* Engaging in an act of construction * Grace’s unreliability * Self-conscious construction * Unreliability * Historical context of Grace’s narrative which suggests unreliability [ch10] * Offered a series of stories that are being put together - narrative construction over truth * [ch12] "Making up any old thing to suit themselves" - unreliability of the documents of history * Imposing a value that ignores the
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“The Great Outdoors” A personal narrative is a form of autobiographical writing that requires the author to describe a special moment in his or her life. Writing such a first-hand account can often help the author understand the significance or meaning of the event and why it was important. A successful autobiographical incident should ▪ Focus on a well-defined incident ▪ Grab readers’ attention at the beginning ▪ Provide background information for the incident
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Narrative Strategies and Chronotope of Violence in Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun By Ayodabo J. Sunday Department of English‚ Elizade University‚ Ilara-Mokin‚ Ondo State‚ Nigeria Introduction As an event in a specific time and history‚ the exploration of the Nigerian civil war as a theme in fiction returns us to the focus on memory and its connection to narrative forms. The war happened in 1967-1970 when the South Eastern states‚ led by Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
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atmosphere is menacing‚ with suspenseful music being played in the background. It then goes on to the credits‚ with bold white writing flashing up on screen‚ and more loud music‚ that identifies the film as a detective film. After that‚ there is a vocal narrative in a tough‚ American accented voice that you identify with that of the main character. The camera pans around a building until you see him sat in his office‚ talking to someone on the phone. His face is half in shadow‚ slightly distorted through
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"Subsequent to this chronological tracing of the evolution of narrative in videogames‚ the essay concludes by examining psychological literature demonstrating humanity’s preference to think and act through narratives." and "In Oblivion‚ the user controls the narrative‚ inasmuch as initial choices‚ made when constructing the player’s character‚ and then at salient plot points throughout the game‚ actually change the story line‚ and thus the narrative itself." I dunno‚ that actually does read like a
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In response to essay question 1 involving narrative construction and style‚ The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch‚ 1934) is constructed using both the classic Hollywood film and the American film musical structure. Due to its familiarity‚ the style of such films goes relatively unnoticed‚ although within the veranda scene depicting Count Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) and Madam Sonya’s (Jeanette McDonald) first encounter‚ stylistic features and narrative construction are quite overt. The musical genre of
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Question: Symbolism‚ narrative structure‚ and special effects are significant features of film. Focussing on one or more of these features‚ discuss the extent to which you agree with this view. Your response should include close reference to one or more films you have studied. When director Joe Wright began the task of recreating the Atonement‚ written by Ian McEwan one of the first decisions that Wright had to make was to follow as close as possible the complex and time shifting narrative structure of
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done a magnificant job of creating this descriptive piece using the techniques of personification ‚ descriptive language and the exposition of the short story . these techiniques are closely linked together to create the suspen in story . these narrative conventions used by Hunter helps create a story that is sensationally suspenseful. One of the important techiniques present in this short story is personification .personification is used extensively in the short story to help create realist
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He is a young man embarking on a journey that will most likely shape the rest of his life. He has finished school and is in search of employment. Hawthorne places David Swan in a slightly secluded and scenic area off the side of a roadway. This quiet area‚ near a pond‚ is a tranquil place for David Swan to fall asleep. This environment simulates the blindness everyone has to their own existence and further exhibits what Hawthorne described in his opening paragraph when he stated‚ "There are innumerable
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that written by Edward Branigan have a deep discussion about what define a fiction and characters it obtains. At the beginning of the essay‚ the fiction is not conceived by lies. The fictions are created by imaginary and association which could be narrative or nonnarrative. The fiction have references related to real world‚ while lies are words that created deliberately for deceiving. The reader of the fictions would have connected the contents with the real world on the basis of the acknowledge of
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