Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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The third research question focuses on the classic Gothic texts that are incorporated in this corpus. This research question refers to Clive Bloom’s list of significant horror and ghost tales provided in his book Gothic Horror (xiii-xvii). Since fear is part of the emotions of horror as well‚ an intense representation of its linguistic expressions is expected to be found in those works. A certain number of these horror tales were incorporated in the corpus too which were analysed in order to detect
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Gender Differences On the Road Abstract Road rage is a form of aggressive behavior that effects everyone on the road ways. Reports on road rage and aggressive driving show that nearly everyone who drives may display or be affected by such behavior. Males however‚ the staple of territorial and aggressive behavior‚ do appear to be larger perpetrators of road rage than females. Studies comparing male and female levels of aggression and territorial behavior find that males are substantially more
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Differences in Gender Communication – Stereotyping Our genetic sex is determined at birth by factors out our control‚ yet being born either female or male is one of the most important characteristic of our lives. The most typical question asked about a newborn is generally “is it a boy or a girl‚” and still today that is the first thing we notice when we meet someone new. Almost every official form that is filled out requires this information‚ whether we are female or male. Physical appearance
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The evolutionary explanation of gender difference Evolutionary means organism developing from an earlier form in order to survive in their environment. Parental investment theory Trivlers put forward that women have to be choosy about the partner they choose because they are stuck with the child for much longer than the male is required for reproduction. This is meant to explain why men are so assertive and aggressive because it is best for him to have sex with lots of people; for a women
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References: Grice‚ H. Paul. 1975. "Logic and conversation". In: Cole‚ P. and J. Morgan (eds.). Levinson‚ Stephen. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP Mey‚ Jacob. 1993. Pragmatics: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. Thomas‚ Jenny. 1995. Meaning and Interaction. An Introduction to Pragmatics. London: Longman.
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" in this article she talked about women’s position and suggested rules and regulations that could be removed to give women more power in the theater industry and the Fraticelli used a lot of her examples to support her statements. The article’s research found that women who are artistic directors‚ playwrights‚ or actors are still not able to enjoy total equality in the theatre industry and sometimes work in smaller theaters which usually aren’t funded well
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Critically examine the relationship between gender‚ religious participation and religious organisation Studies of religious belief verify consistently that the female gender shows greater participation to religion than that of males. This greater commitment to religion described by sociologists such as Bensen applies throughout the course of the woman’s life‚ and as noted by Glock and Stark‚ their greater pledge to religion is consistent regardless of the religious organization‚ whether it be New
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extremely advantageous to any company that wishes to compete on the global stage‚ the issues that are faced when attempting to blend the differences of race‚ gender‚ and age are too great to be ignored. Managing for the sexes Many companies currently express a desire to foster diversity within the organization. But however sincere their intentions about developing gender diversity in management are‚ companies are still hindered by a very real glass ceiling. For many years‚ the dominant group in the
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no secret that gender differences in crime exist; however even with all the theories there is no set reason as to why this is. Kevin Beaver said “In virtually every study ever conducted‚ males are much more likely than females to engage in violence‚ aggression‚ and serious crimes”. There has always been a gap in the amount of crime that men commit compared to women. All crime‚ aside shoplifting and prostitution‚ males commit significantly more. With population between the genders being almost exactly
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