English 222 - Midterm Flashcards
Dhowli
author: Mahasweta Devi
Dhowli (MC), Mishilal (Dhowli’s lover), Sanichari (herbal doctor)
Pigeons at Daybreak
author: Anita Desai Amul Basu (husband), Otima Basu (wife), Charu Basu (daughter), Nikhil (Charu's son)
A Horse and Two Goats
author: R.K. Narayan
Muni (MC), Muni’s wife, the american,
The Wog
author: Khushwant Singh
Mr. Sen/Sunny (MC), Kumari (wife), Mr. Bannerjee (superintendent), Mr. Swami (SUnny’s boss)
The Destination
author: Wang Anyi Chen Xing (MC), Chen Fang (oldest brother), Chen Fang's wife, Nannan (Chen Fang's daughter), No. 3, Mother, Aunt, Yuan (worked with Chen Xing)
Sketches from the Cattle Shed
author: Ding Ling
main character, C. (MC’s husband), Tao Yun (prison guard)
Kite Streamers
author: Wang Meng
Chairman Mao, Gang of Four, Fan Susu, Jianyan
Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter
author: Chen Rong
Zhang & Madam Zhang, Grandpa Cao, Xu Quan, Guo Family
Magic Chalk
author: Kobo Abe
Argon (MC), Miss Nippon
The Tomoshibi
author: Sawako Ariyoshi
Mama-san (proprietess), Shizu-chan (barmaid), Eiko (barmaid, killed herself), Momoko-chan (new barmaid, L-P eyes)
The Moon on the Water
author: Yasunari Kawabata
Kyoko (MC), first husband, second husband
The Silent Traders
author: Satoko Tsushima
MC, daughter (10), son (5), absent father
Heart of Darkness
author: Joseph Conrad
Marlow (MC), unnamed man on board ship, Kurtz
HOD - ship characters
- director of companies/captain
- lawyer
- accountant
- Marlow
- unnamed shipman
post-colonialism
time after colonization, period of freedom from colonizers
