Russian literature: History Overview Russian literature has long been a cultural focus of the entire world. It’s not surprising that the formation of Russia’s first literary traditions goes back to the first century. The adoption of Christianity boosted the development of literacy‚ philosophy and theological literature. The earliest literary works were not written in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic which was developed in the 9th century by Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius
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The prevalence and description of death and deathbed scenes and its importance as a plot device is omnipresent to nineteenth-century literature. Death was everywhere and mortality rates were high‚ especially in children‚ not all parents expected their children to survive their early years (Da Sousa Correa‚ p.10). Additionally‚ maternal death rates were high with women dying‚ often leaving the baby‚ and other children in the family with a widowed husband. Thus‚ authors often used the death of a child
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accident that the name that is attributed to the heroine in a number of Russian novels of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is named after some derivation of the name Elizabeth. Karamzin is the first to revere this name in his work Poor Liza and it is this work that sets off a chain reaction that causes the occurrence of subsequent characters in Russian literature. This character can particularly be found in works such as Pushkin’s Queen of Spades‚ Griboyedov’s Woe from Wit‚ and even briefly
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thought that influenced the American colonists in the mid-eighteenth century; defined a just society as one in which all citizens willingly gave up their private interests to the common good. It is a theory inherently opposed to hierarchical and authoritarian institutions such as aristocracy and monarchy. Radical Whigs are the ideas of these British political commentators influenced American political thought in the mid-eighteenth century; criticized the corruption and arbitrary power of the monarch and
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Miguel De Cervantes The son of a deaf surgeon‚ Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid in 1547. He became a soldier in 1570 and was badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by the Turks in 1575‚ de Cervantes spent five years in prison. He was freed in 1580 and returned home. De Cervantes finally achieved literary success in his later years‚ publishing the first part of Don Quixote in 1605. He died in 1616. For nearly his entire life‚ Miguel de Cervantes struggled financially. His father
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About Hemingway’s Short Stories The importance of including Hemingway in American Literature anthologies cannot be overestimated. Hemingway’s style and subject matter are archetypal of American writing. Hemingway broke new literary ground when he began publishing his short stories. Furthermore‚ not only was he an American writer‚ but he was not an ivory-tower esthete; he was a man’s man. He hunted in grand style‚ deep-sea fished‚ covered both World War I and World War II for national news services
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British Literature 1. the Middle Ages the oldest literature monument of the Anglo – Saxon period is the old Germanic legend called BEOWULF. This heroic poem is about the strong and courageous pagan hero Beowulf John Wycliffe – is a professor of Oxford University. With his students he translated the whole Bible into English - he influenced Master Jan Hus and our Hussite movement very much 2. the renaissance and humanism Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – brilliant portrait of 30 pilgrims
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opportunities. Dolley Madison- a vanguard of activism for the protection of women’s rights In today’s society‚ women have been given equal rights and opportunities as men. It is difficult to imagine that several centuries ago‚ the plight of women in society was very different. In 18th century America‚ they had very limited rights of their own. The situation has somehow been reflective of what
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recognized artistic value:"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West). 3. The art or occupation of a literary writer. 4. The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field:medical literature. 5. Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject. 6. Music All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble: the symphonic literature. 1. written material such
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Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work. The word literature literally means "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction & non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biography‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such
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