Question
Following a trip to Egypt, this author obsessed over the dancer Kuchuk Hanem, whom he described as “no more than a machine.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this French author, who began writing Madame Bovary shortly after returning from Egypt.
ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“goo-STAHV floh-BAIR”)
[10m] Flaubert’s fixation with Kuchuk Hanem is criticized in this Edward Said (“sa-EED”) book, which is titled for a Western artistic style that essentializes aspects of Eastern culture.
ANSWER: Orientalism
[10h] Said claims that Kuchuk Hanem is the archetype for the title Carthaginian priestess of this Flaubert novel. Said argued that “sentiments… are repressed entirely” in this novel’s depiction of Mâtho’s ceremonial death.
ANSWER: Salammbô (“sah-LAM-boh”)
<Joseph Krol, Literature - World and Miscellaneous> ~20306~ <Editor: Joseph Krol>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |