Poetic levels — focus?
Language, visual form, sound patterns
Dramatic levels — components?
Text, transformation, performance
Old English period — feature?
Earliest English texts, Old English language
Literary approaches — purpose?
Analyze texts from various perspectives
Alliteration — definition?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Enjambment — function?
Runs over from one line to next
Renaissance period — characteristic?
Revival of classical learning, artistic innovation
Primary sources — are?
Original literary texts studied directly
Secondary sources — are?
Critiques and analyses of primary texts
Caesura — role?
Creates a pause within a line
Test your knowledge with 5 questions on Understanding Literary Composition and Analysis.
1. How do the text level and performance level of dramatic composition differ from each other?
2. What was one significant effect of the Renaissance period on English literature?
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