sonic says "thats no good!"
THE YEAR IS RIGHT:
What year was Richard Brautigan's first work released?
1957
Postmodernism is a reaction toward what era?
Modernism
"I am desolate in dimension circling the sky like a rainy bird[...]". What literary device is used in this line?
Simile
The line, "There are floors that want to digest their furniture into flowers and trees", displays what type of figurative language?
Personification
How many poems are in Brautigan's collection "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace"?
32
FINISH THE LYRIC:
"Can't stick around, have to keep movin' on. Guess what lies ahead. Only one way to find out"
Must keep on movin' ahead
No time for guessin', follow my plan instead
Trusting in what you can't see
Take my lead, I'll set you free
What is the belief that denies the existence of an objective reality?
Anti-realism
"[...]like pure water touching clear sky" Which type of imagery is in this line?
Nature
"I feel like a drowned king at the pomegranate circus" How does Brautigan comparing himself to a king that has drowned help the overall mood of the poem?
It helps the reader understand that Brautigan is at a point in life where he is stuck in a loop of his own doing.
Name an important historical event that took place during the 1960s.
The moon landing, the cold war, the arms race, or other
Metafiction is the literary practice of ___
Writing about writing.
The postmodern era was during what decade?
The 1960s.
"Empty machine full of water and no clothes
It was lonely" What figurative device is used in this line?
Personification.
"[..]where deer stroll peacefully past computers as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms" This simile in this line helps the reader understand in what way?
I decide whether you're correct or not.
Name and describe the three types of irony.
Situational-Something happens that is the opposite of what you’d expect
Verbal-Someone says something that is the opposite of what they mean.
Dramatic-The audience knows something about the plot that the characters don’t
What animal is Knuckles from the Sonic games?
He's an Echidna.
What year did Richard Brautigan release the "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" collection?
1967
What are your olfactory senses?
Your sense of smell
To reject outright meaning in their works
"I like to think
(right now please!)
of a cybernetic forest[..]" What is the purpose of the small exclamations between the first and second line?
To show excitement/giddiness for this cybernetic reality.
GET JIGGY WIT IT
DANCE
SUDDEN DEATH:
List three characteristics of the Postmodern era.
Irony, playfulness, dark humor, metafiction, faction, or pastiche
"There are comets that laugh at us from behind our teeth[..]" What literary device is used in this line?
Personification
SUDDEN DEATH:
Name all 10 types of imagery
Visual, Auditory, Tactile, Gustatory, Olfactory, Nature, Emotional, Kinetic, Sensational, and Figurative.
FINISH THE LYRIC:
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool, while shootin' some B-Ball outside the school____
When a couple of guys who were up to no good. Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood.