Pastoral
Traced back to classical Greek civilization (3rd Century BC)
"Pastor" means "shepherd" in Latin
The city of Athens would be crowded with soldiers and urban squaller
Arcadia - heaven, Eden, a place greater than where you are
When we are closer to nature, we are more in touch with ourselves and more in harmony with life
"Pastor" means "shepherd" in Latin
The city of Athens would be crowded with soldiers and urban squaller
Arcadia - heaven, Eden, a place greater than where you are
When we are closer to nature, we are more in touch with ourselves and more in harmony with life
Theocritus - created Idylls (a book of poems) where we get the word 'idyllic' from
Impulse in Literature: Idealise nature and rural life
Conventions of the Pastoral:
- Rural setting: Nature
- Nostalgia - to remember with pain and longing (both cultural and individual)
- Greek 'Golden Age' - Garden of Eden, etc
- Youth - idealised, energy, discovery
- Love - religious and harmony
- Freedom - play
Structure, form and language:
terminology & examples from AYLI
Antithesis
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Prose
Satire
Soliloquay
Structure
Rhyme
Verse
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Personification
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