Analysis of the Main Indian Characters in Orientalist Discourse in A Passage to India Abstract: E. M. Forster is one of the most outstanding British writers in the early twentieth century. His novel A Passage to India was published in 1924 and it aroused much criticism at the time. With the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978)‚ this novel has been reinterpreted from a new prospective —— Orientalist criticism. Applying Orientalist criticism‚ this paper intends to reveal Forster’s double
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by many scholars as discourse particles or discourse markers. Discourse markers are widely used in spoken discourse‚ usually in daily informal conversation. However‚ this research concentrates on the usage and function of these words in written discourse‚ as they appear in fiction. Discourse markers as a special phenomenon have been studied from various perspectives. As previous studies (see‚ for example‚ Aijmer 1986‚Shiffrin 1987‚ Fraser 1999‚ Klerk 2006) have shown‚ discourse markers not only enhance
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Wanjiku Mwangi ENC 1102 Research Paper Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Fostering Critical Thinking in Writing Classroom Using Film Composition Composition has long been established as a core element to the writing objective. Much effort has been used to classify different themes‚ styles and conventions within written works. This investigation into this particular medium has made for a scholarly outlook on writing. What was once a medium for simple communication; is now able to express varying
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of this‚ exposition‚ the intention is to explain something: for instance‚ to make some idea clear to the reader‚ to analyze situation‚ to define a term‚ to give directions. The intension‚ in short‚ is to inform. One of the four major forms of discourse‚ in which something is explained or “set forth” EXAMPLE: Outdoor Education remains my favorite field trip of all time due to all of the memorable activities we experienced. For instance‚ I was able to touch and hold a wide variety of animals
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comprehension‚ literary competence and literature in teaching English as a foreign language. 6 2. Past approaches until the second half of the 20th century. 7 2.1. Analysis of the past methods with reading and literature in view. 8 2.2. The shift in the attitude towards reading and literary texts in teaching English as a foreign language. 11 3. Modern approaches – introduction to Communicative Language Teaching. 12 3.1. CLT analysis in the context of reading‚ literary texts and
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United States would cause a chain of events that changed both the US and the world. The Bush administration was able to use discourse following these events to justify wars and to push through their right-wing agenda. Discourse is usually used to describe a discussion or debate that is generally between not just two people‚ but rather a large group of people. A discourse is also usually a one sided argument and is meant convince or justify to the public what the speaker or writer believes based
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will be focusing on the discourse community of Comp. 1900. What is a discourse community? A discourse community is a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic‚ issue‚ or in a particular field (What Is a Discourse Community?). Comp 1900 is an introduction to computer science course. The reason why I have chosen to see this class as a discourse community is because I believe it fits into the six Swales rules for deciding if a community is a discourse community. The rules go
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Hinton glances at the fact that the Maidu language group is closely related to two other language groups‚ “Certain resemblances had also become apparent between Wintun and Maidu and Maidu and Yokuts. A systematic comparison revealed a unitary basis underlying all the languages” (Hinton 80). There is evidence that shows how these languages closely resemble one another. “The word for “two” in Wintun‚ Maidun‚ and Yokuts languages generally begins with p followed by some vowel followed by n (or sometimes
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_____RICHARD HAKLUYT___1584_____ A particular discourse concerning the great necessity and manifold commodities that are like to grow to this Realm of England by the Western discoveries lately attempted‚ Written in the year 1584 * known as DISCOURSE OF WESTERN PLANTING [Excerpts] 1. That this western discovery will be greatly for the enlargement of the gospel of Christ whereunto the princes of the reformed religion are chiefly bound among whom her Majesty is principal. . . . Then it is necessary
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My reflection is on a teaching session of nasogastric feeding to a second year student. One of the patient I looked after was fed via a nasogastric tube. My student had told me she had never set up a feed via a nasogastric tube. I saw this as a learning opportunity for her. In order for me to teach my student effectively‚ it was important to establish her preferred learning style. Honey & Mumford (1992) identify four distinct learning styles e:g 1. Activist‚ are those people that learn by doing
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