Question
The introduction to a book of literary criticism with this metaphorical place in its title defines the “minoritizing” and “universalizing” views. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this metaphorical place. The lack of desire that the character John Marcher feels for May Bartram is discussed in an essay with this metaphorical place in its title, which puns on the title of a 1903 story.
ANSWER: the closet [accept Epistemology of the Closet; accept but DO NOT REVEAL, “The Beast in the Closet”]
[10m] In that essay, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick discusses “male homosexual panic” in this story by Henry James in which John Marcher believes that the title hypothetical monster will ruin his life.
ANSWER: “The Beast in the Jungle”
[10e] In Epistemology of the Closet, Sedgwick discusses the prevalence of “men’s desire for men” in Billy Budd, a novella by this author of Moby-Dick.
ANSWER: Herman Melville
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 11.00 | 100% | 10% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 13% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| UNC C (UG) | GWU B (Grad) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UNC A (Grad) | JMU A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Liberty A (Grad) | JMU B (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Liberty C (DII) | GWU A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland A (Grad) | Duke A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland B (UG) | Liberty B (DII) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland C (DII) | UNC D (DII) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Virginia B (UG) | UNC B (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Virginia C (UG) | Roanoke College A (DII) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Virginia A (UG) | William & Mary A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |