Gilbreath- 2220- Final exam material
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- What is "scientific rationalism"?
- faith in the scientific method to explain all phenomena, including human behavior
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World War 1
(1914-1918) -
brutality and global involvement creat doubt that rationality could improve the lot of humankind
- science used to horrific effects in trench warfare - what is "culture bound"?
- ideas are not truly translatable
- What was Sigmund Freud know for?
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(1856-1939)
- The "conscious" part of our mind is not always the seat of reason- it is often guided by the subconscious.
- The sdubconscious control of human behavior argues against faith in rational mind - What did Albert Einstein discover?
- Theory of relativity
- What is relativity?
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the relationship of space to time defines reality, which is fluid
- not constant - What is alienation?
- disconnectedness, from God, other people, and even ourselves
- What does absurd mean?
- darkly comic view of a world that makes no sense at all
- What did T.S. Eliot write?
- The Love of Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Cats (musical), Alice and Wonderland
- What is Prufrock considered as?
- THE Modernist poem
- How is Prufrock characterized as?
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-Fragmentation- verse, language, metaphors, time, idea
-Discontent- with the world, with people and self
-Subjectivity- hero and others trapped in their own consciousnesses
- Lack of poetic inspiration, energy, strength of will
- Paralysis- unable to make decisions, assert oneself
- Fear and hoplessness - What is metonymy?
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a poetic device of letting an associated object suggest the whole (ex: sceptre suggests king)
EX: fog/cat in pruffrock - What is a synecdoche?
- a poetic device of letting a part stand for a whole ( a sail= a ship)
- What did Virginia Woolf write?
- "Mark on the Wall"
- What is Stream of Consciousness?
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literary genre that attempts to capture the unfiltered flow of impressions and feelings that make up any given moment of consciousness; writers try to imitate the total content of the mind before reason and order are employed
- these novels try to capture images that spark though before they are thoughts - Who were the Qing dynasty?
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The last dynasty in China, and its fall was secured by the influx of the West
collapses in 1911 - What was the Opium War (1839-42)?
- with Britain forcing China to open its ports to all of Europe
- What was the Taiping rebellion (1854-64)& Boxer Rebellion (1899)?
- Was the when large reform efforts were put into motion
- In china, The Nationalists believed in?
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opposed to a new dynasty and concerned about foreign interference, assume power
- leader Sun Yatsen
- forced to move to Taiwan (1949) by the Communist Party - In china, The Communist Party
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defeats Nationalists and becomes dominant party and force Nationalists to Taiwan
- mao ze dung - Who established the literary journal "New Youth"?
- Lu Xun
- Who was LU Xun?
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wrote "Diary of a Madman"
- established "New Youth" literary journal
-established the "league of Left-Wing Writers"
- never joins communist party
- earned a medical degree in japan
- new culure Movement - Diary of a Madman?
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writen by Lu Xun
- first short story
- 1st work of modern Chinese literature
- Critical Realism - What is Critical Realism?
- school of writing that used realistic characters to examine the obstacles to social progress in China
- Who were the Dravidians?
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1st civilization to peak at 2600 BCE
- invaded by ayrians (related to persians)
- bring in sandskrit
- caste system
- religion- hinduism - What is the New Culture Movement?
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vernacular language
speak about social issues
rejection of Confucian ideas
rejections of civil exam - What are the hinduism sacred texts?
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Vedas
- 4 basic texts- Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharva
-Vedic Writings include:
- Brahmanas
- Upanishads - Brahmanas
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1000-700 BCE
- concepts of Brahmin priesthood, reincarnation into immortal body, ritual sacrifice
- vedic writing - Upanishads
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700-500 BCE
- supporting "enlightenment" as a path to salvation
- responsibility
- denies efficacy of ritual sacrifice or necessity of priesthood - Who wrote My Coy Mistress?
- Andrew Marvel
- Caste System
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-infulence of Bramhanas
- vedas require purity that becomes translated into racial/class divisions - 4 Hindu Castes ("Varnas")
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- Brahman
- Kshatria
- Vaisia
- Sudra
- Untouchables- not a caste - What are the Brahman?
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Caste
- priests and literati
- fair-skinned - What are the Kshatria?
