For Next Weeks Exam, Tuesday, March 11: Paragraph-length short-answer questions: You will be required to answer 3 of the following 6 questions: (1) Compare the narrative flow vis-a-vis the analytical (or emotional) flow of the two folk ballads: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Great Babe, on the ill-fated, massive ship The Great Eastern. (2) Two parallel senses run through the ballad John Barleycorn. One is literal; the other is metaphorical. Please unpack the pair of them. (3) Briefly lay out the aims and methods of Placename Study as a branch of Folklore. (4) Talk to me about examples of material culture we have looked at and how they can be read as texts indicating the warp and woof of past and present lives. (5) An important folk and literary motif is The Pilgrimage. Dilate on two important examples of this from your studies this semester. (6) Keats 1818 poem La Belle Dame Sans Mercy and Elizabeth Bowens 1945 short story The Demon Lover share a fascination with faerie. Compare these strange creatures pulling the strings from behind the curtain of both tales. NOTE: Now that you know the six questions, please prepare short but compelling answers to each, using evidence from direct quotations whenever possible. AND: You must memorize your answer and write it fresh on the exam booklet. No notes or books may be consulted during the exam. AND FURTHER: Only 3 of the above 6 questions will appear on the final version of the exam.
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