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Pearls of Wisdom Flashcards

1
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Nana

Who blamed courtesans for society’s ills?

A

Maxime Du Camp

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Why were prostitutes on bourgeouis streets?

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Haussman’s changes to Paris

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3
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Why difficult to distinguish between respectable peole and prostitutes?

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Imitation of each other

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4
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Registered Prostitutes

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Filles Soumises

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5
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Registered Prostitutes

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Filles Soumises

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Government regulated brothels

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Maison de tolérance

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7
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Inspiration for Nana

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Thérèse Lachmann - La Païva. Hotel on Champs-Élysées

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Moment suggests theatre = court

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Prince of Scotland holding court in dressing room

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Flaubert on Nana

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‘Becomes mythic without ceasing to be a real woman’

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10
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Animalistic descriptions in Nana

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Georges Hugon - curl up like a dog. Nana - cloud of locusts, beast etc. Muffat - bark etc.

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11
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Naturalism?

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No - opinionated
Yes - forces within Muffat motivate him, long descriptions etc.

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12
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Bel Ami

Relevance of Bel-Ami?

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Appearances

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13
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Sympathy for Duroy

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Jean Prévost - 1 POV, hard not to sympathise

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14
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Other characters merely ‘utilités’

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Saint-Potin - literally gossip

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15
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Rage of society vs Naturalism

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Caliban looking at himself in the mirror

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16
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Book Godot based on

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Mercier and Camier - tree central symbol, two tramps who reunite etc. But ‘thrownness’ makes Godot better realisation of idea.

17
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V + E’s relationship

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Want independance, reliant on one another

18
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‘On attend Godot’ how many times per act?

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4 in Act 1
12 in Act 2

19
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Philosopher inspired Godot

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Geulincx - occasionalism, division between body and mind - no God intervention

20
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Body/Mind split

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Murphy - inspiration - describes split. Production of Fin de Partie - actions gestures done before their lines. Characters all fall down and can’t get up. Lucky’s speech stopped by hat.

21
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Divine Comedy similarity

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Belacqua - ante-purgatory. Enforced idleness.

22
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Change?

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Decay - Pozzo + Lucky.

23
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Huis Clos title

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Vase Close - Occupation
Huit Clos - infinity symbol
Les Autres - each becomes a third party

24
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Original Sin and Mauvaise Foi

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Give in to temptations, seek easy ways out, self-gratification, evasion of duties

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