II. Short Answers .
In 1811, a Poem, Anna Laetitia Barbauld states, Colossal Power with overwhelming force/ Bears down each fort of Freedom in its course/ Prostrate she lies beneath the Despot s sway (328). How are her statements similar/different from Ruben Dario s To Roosevelt ?
Explain how Romanticism permeates 20th century popular culture, particularly children s and horror films. Reference at least one poet from the course.
Explain how Lu Xun in Diary of a Madman (1918) and Ch ae Man-Sik in My Innocent Uncle (1938) use unreliable narrators to promote the New Culture Movement in China and criticize Japanese Imperial rule in Korea.
Magical realism, or when reality can t even, usually baffles readers beyond Latin American borders. Explain the literary genre Jorge Luis Borges’ “Garden of the Forking Paths” (1941).