Foster--second round for Quiz 2

In order to minimize burn-out or overload, I've typed up the second list of important concepts from HTRLLAP.

Remember to bring your essays to our next class, and be prepared either to read yours--or have someone else read yours--aloud.

Foster, Chs. 10-15:

--- importance/meaning of specific elements of weather and water, Fisher King mythology
---Interlude: What does Foster say about writers and intentionality?

---violence and its importance on literal and symbolic levels

---symbolism--and when it is and isn't universal

--- Foster's opinion of political writing and his reasons for this opinion

--- the importance of Christianity and the Christ figure in Western literature

---significance of flight and a couple of examples of the flight myth

---importance of IRONY and its role when placed in the middle of a work