A Home in Fiction – Geraldine Brooks Boyer Lectures 2011: ‘The Idea of Home’ Audience: Immediate audience were those listening to the Boyer Lectures Lectures broadcast on the ABC’s Radio National on Sydney afternoons The audience is intelligent and well-informed audience with an interest in the areas of science‚ books‚ religion‚ social history‚ the arts and current affairs. Brookes’ lecture: those who are lovers of fiction and those who seek to be familiar with recent intellectual/ academic ideas
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In this article‚ I am going to compare and contrast the narrative structures‚ generic codes and conventions of film noir with more recent neo-noirs; the films I’m going to use to do this are Double Indemnity and Pulp Fiction. I’m also going to investigate the relationship between original film noirs and the Hollywood studio system and contemporary production contexts in the North American Film Industry. The first film I’m going to be looking at is Double Indemnity‚ a classic noir film which follows
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Scientifiction: “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” Going back to the past or even travelling into the future using time travel to alter one’s present might be a thing in science fiction movies or books today but it is not an impossible thing to do sometime in the future. Ten years or two hundred years who knows but it will be a part of our lives. Scientifiction might be unrealistic in terms of the technology or mythical/supernatural characters used in them but it is not just another
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The Cask of Amantillado is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe‚ that is about two good friends that attend a little party. Montrsor can arguably be the protagonist of the story. He is fed up with Fortunato’s acts of foolishness and embarrassing him in front of the crowd. As the night goes on Montresor leads Fortunato deep into the catacombs telling him there is more wine to drink‚ tricks him‚ and leaves him down in there to die. This story has tons of literary elements to help readers dig deep into
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hours planning revenge on someone but never follow through with it. However‚ some people create very meticulous plans for their enemy‚ and soon enough it takes over them. Revenge drives people to do horrible acts. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of the Amontillado” is about a man who gets his revenge on another by luring him into the catacombs‚ and then burying him alive. Similarly‚ the movie Gone Girl‚ produced by David Fincher‚ is about a woman who fakes her own murder to get revenge on her husband
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Film analysis „Stranger than Fiction“ The film is about the writer Karen Eiffel who invented the hero Harold Crick. Harold Crick is a boring guy until he fall in love. Normally Karen’s heros are fictitous persons. But Harold actually exist in real life and with the time he hears Karen’s voice in his head. The writer of the film is Zack Helm. The director is Marc Forster‚ a guy from switzerland who was also the director of the James Bond film „Quantum of Solace“. The film itself was made in 2006
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The Rhetoric of Fiction Outline I. The author begins by pointing out that one of the obvious artificial devices has a method of going to the action and figure out what the writer meant. A. Throughout life‚ humans do not know the other person without reliable internal signs from a point of view. B. Points of view are always in books such as the Bible‚ using the word “he”. C. The next minor point below the major point II. The author insists that attitudes can change the voice of the reader
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more superior to others when discussing workplace themes. I have chosen to write about A Delicate Balance by Jose Armas and The Boy and the Bank Officer by Phillip Ross. Why did I choose these stories‚ for one although one of them is fiction and the other non-fiction I can relate to them both on a personal level such as both writers did. In this paper I will discuss the difference between the way the characters were written about and portrayed and I will also compare some of the ways they acted
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Cebu Institute of Technology – University Cebu City‚ Philippines Science Fiction: Space Technology By: Kendrick A. Mendiola A Research Paper in English presented to: Mrs. Raniza R. Romero February 7‚ 2008 Science Fiction: Space Technology Many ancient people‚ including the Aztecs‚ Egyptians‚ and the builders of Stonehenge‚ were interested in astronomy. Their writings and architecture indicate they studied the moon’s phases and movement. They related the position and the perceived
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Fictional writing is any type of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an authors point in view or simply to entertain. The outcome of this may be a short story‚ novel‚ or drama. Fiction has different types of characteristics that make up the fictional writing‚ like character‚ plot‚ and setting. These characteristics are what make the imagery of fictional writing so astonishing and magical. Character is a figure in the story that can
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