Postmodernism is difficult to define‚ because we go through it on a daily basis. Some would say it began in the 1950’s‚ and others say it began with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Postmodernism is characterized by a variety of elements that question the reading experience. Postmodern authors celebrate this by using humour and absurd experiences to create a bizarre alternate reality. The different elements that are used throughout postmodernism stories include magic realism‚ metafiction
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Literature Resource Center ed.: 301. Print. Lee‚ Susan. "The Search for Utopia: Blood Imagery in McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses." The Explicator Summer 2008: 189. Print. McCarthy‚ Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. New York: Knopf‚ 1992. Print. Spellman‚ Chad. "Dreams as a Structural Framework in McCarthy ’s All the Pretty Horses." Editorial. The Explicator Spring 2008: 166-68. Print
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Allison Lee Green Professor Marissa McNamara English 1102 14 February 2013 Mindless Tradition “The Lottery” (1948) by Shirley Jackson has provoked controversy and condemnation since its release. The short story takes place in a village where tradition is vital. The lottery is an annual event in which one individual is chosen by random to be viciously stoned by family and friends. All town members practice the ritual. The short story portrays how human nature engages in behaviors mindlessly.
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pot.”(347 paragraph 1) Elisa is frustrated with her marriage to Henry and this makes her feel more isolated and closer to her garden which she finds connection with her flowers. Gregory Palmerino explains their lack lustful relationship in The Explicator‚ “Both Elisa and Henry equally suffer from conflict avoidance and appear to habitually withdraw from each other spiritually‚ intellectually‚ and‚ presumably‚ physically: she to her immaculate garden and hard-swept house and he to his shaggy-coated
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In “Araby”‚ “Eveline”‚ and “The Dead”‚ three short stories featured in James Joyce’s The Dubliners‚ the characters struggle with whether to live their lives with a structured routine or to seek opportunities‚ change‚ and adventure. These short stories center around everyday life for citizens of Dublin‚ Ireland in the early 20th century‚ when a choice between continuing the inherited tradition of routine and structure versus seeking any other form of life or adventure could be the most important decision
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when they found out that she had run away with a fellow? Say she was a fool‚ perhaps; and her place would be filled up by advertisement. Miss Gavan would be glad. She had always had an edge on her‚especially whenever there were people listening.” Araby * “What innumerable follies laid waste my waking and sleeping thoughts after that
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The Golden Age of Islam Description: The Golden Age of Islam is usually dated from the mid-7th century to around the mid-13th century. During this period the Muslims flourished and they established one of the largest empires in all of history. This period is believed to have begun during the reign of Harun al-Rashid; a Abbasid caliph. His reign lasted from 786 to 809. The Golden Age of Islam also brought us what we know today as Hospitals. Hospitals at the time were the first to require any type
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Amy Griffin’s Article - “Shirley Jackson’s THE LOTTERY” Critiqued Does a community exist for the sustenance of its custom and tradition or is it the other way around? The community in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” has lost proper perspective of the essence of their “lottery” traditional practice. They became captives of their own community’s tradition such that under its compulsion they engage in very self-destructive acts. They lay themselves and all they have family and all‚ on the line as
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often reach a rebirth state in which they will lose their innocence trough isolation in their life and later on‚ a relief. These steps that a person would go through can be seen in “Hills like White Elephant” also in both James Joyce’s “The Dead” and “Araby”. Ernest Hemingway followed the ice berg theory and in which he use as a great advantage in creating his short stories. The “Hills like White Elephant” if read only once would be simply a conversation between a couple while waiting for
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Cited: Fitzgerald‚ F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner‚ 2004. Print. Kumamoto‚ Chikako. “Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.” Explicator 60 (Fall 2001): 37-41. Literature Resource Center. Web. 09 Nov. 2012. Sutton‚ Brian. “Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.” Explicator 59 (Fall 2000): 37-9. Literature Resource Center. Web. 09 Nov. 2012.
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