CVSP 206 Final, Spring 2003

for * ONIVERSIT’ LARY OF BEIRUT Civilization Sequence 206 Final Examination Time: 2 Hours June, 2003 A. Arasoghli Answer TWO of the following questions: Examine Nietzsche’s critiques of philosophy and morality with specific examples from Beyond Good and Evil. a. What did he mean by recognizing untruth as a condition of life? Discuss. b. Do you agree with his thesis on will to power? Conclude and state your opinion. The idea of incessant struggle was examined by both Darwin and Freud. a. Discuss the struggle of species with reference to specific examples from the Origin of Species. b. How did Freud describe man’s struggle with civilization? Discuss. “Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects”. Simone de Beauvoir a) Discuss the above quotation placing it in its proper context. b) How would it apply to Hosna in Season of Migration to the North? Discuss. “Yet each one of them in that court would rise above himself for the first time in his life, while I had a sort of feeling of superiority towards them, for the ritual was being held primarily because of me; and I, over and above everything else, am a colonizer, I am the intruder whose fate must be decided”. Season of Migration to the North (p. 94) a) Identify and analyze the main themes in the quotation. b) Examine the contradictory selves of Mustafa Sa’eed with specific reference to Freud’s conception of man’s nature. “Turning to left and right, I found I was half-way between north and south. I was unable to continue, unable to return”. Season of Migration to the North (p.167) a) Identify and discuss the main themes in the above quotation. b) Discuss the relevance of the end to the main themes in the novel, namely; men versus women, Arab versus Arab and traditionalism versus modemity. Please do not duplicate your answers. GOODLUCK!