EMAIL<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SYLLABUS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0POLICIES<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0| QUESTIONS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JOURNALS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PAPER<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0EXAM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sartor Resartus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n General Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Look up the dictionary meanings of the word \u201csage.\u201d How do \u201csages\u201d relate to their hearers or readers? How does Carlyle function as a sage-writer for Victorian readers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. What are some characteristics of Carlyle\u2019s prose style in any of the selections we are reading? What do you think he is trying to accomplish by means of the attitudes, poses, or styles he adopts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Everlasting No\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. On 1006-08, how does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh deal with his loss of religious faith, according to the Editor and Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh\u2019s own words? In what sense is he \u201cfull of religiosity?\u201d What begins to look like the replacement for his once firm faith in the Christian God? <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. On 1009, how does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh characterize the threat that yawns before him if he can\u2019t find the answer to his spiritual difficulties? How does the admission that the universe might just be \u201cone huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine\u201d clarify the problem that confronts Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. On 1010-11, what is \u201cThe Everlasting No\u201d\u2014what has it spoken to Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh in his bewilderment? How does he respond\u2014what assertion allows Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh to defy such resounding negation? What is the \u201cBaphometic Fire-Baptism\u201d that he undergoes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCentre of Indifference\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. On 1011-12, what is \u201cthe old inward Satanic School\u201d? How does the Editor characterize its effects in Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh? <\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. On 1012-14, how does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh begin the process of casting out the Satanic School ? To what observations, what travels, does he turn his attention for that purpose, and what effect do they have upon his spirit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. On 1015-16, Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh waxes eloquent on war. What does he have to say about the causes and effects of war, and what thoughts does he offer concerning his brief interaction with the Great Man, Napoleon? How might Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh\u2019s ideas about war and Napoleon mark some progression in his understanding of his predicament?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. On 1016-17, Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh goes to the North Cape and meets a cantankerous Russian smuggler. What happens between the two men, and what do you take to be the point of placing such a ridiculous episode here at the end of the chapter on the Centre of Indifference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. On 1017, what exactly is the Centre of Indifference at which Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh has arrived? In what state of soul or mind does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh find himself at this point? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Everlasting Yea\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. On 1018-19, how does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh describe the stage through which he has just passed? What has it made possible for him to move forwards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. On 1019 top, the Editor interrupts Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh and offers his own gloss on the Doctor\u2019s remarks. What reason does the Editor give for this interruption? Why isn\u2019t it a good thing for the readers to hear the whole of what Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh has said in his then-current state of mind? <\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. On 1019-20, how does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh characterize nature? How does this characterization represent a change in his understanding of nature, and how does he now view his fellow human beings? <\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. On 1021-22, what, according to Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh, is the cause of \u201cMan\u2019s Unhappiness\u201d? Why isn\u2019t happiness an appropriate goal for human life? What, then, is the appropriate thing to do, the \u201cEverlasting Yea,\u201d as Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh calls it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. On 1023-24, what tasks does Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh set for those who, like himself, have realized the necessity of creating new beliefs and institutions to replace the old? How are we to do that, according to the Professor? How do you interpret Teufelsdr\u00f6ckh\u2019s statement (borrowed from Goethe) that \u201cAmerica is here or nowhere\u201d (1024)? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Edition: <\/strong>Abrams, M. H. et al, eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. <\/em>8th ed. Vol. E. New York: Norton, 2006. ISBN Package 2 (Vols. DEF) 0-393-92834-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THOMAS CARLYLE QUESTIONS Sartor Resartus General Questions 1. Look up the dictionary meanings of the word \u201csage.\u201d How do \u201csages\u201d relate to their hearers or readers? 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