HRS 135 -- Study Questions for Final Examination
1.
What are some of the ways that the piano music of Chopin differs from that of
Beethoven?
2.
Give some examples of characters with abnormal psychology appearing in
Hoffmann's "Mlle. de Scudery" and "The Sandman."
3.
What are some of the important similarities and differences between E.A. Poe's
"Fall of the House of Usher" and E.T.A Hoffmann's "The Entail."
4.
What can you learn about the lives of German peasants in the "Fairy Tales" of the
Grimm Brothers?
5.
What do the "Fairy Tales" of Hans Christian Andersen tell us about the attitudes
and experiences of the author?
6.
In Pushkin's Eugene Onegin discuss the character of Eugene as a typical anti-hero
in the Romantic Period.
7.
Describe in some depth the character of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin? How does
she change toward the end of the novel?
8.
Contrast the two following orchestral compositions: the fourth movement to
Tchaikovsky's "Symphony #4 in F minor;" and the first movement to
Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto #2 in C minor."
9.
In Effi Briest describe Effi's lifestyle and psychological state in Kessin before
meeting Crampas.
10.
In what ways might one describe Fontane's Effi Briest as realist (and not
romantic)?
11.
Contrast the painting styles of Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet.
12.
Compare the Expressionist artistic visions of Edvard Munch and Franz Marc.