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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kristeva says is the only way man can express the abject?
2. According to many anthropologists and psychologists, what are the two acts which are condemned almost universally by all societies?
3. Kristeva posits that the fear of what is a phobia that develops as a response to the abject of mother-lust?
4. Kristeva says the fears a child has are pre-linguistic and therefore are what?
5. Traditionally, Christians link all sin to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kristeva say Christianity uses separation and division?
2. How do some societies try to purify a "defiled" person?
3. According to class theory, how are the drives of an individual divided?
4. How does Kristeva say the abject relates to lust?
5. How does Kristeva say incest relates to the abject?
6. What does it mean when Kristeva says she gives a "phenomenological" account of the abject?
7. Why does Kristeva say man gained permission to eat some animals?
8. What two ways of relating to the abject does Kristeva says Dostoevsky presents in "The Possessed"?
9. How does Kristeva say the impurity phobia serves as a metaphor for society?
10. What does Kristeva say are the two prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the concept of the "zero-state" in young children. What does Kristeva mean when she talks about the zero state? What happens when a child starts to come out of the zero state? What are some of the fears and desires that a young, pre-cognitive child might have? How do the fears and desires sync up with Freud's model of the Oedipal triangle? How do they go against it?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Kristeva's reasoning for saying Celine's Nazism should not deter from the value of his work. What does Kristeva say about Celine's Nazism? Why does she say it need not detract from his writings? Does it seem like she is making excuses, or is what she says valid? What techniques does Kristeva use to convey her views on his Nazism?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the idea that Kristeva wrote her book from a feminist perspective. Describe three instances where Kristeva talks specifically about women and their roles in society, history, or religion. What ideas does she have about women that seem to point to feminism?
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