What type of narrative device does Conrad use? (hint: think structure of the novel).
Frame Narrative.
200
Who wrote "To An Athlete Dying Young" ?
A. E. Housman
200
The poem "Heaven" envisions heaven for what type of animal?
fish
200
How does a modernist hero (or anti-hero) differ from a Byronic hero?
Uncertain, anxious, sense of inadequacy, mundane.
300
What are Kurtz' final words? What do they mean?
"The horror! The horror!"
Fatal decadence, the futility of scornful triumph
300
How did Georgian poets conceptualize England?
As a feudal estate
300
In "Terence, This is Stupid Stuff" (1896), Housman argues what is necessary preparation for living in a difficult world?
poetry and philosophy
300
Eliot is part of what literary movement?
Modernism.
400
Describe Marlowe's conceptualization of England in the beginning of the novel.
Marlowe imagines England was once a "savage," "uncivilized" country. He imagines the Romans first arriving in England as early civilized explorers. This becomes parallel to his experience in Africa.
400
McKay's "Old English" (1912) offers a critique of what English concept?
Imperialism.
400
Describe elements of pastoral poetry
idealizing rural landscapes, elements of nature, romanticized, etc.
400
Describe Prufrock's anxiety over being misunderstood.
Fundamental disconnect between people, especially those you are closest to. Fear that the meaning and importance you've attributed to trivial things is not understood by others. "Slippery semantics."
500
Which critic did we discuss in lecture offers a critique of Heart of Darkness' use of "othering" to reflect on social issues in England?
Chinua Achebe
500
In "To An Athlete Dying Young", the author places emphasis on what instead of art and intellect?
sports
500
Who wrote "Dulce Et Decorum Est"?
Bonus: What does that translate to?
Wilfred Owen
"It is sweet and meet to die for one's country"
500
Describe the Bergsonian theory of "pure duration"
Perception of the world, our interaction with time and reality. Events succeed without distinction. Consciousness like a piece of music (perceive the whole, not the individual note).