exam 1

Question 1

When was the Neoclassical Period (Age of Reason; The Enlightenment)

Answer 1

roughly from 1660 to 1798

Question 2

When was the Restoration Period

Answer 2

1660-1700

Question 3

When was the Augustan Age

Answer 3

1700-1750

Question 4

When was the Age of Johnson

Answer 4

1750-1798

Question 5

Six lit characteristics of the Neoclassical Period?

Answer 5

1. Strong attraction to traditionalism and distrust of radical innovations
2. Lit. is art that requires innate talent, study and practice
3. Correct and moderate passions
4. Emphasis placed on widely shared experiences, thoughts, feelings and tastes
5. Character is limited, must set attainable goals
6. The literary salon

Question 6

Three utilities of French Rationalization for the drama

Answer 6

1. Action: everything coherent and whole
2. Time: one day only
3. Place: all action in on place

Question 7

Four rules of Decorum

Answer 7

1. Tragedy: elevated speech, characters of high rank, unhappy endings
2. Comedy: Colloquial style, middle or low class characters, happy endings
3. Propriety in characterization: kings should act like kings, beggars like beggars
4. No horrors on stage: nothing that cannot be convincingly created

Question 8

Definition of existentialism

Answer 8

philosophy centered on individual existence as unique and unrepeatable, hence rejecting the past for present existence and its unique dilemmas

Question 9

First of six aspects of existentialism

Answer 9

1. Existence before essence: all individuals are unique in ever new circumstances, in which they must act on their desperate choices; through their choices and acts, they create their unique existence, their individual essence

Question 10

Second of six aspects of existentialism

Answer 10

2. Importance of Reason: the existentialist sees reason as powerless until merged with the irrational to make humans whole

Question 11

Third of six aspects of existentialism

Answer 11

3. Alienations: scientific rationalism and a collective industrial materialism have alienated humans from God, nature, society, and self; humans are out of touch with God, nature, others, and thus, themselves

Question 12

Fourth of six aspects of existentialism

Answer 12

4. Anxiety: humans make choices in fear and trembling, only hoping their choices are right where moral laws contradict each other or fade altogether; frequently, the choice is for the exception to the rule, because each existence is unique, each circumstance exceptional

Question 13

Fifth of six aspects of existentialism

Answer 13

5. Nothingness or Nihilism: the dilemma of doubt and dread that wishes for death but cannot die

Question 14

The sixth of six aspects of existentialism

Answer 14

6. Awful Freedom: humans have an awesome and awful freedom; humans must move from black to nothingness to a moral void where they choose for themselves as if choosing for all

Question 15

Definition of Psychological Realism

Answer 15

Concentration on the reality of perception, of mind and inner life as opposed to outward action

Question 16

Who wrote Tartuffe

Answer 16

Moliere

Question 17

Who wrote The Guest

Answer 17

Camus

Question 18

Who wrote Death in Venice

Answer 18

Mann