plot and becomes the protagonist rather than existing as a passive being. Marie de France represented a new voice in medieval literature‚ concentrating on the actions of her female characters. In her Breton lai‚ Eliduc‚ instead of focusing on a male hero‚ the two female characters behave more like protagonists. "Marie de France ’s Eliduc is ostensibly about Eliduc ’s divided loyalties and loves‚ [...]. However‚ Marie renames the lai after two women because‚ as she says‚ ’the adventure upon which
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2 Abstract Retaining a child at grade level has become popular due to the emphasis on accountability and standards in elementary education. This literature review provides a critique of the research examining the academic and socioemotional outcomes associated with grade retention. The push for student retention is demanded by school boards‚ school administrators‚ and teachers in spite of the overwhelming
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INTRODUCTION Travel Literature is travel writing of literary value. This genre is also called ‘Travel Record Literature’. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-culture or transnational in focus‚ or may involve travel to different regions within the same country. Accounts of spaceflight may also be considered travel literature. Literary travelogues
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6 The Renaissance: 1500-1650 7 The Rise of Puritanism and John Locke: Late 1600s 8 3. Beginning of Children’s Literature: Late 1700s 10 4. Fairy and Folk Tales 12 The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: Late 1800s 12 5. Victorian Children’s Literature 16 6. Contemporary Children’s Literature 18 6. Analysis of Harry Potters’ series 21 7. Conclusion 30 8. Summary 31 Children’s Literature Definitions 31 The Ancient World [ancient Rome; 50 BCE to 500 CE] 31 The Middle Ages [500 to 1500 CE] 31 The European
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implemented technology. The health sector’s technological applications have been achieved within health information systems. The implementation of technology in this sector has resulted into both positive and negative implications on health care. This literature review focuses on reports of past research on the impact of technology within the health sector with an aim of analyzing how technology has affected the quality of care‚ the management of health record management processes and the direction of health
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CULTURAL VALUES AND PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Nipa Khatlawala University of Phoenix Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Personal‚ organizational‚ and cultural values are the basis of an individual ’s personal and professional decision-making style. These values are the key ingredients that make up our core beliefs. Values are ideas that are actions which could be right or wrong‚ good or bad that are the basis of human action (Tosi 2000). Personal
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< Academy oi Management Executive‚ 1993 Vol. 7 No. 1 Cultural constraints in management theories Geert Hofstede‚ University of Limburg‚ Maastricht‚ the Netherlands Executive Overview Management as the word is presently used is an American invention. In other parts of fhe world not only fhe pracfices but the entire concepf of management may differ‚ and the theories needed to understand it‚ may deviate considerably from what is considered normal and desirable in fhe USA‚ The reader is invited
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Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) is an $8Billion dollar network of businesses involved in retail‚ financial services and petroleum operations. They had just completed a strategic plan in 2002 with a clear corporate goal "to become a top quartile performer in our market sector as measured by total return to stockholders". This mandate guided CIO Andy Wnek to create IT strategies‚ imperatives and vision of "an agile It team‚ aligned to business priorities‚ operating a simpler technical environment with
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became mistreatment of Japanese Canadians. The government was cruel‚ stripped them of all their rights as citizens‚ did not let them speak up for themselves and unfairly punished them in different ways. In an effort to protect Canada‚ the government wrongfully confiscated and sold the possessions of Japanese Canadians effectively taking away their ability to work‚ placed approximately 21‚000 in internment camps and then deported over 10‚000. Japanese Canadian were faced with unfair treatment
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World Views and Cultural Landscapes Every land has a past and a story behind it that has been built with time. This history is extremely important because if you take the time to analyse a certain land‚ you can realise that it has a lot of interesting things that you can learn. But are some lands more important than other? To characterise a land as a cultural landscape‚ many criteria are demanded. Also‚ a big influence for this kind of land is the world view. Here are two important terms that
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