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    which were once forgotten. Much like present society ’s struggle to find one ’s identity‚ the main character of Rudyard Kipling ’s novel Kim is on a personal journey to realize his individuality. Kim is seeking to find his place in the country in which he was born‚ while at the same time struggling to find‚ or create‚ an identity for himself. At several points of the novel Kim asks himself " ’Who is Kim? ’" and "What is Kim?" and although the plot has a flowing structure‚ supported by an exhilarating

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    Novel and Black Africans

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    King‚ Jr. One of the most significant figures in the rise of the novel in the Restoration period(or The Long Eighteenth Century period) is Aphra Behn and her novella Oroonoko or the Royal slave. Although it is impossible to satisfactorily date the beginning of the novel in English‚ long fiction and fictional biographies began to distinguish themselves from other forms in England during this period(1). It is the first English novel to show Black Africans in a sympathetic manner. Oroonoko has been

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    How‚ and to what extent‚ do the texts on this unit challenge the idea of “the novel‟? The conventions of “the traditional novel” are almost completely disregarded in twentieth century avant-garde fiction. According to Hutcheon‚ a healthy piece of postmodern fiction ‘paradoxically uses and abuses the conventions of both realism and modernism‚ and does so in order to challenge their transparency’ (1988‚ p. 53). Despite this‚ what effectively happens with avant-garde literature is that each text

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    8/16/11 English Argumentative essay The novel‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God”‚ focuses on a woman named Janie Crawford and her adventure for love and her struggle for independence. Since both of Janie’s parents were not in her life‚ she is forced to live with her grandmother. One

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    single heading: fiction. Eudora Welty. John Updike. Vladimir Nabokov. Reynolds Price. A rare brush with fact is "More Matter‚" a collection of Updike ’s essays and criticism. Otherwise‚ don ’t expect any works of history or politics. Biographies? What ’s the point? She knows how the story will end. "It would be a better book if they just wrote a novel about that person‚" Tyler reasons during a recent sunny morning‚ a mug of coffee in her hands‚ her gray-dark hair pulled back in a bun. For nearly 50

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    Eileen Goudge's Novels

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    Eileen Goudge was born in San Mateo‚ California‚ and is the author of many novels (and even a cookbook) including a series of novels called the “Garden of Lies”‚ “Sweet Valley High” series (for teens)‚ and a mystery series called “Cypress Bay” series. Goudge has also written other stand alone works for readers of all kinds. She is the wife of a film critic; who she says is not her first but will be her last marriage. They met when he interviewed her on air on his radio talk show (he called her after

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    NOVEL VS. FILM As with all novels that are adapted into film changes must be made to fit with the tone of the movie Jurassic park is no exception. The changes can range from the smallest plot point to the biggest. It can be from changing a character personality and behavior to his or her appearance to changing a character fate. A character that might have survived in the novel but died in the movie or the other way around Jurassic

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    QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel‚ become familiar with the historical and

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    Novel vs Novella

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    A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. A common length is about 50 to 100 pages‚ or around 20‚000 to 40‚000 words. The extra length is generally used for more character development than is possible in a short story‚ but without the much greater character and plot development of a novel. ------------------------------------------------- Novella From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the literary form. For

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    The Outsiders – Film or Novel People like to watch movies because it is animated and they can watch with others. Some like to read novels because they can escape from the world and prefer some time to themselves. People who love to read novel have a different personality to those that love to watch movies. Most modern teenagers would say that they would prefer watching the movie than the novel‚ but even those film lovers would prefer the novel with these two texts. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton

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