RE-WRITING THE COLONIAL DISCOURSE Written by: Nouha Mahjoubi Supervised by: Professor Beltaif The world’s structure today is tightly linked to the historical development and events. One of the most noticeable historical processes is colonization. The British Empire was one of the greatest imperialist powers. It is through colonization that the Western world is gaining a kind of prominence and domination in the world. The influence of colonization may not be very obvious nowadays as the concrete
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Narrative Poem #1 A girl in the woods was very hungry She went to the store but her coupons were expired She went down the produce aisle To get something healthy She could get what she wanted Because she was so wealthy Before she purchased her items She went to the side of the street To get the New York times With a couple of left over dimes Now she had no more expired coupons She went back to the store to buy her fruit That’s the end of my poem wasn’t that a hoot.
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MINING FOR MEANING: A STUDY OF MINIMALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE by JEREMY ROBERT BAILEY‚ B.A.‚ M.A. A DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Wendell Aycock Chair of the Committee Sara Spurgeon Scott Baugh Ralph Ferguson Dean of the Graduate School December 2010 Copyright 2010 Jeremy Robert Bailey Texas Tech University‚ Jeremy Robert Bailey‚ December 2010
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Our Casuarina Tree | | Toru Dutt (1856–77) | | | LIKE a huge Python‚ winding round and round | | The rugged trunk‚ indented deep with scars‚ | | Up to its very summit near the stars‚ | | A creeper climbs‚ in whose embraces bound | | No other tree could live. But gallantly | 5 | The giant wears the scarf‚ and flowers are hung | | In crimson clusters all the boughs among‚ | | Whereon all day are gathered bird and bee; | | And oft at nights the
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Nabokov Online Journal‚ Vol. VI (2012) _______________________________________________________________________ NABOKOV’S SHORT STORY “SIGNS AND SYMBOLS”: An interdisciplinary roundtable discussion♣ _______________________ Hal Ackerman‚ Screenwriter (UCLA) Murray Biggs‚ Theater scholar (Yale University) John N. Crossley‚ Mathematician (Monash University) Wayne Goodman‚ Psychiatrist (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Yuri Leving‚ Moderator (Dalhousie University) Frederick White‚ Literary scholar
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Kazuki Aoyama Elements of Literature 2 C-8 Final Draft New Radio Tower The new radio tower was built in Tokyo last year. It is called Tokyo Skytree‚ and it had to be built for the purpose of adaptation to a new type of television‚ digital terrestrial broadcasting. However‚ there are several reasons because of radio interference‚ the Japanese companies were change their type of television‚ and influence on public opinion‚ why the Tokyo Skytree was built. First of all‚ the Tokyo Skytree had
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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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Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the
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form of literature‚ which should be read slowly and savored attentively. Poets employ different poetic techniques to convey their ideas‚ opinions‚ and express their feelings. Some poems can be understood easily while others seam vague. But whatever they are‚ they all contain some common elements of poetry such as theme‚ figurative language‚ and tone‚ etc. ¡§Constantly risking absurdity and death¡¨ and ¡§betting on the muse¡¨ are two poems which are written by two different poets. By comparing and contrasting
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loving manner‚ and open to the hard changes that lie ahead. By comparing and contrasting the events from the stories that each mother faces‚ these two fictional mothers’ weaknesses and strengths will be highlighted. It’s been said that a mother’s love cannot be compared to any other form of love. However‚ the forms of love a mother uses can be compared to raise positive and negative aspects. It is evident that both mothers‚ from Pastan’s poem and Tan’s short story‚ each love their daughters very much
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