Ms. Gokturk

Trends in Literature

Midterm 2010

Our midterm exam will be made up of multiple choice questions, true or false question, and matching questions. Please review the following materials to ensure your success:

Works

Thurber’s “The Last Flower”

Crumb’s “Genesis”

Clarke’s “The Star”

Bester’s “Adam and No Eve”

Leiber’s “A Pail of Air”

Farmer’s “A Sliced Crosswise Only On Tuesday World”

Asimov’s “Nightfall”

Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”

Ellison’s “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream”

Soylent Green

Delicatessen

Wells’ The Time Machine

Olsson’s “Id”

Zoline’s “The Heat Death of the Universe”

You should be able to identify themes, characters, conflicts, motifs, and setting for each. Also, where applicable, you should identify other literary devices the authors use to deliver their messages (For example, irony, symbolism, etc.).

Definitions/Board Notes:

Interpreting Book of Revelations

Utopia

Dystopia

Ouroboros

Last Man

Last of

Earth Abides

Cozy Catastrophe

Mad Scientist/Hubris

Dogs

Absurd

You should be able to identify how these apply to the works we discussed.