A James Wood essay about Orhan Pamuk describes how these events are often “Orientalized.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this kind of event central to a 2021 Pamuk novel. In an earlier novel about one of these events, a man who lures cats to spit on from his balcony watches an actor die during a performance of Orpheus and Eurydice.
ANSWER: plague [accept pandemic; accept Nights of Plague or Veba Geceleri; accept The Plague or La Peste]
[10e] In his essay “What the Great Pandemic Novels Teach Us,” Pamuk highlights how this author stereotypes Muslims as “fatalists” in A Journal of the Plague Year. This author’s first novel was Robinson Crusoe.
ANSWER: Daniel Defoe [or Daniel Foe]
[10h] Pamuk’s essay also draws parallels between the present day and this novel. A historical appendix about two people falsely accused of spreading the plague was added to this novel in which Don Rodrigo tries to prevent Renzo and Lucia from marrying.
ANSWER: The Betrothed [or I promessi sposi]
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