World Litt Exam and Project

PART 1. WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
Handwritten
On a white paper, answer the following questions. No computerized outputs. Write legibly!
DEADLINE: December 21 (Thursday) at 1:00 pm
You may submit by putting your papers on my table in the DTE faculty room on or before the deadline.
1. Before the Law (5 points)
 How can you relate the parable to yourself as someone who abides by the law?
2. The Imperial Message (5 points)
 What is the parable trying to explain?
3. The Arabian Nights
 What moral can we learn from each story:

 Aladdin’s Lamp,
 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,
 The Three Apples,
 The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor,
 The Fisherman and the Jinni,
 The Vizier and the Sage Duban, and
 The Three Princes and the Princess Nouronnihar? (3 points each)
 How is the theme "rags to riches" depicted in the stories of The Arabian Nights? (3 points)
 What significance do jinnis, or genies, have in this collection? (3 points)
(explain your answer - no repetition of moral/lesson/value)
4. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (5 points)
 Differentiate the novel from the movie version.
5. Videotape (5 points)
 What does the story say about how cameras shape our ideas about what is “real” and what is “unreal”?
 What is the camera’s relationship to reality?
 What changes do the invention and introduction of the camera bring to reality?
The Epic of Gilgamesh (5 points each)
 What do Enkidu’s curse and then his blessing of the prostitute suggests about a lot of women in ancient
Mesopotamia?
 Why does Utnapishtim tell Urshanabi that he is no longer welcome in his realm?
 What does the story of Enkidu’s education by the prostitute tell us about Mesopotamian views of culture
and civilization?
 What is the significance of Gilgamesh’s passage through the darkness beneath the twin-peaked mountain?
In a Bamboo Grove (5 points)
 Using your inferencing skills. What do you think really happened in the story?
The White Tiger (3 points each)

 How was India depicted in the novel?
 Do you think Balram’s path towards success is acceptable given his situation? Why or why not?
 Is there a way to justify Balram's decision to murder Ashok and thus sacrifice his family?
The Story of a Childhood (5 points)
 Discuss the effect of the Iranian Revolution to Marjane.
Little Red Riding Hood (3 points each)
 Compare (similarities) and Contrast (differences) the different versions of the fairy tale:
 Perrault
 Grimm
 Calvino
 Thurber
 Dahl
Snow White (5 points)
 Differentiate the Brothers Grimm version and the Disney version of fairy tale.
Electra (3 points each)
 Why does Orestes allow Electra to suffer over his false death for so long?
 What is the theme of this Greek tragedy? Justify your answer.
 The justification and consequences of murder and revenge is the major theme throughout the
play, both the murder of their mother by Orestes and Electra, but also the other murders
(of Iphigenia, and of Agamemnon and Cassandra) which led up to the current one in a tit-for-
tat succession of acts of vengeance.
 Towards the end of the play, the theme of repentance also becomes an important one: after
the death of Clytemnestra, both Electra and Orestes repent intensely, realizing the horror of
what they have done, but aware that they will always be unable to undo or repair it and that
they will henceforth always be considered unwelcome outsiders. Their remorse is contrasted
with Clytemnestra’s complete lack of remorse for her own actions.
 Minor themes include: celibacy (Electra’s peasant husband has so much respect for her
ancestors that he does not feel worthy of her and never approaches her bed); poverty and
riches (Clytemnestra and Aegisthus’ lavish lifestyle is contrasted with the simple life led
by Electra and her husband); and the supernatural (the influence of the oracle of Apollo on the
tragic events, and the subsequent decrees of The Dioscuri).
 How is Electra similar to Oedipus?
Electra and Oedipus both compete to win their opposite sex parents. In the case of Electra, she revenged
with his brother, against Clytemnestra their mother, and Aegisthus, their stepfather, for their murder of
Agamemnon, their father.
Total # of points = 115 points

Part 2. PROJECT. Computerized
Softcopy only. PDF Format. No plagiarism! See rubric on the next page to know how you will be graded.
Deadline: December 23 (Saturday) at 5:00 pm
Submit your PDF outputs to my Facebook account: facebook.com/ishanlorenzana
Taking into consideration how the authors from different countries around the world depict their homelands in
their writings, write a SHORT STORY about any topic that would also best describe the Philippines and Filipinos
whether positively or negatively.
Format: Cambria, size 11, 1.15 spacing, minimum of 3 pages (8.5 x 11)

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PART 1. WRITTEN EXAMINATION.

DEADLINE: December 21 (Thursday) at 1:00 pm

1. Before the Law (5 points)

2. The Imperial Message (5 points)

 What is the parable trying to explain?

3. The Arabian Nights

 What moral can we learn from each story:

4. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (5 points)

 Differentiate the novel from the movie version.

The Epic of Gilgamesh (5 points each)

In a Bamboo Grove (5 points)

The White Tiger (3 points each)

The Story of a Childhood (5 points)

 Discuss the effect of the Iranian Revolution to Marjane.

Little Red Riding Hood (3 points each)

Snow White (5 points)

Electra (3 points each)

 What is the theme of this Greek tragedy? Justify your answer.

 How is Electra similar to Oedipus?

Total # of points = 115 points

Deadline: December 23 (Saturday) at 5:00 pm

Submit your PDF outputs to my Facebook account: facebook.com/ishanlorenzana

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