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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is contained within Milosz's corners?
2. As experienced by Bachelard, who sees only negative sublimation?
3. For Bachelard, what does the metaphor of old forests that go on without limit represent?
4. As theorized by the author, forests come from a past, but what forms of vegetation are in the present?
5. What are two opposing truths introduced by Bachelard in "Corners" regarding corners?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Bachelard, why do old forests offer inner peace?
2. In the mind of Bachelard, what is the dichotomy of the corner?
3. As described by the author in "Miniature," how is any new phenomenon first viewed, when seen through a magnifying glass?
4. How do a psychologist and a phenomenologist differ when viewing a poetic image in Bachelard's opinion?
5. What effect does proximity to the horizon have on all things seen?
6. What two fears are contrasted by Michaux that may coexist even though they are opposites?
7. What is Robinet's theory of ontogenesis?
8. How does the Hughes character, Emily, reveal the concept of "invented childhood"?
9. With regard to metaphoric levels of existence, Bachelard theorizes that poets differ from philosophers in what way?
10. What is the nature of Palissy's fortess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the ability to imagine a major power of human nature? How is an imagined poetic image different from the things surrounding us that can be seen?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the concept of "invented childhood," as mentioned in "Corners." How does this relate to daydreaming and memories?
Essay Topic 3
As described in "The Phenomenology of Roundness," what is absolute bird and the being of round life? How does this concept fit with Bachelard's poetics of space?
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