Question
Friedrich Kittler’s Discourse Networks 1800/1900 is bookended by discussions of two adaptations of this legend. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this legend, whose main character has a secretary called Demoiselle Luste in Paul Valéry’s version. An adaptation of this legend has a “Prologue in Heaven” and features a demonic black poodle.
ANSWER: Faust legend [accept the legend of Doctor Faustus, Johann Georg Faust, or John Faustus; accept Faust Part One, My Faust, or Mon Faust]
[10h] Discourse Networks begins with Goethe’s Faust leaving the “Republic of Scholars” by writing this sentence. Ludwig Wittgenstein often quoted this unusual translation of a Biblical sentence from the play.
ANSWER: “In the beginning was the Act” [or “In the beginning was the Deed”; or “Im anfang war die tat”]
[10m] Goethe’s and Valéry’s Fausts get a chapter in a book by Hans Robert Jauss from this school of literary theory. The audience’s “horizon of expectation” is a key idea in this school of Wolfgang Iser and Stanley Fish.
ANSWER: reader-response theory [or reception theory; or Rezeptionsästhetik; accept Constance School or Konstanzer Schule; accept Towards An Aesthetic of Reception]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |