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Welcome to HH224 MW 3:00-4:20 pm UCIrvine, afterhours. This blog is designed as a supplement to the Student Humanities Core Website (see links) and to Erin Trapp's generic eee website (which does importantly contain the course syllabus as a whole document, rather than in the blog's fragments). Final Exam: Monday December 10th, 4:00-6:00pm.
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- Descartes Dictionary--definitions of key terms (cartesian circle, clarity/distinctness, cogito ergo sum, god, intuition, meditation, meditations on first philosophy, objective reality, ontological argument, trademark argument)
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- Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
- Handbook chapters 8,9,10,11 (narrative, compare/contrast, application, genre)
- Jane Austen, Persuasion
- Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
- Handbook chapters 2, 3 (definition and thesis)
- Theophrastus, "The Insincere Man" and "The Show Off" (reader 30-31)
- Aristotle, A New Aristotle Reader: Nicomachean Ethics (Bk I, chpts 4, 5, 7, 8, 13 and Bk II, chpts 1, 5, 6, 7)
- Sappho, poems (reader p 29)
- Aristotle, "On the Soul" (bk I, chpts 1,4; bk II, chpts 1, 2, 3, 4; bk III, chpts 4,7)
- Brothers Grimm, "The Coal, the Bean, and the Straw"
- Aristotle, Physics
- Handbook chapters 1, 4, 6
- Bacon, preamble and preface to Novum Organum (reader)
- Aristotle, Rhetoric (reader)
- Aristotle, "On the Soul" (bk I, chpts 1,4; bk II, chpts 1, 2, 3, 4; bk III, chpts 4,7)
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7 comments:
Overhearing is important because it leads characters to perform actions or think things that they otherwise might. It also makes things more complicated. No matter how private or upset the characters are in this novel they always confide their feelings in another character. Rumors get spread very easily this way, whether or not the things being overheard are true or sincere. Overhearing functions as an awakening or eye-opener for characters. The characters reveal their true feelings to certain people because they can't tell the truth to others. The unintended listeners either benefit personally from the overhearing or use it to make their own future decisions. It is a way to make the story more dramatic and complicated. Feelings are brought up through overhearing that otherwise would not be, making the story more interesting and giving the characters more dramatic things to think about.
Overhearing is important because it contributes to the feeling of irony in the book. Irony has been defined as the reader knowing more than the characters. In this case, one character overhears private information which allows them, in this instance, to also be privy to the information and irony the reader is aware of.
When Anne overhears Wentworth and Louisa, she finds out that Wentworth values firmness of mind, which can be connected to her own indecisiveness in their engagement. In this way, Anne knows that Wentworth is thinking of her, even though he outwardly appears to ignore her. It is the same information that lets Anne know why Louisa insisted on jumping off the Cobb, instead of being persuaded by reason.
interesting thoughts--i like the idea that the overhearing allows "feelings" in instead of "reason" and i also like the link to irony. continue to develop these rich thoughts.
In addition, when Anne overhears things, it puts us even more in her own position -- she's hearing something that she shouldnt be, and has no power to join in the conversation, which makes her feel like she's on the outside, and makes us sympathize with her even more.
Overhearing is important because it allows the characters to find things about themselves that they would not hear from the speaker directly. There definitely is a dramatic aspect involved in overhearing. The word "overhear" has a negative connotation, implying betrayal, two-facedness, and at times backstabbing.
Overhearing is also more prevalent in novels of Austen's time period, I think; in situations that call for a decorum which would not allow a character to voice his true opinions or emotions, eavesdropping/overhearing is a way for the character these emotions concern to become aware of the other's feelings. Overhearing serves as a catalyst within the novel.
*an additional instance of overhearing, though not directly shown within the novel, is Mrs. Smith's overhearing of the servants, by which she comes to know of Mr. Elliot's ulterior motives and intentions with Anne to restore his baronetcy.
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