Romanticism:

1. How is the Romantic construction of the Sublime reflected in the ideological, conceptual and linguistic construction of the texts under consideration in this Romanticism reader? Discuss one or two examples...


Post-/modernism

1. What are the key features of High Modernism and what was the ‘movements’ agenda with regards language use?

2. How can you identify Modernist texts?

3. Is post-modernism an extension or refutation of Modernism?

4. What is ‘Beat’ poetry ?

5. What is the link between Beat poetry and blues, Beat poetry and rap?

6. What is it about both Beat poetry and rap that has provoked censorship?