world literature review

Know the events that contributed to literary Modernism

Know the concepts artists during the Modern period lost faith in

Know the major literary methods of Modernism

Know what is meant by the phrase “casual comedy” in Yeats’ “Easter 1916”

Know the shape that Yeats uses to explain his theory of history; this same shape is referred to in his poem, “The Second Coming.”

Know the images used by Eliot in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to characterize the modern world in which Prufrock lives

Know the examples of verbal or dramatic irony in “Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber”

Know why the older woman In “Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber” picks up the small child and takes it with her to the truck that will go to the gas chamber

Know why The Guest in Camus’ story makes the choice to turn himself in to the police

Know the postcolonial location that is the setting for Thiongo’s “Wedding at the Cross”

Know the Literary characteristics of Modern literature

Know the image Yeats uses in “Easter 1916” to show how people are changed over time by their passionate ideas.

Know the historical argument Yeats is making in his poem “The Second Coming”

Know the significance of the title “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Know the source of the epigram in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Know the biographical facts about the author of “Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber”

Know the significance of the title “The Guest”

Know the reaction of Miriamu’s family to her marriage in “Wedding at the Cross,”

Know the characteristics of the new religion Miriamu joins after her husband takes a Western name In “Wedding at the Cross”

Know what is meant by the mantra of Modernism, “Show; don’t tell”

Know why J. Alfred Prufrock is so afraid to express meaningful ideas and emotions to other people

Know why the narrator of “Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber,” who is an anti-hero, is different from The Underground Man and J. Alfred Prufrock, also anti-heroes

Know the internal, phychological/philosophical conflicts and global/political conflicts in “The Guest”

You will also have one subjective question and five quote identifications

please show the answer for each questions. you can try to find the answer from power point. the power point is for help. only few sentence for each question . let me know if you have any questions.