Unit 8: Notes Pt. 1

Question 1

What does Churchill’s statement that “never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” refer to?

Answer 1

RAF heroic defense of England

Question 2

What country did Great Britain grant independence to after World War II?

Answer 2

India, Burma, Pakinstan, and to African territories.

Question 3

The intellectual position most characteristic of the modern period is what?

Answer 3

Existentialism

Question 4

What is the absolute denial of all meaning and values including those of the self?

Answer 4

Nihilism

Question 5

According to the modern writer, what is fatal to art?

Answer 5

Didacticism

Question 6

What is an attitude which favors a multiplicity of viewpoints and assumes that no single view is universally valid?

Answer 6

Pluralism

Question 7

Who as founder of modern psychology helped foster the existentialist philosophy?

Answer 7

Sigmund Freud

Question 8

The typical modern poem relies on what?

Answer 8

Rhythm (rather than on meter)

Question 9

Who believed that answers for life were found in art?

Answer 9

William Butler Yeats

Question 10

William butler Yeats believed that answers for life were found in ______.

Answer 10

Art

Question 11

William Butler Yeats was influenced by what beliefs?

Answer 11

1. Nationalism
2. Aestheticism
3. Occultism

Question 12

What is the theme of “Adam’s Curse”?

Answer 12

Any beautiful fine accomplishment requires diligent work

Question 13

What does the moon imagery in “Adam’s Curse” foreshadow?

Answer 13

The disillusionment at the end of the poem

Question 14

Who was an atheist?

Answer 14

James Joyce

Question 15

Who adopted a life of rootless exile?

Answer 15

James Joyce

Question 16

James Joyce adopted what kind of life?

Answer 16

A life of rootless exile

Question 17

Who was one of the Giants of modern literature?

Answer 17

James Joyce

Question 18

Who is known as a modern language scholar?

Answer 18

James Joyce

Question 19

In “Araby” why was the boy prevented from leaving the bazaar?

Answer 19

His uncle was late

Question 20

In “Araby” he fused the two elements of ____________ and __________.

Answer 20

Symbolism

Realism

Question 21

In “Ulysses” what method does he use?

Answer 21

The method of stream of consciousness

Question 22

What are the years of Modern Period?

Answer 22

1914-present

Question 23

Which philosophy maintains the strongest influence on writers of the modern period?

Answer 23

Rationalism