World Lit II - Class Notes for January 26, 2012

World Literature II Renaissance to the Present Dr. Michael Broder University of South Carolina January 26, 2012

Daily Write ,[object Object],Beginning today, you may have up to 10 minutes to complete your Daily Write, and while you should aim for concision, you need not confine yourself to one sentence.

Daily Write: New Grading Rubric ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Upcoming Assignments ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Grotesque Realism Redux ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Material Bodily Principle ,[object Object],[object Object]

Is the material bodily principle something new that Rabelais invented?

The Material Body in Literature and Culture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

In Classical Antiquity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Horace, Satires 1.8.37-39 ,[object Object]

Juvenal, Satires 6. 298-305 ,[object Object],[object Object]

Juvenal, Satires 6.309-313 ,[object Object]

Why don’t you know about this tradition of sexual, scatological, and bodily literature dating from classical antiquity?

Because of the legacy of expurgation and censorship that took hold in Anglo-European cultures in the wake of the Reformation.

“The aesthetic concept of the following ages…” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is our word for that which is high, spiritual, ideal, abstract?

Sublime ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The sublime in literature is described as the sense of awe that is evoked in the presence of nature or great works of art.

What is the opposite of “sublime”?

Sublime ≠ Mundane* *Wordly, from Latin mundanus

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sublime and Its Opposite

Do we only value the sublime , or do we also value the mundane ?

Some pretty smart people have valued the mundane…

“All things great and small” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

All Things Bright and Beautiful ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895) Hymn-writer and poet

He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell , How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. Do we have a responsibility to bear witness to the mundane as well as the sublime?

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“ When did we see You hungry , or thirsty or sick and did not come to Your help?” And Jesus will answer them, “Whatever you neglected to do unto the least of these, you neglected to do unto Me!” –Matthew 25:35

Aspects of the Mundane ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aspects of the Mundane ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aspects of the Mundane ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],All of these aspects of the mundane suggest the earth, the body, and bodily processes

“When you wet the bed…” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But “sublime” has another opposite besides “mundane”…

“ From the sublime to the ridiculous” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ridiculous ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Latin ridiculosus , from ridiculum , “jest,” or ridiculus , literally, “laughable,” from rid ē re to laugh First Known Use: 1550

Thus, comedy in all its forms is the opposite of sublimity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Just to name a few of the many types of comedy, humor, and laughter from antiquity to modernity

Auerbach’s View of Rabelais ,[object Object],[object Object]

Comic Literary Values ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Laughter’s the property of man. –François Rabelais

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