Author Flashcards
Matsuo Basho
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
Basho
From Japan, wrote The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Visited poetic locations, examined temples, mountains & other cultures water = recurring theme in renewal value of nature express individualism and nature spiritual greater than materialistic
Basho
Wrote a haiku at each destination
Basho
Creator of the Haiku
Themes of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
nature, culture, beauty, individualism, character growth, spiritual rebirth
Poem Haiku
known for structure being set, classical Japan literature but was unorthodox at the time when Basho wrote it
Greek v Japanese
theatre/acting v printing press led to writing
Edo Era
Printing became popular due to missionaries
Ming dynasty replaced by Qing dynasty
Why we study Basho
Invented Haiku
Combined classical with vernacular
Individualism is key
So Juana de la Cruz
Colonial Mexico, New Spain
De la Cruz
Mom = creole
Dad = Spanish captain
always learning
De la Cruz
feminist intellectual rights advocate grew up in grandpa's library catholic! begged to go to school
De la Cruz
convent of st jerome
owned 4000 books
library was burned
De la Cruz
wrote Response to the Poet Sor Filotea de la Cruz
Response to the Poet of Sor Filotea de la Cruz
criticizing sermon made in a church
writing to priest
gutsy in her words
stuff was published without her permission
Sor Juana de la Cruz
faked humility to be heard
de la cruz
mad and sarcastic in order to get point across without getting shut down entirely
themes from de la cruz
female empowerment equality courage women's rights enlightenment power of words education religion
Genre by Sor Juana de la Cruz
letter, also wrote poetry and plays
Enlightenment era of sor juana
church and gov fought her sexism growing pushback in church male clergy preach in church that women need to stay down
Why we study de la Cruz
injustice surround her , influenced to write feminism
first Great Latin American poet
some say she is the first feminism
Rousseau
Born in Switzerland
mother died after his birth
father blamed him
Rousseau
best friend = cousin bernard
grew up reading his mother’s romance novels
relationship with father was difficult
Rousseau
put all 5 of his children in orphanages
Rousseau
death is disputed as suicide
Rousseau
wrote confessions, the social contract, and emile
Confessions, by Rousseau
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
Rousseau
believes children should be children, alike with William Blake
Confessions by Rousseau
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
themes from confessions
honesty value of personal experience childhood is huge influence forgiveness, dont hold grudges atheism sexism
Rousseau known for
autobiography creator
thinker who developed new ideas for the world during this time period
Baudelaire
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
Baudelaire
more fascinated with life and city than nature
disgusted outlook on life
Baudelaire
wrote the flowers of evil
The Flowers of Evil
collection of poems written about social life and city wrote in rhyme, metrical forms vulgar language during city booming, industrial revolution
The Flowers of Evil
sin and death inevitable poetry describing beauty to describe morbid things ending of enlightenment period industrial revolution
Baudelaire why study him??
Most known French poet in world, first goth
Ghalib
Born in India
descendant of Turkish military settlers
married into wealth when he was 13
had 7 children, all died before 15 months
Ghalib
adopted his wife’s nephew ‘Arif
lost him and his wife to tuberculosis
underwent a lot of loss
Ghalib
emphasizes time with loved ones
ghalib
suffered loss from lovers, children, unfortunate luck status grew later in life mourned publicly the hooker he loved wrote in urdu and persian
Ghalib’s Couplets
written by Ghalib in ghazal form difficult form to write in wrote as a distraction from life gives advice on grieving
Ghalib’s couplets
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
key themes in Ghalib’s couplets
loneliness love lust solitude tragedy mortality family hybridity
Ghalib’s couplet
poetry
ghazal form
first person lyrics
made people feel closer to him
ghalib known for
ghazal form
first person poetry
noted fro his trop of god as a romantic relationship
most frequently quoted poet in India AND pakistan
