a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology‚ Daedalus. A novel written in Joyce’s characteristic free indirect speech style‚ A Portrait is a major example of the Künstlerroman (an artist’s Bildungsroman) in English literature. Joyce’s novel traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions with which he has been raised. He finally leaves
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Information Age‚ Pluto‚ London. Wainwright‚ H. (2003) Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy‚ Verso‚ London. Ware‚ V. (1992) Beyond the Pale: White Women‚ Racism and History‚ Verso‚ London. Williamson‚ J. (2002) ‘An anti-capitalist bildungsroman’‚ New Formations‚ no. 45‚ pp. 210Á 214. / / / /
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GUIDE FOR INTERPRETING LITERATURE THE SCHEME OF STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF A LITERARY TEXT I. Speak of the author in brief. - the facts of his biography relevant for his creative activities; - the epoch (historical and social background); - the literary trend he belongs to; - the main literary pieces (works); II. Give a summary of the extract (or the story) under consideration (the gist‚ the content of the story in a nutshell). III. State the problem raised (tackled) by the author
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Historiographic Metafiction Parody and the Intertextuality of History LINDA HUTCHEON Il y a plus affaire à interpreter les interpretations qu’a interpreter les choses‚ et plus de livres sur les livres que sur autre sujet: nous ne faisons que nous entregloser. -Montaigne The frontiers of a book are never clear-cut: beyond the title‚ the first lines‚ and the last full-stop‚ beyond its internal configuration and its autonomous form‚ it is caught up in a system of references to other books‚ other
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Nervous conditions NERVOUS CONDITIONS Tsitsi Dangarembga ←Context→ Tsitsi Dangarembga finished writing Nervous Conditions when she was in her mid-twenties and‚ upon its publication in 1988‚ won widespread critical acclaim for its complex and nuanced portrayal of the challenges that a young Shona girl faces in her efforts to break free of her impoverished background and acquire an education. “Shona” is the name given to various tribal groupings living mostly in the eastern half of Zimbabwe‚
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the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Writing for the Penguin edition‚ Stevie Davies describes it as an "influential feminist text" because of its in-depth exploration of a strong female character’s feelings.[1] Primarily of the bildungsroman genre‚ Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character‚ including her growth to adulthood‚ and her love for Mr. Rochester‚ the byronic[2] master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. The novel contains elements of social criticism
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Donnelley‚ Paul Deng‚ Taoli. "‘The Heroine of Rouge and Powder ’ " and "‘the Beautiful Women in a Trouble Time ’" –The Comparison of Wang Xifeng and Housga." Journal of Nantong Vocational College 5 (2005). Gaillard‚ Dawon. "Gone with the Wind as ‘Bildungsroman ’: or Why Did Rhett Butler Really Leave Scarlett O ’Hara?" Georgia Reviews 3 (1974). Harwell‚ Richard. Margaret Mitchell ’s Gone with the Wind Letters‚ 1936 – 1949. London: The Macmillan Press‚ 1976. Jones‚ Anne G... "Tomorrow Is Another Day":
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets William Shakespeare The Sonnet Form A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem‚ traditionally written in iambic pentameter—that is‚ in lines ten syllables long‚ with accents falling on every second syllable‚ as in: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” The sonnet form first became popular during the Italian Renaissance‚ when the poet Petrarch published a sequence of love sonnets addressed to an idealized woman named Laura. Taking firm hold among Italian poets‚ the sonnet
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English Stage 6 Annotations of texts prescribed for the first time Higher School Certificate 2009–2014 Annotations of texts prescribed for the first time for the Higher School Certificate 2009–2014 COMMON CONTENT TYPE OF TEXT Prose Fiction TITLE The Namesake AUTHOR Jhumpa Lahiri COURSE: Standard and Advanced AREA OF STUDY: Belonging DESCRIPTION This Area of Study requires
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1. Introduction The American novel reached one of its highest peaks during the life of writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ better known by his pen name‚ Mark Twain. With its late development with a self-established status‚ the American novel appeared in the late 18th century‚ one of its first creators being considered‚ although debated along time‚ Washington Irving. Before Irving‚ the American novel didn’t have a voice of itself‚ but always had a tendency towards borrowing from the European form and
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