Edna Vale was a well known name‚ yet she lived close to my old way of life. The power lines crossed in front of the top rows of windows on the hilly streets and skinny kids with dirty hair played on flaking blue stone sidewalks that tilted at odd angles from years of neglect. Candy wrappers and butts were evident in the sparse patches of grass in front. At the right house‚ I found my way up worn stairs to where Edna kept an address. There were the dried smells of steaks from indeterminate
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Role of the Author: New Criticism and Poststructuralism This paper studies the role of the author from the perspectives of New Criticism and Poststructuralism. The nature of the two critical approaches must be elucidated before the discussion. According to ‘The Norton Introduction to Literature’‚ New Critics’ critical practice is to demonstrate formal unity by showing how every part of a work contributes to a central unifying theme. Every part is related to the whole and the whole is reflected
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Bibliography "New Historical Criticism." New Historical Criticism. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. I like this description of Historical Criticism because it shows me how people used to look at criticism before. Historical criticism used to be about people looking at the background of the author‚ what time frame he lived in‚ the things that were happening around him/her that influenced that specific piece of writing. With new historicism‚ things get more complex. New historicists
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Vincent Van Gogh‚ genius or madman? ‘The connection between genius and mental illness is paradoxically both clearer and murkier than that between genius and high intelligence.’ (Published on March 31‚ 2011‚ Andrew Robinson) Van Gogh‚ possibly the most famous example of a known genius who beared the title of a mentally ill individual‚ had severe depression‚ inflicted serious injury on his own earlobe in the year of 1888‚ admitted himself to a mental facility‚ and shot himself in 1890‚ yet he is one
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Léonce as the prime Trigger in the Case of Edna Pontellier´s Personal Awakening In “The Awakening”‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ Edna Pontellier is the main character‚ who undergoes an awakening from a dependent woman living to the standards of the society to an independent self-aware individual. Through the regular absence of her husband Léonce Pontellier‚ Edna cannot speak with him about her thoughts‚ fears and important scenes in her life. Therefore she remotes herself mentally
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by means of which Edna realizes her love for Robert and her desire to be free and self-determined. Chopin’s Impromptu arouses "the very passions ... within [Edna’s] soul"(p.34). The harmony‚ fluidity‚ subtle rhythm and poetic beauty of the Romantic composer make Edna loose herself in the music that stirs her emotions. The art completes‚ for her‚ what nature cannot bring to a finish. The exquisite‚ looping‚ and often fiery melodies of the Impromptu make a cut in Edna’s mind through
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Professor Xavier Rauscher English 104 2 October 2013 All You Need is Love In the short story “For Esme With Love and Squalor”‚ J.D. Salinger tells of an American soldier in England during 1944. He explains how this solider meets a young girl‚ Esme‚ that makes a profound effect on his life. By the end of the story‚ the reader can see the effects the war can have on an individual‚ and how important Esme really is. In this salinger story‚ the love of a young girl saves a man from a life of squalor.
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Vincent’s Cappuccino Express Case Study 1 1. Organization Chart for The Cappuccino Express. Vincent Chow Managing Director/ Owner Outlet B Manager Outlet A Manager Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Assistant Book Keeping/ Admin 2. What major factor can be expected to have major impact on the success of The Cappuccino Express? a) Competitive strategy In conjunction with a changing in
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New Criticism vs. Reader-Response A piece of work can be evaluated in plenty of ways. Critique methods such as Reader-Response‚ Deconstructive Criticism‚ New Criticism‚ and many others act as examples of literary evaluations. All of the critique methods share similarities‚ but differ in other ways. Reader-Response and New Criticism‚ for example‚ share characteristics but they are also two very opposing things. Reader-Response focuses on attention towards the text influenced by the reader’s thoughts
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There’s a lot of bombing the bejeezus out of all sorts of people around these days and Webdiarists seem to be much keen on discussing it recently so I am grateful both to SWMBO and the Librarian at St Vincent’s College Potts Point for bringing to my attention AC Grayling’s Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime? Bloomsbury Publishing‚ London 2006. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College‚ University of London and he raises some interesting
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