Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature
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MODERNISM The literary movement that spanned from the late 19th century until roughly 1965 is referred to as modernism. When talking about the movement there must be an understanding of the difference between modernism and the more common word “modern”. The word modern refers to what is new‚ recent‚ and updated. Although modernism does deal with the futuristic and the new‚ it also covers vastly more topics and themes. Modernism reaches into rebellion‚ struggle and harsh realities. From there it
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MONIVAE COLLEGE UNIT 1 VCE ENGLISH TERM 2‚ 2015 OUTCOME 3 On completion of this unit the student should be able to identify and discuss‚ either in writing and/or orally‚ how language can be used to persuade readers and/or viewers. Workbook and Notes on Selected Poetry of Robert Frost CONTENTS PAGE Context and Focus 3 Assessment 3 Poems 3 - 11 Focus Questions – A Summary 12 Essays/ Commentary on Frost 13 - 20 Context and Focus: The
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“A poem begins with a lump in the throat... A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”(Robert Frost). Robert Frost became one of the most famous poets of his time and still is today. In one of his more popular pieces‚ The Road Not Taken‚ Frost uses imagery‚ tone‚ and metaphors to convey that by making certain decisions will affect you for the rest of your life. Robert Frost was born on March 26‚ 1874 in San Francisco‚ California. His interest
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Question: Part A: Analyze the social and historical context of a particular poem Poem: T. S. Eliot‚ ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The context of any given text whether poetry‚ novels or a movie is always integral to its understanding. Social and historical context of not only the given text‚ but the writer’s context and reader’s context play an important role in the interpretation and understanding of the major ideas‚ issues‚ values and beliefs within the text. T.S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
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career spans both the close of the romantic and the beginning of the modern eras of poetry. Yeats thus presents an interesting body of work in which he moves from an almost archaic style to one less flowery and embellished (clearly influenced by Ezra Pound). Despite the evolution of style‚ though‚ Yeats continually returns to the temporal and eternal as central contrasting themes in his work. From “To the Rose upon the Rood of Time‚” in which a young Yeats appeals to the eternal rose to save him from
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The Allusions in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land The Waste Land is an important poem. It has something important to say and it should have an important effect on the reader. But it is not easy. In Eliot’s own words: "We can say that it appears likely that poets in our civilization as it exists at present‚ must be difficult. Our civilization comprehends great variety and complexity‚ and this variety and complexity‚ playing upon a refined sensibility‚ must produce various and complex results. The
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Walt Whitman Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet‚ essayist and journalist. A humanist‚ he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism‚ incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon‚ often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time‚ particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass‚ which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Walt was born in Westhills‚ Long
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How to Analyze Poetry Poetry is a compact language that expresses complex feelings. To understand the multiple meanings of a poem‚ readers must examine its words and phrasing from the perspectives of rhythm‚ sound‚ images‚ obvious meaning‚ and implied meaning. Readers then need to organize responses to the verse into a logical‚ point-by-point explanation. A good beginning involves asking questions that apply to most poetry. Context of the Poem Clear answers to the following questions can help
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and Dickinson are entirely opposite. Second‚ while Walt Whitman ’s voice is quite loud‚ clear‚ and boastful in “Song of myself‚” Emily Dickinson ’s voice is quiet and modest “[I’m Nobody! Who are you?].” In her poem‚ it is obviously that he is very pound of himself. One of the evidences is that he names the poem‚ “Song of Myself.” On the first sentence of the first stanza‚ he says “I celebrate myself” (Lauter 1225).From this note‚ Whitman creates his own image that he is great and he implies his life
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