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A general introduction to literary terms: a useful point of departure for undergraduate students undertaking a literary or textual analysis assignment. - Slideshow for this video (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cgxeNhPUn4SK5IoRZfXvqUwltbZZ0iXt/view?usp=sharing) See also: - My Introduction to English Literature (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4NwTzQFXDM&t=168s) - My video on How to Write a Research Essay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nYMwRTdrpE&t=1s) - My "Essay Writing Tips" Web Site, including sample essays (https://sites.google.com/d/1eotckNbcBcTBjQmMxPetFW1VEqdpBNie/p/1wKryAQSrNTJUqlciEKvkWP2HQBasZkUS/edit) - Homer: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-czQbceZXAQ&t=1747s) - Virgil: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V3wp6_iFMpx5a4qtbUejSg) - Milton: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVnV4NOfHN4Uzz2eMzml9j0g_fs3pIkTf) - Old English Literature: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuHvy5yFxzI&t=754s) - Middle English Literature: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgj7iWwtnlI&t=379s) - Renaissance Literature: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oytBhs9-F_c&t=6s) - Romanticism: An Introduction (https://drive.google.com/file/d/11cVgUhs4c73aCNrN3YC4ZV3frOdMQ9QW/view?usp=share_link) - Modernism: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2tLot9bAU&t=82s) - The First Wave of Modernity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Xho-swi7o&t=4s) - The Second Wave of Modernity (https://drive.google.com/file/d/11N5OB4VdR5SxTEK3zp2OacwWTY1DLjyg/view?usp=share_link) - The Third Wave of Modernity (https://drive.google.com/file/d/11eSztws0d34onp9SlhLzuE9kzIkRebZ1/view?usp=share_link) - Canterbury Tales: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-NeU-wIujM&t=1153s) - On Euripides' Medea (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JVKjKdfvzSAS_IjqB8OQrB8V0FWrYcJN/view?usp=sharing) - Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3WuTq1U4w&t=7s) 0:00 - Introduction 1:05 - Outline 3:19 - What is Literature? 8:23 - Metaphor 10:55 - Epic Simile 15:48 - What Kind of Literature is It? (The Genres) 22:40 - When Was It Written? (Literary Periods and the History of Ideas) 25:11 - Aristotle's Poetics 30:11 - Plot 31:43 - Frame Narrative 32:20 - In medias res 34:15 - Deus ex machina 35:27 - Character 36:36 - Protagonist 37:20 - Narrator 38:30 - Thought or Theme 38:55 - Irony and Allegory 40:10 - Archetype 41:13 - Allusion 42:16 - Diction 42:28 - Alliteration 43:49 - Onomatopoeia 44:40 - Rhythm and Meter 45:08 - Poetic Foot: iambic, trochaic, anapest, dactyllic, sponaic, pyrrhic 46:30 - Iambic Pentameter
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