The Poetics of Space Test | Final Test - Hard

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The Poetics of Space Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. In the opinion of Bachelard, a corner is a place of what sort of motion?

2. For the Ancients, the shell is a symbol of what?

3. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?

4. Bachelard believes that philosophers are condemned by their equals to live on which floor of a house, metaphorically speaking?

5. In many countries, insists the author, tiny-ness is the center of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In folklore and poetry, according to Bachelard's theory, in what way does image size transpose?

2. What does Bachelard propose, to give a door sacred character? What is sacred about doors?

3. What is the nature of Palissy's fortess?

4. As described by Bachelard, what is the forced-choice form of geometric reasoning associated with inside and outside that clouds metaphor?

5. In the opinion of Bachelard, how do dreams of the shell affect the mind? What Baltrusaitis notion illustrates this effect?

6. What two fears are contrasted by Michaux that may coexist even though they are opposites?

7. For Bachelard, what occurs when a person allows himself to pass a threshold of absurdity?

8. With regard to metaphoric levels of existence, Bachelard theorizes that poets differ from philosophers in what way?

9. What does silence allow a person to do in the opinion of Bachelard?

10. What effect does proximity to the horizon have on all things seen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What or who are the five characters of type created by Bachelard in "The Poetics of Space"? What is his motivation for creating each character? Why does he not feature a character known as "The Scientist"?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Bachelard feel the need to dephilosophize and undo psychoanalysis in order to take a fresh approach to the process of imagination?

Essay Topic 3

In "Miniature," what does Bachelard mean when he states that miniatures are not just smaller large things? Consider views through a magnifying glass.

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