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Question 1

the narrator stands outside the story and refers to the characters with pronouns such as he she or they

Answer 1

third person point of view

Question 2

a type of writing in which the author attempts to reproduce the flow of thoughts in a character’s mind with little attention to grammar or logic

Answer 2

stream of consciousness

Question 3

a sudden revelationary insight into some aspect of life or reality that springs from an ordinary person object or event

Answer 3

epiphany

Question 4

to hint at events that will occur later within the story

Answer 4

foreshadow

Question 5

is a type of stream of consciousness narration

Answer 5

interior monologue

Question 6

a lyric poem or song greeting the dawn and often expressing the regret of two lovers at parting

Answer 6

aubade

Question 7

the emotion pervading a work

Answer 7

mood

Question 8

a form of shock humor derived from treating grotesque serious or morbid situation comically

Answer 8

black humor

Question 9

is the agreement of sounds from last stressed vowel sounds onward with a difference in the immediately preceding constant sounds

Answer 9

perfect rhyme

Question 10

shows agreement in terminal constant sounds but disagreement in the proceeding vowel sounds or agreement in the vowel sounds but disagreement one succeeding constant sounds

Answer 10

slant rhyme

Question 11

what is contemporary british lit marked with

Answer 11

contemporary British literature is marked by a tremendous range of topics and voices

Question 12

what did the postwar writers struggle with

Answer 12

like the modernist poets and novelists the postwar writers struggled to find meaning, remained pessimistic and morally uncreatain

Question 13

who is Philip Larkin

Answer 13

poet, liberian, englishman

Question 14

what did Philip Larkin voice in his work which eastablished him as what

Answer 14

he voiced despair in his work which established him as a graveyard poet and the unofficial poet laureate of his time

Question 15

how does the content of the poem reverses expectations in “Aubade”

Answer 15

the content of the poem reverses the expectations of what aubade means ,it shares the speaker’s despairing fear of death

Question 16

how does the poem further contrasts in “Aubade”

Answer 16

the poem further contrasts with typical aubades in that the speaker dreads the morning and has no meaningful connenction with another person

Question 17

what does the speaker say about courage in “Aubade”

Answer 17

the speaker says “courage is no good, of use in facing the fear of death”

Question 18

“that vast moth-eaten musical brocade created to pretend we never dies” this is an example of

Answer 18

is an example of where larkin is referring to religion

Question 19

“meanwhile telephones crouch, getting ready to ring in locked-up offices,and all the uncaring “ is an example of

Answer 19

personfication

Question 20

who is ted hughes

Answer 20

English poet, literary critic who revolutionized english verse with earlthy tones and voilent nature

Question 21

how does ted hughes explore humanity’s relationship

Answer 21

he explores humanity’s relationship by combining a focus on the natural world with mythological symbols

Question 22

who does Hughed in “the though fox” use extended metaphor

Answer 22

uses extended metaphor to compare the fox to the speakers creative process

Question 23

who inspired Beckett

Answer 23

james joyce

Question 24

who was Samuel Beckett

Answer 24

he was irish playwright who affected English drama and was arwarded the nobel prize for literature

Question 25

in “waiting for Godot” what did Beckett claim about Godot and what it’s meant

Answer 25

Beckett himself claimed that neither the name nor the charater of Godot was meant to suggest God, Perhaps Godot simply represents whatever an individual expects will create meaning in his or her life(this could be god or something else

Question 26

what is “waiting for Godot”a representation of

Answer 26

existentialism

Question 27

who is stevie smith

Answer 27

an english poet,novelist who wrote idiosyncratically

Question 28

what did stevie smith adopt in her writing

Answer 28

she adopted a childlike simplicity and traditional poetic devices

Question 29

what themes did stevie smith explore

Answer 29

themes of isolation and loss

Question 30

what does “not waving but drowning” represent

Answer 30

represents the modernist theme of Alienation/Isolation of the individual

Question 31

how many speakers are there in “not waving but drowning”

Answer 31

there are three different speakers in the poem

Question 32

who is seamus heaney

Answer 32

irish poet,translator and literary critic whose work explores historical myth and language

Question 33

“at the headrig with a single pluck of reins the sweating team turned round and back into the land “ these lines illustrate

Answer 33

enjambment

Question 34

who is Nadine Gordimer

Answer 34

a south african novelist and short story writer

Question 35

what did Nadine Gordimer advocate for

Answer 35

against apartheid and speaks to both the white and non white experiences of community in the apartheid

Question 36

who are the victims in “the moment before the gun went off”

Answer 36

all three lucas, lucas’ mother and van der Vyver are the victim

Question 37

from what characters does the narrator speak from in “the moment before the gun went off”

Answer 37

the narrator speaks from omniscient third person point of view he is inside minds of Van der Vyver and his wife, as well as the reporter, newspaper reader and the community

Question 38

what does the reader expect in “the moment before the gun went off” about which side will be right

Answer 38

the reader expects that one side or the other will be right about van de vyver because the majority of the story pits the political faction of south africa against each other, but neither side has the complete story

Question 39

who is anita desai

Answer 39

• possibly one of the best novelists speaking to dislocation in the 20th century
• Indian writer who highlights the pain of life and how to bear it

Question 40

what are the conflicts in “a devoted son”

Answer 40

• rakesh must take care of Varma in a reversal of the father/son relationship
• Varma does not approve of Rakesh’s control over his father’s meal
• Rakesh has some western values, whereas Varma has traditional inidan values

Question 41

what happened to Rakesh and Varma at the end

Answer 41

Rakesh and Varam are not able to resolve their differences at the end of the story

Question 42

what does Chinua Achebe voice his belief

Answer 42

Achebe voices the belief that independent Nigeria can use colonial and traditional influences to form a dynamic whole

Question 43

who is Chinua Achebe

Answer 43

he was considered to be the father of African literature, a novelist and poet

Question 44

how did Chinua Achebe give voice to Igbo

Answer 44

He gave a voice to Igbo people in the form of the bestselling African novel of all time.

Question 45

how did Chinua Achebe contribute to literary scholarships

Answer 45

He contributed to literary scholarship as both a literary critic and an educator.