What you should know for the final exam (about the 2nd half of the semester): same format as midterm: identification of characters and text passages, explanation of terms and ideas, mini essay(s).

Modernism: move away from Realism, fragmentation of forms, influence of psychoanalysis, modern work world, new writing styles, transformations of and in the world, etc.
Mann: meaning of the setting; motif of traveling; representation of beauty and art, of homosexual love; meaning of disease in the context of the story and its themes; how Mann connects these themes and motifs.
Rilke: term “thing poem”; be able to explain the poems we read: their imagery, language, etc.
Woolf: genre issues in this text, with examples; Woolf’s main arguments; how Woolf treats the theme of women in history and literary history; explain her stream-of-consciousness technique.
Kafka: the metamorphosis motif in literature; narrative perspective; Gregor’s relationship to family members; to his job; motifs of food, space, picture, music, etc.; the role of the father, mother, sister, lodgers; Kafka’s unique use of  metaphor;  possible reasons for the metamorphosis and different interpretations.
Brecht: differences between the traditional Aristotelian Theatre and Brecht's revolutionary“Epic Theatre”; alienation effects of the Epic Theatre, how these are used in The Good Woman of Setzuan (know good examples), and what effect they have on the audience; nature and function of the gods; function of the water seller; function of the love story; the ending.