HW Session 8 [PDF]

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Name: Vũ Hạnh Trang Troy ID: 1605136 Class: ENG2206 – IVAB SESSION 8 1. What could be considered as a shared disposition among James Joyce, William Faulkner, and André Breton in the field of arts? The common inclination of all three of these famous authors may be to deal with the world and human life. James Joyce focuses on intimate human experiences, human culture, and the changing image of the world. Andre Breton uses his literature to reveal his discoveries about the world behind humorous reality and human reason. Finally, William Faulkner speaks of the clash of generations and ways of life, the tragedies of race and family, and the almost archetypal opposition of good and evil. 2. What is the well-known narrative technique both James Joyce and William Faulkner developed in their writings which became a distinctive feature of literary modernism? The well-known narrative technique both James Joyce and William Faulkner developed in their writings which became a distinctive feature of literary modernism is the stream of consciousness technique. Breton’s “Manifesto of Surrealism” 1. Who is the theorist Breton was under influence of to develop his own surrealism? The person who theorist Breton was under influence of to develop his own surrealism is Freud. He drew on Freud’s theory of the unconscious as a resource for producing literature through “automatic writing” a technique of composition seeking to evade conscious planning. 2. What is the main idea about the process of artistic creation Breton wanted to present in his “Manifesto of Surrealism”? What, according to Breton in his “Manifesto”, is the enemy of /obstacle to artistic creation? The main idea about the process of artistic creation Breton wanted to present in his “Manifesto of Surrealism” is the dream and the imagination.

According to Breton, “dreams generally contribute little to furthering our understanding”. It means the things that we imagine can be a rich source of inspiration. According to Breton in his “Manifesti”, the enemy of/ obstacle to artistic creation is the realistic attitude inspired by positivism, the reign of logic. Because it clearly seems to be hostile to any intellectual or moral advancement. “The absolute rationalism that is still in vogue allows us to consider only facts relating directly to our experience [...] It is pointless to add that experience itself has found itself increasingly circumscribed. It paces back and forth in a cage from which it is more and more difficult to make it emerge.” This means that it will limit, and stifle creativity in the arts and confines itself to abstract realities. 3. What is surrealism according to Breton? According to Breton, “surrealism is psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express — verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner — the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by the thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern. Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dreams, and in the disinterested play of thought. It tends to ruin once and for all other psychic mechanisms and to substitute itself for them in solving all the principal problems of life.” Joyce’s “The Dead” 1. What is the event which functions as the context for the whole story to take place in Joyce’s “The Dead”? The event that functions as the context for the whole story to take place in Joyce’s “The Dead” is Misses Morkan’s party – an annual dinner dance that takes place after the New Year, probably on January 6, the Catholic Feast of the Epiphany. 2. What is Gabriel Conroy’s occupation? Gabriel Conroy is a book reviewer and a college professor. 3. What are the jobs (minor and main) Mr. Conroy is assigned to do in the event? What label does Miss Ivors use to accuse Mr. Conroy? Why does she call him that way?

The main job of Mr. Conroy in the event is to give a speech. The minor jobs of Mr. Conroy are to present that he is a loving family man, bringing his cheerful presence to the party and performing typically masculine duties such as carving the goose. Miss Ivors labeled “West Briton” to accuse Mr. Conroy. Because it was true that he wrote a literary column every Wednesday in The Daily Express, for which he was paid fifteen shillings. 4. What is the secret story Mrs. Conroy reveals to her husband after the event? Gretta confessed that she came up with the song from the party because a former lover sang it to her when she was young in Galway. Gretta recounts this boy's sad story and the moments they spent together. Michael Furey died after waiting outside her window in the cold. Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” 1. What is the setting (time and space) in the beginning of the story? Who is the boy appearing in the beginning of the story? Who is the protagonist of the story? The beginning of the story is set in about 1895 and opens in a store in which the Justice of the Peace’s court. The boy who appears in the beginning of the story is Sarty – a hungry boy craving the meat and cheese in the store. His father, Abner Snopes, is in court, accused of burning down Mr. Harris's barn. Sarty is called up to testify against his father, and he knows he's going to have to lie and say his father didn't burn the barn. The protagonists of the story are Sarty (Colonel Sartoris Snopes) and his father Abner Snopes (Ab). 2. What is the relationship between Ab Snopes and Mr. Harris, between Ab Snopes and Major de Spain? Harris was the Snopes' neighbor at the beginning of the story, and a victim of Abner's barn burning. Major de Spain is Abner's arch-nemesis in the story. He is Abner's employer and landlord after the family leaves the first county. Abner tracks poop on de Spain's rug takes him to court and burns down his barn, all in a matter of four days. 3. What does Sarty do and feel at the end of the story?

He has come a long way to the top of the hill. He mourns the loss of his father but is no longer afraid. He falls asleep and feels better when he wakes up. In the morning, he started walking toward the forest in front of him. He didn't come back.