***PLEASE FOLLOW THE WORD COUNT FOR EACH QUESTIONS! IT IS NOT AN ESSAY BUT RATHER SHORT ANSWERS**!!!
The Humanistic Tradition Week 4 questions (P. 326-493)
Please read through the text and answer the following questions. Unless otherwise noted, please use complete sentences. Also, there may be questions involving more than a sentence or two to fully realize the scope of the concept. I will include word count minimums in parentheses following those particular queries.
Please ask questions and email me if there’s a question or concern you might have before you submit your responses. These are due by Wednesday at 6 pm CST.
1) In what chief ways does Hinduism differ from Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? What does Hinduism have in common with Christianity? (25 to 50 words min.)
2) Read and review the poems at the bottom of page 330. Why is love the most common topic for poetry? Explain. (25 words min.)
3) How could Confucianism and Buddhism coexist so fluidly? (one or two sentences)
4) Name China’s chief ceramic export. (one word to one sentence long)
5) Explain the concept or belief of the samurai. What is this belief’s counterpart in Europe? (25 to 50 words minimum)
6) How did the Black Death or Great Plague change the European view of government and religion? (25 to 50 words min.)
7) Why is Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales ambitious and revolutionary as a work of literature? (25 to 50 words min.)
8) In your own words, explain Ars Nova. How did it directly change music and what early music forms were invented based on its introduction? (25 to 50 words min.)
9) Define humanism. (two or three sentences)
10) Compare and contrast the two portraits on pages 406 and 407. How are these two paintings similar? Note: you don’t need to know the complete art vocabulary to notice. (25 to 50 words min.)
11) Which keyboard instruments were introduced during the Renaissance? (one sentence)
12) Describe the significance of the African mask. (25 to 50 words min.)
13) List the four major tribes or empires of Central and South America. (A simple list will be just fine)
14) There is no Native America word for “art.” What two specific uses for objects were there during the time of the early Native people of the Americas? (25 words min.)
15) In brief, define the Reformation and explain the person behind its early inception? (25 words min.)
16) What is the Praise of Folly and how does it represent one aspect of the literary movements in Europe? (25 to 50 words min.)
Discussion Post
What do we know about William Shakespeare? Share one of your experiences regarding Shakespeare: maybe performing in a play, required reading for a class, watched a film adaption of a play, learned to write Shakespearean sonnets, etc. If you’ve had no connection with Shakespeare, reference the sonnets on page 496 and respond to one of them. No, you don’t need to be a literary scholar to comment. : )
(100 words minimum)
Discussion
What is the single-most important appeal Shakespeare has? Is it relevant? In your opinion, what makes Shakespeare accessible and inaccessible to contemporary readers? (100 words min)
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