Review Questions 1. How do myths and legends shape a society? Some myths and legends help shape society because they help explain how the world came to be. 2. How were myths and legends used to explain the natural world before science? They needed a reason to explain why things were happening‚ such as lighting or rain. 3. What role do myths play in the cultural activities of a society? Most myths are cultural and most cultures or religions have their own myths 4. How do myths provide
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EN294: Mythology Summer 1 Instructor: John Kivari Contact information: RM 4108a; kivari@ecc.edu ; Ph: 270-5964; Office Hours: By appt. Course Description: A study of the major mythic stories and archetypal themes which continually reappear in literature as subject matter‚ symbols and allusions. Course Objectives: Students will understand the following by the end of the course: Myth is a shared heritage of ancestral memories‚ related consciously from generation to generation
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Tomino’s Hell Contrary to the stoic façade Japanese citizens are usually known for; they’re actually very creative and fun people who prefer expressing themselves in the various art forms. In fact‚ if you delve deeper into the Japanese culture‚ you’ll find that they’re actually very fun and wacky people although their sense of humour can seem rather strange and weird to many. They see and look at things from a different and refreshingly new perspective and how their works seem to always
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Paragraph For Angela Carter By A.D. The original didactic purpose of fairytales is ever-present and self-modifying to fit the paradigmatic shifts of its context. Contemporaries like Angela Carter‚ reinforcing or challenging societal values or constructs‚ subvert fairytale archetypes to educate on social progression; through literary discourses such as post-modernism and feminism. In Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’ (1979) the blurring of the wolf or hunter archetype exemplifies the modernisation
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In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling‚ many forms of abuse are touched on throughout the novel. Although many of the novels throughout the series amplify abuses in different magnitudes‚ the fourth book in particular has many different kinds of abuse that are very apparent. Some are glossed over quickly‚ while others are much more intense. Analyzing instances of abuse and how it is dealt with gives the reader greater insight on the magical world. Three specific instances include house
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Identifying the role of festivals‚ oral traditions in music‚ distinct national dances such as that of the Meo‚ traditional theatre of cheo‚ fine arts and literature such as the famous 3000 verse epic Kieu by Nguyen Du (1766-1820). Festivals: Lunar new year (TET) - Is the most important festivals for Vietnamese people - Celebrated between late January and February - Homeland festival which continues for a week or more - They indulge in eating‚ drink and social activities
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Gerald M. Zinampan II-5 (Marketing) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Long time before the Spaniards and other foreigners landed onPhilippine shores‚ our forefathers already had their own literature stamped in the history of our race. Our ancient literature shows our customs and traditions in everyday life as traced in our folk stories‚ old plays and short stories our ancient ancestors also had their own alphabet which was different from that brought by the Spaniards. The first alphabet used by our ancestors
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The movement then continued into the 1940s‚ 50s‚ and 60s with works of Bertrand Harris Bronson and collector-performers such as Burl Ives‚ John Jacob Niles‚ Pete Seeger‚ and Peggy Seeger. The songs that these musicians sang are ballads‚ southern mountain songs‚ Negro spirituals‚ blues‚ cowboy songs‚ hobo songs‚ prospector songs‚ songs of railroad men‚ and sailors. The songs were based on the things that were happenings in those times. “There are almost as many ways of categorizing American folk
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We’ve always read or been read fairy tales once in our lives‚ and how do they always end? Yes‚ happily ever after. In Anne Sexton’s "Cinderella"‚ she shakes up the traditional fairy tale‚ by adding her own tale. She uses sarcasm to finish the tale‚ causing the reader’s expectation of a happy ending and a traditional fairy tale to disappear. In doing so‚ she depicts the difference between the fairy tale and reality world. With Sexton’s harsh words of reality‚ she breaks the dreams of the readers
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Native Americans have long been interested in maintaining cultural traditions they inherited from their ancestors. For Native American tribes with strong oral traditions‚ the primary sense of history comes from the narratives‚ stories‚ and accounts told by tribal elders. Indigenous peoples’ stories are as varied as the clouds in the sky and yet have many common elements‚ whether told by the Cherokee in North Carolina‚ or the Chimariko in California. In the assortment of Native stories‚ we find legends
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