A work that is mainly influenced by Hliodorus’s post-classical Greek novel named the Aethiopica.
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What is the difference between the two journey's?
they are geographically different
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When does the marriage between the hero and the heroine take place in the Heliodoran novel?
It is very near and if not on the last page while Voltaire takes time to explain the incompatibility among everyone involved for several more pages
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The author uses the characters Candide and Cunegonde to compare and contrast plot elements of Candide to characteristics in the Heliodoran novel
True
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What are the main themes of the Heliodoran novel
Accumulation of romance and epic
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What is the difference between the romance hero and Candide?
Romance hero is courageous while Candide is presented to be innocent as a victim of philosophy
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Why does Voltaire take the time to explain the marriage?
He takes time to explain the incompatibility among everyone involved for several pages further mocking romance and its overall significance
It is also a contradiction of the Heliodorian novel
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The Heliodoran novel went on to influence many other works
True
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How is the Heliodoran novel used by the author?
The Heliodoran novel is used by the author as a paradigm to evaluate the occurrence of romance in other novels
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What is the significance of Cunegonde in the Heliodoran novel?
She inverts romance behavior, and her ideal is used to criticize romance
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What is significance of the journey in both the Heliodoran novel and Candide?
It allows the thematic and the narrative parts of the story to develop
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Voltaire portrays Cunegonde to appear to a romantic role
False, she appears to take away from her romantic role
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What is Voltaire's reason for not beginning in media res and how do you think his decision reflects the course of the story?
He wants to criticize the dream of romance and as a result he dashes Candide's hopes for a happy ending to his epic by inserting the the casual logic of Pangloss and his eternal optimism
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What are some parallels mentioned between the Heliodorian novel and Candide, specifically in the beginning of the novel where both authors introduce the protagonists and their story?
up to the audience
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What is the Heliodoran novel a culmination of, and what does it attempt to accomodate?
The Heliodoran novel is a culmination of romance and epic, and it attempts to accommodate both unity and diversity
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In Candide the separations are inserted to rouse suspense, while in the Heliodoran novels, they seem real world
False, switch the contrasting points
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What do you think is the thesis of our article?
By comparing Candide to the Heliodoran novel, we will be able to identify the unifying romance structure of the novel and parodic romance elements in the characters of Candide and Cunegonde
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When comparing Voltaire to the Heliodorian novel it is said that Voltaire is criticizing romance. Why do you think that it is important that Voltaite attempts to take down Romance?
Up to the audience
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How are the journeys in both novels similar and different?
They both are viewed as Romanesque: disasters such as shipwrecks, deaths, resurrections
The actual events differ
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Voltaire is more concerned with making apparent the literary excesses of romance, then using them to shock the reader