Exam OneExam One

Dr. Thompson

English 4150

Fall 2008

Lots of Possible Essay ResponsesLots of Possible Essay Responses Essay 1: Mechanisms of textual structures

Joyce: Monomyth, Cyclical psychological growth, biblical structur;, Forster: Mosque, Temple, Cave; Woolf: Room itself, Jacob’s development into adulthood;OR: Joyce: childhood to adulthood; Woolf: school to death in war; Forster: Religion / politics or Master / Slave; Or panoptical structures in all three; Or Point of View shifts;Or any combination of any of these.

Essay 2: Modernism & modernitéOnly need to tie experimental features (stream of consciousness, lack of plot) to possible anxieties caused by modern life (time & war, for example).

Short AnswersShort Answers1. Epiphany & Joyce

Title A Portrait of the Artist….

2. Woolf is a subjectivist. Examples: Sex scene (all things are proper realm of fiction), Jacob’s room as focus (no climactic plot)

3. Uncle Charles’ Principle: idiom used need not be the narrator’s.

4. Campbell’s Quest Structure: monomyth done in class.

5. Jacob’s actual room symbolizes loss of entire generation. It’s empty; did he think he’d be returning? Ref’s. to room throughout the novel.

More Short AnswersMore Short Answers

6. Problem of human connection: cultural,, religious, power inequities,…? Outline: Where characters try to connect? Where they fail to connect?

7. Satyagraha: non-violent disobedience. Swadeshi: own effort & the home-grown movement. Moral Stance of the Raj.

8. Mrs. Moore & the Marabar Caves.