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Matsuo Basho

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Nomad, traveler, Companion Sora, teacher, retired from teaching because one of his student’s died, sensitive man, lived in a banana hut after retiring, his name comes from a banana hut

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Basho

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From Japan, wrote The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Visited poetic locations, examined temples, mountains & other cultures
water = recurring theme in renewal 
value of nature
express individualism and nature
spiritual greater than materialistic
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Basho

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Wrote a haiku at each destination

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Basho

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Creator of the Haiku

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Themes of The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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nature, culture, beauty, individualism, character growth, spiritual rebirth

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Poem Haiku

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known for structure being set, classical Japan literature but was unorthodox at the time when Basho wrote it

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Greek v Japanese

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theatre/acting v printing press led to writing

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Edo Era

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Printing became popular due to missionaries

Ming dynasty replaced by Qing dynasty

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Why we study Basho

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Invented Haiku
Combined classical with vernacular
Individualism is key

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So Juana de la Cruz

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Colonial Mexico, New Spain

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De la Cruz

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Mom = creole
Dad = Spanish captain
always learning

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De la Cruz

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feminist
intellectual rights advocate
grew up in grandpa's library
catholic! 
begged to go to school
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De la Cruz

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convent of st jerome
owned 4000 books
library was burned

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De la Cruz

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wrote Response to the Poet Sor Filotea de la Cruz

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Response to the Poet of Sor Filotea de la Cruz

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criticizing sermon made in a church
writing to priest
gutsy in her words
stuff was published without her permission

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Sor Juana de la Cruz

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faked humility to be heard

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de la cruz

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mad and sarcastic in order to get point across without getting shut down entirely

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themes from de la cruz

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female empowerment
equality
courage
women's rights
enlightenment
power of words
education
religion
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Genre by Sor Juana de la Cruz

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letter, also wrote poetry and plays

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Enlightenment era of sor juana

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church and gov fought her 
sexism
growing pushback in church
male clergy
preach in church that women need to stay down
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Why we study de la Cruz

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injustice surround her , influenced to write feminism
first Great Latin American poet
some say she is the first feminism

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Rousseau

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Born in Switzerland
mother died after his birth
father blamed him

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Rousseau

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best friend = cousin bernard
grew up reading his mother’s romance novels
relationship with father was difficult

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Rousseau

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put all 5 of his children in orphanages

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Rousseau

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death is disputed as suicide

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Rousseau

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wrote confessions, the social contract, and emile

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Confessions, by Rousseau

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autobiography
speaks highly of his parents’ love
feels like its his fault his father no longer has mother
read books with his father at a young age

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Rousseau

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believes children should be children, alike with William Blake

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Confessions by Rousseau

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raised by mme de waren
placed his children in orphanages
teals a ribbon and blames on a girl
feels extreme guilt and never really gets over it
talks about his childhood
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themes from confessions

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honesty
value of personal experience
childhood is huge influence
forgiveness, dont hold grudges
atheism
sexism
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Rousseau known for

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autobiography creator

thinker who developed new ideas for the world during this time period

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Baudelaire

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Paris, France 
lost his father at age 6
mother remarried a military man and did not get along with his (stepfather)
rebellious young boy
money spender
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Baudelaire

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more fascinated with life and city than nature

disgusted outlook on life

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Baudelaire

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wrote the flowers of evil

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The Flowers of Evil

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collection of poems 
written about social life and city
wrote in rhyme, metrical forms
vulgar language
during city booming, industrial revolution
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The Flowers of Evil

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sin and death inevitable
poetry
describing beauty to describe morbid things 
ending of enlightenment period 
industrial revolution
38
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Baudelaire why study him??

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Most known French poet in world, first goth

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Ghalib

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Born in India
descendant of Turkish military settlers
married into wealth when he was 13
had 7 children, all died before 15 months

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Ghalib

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adopted his wife’s nephew ‘Arif
lost him and his wife to tuberculosis
underwent a lot of loss

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Ghalib

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emphasizes time with loved ones

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ghalib

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suffered loss from lovers, children, 
unfortunate luck
status grew later in life
mourned publicly the hooker he loved
wrote in urdu and persian
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Ghalib’s Couplets

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written by Ghalib
in ghazal form
difficult form to write in
wrote as a distraction from life
gives advice on grieving
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Ghalib’s couplets

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unconditional love, even after death, details of sorrow in his own life
things going on around him 
sensory details
romantic longing for love and/or god 
questioning God and his unfortunate
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key themes in Ghalib’s couplets

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loneliness
love
lust
solitude
tragedy
mortality
family
hybridity
46
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Ghalib’s couplet

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poetry
ghazal form
first person lyrics
made people feel closer to him

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ghalib known for

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ghazal form
first person poetry
noted fro his trop of god as a romantic relationship
most frequently quoted poet in India AND pakistan

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