**2011 Oct international CR**

Lucazzz
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:27:19 +0000

–>Identity

1. sense of identity of both authors: conflicted and integrated vs central and tangential

2. village: stable environment vs Cultural vaccuum

3. difference between the 2 authors: the author 2 views identity can be shaped by themselves? or situations?

4. the author 2 views “the world beyond” in passage 1 as: possibility? or familiarity?

–>Italian folklore
AGREED

1. CATALOG: variety of experience

2. first paragraph serves to describe the author’s state of mind in a period

3. parallels between folklore and real life

4. frog: lowly appearance

DEBATABLE
5) right: moral correctness or accuracy ===> moral correctness, because the author was describing about the values and details in folklore (in folklore the good is always clarified from the evil right???
6) the tone: inspired and passioned vs cautious and rational ===> inspired and passionate. He’s not cautious at all…

–>Building
AGREED

1. estrange from nature

2. it comes at too great cost

3. “organism”: timeless and comprehensive entity

4. “design life”: conscious action

DEBATABLE
5) which statement would discredit: “1.they lived in unsafe flimsy houses in past” “2.Factories were built according to worker safety needs” “3.Farm houses were built by neighbors” ====> I’m sure 1 is correct, 2 supports the statement while 3 does not have any concern with it…
6) Attitude of 2nd para: admiration? vs gratification? ====> it’s gratification. The author describes his concepts about the association of the past and future embodied in the buildings with pleasure. There’s no clear entity for him to admire.