Bonus

A term coined in this essay is often likened to “white ink” that disrupts the flow of writing to subvert phallogocentrism. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1975 essay by Hélène Cixous (“sik-SOO”) that names Colette and Marguerite Duras as exemplars of écriture féminine, or “feminine writing.”
ANSWER: “The Laugh of the Medusa” [or “Le Rire de la Méduse”]
[10h] Cixous hailed this novel and taught her translation of it in seminars at Paris 8 University. A female painter writes, “I want vast distances. My savage intuition of myself” in a letter addressing “you” in this short, chapterless novel by Clarice Lispector.
ANSWER: Água Viva [or The Stream of Life]
[10e] An essay from Cixous’s Stigmata recounts her Jewish upbringing in this modern-day country. A Francophone writer born in this country wrote, “One must imagine [the title character] happy” in his essay The Myth of Sisyphus.
ANSWER: Algeria [or People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; accept “My Algeriance”] (The author is Albert Camus.)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateUC Berkeley A1001020ME
British ColumbiaWinona State001010E
Chicago BRutgers001010E
Columbia BTexas001010E
Cornell BFlorida001010E
HarvardCornell A001010E
Illinois AToronto C001010E
IndianaIllinois B001010E
MITYale001010E
MarylandOttawa001010E
MichiganColumbia A001010E
MinnesotaChicago A1001020ME
NYUVirginia001010E
North Carolina BToronto A001010E
Ohio StateStanford001010E
RITPenn State001010E
UC Berkeley BGeorgia State001010E
VanderbiltNorth Carolina A1001020ME
Virginia TechUCF001010E
WUSTL AIowa State1001020ME
WUSTL BToronto B001010E
Waterloo ALSE1001020ME

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2212.27100%23%0%