The study of Japanese literature is usually divided into classical Japanese literature and modern Japanese literature. Line of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political
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The Ballad of Worldly Wealth is a depiction of how money can bring pride and corruption into a society. The subject of this poem is about money. In this poem‚ the author describes all about money and what it meant to people. The tone of this poem is an overall negative feeling that the author has about money and how he feels that only sometimes money can be good but mostly it causes evil. The speaker of the poem is the author and it seems like the audience are maybe people in his town. It seems
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Literary Genres in the Philippine Era Pre-Colonial Times Legends- talks about the origin of a thing‚ place‚ location‚ or name. Folk tales- stories about life‚ adventure‚ love‚ horror and humor when one can derive lessons about life. Epics- long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events‚ usually of a hero‚ are dealt with at length. Folk Songs- are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period. Epigrams (Salawikain in Tagalog)-
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The poem “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island‚ Minnesota‚” by James Wright‚ expresses the value of a person’s life. The poem is a free-verse of only thirteen lines and it moves with the sparse intensity of a haiku through a subtle but limited accumulation of imagery. Wright using metaphors to creates a reflection of his life and how he feels about it. The poem expresses only in one day‚ and it thoroughly represent Wright’s entire life. The transition from morning to night represents
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Chapter 9 quiz Attempt 5 Question 1 Scenario 9-‐1 The hottest sites on the World Wide Web can attract thousands of visitors. In one month alone‚ online dating service eHarmony had 3.2 million unique visitors and was the fifth most-‐visited online dating site. Consumer spending on online
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Poetry Book May 6‚ 2013 Similes & Metaphors Thanksgiving: My family is like a Thanksgiving Buffet My mother is a Jello Salad‚ wobbly and sure‚ But too sweet and familiar to resist. My father is like a dish of potatoes‚ slightly overcooked Firm‚ unyielding‚ and comforting all at once. My Sister is a sweet potato casserole‚ A little bit of her goes a long way. My brother is the mystery salad on the end of the buffet Nobody is sure what is in it‚ so they mostly
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and other events. Helps us with homework‚ and gives us money each week as an allowance. She rarely gets mad but when she does “Watch Out.” She is overly stressed right now because of the house move we are doing at this time‚ moving from Wailuku to Haiku‚ while fixing up her mom’s old house with the money she has somehow saved on a small income each month. My mother went to college in her early 20’s while raising me as a single mother. Unfortunately‚ due to complications with her illness (lupus)‚ she
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The samurai were fearless warrior‚ who became powerful in Japan around the 1200s. The samurai‚ which means "those who serve‚" were hired by lords to fight their wars and protect their land. The samurai were expert fighters; they were skilled with the sword and bow and arrow‚ and they were superior horsemen. They were athletic and strong‚ and they developed their fighting skills into what is the basis of modern martial arts. The samurai had a code of honor called Bushido‚ which meant "Way of the
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The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states. The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures‚ agriculture‚ and manufacturing in the country by consolidating trends which had been in the making for some time (East Asia‚ p. 279) and brought Japan into a unified and productive state which lasted from about 1603 until 1800. Urbanization‚ economic growth‚ and social changes were natural and predictable outcomes of the shogunate philosophy.
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one feel and how love is not as simple nor always pleasant‚ as you think‚ in fact‚ it’s complex and harsh. In the first paragraph‚ Duffy shows us her point of view by the random structure of her poem. The poem “Valentine” is not a Tanka‚ not a Haiku‚ and definitely not a Sonnet. It has a completely random structure. The heading: “Valentine”‚ it mistakenly leads the readers to think this poem of something typical‚ something all sweet and lovey-dovey. Then at the exact first line‚ Duffy surprisingly
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