17-34 * Feuer‚ J * Feuer‚ J. (1995) “The Self-Reflexive Musical and the Myth of Entertainment”‚ in Film Genre Read II. Texas: University of Texas‚ pp. 441-455. * Ingersoll‚ E. (2001) “Engendering metafiction: Textuality and closure in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace”‚ American Review of Canadian Studies‚ vol. 31‚ no. 3‚ pp.385-401 * Kolker‚ R * Sanders‚ J. (2005) Adaptation and Appropriation. Hoboken: Routledge. * Schatz‚ T. (1981) “film Genres and the Genre Film”‚ in Hollywood Genres. New York:
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Allusions and Quotations from Fahrenheit 451 Source: http://www.heliweb.de/telic/bradcom.htm The text of Fahrenheit 451 abounds in quotations from and allusions to great books from authors of many countries. They are "frequently used as a device to portray the frightening emptiness of society in Fahrenheit 451. Motto: Juan Ramón Jiménez : Spanish poet (1881-1958); the motto sets the tone for unorthodox‚ non-conformist or even rebellious behaviour in the course of the novel. PART ONE: p. 5/p
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ASSIGNMENT SUBJECT CODE& NAME- English Literature - 1 Q.1 Write a long note on the personal life‚ works‚ settings and themes‚ characters and style (such as surprise endings and love for humanity) of O’Henry. Answer: - William Sidney Porter was born 11 September‚ 1862 in Greensboro‚ North Carolina‚ to physician Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-1888) and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim (1833-1865). The two brothers of William were Shirley Worth (1860) and David Weir (1865) who both died in early childhood. Mary
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Atwood’s‚ Danticat’s and Dowd’s transitions of women’s identities due to the loss of their parents The loss of a parent develops the child’s identity. Grace in “Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood‚ Sophie in “Breathe‚ Eyes‚ Memory” by Edwidge Danticat‚ and Holly in “Solace of the Road” by Siobhan Dowd‚ all demonstrate how mothers impact their daughters when they are no longer a part of their lives. Through changes of physical appearances‚ various life decisions and rapports with men‚ Grace‚ Sophie
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English assignment 2. Explore how Atwood uses language to develop the major themes and characters in the novel‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ and consider the effect this language use has on the reader using appropriate terminology (such as theme‚ image‚ point of view‚ tone etc). Explain how tensions in the text are developed‚ illustrating this by close reference to the text. Apply a range of terms relevant to practical criticism (such as psychoanalytic reading‚ Lacanian perspective). The Handmaids
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Physics 101-001 Final Review Summer 2006 Answers are at the end 1. A car starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 5 m/s2. How long does it take the car to go 30 m? (a) 6 s (b) 90 s (c) 150 s (d) 0.17 s (e) 3.5 s 2. If I throw a ball straight up with an initial speed of 25 m/s‚ how high will it rise? (a) 25 m (b) 2.6m (c) 32m (d) 20m (e) 13m 3. I throw a ball off a cliff 40 meters high. If the ball is thrown horizontally at a speed of 12 m/s‚ how far will
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AP Literature Poetry Essay Prompts (1970–2011) 1970 Poem: “Elegy for Jane” (Theodore Roethke) Prompt: Write an essay in which you describe the speaker’s attitude toward his former student‚ Jane. 1971 Poem: “The Unknown Citizen” (W.H. Auden) Prompt: In a brief essay‚ identify at least two of the implications implicit in the society reflected in the poem. Support your statements by specific references to the poem. 1972 NO POEM 1973 (exam not available) 1974 Poem: “I wonder whether one expects
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Most‚ if not virtually all‚ of what is now referred to as “traditional Chinese medicine” is quackery. I realize that it’s considered “intolerant” and not politically correct to say that in these days of “integrative medicine” departments infiltrating academic medical centers like so much kudzu enveloping a telephone pole‚ but I don’t care. I’m supposed to be impressed that the M.D. Anderson and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers‚ among others‚ have lost their collective mind and now “integrate”
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In the novel‚ Oryx and Crake‚ empathy is shown to convey the author’s truth about abandonment in someone’s early life. Empathy is used to identify what a person is feeling in many different situations including traumatic events. The protagonist Jimmy has found out that his mother has left him and his father and is going through many emotions in his head‚ trying to cope of what has happened. “Maybe she had loved Jimmy‚ thinks Snowman. In her own manner. Though he hadn’t believed it at the time. Maybe
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of all the characters‚ it is Maria Thins who sees the most clearly in the end? 3. Compare Girl With a Pearl Earring to other historical novels you’ve read in recent years (e.g.: Jane Smiley’s The Greenlanders‚ A. S. Byatt’s Possession‚ Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace‚ and so on). How does Chevalier’s novel—focused‚ detailed‚ and tightly framed as it is—complement‚ complicate‚ and/or depart altogether from the standard themes and trappings of
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