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World Literature II

Exam 2

Ersinghaus

Exam 2 follows the same plot line as Exam 1. It is composed of short and essay length questions. A

level two aility has een added to the history setion! providing "ust a tad more sophistication to the

question expectations. #a$e note that the exam covers much of the same material as Exam 1. %oushould e rief ut specific in your answers on the short answers. &or the essays! which require more

in depth analysis! follow #LA sumission criteria. It is important that you turn in this assessment sheet

with your completed exam on the day indicated. 'ownload and write directly onto this sheet.

Assessment (riteria

Literary )tudy Ailities*Literary +enre

Level 1* Identifies and descries the characteristics of su"ect genre.

Literary ,istory

Level 1* Identifies periods of literary history and their associated traits.Level 2* (orrelates literary history with its social and cultural context.

Literary Aesthetics

Level 1* Identifies and defines aesthetic elements using terminology of the discipline.

Literary Analysis

Level 1* Evaluates the significance of specific passages to the complete text using appropriateterminology.

)hort AnswerExplain what is meant y poetic form. -rovide an example.

'efine metaphor and provide an example from +oethesFaust.

-rovide an example of metonymy from our sample of ,ugo. ,ugo provides a very good example of

this figure of speech

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Who spea$s the following lines and why do they matter to the narrative/

0thers! whose very names escape him now!

tootrusting hearts! deceived y sigh and vow

Wronged Ariadne! telling the roc$s her moan!

-haedra aducted! though to grace a throne! 3

%ou $now how! loathing stories of that sort!

I egged you often to cut them short!

And wished posterity might never hear

4he worse half of 4heseus great career.

(onsider these lines fromPhaedra. In these lines 5acine is developing character conflict each of

these quoted parts employs en"amed lines and ends with nice rhetorical tric$s. Explain a significant

technique the author uses using terminology of the discipline 6note the answer is not metaphor7.

%ou $now how I! a lifelong enemy

0f love! gave than$s for 4heseus tyranny!

)ince he forade what I was glad to shun. 6II.898:7

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Ah! ut to move a heart thats firm as stone!

4o teach it pangs which it has never $nown!

4o ind my affled captive in a chain

Against whose sweat constraint he strives in vain* 6;

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'efine 5ealism in its literary context. ,ow does 'ostoevs$y fit into this concept/

'efine syntax in its poetic context. =se >ovalis as a means of providing a rief example.

In Yearning for Deathy >ovalis! why is the syntactical arrangement of the word ?foregone@ 61;7

significant to the poetic meaning of the stana! perhaps even of the poem as a whole/

+iven the aove question! consider stana B in the poem 6eginning line 2B7. What syntactical patternis eing developed y >ovalis here/

-rovide a rief argument for the effectiveness of line length in CuninasFrom the Seashore.

>ote in Leopardi that a poet may employ syntactical arrangements that consistently assist in forming

patterns. Loo$ at lines D:B2 of To Silvia. ,ere we have an example of anaphora or repetition at the

eginning of sentences or clauses. Explain what you see in these lines. Whats the affect/

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Essay Questions

>ote that it is important that you use sufficient examples from the wor$s to illustrate and reference

your thin$ing and conclusions.

Required essay

It might e argued that a significant set of themes in ?modern@ wor$s of World literature treat people inrelation to the world! either motivated y human action or natural phenomenon. (onsider &austs

motivation/ 4he decisions of Lady Wang/ 4he actions of 4oyoo. =sing examples from at least three

wor$s of World Literature! examine how and in what contexts conflict is dramatied/ 0nce you have a

handle on this as$ this question and go after a conclusion* does the method of developing conflict differacross cultures/

Choose 1 essay from below:

'ostoevs$ys spea$ernarrator inNotes from Undergroundcomes to a stri$ing conclusion. 'ostoevs$ywrites! ?4he final result! gentlemen! is thats etter to do nothing.@ ,ow does the spea$er mean this/,ow does he come to this conclusion/

Weve defined aesthetics as those methods and techniques literary artists use to create opportunity for

interpretation and experience. )ome significant aesthetic elements come as figures of speech! others as

formal technique. 0thers come in the form of specific detail and imagery! some of which! ydefinition! may depend on figures of speech to wor$ 6sure! Im repeating a lot from the last exam* why

reinvent the wheel/7. 'rawing from Casho! >ovalis! ,ugo! and other 5omantics! examine significance

of imagery. ,ow do poets of whatever culture uild durale images/ As you approach this question!

relate your analysis to ?culture@ and ?social@ elements.