Finals Flashcards
(56 cards)
1
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Who Wrote the book “Jane Eyre?”
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Charlotte Bronte
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When was Jane Eyre published?
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1847
3
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Jane Eyre: Fiction or Non-fiction?
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Fiction
4
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Jane Eyre a Novel?
A
Yes
5
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Who wrote “A Room of One’s own?”
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Virginia Woolf
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When was “A Room of One’s Own” published?
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1929
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Who wrote “Woman at Point Zero?”
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Nawal el Saadawi
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When was “Woman at Point Zero” published?
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1975
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Who wrote “The Color Purple?”
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Alice Walker
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When was “The Color Purple” published?
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1982
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Who wrote “Second Sky?”
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Tania Runyan
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When was “Second Sky” published?
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2013
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Who wrote “We Should All Be Feminists?”
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Chimimande Ngozi Adichie
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When was “We Should all Be Feminists” published?
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2014
15
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Define “Primogeniture”
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an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son
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Define “Entail”
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to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner’s lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
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What is “Landed Gentry?”
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People who own land
18
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T or F: Autobiography is a fiction
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False
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Jane Eyre: What is the Voice/Point of View?
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- First person narrator
- Intrusive Narrator
- Direct Address of Narrator
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Jane Eyre: What is the Style?
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- Images
- Imagery
- Foreshadowing
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Jane Eyre: What is the structure?
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Flashback
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A Room of One’s Own: What is the structure?
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- Stream of consciousness from one line of argument to random thought and back
- Broken into Chapters
-Somewhat autobiographical, some non-fiction, some fictional
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A Room of One’s Own: Style
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- Symbolism of room of her own
- Conversational, meandering
- Speculative, imaginative
- Historical, Literary
- Anecdotal, fiction Insertions
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T or F: A Room of One’s Own is a novel
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False
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Woman at Point Zero: Type of work?
Nonfiction Novel
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Woman at Point Zero: Style
- Use of Motifs
- Use of Metaphors
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Woman at Point Zero: Voice
- Firdaus' voice (urgent, certain, critical, resigned)
- Autobiographical, 1st Person (Firdaus), 1st Person (Saadawi)
- Reportorial
- Saadawi's own Voice (Self-Critical, Uncertain)
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Woman at Point Zero: Structure
- Repetitive stories, motifs, images, wording
- Framed Narrative (Opening voice Saadawi, middle voice Firdaus, Closing Voice Saadawi)
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The Color Purple: What type of work?
Novel
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The Color Purple: Structure
- Begins with voice of the father, ends with voice of Celie
- Non-linear Chronology (Celie’s story is linear, Nettie’s is not—last letter read first; all letters are Technically flashbacks by the time Celie reads them)
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The Color Purple: Voice
- Multiple voices represented by the different letter writers
- Multiple first-person narrators (Celie, Nettie)
- informal, personal, intimate, emotional (sister writing to sister, Celie privately writing to God)
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The Color Purple: Style
- Incidental historical references (concern is with personal letters not historical plot details)
- AAVE and EAE uses of English
- Informal, personal, intimate
- First-person letter writing to family, to God
- Diary-like, letters to God
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What type of work is Second Sky?
Book of Poems
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Second Sky: Voice
- Speaker, persona (voice is not the poet)
- Conversation (multiple voices)
- Confessional
- Tone
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We All Should Be Feminists: Genre
- Nonfiction
- Lecture become personal essay
- Anecdotes
- Feminist Literature
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We All Should Be Feminists: Voice
- Autobiographical Adichie's own voice
- Tone (Challenging, angry, critical of Society)
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We All Should Be Feminists: Structure
- Begins with her friend, closes with her friend near the end
- Series of Anecdotes
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We All Should Be Feminists: Style
- Personal, Accessible, plain-spoken, straightforward
- Informal and Anecdotal
- Didactic
- Persuasive
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Jane Eyre: "Cold approach to marriage, not made for love, but for labor"
- Formed for labor : Women objectified
- Married Women is a "Covered Woman" Entire identity becomes her hubby's, loses her identity
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Jane Eyre: "It is under his standard I enlist you. I cannot accept oh his behalf a divided allegiance: it must be entire"
Jane sees St. John as an equal which gives her strength to exert autonomy
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Jane Eyre: "... and do not forget that if you reject it, it is not me you deny, but God."
Jane is just a means to an end
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Jane Eyre: What is Charlotte Bronte's Biography?
- Was 9 yrs old when 2 sisters died @ Cowan Bridge
- 38 yrs old when she wrote Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre: What is Charlotte Bronte's critical Reception?
- Immediate success from 1847 onward
- Never been out of Print
- Generally well received but criticized by some women
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Jane Eyre: Reflection (Bronte's Choice of Ending) Rochester's character shows God's exploration of God
- Paints Calvinist Picture of God
- Rochester had bad life before Jane and was ultimately punished by God
- Sees himself worthless but Jane still came back to him and use his salvation
- "I thank my maker that in the midst of punishment, he remembers mercy
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Jane Eyre: What is Bronte trying to say about Christian Life"
Shows different perspectives of God
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Jane Eyre: What is Bronte's intentions invoking inheritance plot?
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Jane Eyre: "We must be married."
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Jane Eyre: What is Brocklehurst's view of Christianity?
Judgemental/Hypocritical Legalism
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Jane Eyre: What is Helen Burns' view of Christianity?
Universal Salvation
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Jane Eyre: What is St. John Rivers' view of Christianity?
Calvinistic doctrines
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A Room of One's Own: The essay was derived from lecture to women students at which two schools?
Girton and Newnham Colleges
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Jane Eyre: What social class is Rochester?
Gentry
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Jane Eyre: What social class is Jane?
- Gentry
- Middle
- Working
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Jane Eyre: Name the two sections of the "Upper Class"
- Royalty
- Peerage
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Jane Eyre: Define the term Doppelgänger
- Alter Ego
- Dark Double
- Ghostly
- Paranormal
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The Color Purple: Define the term Hybridity
A person whose background is a blend of two diverse cultures or traditions
