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    1 Translation Quality Assessment A case study of Ernest Hemingway’s ‘the Killers’ Translated by Najaf Daryabandari According to Newmark’s translation criticism Marjan Tavakoli Kerman Institute of Higher Education May 2014 2 Introduction "The Killers‚" Ernest Hemingway’s story about two hit men who come to a small town to kill a former prizefighter‚ was first published in the March 1927 issue of Scribner’s Magazine. Hemingway was paid two hundred dollars for the story‚ which was

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    Feminism: Women’s Rights “Feminist criticism has its roots in a social and political movement‚ the feminist or women’s liberation movement‚ aimed at improving conditions for women” (Foss‚ 2004‚ p.151). The history of Women’s rights goes further back than what is actually recorded. The definition of women’s right is sometimes hard to articulate. “It is the equal opportunity concept: everyone has an equal opportunity to offer a definition of hopes that her or his particular perception of the situation

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    Literary Criticism (Written report) PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH IN LITERATURE Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism or literary theory which‚ in method‚ concept‚ or form‚ is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself‚ and has developed into a heterogeneous interpretive tradition. As Patricia Waugh writes‚ ’Psychoanalytic literary criticism does not

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    The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish

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    While Stephen King is renowned for being a writer of paranormal fiction‚ it is most often his hinting towards the possibility of the supernatural that is most disturbing. Although The Shining may be most readily associated with impossible monsters made to imitate childhood nightmares‚ the intimate way in which these horrors are woven into the fabrics of reality offer readers a sense of truth in relation to the terrors of the unknown. By overshadowing supernatural elements with domestic terrors and

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    Bentley wrote in “Ibsen‚ Pro and Con” that Krogstad was "a mere pawn of the plot." adding that "When convenient to Ibsen‚ he is a blackmailer. When inconvenient‚ he is converted‚" I believe he had entirely missed the point of his character in A Doll House. Krogstad’s characterization is a flagship example of the way Henrik Ibsen wrote all the characters in the play: representations of man’s true multi­faceted nature. On the surface the reader makes quick judgement about the content of the roles’ characters;

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    Media Presentation Feminist Theory Introduction * Feminist in the 1960’s and 1970’s was brought to address inequalities related to female/male gender roles. * Promotes equality for both male and female in political‚ economic‚ and social issues. * Believes women are oppressed due to their sex based. * Social division benefits for men. * Women in the media are representation of “domestic way of living”. Laura Mulvey (1975) * Women are represented in which media emphasis

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    Barry Lyndon / The Shining Response Paper Kubrick explores different types of violence in the movies “Barry Lyndon” and “The Shining”. “Barry Lyndon” is period drama with extremely formalized violence while “The Shining” is a psychological horror film with surreal violence. Both utilize violence in very different ways to support the themes and narratives. In “Barry Lyndon” Kubrick seems to be interested in the formalization of violence in the 18th century. The film has a very dry sense of

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    Assess the usefulness of feminist contributions to our understanding of society today. (33 marks) Feminism is a conflict theory which views society as male dominated and it seeks to describe‚ explain and change the position of women in society. Feminism is therefore a theory of women’s subordination and also a political movement. There are different types of feminism‚ which I will be evaluating in this essay; Liberal‚ Radical‚ Marxist‚ Black and Postmodernist feminist. Feminists criticise mainstream

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    Literary Criticism I Feminist Criticism theory in the novel “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling Introduction According to Peter Barry’s book‚ Feminism was born because of women are disadvantaged by comparison with men and the unequal treatment towards women by men. Women ask for their rights‚ because they believed that they deserve equality. In this paper I will analyze the feminist approach through Harry Potter Novels by J.K. Rowling. As we all know‚ Joanne Kathleen Rowling a.k.a J.K. Rowling

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