LITERATURAS CONTEMPORANEAS DE LÍNGUA INGLESA

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	Complete the sentence: 'Post modern literature questions the differences between ____________ culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature."
		
	
	foreign and national
	
	new and old
	
	good and bad
	 
	high and low
	
	pop and classic
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:26:53
	
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	Tennessee Williams¿ play ¿A Streetcar named desire¿ features the psychological tribulations of Blanche DuBois who mentally struggles with her life. What is the name of her husband who committed suicide and triggered an avalanche of spiraling events in Blanche¿s life?
		
	
	Stanley Kowalski
	
	Pablo
	 
	Allan Grey
	
	Steve
	
	Mitch
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:27:07
	
	Explicação:
Allan Grey committed suicide after he was caught cheating by Blanche. His death and unfaithfulness are connected to Blanche¿s mental instability and misfortunes.
	
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	Which option does not reflect a characteristic of Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway'?
		
	
	homosexuality
	
	issues of feminism
	 
	post-Second World War England setting
	
	issues of mental illnesses
	
	interior monologues
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:27:46
	
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	Read the text below:
________________, is a comic creation of epic proportions, and the protagonist is its gargantuan hero. At sixty-four, he is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous; sex is an obsession and a principle, an instrument of perpetual misrule in his daily existence. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose great taste for the impermissible matches his own - he embarks on a turbulent journey into his past. Bereft and grieving, tormented by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him, he contrives a succession of farcical disasters that take him to the brink of madness and extinction.
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	
	Ulysses, by James Joyce
	
	The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
	
	Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Wolf
	 
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:29:30
	
	Explicação:
Mickey Sabbath is an unproductive, out-of-work, former puppeteer with a strong affinity for prostitutes, adultery, and the casual sexual encounter. Sabbath takes great pleasure in his status as the (prototypical) 'dirty old man.' He takes an equal pleasure in manipulating the people around him, primarily women - in a sense, they play the same role as his puppets.
 
	
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	John Updike was an American writer who was recognized for his unique prose style and prolific output. In his novel, "Terrorist", there are some major themes that are explores. Which option below does not fit into those major themes?
		
	
	America¿s lost innocence
	 
	Drug abuse
	
	Religion in the United States
	
	The issue of consumerism
	
	America¿s place in the world
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:29:46
	
	Explicação:
Among the many major themes that are approached in the novel, drug abuse is not one of them. Issues such as racial prejudice and the way that America struggles with multiculturalism are among the main topics of the novel.
	
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	Mark the only option whose name cannot be associated to the term beat:
		
	
	Kerouac "beat"
	
	Norman Mailer "beat"
	
	Ginsberg "beat"
	
	Life magazine "beat"
	 
	Arthur Miller beat
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	► In terms of the Postmodernism perspective, it is CORRECT to affirm that (choose the right option):
		
	 
	Postmodernism sees human experience as unstable, internally contradictory, ambiguous, inconclusive, indeterminate, unfinished, fragmented, discontinuous, jagged, with no one specific reality possible.
	
	Postmodernism sees human experience as unstable, internally contradictory, ambiguous, inconclusive, indeterminate, unfinished, fragmented, continuous, jagged, with no one specific reality possible.
	
	Postmodernism sees human experience as unstable, internally contradictory, ambiguous, conclusive, indeterminate, unfinished, fragmented, discontinuous, jagged, with no one specific reality possible.
	
	Postmodernism sees human experience as unstable, externally contradictory, ambiguous, inconclusive, indeterminate, unfinished, fragmented, discontinuous, jagged, with no one specific reality possible.
	
	Postmodernism sees human experience as stable, internally contradictory, ambiguous, inconclusive, indeterminate, unfinished, fragmented, discontinuous, jagged, with no one specific reality possible.
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:31:02
	
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	Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian and American author who is one of the leading prose stylists of the 20th century. Which characteristic below does not describe the writings of Nabokov?
		
	
	His works are frequently obscure and puzzling.
	
	Nabokov often experimented with the form of the novel.
	
	He is known for his daring metaphors.
	 
	He was the precursor of the "stream of consciousness."
	
	Nabokov¿s writing is always erudite, witty, and intriguing.
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:33:13
	
	Explicação:
The "stream of consciousness" is not a characteristic of Nabokov who is mainly known for his complex plots, clever wordplay and prose style capable of both parody and intense lyricism.
	
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	Read the text below:
Offred is a Female Servant in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Female Servants are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now...
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, _____________________, is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	
	The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	
	From Beast to the Blonde, by Marina Warner
	
	Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
	
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	 
	The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
	Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:33:31
	
	Explicação:
The Handmaid's Tale, originally published in 1985, is a dystopian novel written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It is set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian state, known as Gilead, resembling a theonomy that overthrows the United States government. The Handmaid's Tale explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society and the various means by which these women resist and attempt to gain individuality and independence.
 
	
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	Baudrillard's ideas are very important to describe the postmodernism, especially when it comes to the notions of "simulation" and the "hyperreal". Select the option that has a false assumption about one of these notions.
		
	
	The "hyperreal" is more real than real.
	 
	Disneyland is an example of "simulation".
	
	A "simulation" is a copy or imitation that substitutes for reality.
	
	The "hyperreal" is when something fake and artificial turns to be more definitive of the real than reality itself.
	
	The TV speech of a political candidate, something staged entirely to be seen on TV, is a great example of "simulation".Respondido em 17/10/2021 10:33:59
	
	Explicação:
Disneyland is an example of 'hyperreal" where the artificial world of fantasy and magic is created to be immersive and apparently real.