Exam 22: The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

What early theorist of black identity had by the 1950s begun to justify black revolution against white society on the basis of existential choice and Marxism?

Abstract expressionism can be described as a style of painting that

In his novel, The Fall, Camus dealt with the

Who of the following conducted linguistic research that led him to conclude that below the surface form of sentences lays a deeper linguistic structure that is intuitively grasped by the mind and is common to all languages?

How was existentialism expressed in the works of Sartre and Camus?

What event in 1948 further intensified the volatile changes occurring in the Middle East?

Which of the following was a consequence of decolonization and the emergence of the third world?

Define the term late modernism. What are its chief characteristics?

Which of the following nations was NOT among the chief Allied forces that planned for the post-World War II era?

The revival of the feminist movement after 1945 was first sparked by

The European Economic Community was initiated in 1957 by what two pioneering countries?

Discuss black consciousness, its definition, and the reasons for its birth, using the writings and actions of its chief supporters to support your discussion.

Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by all of the following EXCEPT

Martin Luther King Jr. was a key leader of

Discuss late modernist innovations in music, considering trends in both avant-garde and popular music. Which of these trends was most representative of its era?

The greatest threat to the West in the immediate postwar years was the possibility of

How was abstract expressionism manifested in painting? Use examples by two of its most important painters.

An "assemblage" is best described as

The capital of the postwar art world shifted after 1945 from Paris to

New York-centered pop art focused on