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    Teorija Knjizevnosti

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    The third-person omniscient is a narrative mode in which a story is presented by a narrator with an overarching point of view‚ seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story‚ including what each of the characters is thinking and feeling.[1] It is the most common narrative mode found in sprawling‚ epic stories such as George Eliot’s Middlemarch. The godlike all-knowing perspective of the third-person omniscient allows the narrator to tell the reader things that none of

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    ridicule or scorn." Besides this definition satire can also be seen as the particular literary way of making possible the improvement of humanity and its institutions. In all three works that we’ve discussed so far: Moliere’s "Tartuffe‚" Voltaire’s "Candide‚" and Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" the authors indirectly criticize and ridicule human behavior and characteristics but with the mutual goal for improving these faults rather than just demolishing them. In Moliere’s "Tartuffe‚" although many things

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    The protagonist‚ Candide‚ is a good-hearted but naïve young man. His mentor‚ Pangloss‚ is described as a teacher of “metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology” who believes that this is “the best of all possible worlds.” This belief‚ which is argued by Leibniz‚ is the main reason

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    Comic Spirit Syllabus

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    Spring 2011 THE COMIC SPIRIT CWL 320I-01 (#4996) MW 800-915am (MM-100) Course Description The Comic Spirit is intended to serve as an interdisciplinary introduction to the theory of comedy and history of comic forms. Literary works of various types‚ national literary traditions‚ and historical periods will be considered‚ as will other kinds of comic art‚ especially that of modern film. In all cases‚ particular emphasis will be given to the historical circumstance and the intellectual

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    Since day one of my school life‚ I’ve been conforming to society based on what everyone commented on. Comments from school mates such as “How do you not have a smartphone or a Facebook?” and “Only losers sleep at 10” slowly changed my attitude and my goals until I had the same habits and possessions as everyone around me. Comments from teachers and parents such as “ You’re just a number to colleges” and “You should get a job that pays well” also affected my attitude and interests towards school

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    Utopia vs. Dystopia

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    Utopia Vs. Dystopia Each person has their own vision of utopia. Utopia means an ideal state‚ a paradise‚ a land of enchantment. It has been a central part of the history of ideas in Western Civilization. Philosophers and writers continue to imagine and conceive plans for an ideal state even today. They use models of ideal government to express their ideas on contemporary issues and political conditions. Man has never of comparing the real and ideal‚ actuality and dream‚ and the stark facts

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    Candide Free-will-agent Determine the course of action Leibniz Cause-effect Nature catastrophe disaster=knowledge Good and bad=moral Third person Good may distance readers from the protagonist/hero Genealogy Chain reaction‚ trace back the origin Disease: syphilisparody of genealogy love and cause and effect become questionable El Dorado The best‚ utopia Good: no material wealth‚ all in agreement‚ knowledge/gallery‚ safe (very hard to reach and surrounded by mountains)‚ open

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    Candide's Old Woman

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    having only half a backside and remembering always that I was the daughter of a Pope” as she‚ the Old Woman told Candide‚ "a hundred times I wanted to kill myself‚ but always I loved life more…” The Old Woman endured an series of unrelenting episodes which would have made anyone want to kill themselves but at her old age‚ instead of appearing doubtful and full of regret‚ like Candide‚ she looked at the bright side and still had the desire to live her life even if it began with hardships. Suicide

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    humans being inspired to test philosophies of Aristotle‚ Descartes‚ and many other philosophers! Another one of Voltaire’s works was named Candide. Written in 1759‚ Candide was a French satire about a young man who lived a sheltered life. The man lost his mother and suffered great hardships. He had a professor whom he looked up to and greatly admired. Candide seems very similar to Voltaire’s childhood‚ since he too lost his mother and had someone to look up to. He also suffered many great hardships

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    Voltaire Biography

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    Voltaire Today France is known as as a place of beauty and democracy. The France that can be seen today is a result of the French Revolution and the many writers that protested their government. One example of a revolutionary writers is Voltaire. Voltaire’s childhood and his multiple exiles influenced why and what he wrote. Voltaire’s career in writing was made possible by his childhood and the rest of his early life. He was born into an upper class family in November of 1694. His father was a well-to-do

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