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Guide for Final Exam
There will be three sections to the final exam.
The final exam will cover only that material that we have discussed since
the midterm exam, namely literary works from the 20th Century.
Part 1: Terminology
In this part of the exam, you will be expected
to show me that you understand some of the terminology that was presented
during discussions. You will need to define the term in your own
words and then illustrate that you understand its meaning by applying it
to one of the works that we read. How does that term relate to the
work? When you give the example work, I expect you to name the author
and the title correctly, so prepare now. Pick your four favorite
terms from this list and figure out today which literary works exemplify
those terms:
Modernism
stream of consciousness
villanelle
gyre |
Jungian analysis
apostrophe (not the punctuaiton mark)
alliteration
Theater of the Absurd |
Part 2: Authors
How much detail do you remember from the author's
lives? On the exam, you will find little bits of information taken
from the biographical reports you all gave. You will be expected
to identify which author the information refers to. Here are the
authors that you should remember:
Thomas Hardy
Joseph Conrad
William Butler Yeats
Virginia Woolf
D. H. Lawrence |
James Joyce
Katherine Mansfield
Stevie Smith
George Orwell
W.H. Auden |
Dylan Thomas
Samuel Becket
Chinua Achebe
Ted Hughes
Alice Munro |
Part 3: Quotations
In this part of the exam, you should be able
to recognize some quotations from some of the works that we studied.
You will be expected to identify the source of the quotation: author, title
of the work, and the character who says it (including the narrator if the
narrator says it). You also will be expected to explain the significance
of the quotation as it relates to some theme within the work or as it reveals
some aspect of the character.
Part 4: Essay
Questions
In this part of the exam, you must demonstarte
your ability to think critically about the works that we have discussed
and some of the relationships between the works. Here are the essay
questions that you should be prepared to "play" with:
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Using evidence you find in the poetry and prose that
we have read in the last eight weeks, discuss the changing perspectives
of the English views on war and warfare. Be sure to include a mention
of post-WWII ideas about nuclear warfare. (Use at least three works
from the Anthology in your discussion.)
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Using evidence you find in the works that we have
read during the last eight weeks, discuss the changing situations of women
in English societies in the Twentieth Century. (Use at least three
works from the Anthology in your discussion.)
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