Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 24‚ No. 5‚ October 2010‚ 707–719 Transitional tastes: Teen girls and genre in the critical reception of Twilight Lisa Bode* School of English‚ Media Studies and Art History‚ University of Queensland‚ Brisbane‚ Australia Reviews of Twilight (2008)‚ Catherine Hardwicke’s enormously popular screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s teen vampire romance novel‚ reveal a focus on both the gender and age of the film’s audience. The teen‚ tween or
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THE VICTORIAN NOVEL SPIS TREŚCI INTRODUCTION 1 I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOVEL 2 II KEY AUTHORS 3 III KEY TEXTS 3 IV TOPICS 3 INTRODUCTION Many associate the word “Victorian” with images of over-dressed ladies and snooty gentlemen gathered in reading rooms. The idea of “manners” does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However‚ if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society‚ that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society
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PORTRAYAL OF MALE CHARACTERS IN JHUMPA LAHIRI’S SELECTED SHORT STORIES ABSTRACT This study analyzes the male characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s three selected short stories. The formalistic theory chosen to dissect the texts has enable readers to be objective in their interpretation by separating the elements of theme‚ plot‚ point of view and the setting of the story. By concentrating only on the characterization factor‚ the characters of each of the male characters were revealed. Using
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A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSIC EDITION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S AS YOU LIKE IT By JEANNE M. McGLINN‚ Ph.D.‚ AND JAMES E. McGLINN‚ Ed.D. SERIES W. GEIGER ELLIS‚ ED.D.‚ EDITORS: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA‚ EMERITUS and ARTHEA J. S. REED‚ PH.D.‚ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA‚ RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It 2 INTRODUCTION Shakespeare seems to be everywhere these days. Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer
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A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSIC EDITION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S AS YOU LIKE IT By JEANNE M. McGLINN‚ Ph.D.‚ AND JAMES E. McGLINN‚ Ed.D. S E R I E S E D I T O R S : W. GEIGER ELLIS‚ ED.D.‚ ARTHEA J. S. REED‚ PH.D.‚ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA‚ EMERITUS and UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA‚ RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It 2 INTRODUCTION Shakespeare seems to be everywhere these days. Romeo and Juliet and
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Power Relations in IT Education and Work: The Intersectionality of Gender‚ Race and Class Lynette Kvasny College of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennyslvania State University lkvasny@ist.psu.edu Eileen M. Trauth College of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennyslvania State University etrauth@ist.psu.edu Allison J. Morgan Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences School of Business Howard University amorgan@howard.edu Journal of Information‚
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STYLISTICS In Stylistics Richard Bradford provides a definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics. The book includes examples of poems‚ plays and novels from Shakespeare to the present day. This comprehensive and accessible guidebook for undergraduates explains the terminology of literary form‚ considers the role of stylistics in twentieth-century criticism‚ and shows‚ with worked examples‚ how literary style has evolved since the sixteenth century. This
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Title Author(s) "Of human bondage": Somerset Maugham in China Zhang‚ Yanping; 张燕萍 Citation Issue Date URL Rights 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/133977 The author retains all proprietary rights‚ (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. “Of Human Bondage:” Somerset Maugham in China by Zhang Yanping （张燕萍） B.A. Fudan. February 2011 A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong Abstract of thesis entitled “‘Of Human Bondage:’
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LITERATURE “Literature is the mirror of the society” The adage above is one of the most commonly used definitions of Literature… cliché as it may sound‚ still‚ it is true. Literature traces the past‚ mimics the present‚ and sometimes‚ it also predicts the future. A piece of literature describes a milieu‚ a collection of it may describe an epoch‚ and the great ones determine what will be. Great as it sounds; literature’s power is still under the control of the human mind. A well written
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CHEMISTRY-LAB 2013 Chemistry-LAB Welcome to the Laurel Springs School Chemistry course! This course is designed to give you a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles and methods of the study of chemistry. Chemistry offers answers to many questions about why the world works the way it does. Have you ever wondered why leaves are green‚ why some metals rust and others do not‚ or how a baking soda & vinegar volcano works? If so‚ this is the course for you! For this course‚ you will be
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