2008-9 Summer Term English Literature Assignment Subject: Medieval Age Lecturer/s: Doc.d-r L. Kostova Project Title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has been described as a “pearl” among romances. Try to justify this view through a critical analysis of the text Student Name: Simona Dragomirova Penkova Student No.:/ Year / Major: Fac. # 899 / Second year / English philology The High Middle Ages is a period of European history between 11th and 13th century. It is a time
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Literary analysis of ‘Pygmalion’ by Bernard Shaw Shaw’s cleverly crafted and highly entertaining play mixes the Pygmalion myth from Ovid’s Metamorphoses‚ with a Victorian-day twist. Shaw’s Pygmalion combines dimensional characters‚ an entertaining plotline and vibrant themes in a way that truly encapsulates Victorian high society. Set in high society‚ Pygmalion follows a bet made by two upper class gentlemen: phonetics teacher‚ Higgins; and his linguist friend Colonel Pickering. Higgins
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research undertaken‚ and what other research questions are raised. In her analysis of romantic novels; Janice Radway used an ethnographic and regional approach (using a series of ethnographic questions) to researching a group of. ‘Compulsive romance readers in a predominantly urban‚ central midwestern state among the nation’s top twenty in total population’ as she states in :Radway.J.A.‚ Women Read Romance: The Interaction of Text and Context. (Dikes. G. & Humez. J.‚ Gender‚ Race and Class
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Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ for instance‚ had treated the theme of mesmerism and mediumship in his novel The Blithedale Romance (1852) in the character of the veiled lady‚ mesmerized medium who communicates with spirits. In order to answer this question‚ it is essential to look at Doten’s circle of connections. Doten was part of a group of female poets who claimed the
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Color-Mood Analysis Book(s): Twilight Saga Color Scheme: ANALYSIS: a) Colors used and moods conveyed * RED Twilight Saga is a romance series between supernatural beings and humans. One of the three colors used in the books covers is red. Here‚ it impresses the romantic content of the novel. Aside from that‚ it portrays a lush of mystery and enticement to the viewers; something that would make them go deeper to what the novel is all about. Red was used to give accent to the neutral
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STYLISTIC ANALYSIS William Somerset Maugham «THE ESCAPE» William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. The trend he belongs to is realism with slight ifluence of expressionism. A novelist‚ a dramatist‚ and a short-story writer‚ he gained an outstanding reputation with his prominent books “Of Human Bondage”‚ “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ and “The Razor’s Edge”. The observer of the first decades of the 20th century‚ Maugham is deeply critical of the morals
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Advertisement Analysis Bring the Heat The idea of improving the smell‚ or odor‚ of any human has been around since the beginning of civilization. With the perfume industry having such longevity one can surmise that not smelling offensive is a social norm‚ and even a social need. However‚ though it could be argued by some as a need the perfume industry is just that‚ an industry in itself. Like most industries in our world‚ perfume is not exempt from using advertisements to sell their products
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the physical and emotional‚ but also the external and environmental aspect. The colors of the paint bring shape to the portrait and depth to the meaning of love and closeness. The piece “Aadyasha” is a mystified portrait of a woman in darkness. My analysis of this painting is that this mysterious woman is longing to be needed. However‚ her darkness gives the impression of danger‚ deceit‚ and lies. Although she appears to be in some type of garden or forest she seems to
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Analysis of EPICAC A short story written by Kurt Vonnegut The short story EPICAC is written by Kurt Vonnegut. It is a fictional text about a very intelligent and expensive computer‚ EPICAC‚ built by Dr. Ormand Von Kleigstadt to solve complex worldly problems. The narrator works with EPICAC on the night shift along with another mathematician; Pat Kilgallen‚ whom the narrator wishes to marry‚ but because of his lack of romance and poetic skills she keeps turning him down. That is how one day the
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56 The Most Human Art: 10 reasons why we’ll always need good stories By Scott Russell Sanders‚ The Georgia Review‚ September/October 1997 We have been telling stories to one another for a long time‚ perhaps for as long as we have been using language‚ and we have been using language‚ I suspect‚ for as long as we have been human. In all its guises‚ from words spoken and written to pictures and musical notes and mathematical symbols‚ language is our distinguishing gift‚ our hallmark as a species
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