CVSP 208A Final, Spring 2003

AMEHIe 2s CNPVERSIT LIBRARY OF BEIRUT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT ~ FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCES CS 208B (204) : FINAL EXAM Spring 20002/20003 Dr Hayat Bualuan I- Identify three of the following by author and title, then place each identification in its proper context.(30%) a- “For ifawoman’s body and mind are enslaved, how can she be free to dispose of her money?” b- “...The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women” c- “.,.,.Great things are for the great, abysses for the profound, shudders and delicacies for the refined, and in sum, all the rare things are for the rare.” d- “ Beauty, cleanliness and order occupy a special position among the requirements of civilization.” e- ‘...Once again we shall be as we were — ordinary people — and if we are lies we shall be lies of our own making.” O- Write a well-developed essay on one of the following questions (70%): a- “ Orientalism depends for its strategy on this flexible positional superiority, which puts the westerner in a whole series of possible relationships with the Orient without even losing him the relative upper hand.” 1- Explain this quotation in the context of Edward Said’s Orientalism. 2- How does Bernard Lewis react to Said’s ideas? 3- Which of the two authors or ideas you tend to agree with and why? b- In Season of Migration to the North, the narrator uttered the following words: “ Now I am making a decision. I choose Life.” 1- Explain the stages that the narrator passed through before he took His decision. 2- How is the narrator’s decision different from Mustapha Said’s decision and why? 3- How would you apply Freud’s ideas to the narrator and Mustapha Said’s actions and reactions in this novel? GOOD LUCK