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Caste
- rulers, aristrocrats, warriors
- fair-skinned - What are the Vaisia?
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Caste
- landlords and businessmen
- fairskinned - What are Sudra?
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Caste
- Peasants and working class (non-polluting occupations)
- servant class
- darker-skinned "locals" or mixed-race people - What are the Untouchables?
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Outcasts (not members of any caste) who perform "unclean" tasks
- inherited occupations that made them unclean to memebers of the 4 varnas
- ex: butcher - varna?
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caste
" Skin color"
- aryan conquest of india led to color discrimination - East India Company?
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British merchants took tea from india and sold around the world
- colonizes until 1857 "mutiny" - Raj Era?
- When British Government assumes control of India in 1858
- Hindi?
- Sanskrit-based grammar and vocabulary, written from left to right in Devanagari script
- Urdu?
- Sanskrit grammar, Persian Vocab, written from right to left in Nasta'liq script
- Hindustaini?
- fusion of Hindi and Urdu
- English?
- British-educated indians often reject english as the language of colonialism
- After the split of India in 1847 , which countries had which nationalities?
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Pakistan- muslim
India- hindu - afsana
- short story
- The Road to Salvation?
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written by Premchand
- is impeded by men's own faults such as hubris, greed, and envy - Why did the black people on the farm go to Joahanasburg?
- money and better food
- When is the last time the girl sees the Chief?
- after the goat incident
- What does she take with her when she is traveling around the country side?
- 2 dogs and a rifel
- What new emotion does she feel when going to the village?
- fear and lonlieness
- What poem does the girl recite?
- lady of Shallot
- What does the term kaffir mean?
- black native
- What country was Doris Lessing BORN in?
- Persia
- How did she know where the village was?
- followed the chief's son
- What happened to the Chief and his people?
- they were moved 200 miles away to a native reservation
- What did the narrarator & friends on occasion do for amusing themselves?
- Sic the dogs on the natives and chase them up the tree
- What plant grows on the village after the natvies leave?
- pumpkin vines
- Where did Doris Lessing grow up?
- Rhodesia (zimbawbae)
- What is the Chief's initial reaction to her entering the village?
- motionless and unpleased
- What is Mrs. Gilbreath's Bday?
- 12/30/51 (send her cards!)
- Different colored notebooks mean?
- different writing themes
- What was the narrators mother's response to learning that the cook was the chief's son?
- made things harder on him
- What was Doris Lessing's parents' professions?
- nurse and banker
- What was Lessing's political affiliation?
- communist party
- What greeting was appropriate at all hours of the day?
- Morning
- Why did the girl go to the village?
- curiousity
- How did Browoski comit suicide?
- by gas
- what did Browoski work as in the camp?
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kappo
what is a kappo? a senior prisoner in charge of a group of prisoners - what did the red cross truck carry?
- gas
- what or who is canada?
- the name of the men getting the supplies off the transport
- As a teen Browoski rebeled by?
- writing polish poetry
- what university did Browoski attend illegally?
- Warsaw University
- What kind of gas was used?
- cyclone B
- Who was housed in FKL?
- women
- What was the woman walking away from so as not to be incinerated?
- her child
- what was the concentration camp's name?
- Auschwitz
- Who ever in the camp has food ...
- has power
- Prisoners eat what on their bed
- bread
- dead and crippled were taken...
- straight to the creamatorium
- Night transport, the narrarator thinks he is pulling out a corpse out of the transport and the hand is taken back, what is his reaction
- he throws up
- Auschwitz is in what country?
- poland
- what is Es paronto?
- language spoken to merge the European languages
- What is the smokestack?
- the creamatorium
- Only form of pity
- "people are deceived until the last moment" before being gassed
- Borowski's Father was departed to where?
- Siberia
- When the transport stops and people are screaming the nazi guard does what?
- shoots his gun in order to quite them down
- what happens to the girl with one leg?
- thrown in truck with corpse and taken to be burned alive
- For what organization did Browoski worked for what after the war?
- Poland Stalinist Government
- What insect were the prisoners compared to?
- lice
- Valuables from the transports are sent?
- to Germany and the Reich