Pearls of Wisdom Flashcards
(24 cards)
Nana
Who blamed courtesans for society’s ills?
Maxime Du Camp
Why were prostitutes on bourgeouis streets?
Haussman’s changes to Paris
Why difficult to distinguish between respectable peole and prostitutes?
Imitation of each other
Registered Prostitutes
Filles Soumises
Registered Prostitutes
Filles Soumises
Government regulated brothels
Maison de tolérance
Inspiration for Nana
Thérèse Lachmann - La Païva. Hotel on Champs-Élysées
Moment suggests theatre = court
Prince of Scotland holding court in dressing room
Flaubert on Nana
‘Becomes mythic without ceasing to be a real woman’
Animalistic descriptions in Nana
Georges Hugon - curl up like a dog. Nana - cloud of locusts, beast etc. Muffat - bark etc.
Naturalism?
No - opinionated
Yes - forces within Muffat motivate him, long descriptions etc.
Bel Ami
Relevance of Bel-Ami?
Appearances
Sympathy for Duroy
Jean Prévost - 1 POV, hard not to sympathise
Other characters merely ‘utilités’
Saint-Potin - literally gossip
Rage of society vs Naturalism
Caliban looking at himself in the mirror
Book Godot based on
Mercier and Camier - tree central symbol, two tramps who reunite etc. But ‘thrownness’ makes Godot better realisation of idea.
V + E’s relationship
Want independance, reliant on one another
‘On attend Godot’ how many times per act?
4 in Act 1
12 in Act 2
Philosopher inspired Godot
Geulincx - occasionalism, division between body and mind - no God intervention
Body/Mind split
Murphy - inspiration - describes split. Production of Fin de Partie - actions gestures done before their lines. Characters all fall down and can’t get up. Lucky’s speech stopped by hat.
Divine Comedy similarity
Belacqua - ante-purgatory. Enforced idleness.
Change?
Decay - Pozzo + Lucky.
Huis Clos title
Vase Close - Occupation
Huit Clos - infinity symbol
Les Autres - each becomes a third party
Original Sin and Mauvaise Foi
Give in to temptations, seek easy ways out, self-gratification, evasion of duties
