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    English Literature

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    The Shri Ram School English Literature Project 2013-2014 Class X You are required to do two separate assignments: A. On‚ ‘As You Like It’ B. On‚ either poetry or short stories You have to choose one question/theme from each genre Both assignments have to be completed in a total of 1500 words. You are free to divide the words between both assignments as you choose. Please remember that this project will be assessed for the ICSE Board examination and will constitute a part of the marks awarded for

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    Chameleons‚ translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn. Set in contemporary Angola‚ the book is particularly notable for being narrated by a lizard. The judges this year were the poet David Constantine‚ writer and editor Jennie Erdal‚ Arts Council Literature officer Kate Griffin‚ novelist Ali Smith and the literary editor of the Independent‚ Boyd Tonkin. Admirably the prize is shared between the translator and author‚ thus honouring an art that often goes unsung. The book was evidently a popular choice

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    Literature and Life Debora C. English 125 Professor Daw March 28‚ 2011 Literature and Life The magic of reading is that it brings you to another place and feeling. At times it can make you smile with character‚ and other times make you cry with him. Sometimes it may even allow the reader to identify with the characters. Reality can often be a lot like a piece of literature‚ in that a person may be going through the exact same thing‚ or something similar‚ and be feeling the same way. It

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    tribes ceded millions of hectares to the federal government during Andrew Jackson’s two terms‚ and dozens of tribes were removed from their ancestral homelands. Most American Indians complied with the terms of the removal treaties‚ often with resignation. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of the Cherokee Native American tribe in 1838‚ which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4‚000 Cherokee Indians. At the time‚ two Americas really existed: that of the North and that of the South

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    1. State the meaning of literature; 2. Discuss the importance of literature; 3. Appreciate the extent of literature in all aspects of human environment; 4. Familiarize yourselves with the types of literature; Compare and contrast the four literary genres 1.1 Topic - What is Literature? Literature seems too difficult to embrace to people who are indifferent to it. However‚ it continues to grow and stay because of its significance and value to man. Literature is an art of self-expression

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    English Literature

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    Drama Song of Roland Boethius=Consolation of Philosophy Commedia del Arte Roman de la Rose Dante=Divine Comedy La Vita Nuova Boccacio=Decameron Petrarch ENGLISH LITERATURE ANGLO –

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    Allusions In Literature

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    piece of work. Memory‚ symbol‚ and patterns help us understand the language of reading. These three things must be applied when reading a piece of literature. Symbolic imagination is the ability to look beyond the plot of the story and see the patterns inside the book. This is an important skill to have when trying to understand the language of literature. 2) Foster means that all stories take ideas from other stories. There is no story that is completely original without any similarity to another

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    century before the founding of the United States in 1776‚ and continued mostly in the South until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. Most slaves were black and were held by whites‚ although some Native Americans and free blacks also held slaves; there were a small number of white slaves as well. . Slavery spread to the areas where there was good-quality soil for large plantations of high-value cash crops‚ such as tobacco‚ cotton‚ sugar‚ and coffee. By the

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    Allusions In Literature

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    There are few works that truly stand alone when it comes to literature. As such‚ many allusions to other works are brought up whether explicitly or unbeknownst to even to author An allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. However‚ in the poems “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” by John Keats and “When I Consider How My Light is Spent” by John Milton‚ the authors explicitly allude to specific works to incite

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    Intro. To African American Lit. 202-05 Professor McCollin October 19‚ 2012 Theme Essay The introduction to African American literature course can be broken up into time periods and styles of writing. Four very popular styles of writings include the folklore and traditions‚ slave narrative‚ rural‚ and urban living genres that bring about different depictions of African American life. In this paper‚ these four genres will be analyze with themes and dramatizations to further emphasize the point

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