? Why return to Shrewsbury when it would all be like Peking?"
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Hamilton, Essential Literary Terms (98-111; 150-166) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"...and when she laughed her grey-green eyes sparkled with disappointed shyness and the tip of her nose nearly met the tip of her chin."
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O'Connor, ''The River'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"He plunged under once and this time, the waiting current caught him like a gentle hand and pulled him swiftly forward and down. For an instant he was overcome with surprise; then since he was moving quickly and knew that he was getting somewhere, all his fury and his fear left him."
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London, ''To Build a Fire'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe."
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Hamilton, Essential Literary Terms (32-67) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Cosmic irony refers to an implied worldview in which characters are led to embrace false hopes of aid or success, only to be defeated by some larger force, such as God or fate."
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Anonymous, ''Everyman'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Take example, all ye that do hear or see,
How they that I loved best do forsake me,
Except my Good-Deeds that bideth truly."
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Jerz, ''Poems: Short but Effective'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah, no, it's always just my luck to get
One perfect rose."
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Jerz, ''Poetry is for the Ear'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"These equal syllables alone require, If you say this line aloud, all the words cause your mouth to scrunch up....
Though oft the ear the open vowels tire, ...but if you say this line, your mouth is forced open. (Pope says that the monotony of each line is tiring to the ear.)"
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Jerz, ''Poems: Short but Effective'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah, no, it's always just my luck to get
One perfect rose."
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Lemire (skim Ch 2-7) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Undergraduate study, even with its majors and concentrations, is not as focused and as directed as graduate study...there are no blow-off classes in graduate school, where you will be more focused on why and how each class will serve your personal and professional goals when you graduate."
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Lemire (skim Ch 2-7) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)
"Depending on what kind of work you're doing (and the amount of work you're getting), you could hold a part-time job and still be a freelance writer or editor. If you don't mind work, you could hold a full-time job and do freelance editing at night and on the weekends."
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