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What is the thesis of the course? |
A study of the motif of the deal with the Devil in popular culture with a particular emphasis on the crossroads legend. |
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What is Faust? |
German legend where the character Faust sold his soul to the devil for unlimited knowledge and wordy pleasures |
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What is popular culture? |
Reaches a significant amount of people, rather than a few |
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What is high culture? |
High culture relates to objects desired by the rich class such as classical music, design, opera, ballet, literature |
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What is low culture? |
Objects desired by the lower culture and is perceived to more popular. It is also more acceptable. |
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Name 5 biblical references to the deal with the devil? |
1. Eve and the serpent 2. Revelation and the dragon 3. Job and the deal with the Devil and God 4. Jesus and his temptation 5. Theophilus of Adana in the 13th century. |
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Who is Mephistopheles? |
The character who mediates between the person and the devil during the exchange. |
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What is Mephistopheles also referred to as in other cultures? |
Papa Leagba |
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What are 7 characteristics of the Devil? |
Knowledge Power Causes temptation Trickster Duplicitous in nature Manipulative Sells your soul |
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What are the two works that began the idea of the deal with the devil? How are these stories different from each other? |
Dr. Faustes by Marlow in 1604- shows a binding contract that leaves Faust to be ripped apart Faust by Gothe in 1809- Faust is saved |
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What are the different types of Dark Arts we discussed? |
African Voudou, Haitan Vodou and New Orleans Voudou or Hodoo |
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What are 5 characteristics of Papa Leagba? |
Old man with a kane Gatekeeper between spirit worlds Crossroads between physical and spiritual worlds Loa-spirit Messenger |
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What is the liminal space? |
Betwixt and between; neither here nor there |
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What are some characteristics of the Femme Fetale? |
She is duplicit (seeming to offer home and stability but actually shows how she uses this as a way to lure men) Power with sexuality Control over men Represents stability and justice She is a cultural construct |
