modernism 1
What two forms do exquisite moments tend to take in Mrs. Dalloway?
love and revelation/insight
Explain Sir William Bradshaw's "goddess of proportion"
proportion is his idea of mental equilibrium
Which Greek myth did William Carlos Williams and W.H. Auden write about?
the myth of Icarus
3 main literary features of post modernism
nonlinear narratives, playfulness/parody, self-referentiality
How many sentences can you use for your written responses?
SIX
How is psychology like an impressionist painting in Mrs. Dalloway?
there is a similar attempt to capture the raw experience of perception and sensation and memory
Explain Sir William Bradshaw's "goddess of conversion"
conversion is his desire for domination, to make others like himself
What is a poem about art called?
ekphrasis
2 main themes of postmodernism
decolonization, critique of progress
What should you always include in the definitions
AN EXAMPLE
What is always audible in the background of the "exquisite moments" in Mrs. Dalloway?
Big Ben!
What is Woolf's feminist analysis of the origins of war?
In what new context does Auden retell the myth? What is the new lesson he presents?
just before WWII, Icarus is portrayed as a crashed fighter pilot
the new lesson is cultural indifference to suffering
"Look Back in Anger" is an example of what genre of film?
Kitchen Sink Realism
which three literary periods will you be assessed on?
Victorian Era, Modernism, Post-Modernism
Why did shell shock baffle many doctors at the time?
delayed symptoms, re-living of painful experiences, symptoms came and went
Mrs. Dalloway is fixated on death but also...
transcendence
What is enjambment in poetry?
when a sentence continues through a line break without punctuation
define Kitchen Sink Realism
a harsh, gritty realism with an "angry young man" as the antihero
focuses on working-class domestic life
Which two novels will you be assessed on?
Dracula and Mrs. Dalloway
Which two goddesses does Sir William Bradshaw worship?
proportion and conversion
How is transcendence achieved in Mrs. Dalloway?
the tunneling method
rough time period for post-modernism?
WWII/1940s - present
Who wrote the PLAY "Look Back in Anger" upon which the movie we watched was based?
John Osborne
12:00-3:00pm on December 9, you will have three hours to complete the exam