regime and atheistic religious stance. In magic realism‚ many layers of reality and fiction are integrated within each other. It creates hybridity‚ a complex‚ parallel with multiple planes of reality‚ but still identifiable by the reader. As metafiction‚ it takes fantastical fiction and incorporates it so well into the real world that the reader sees logic and precision. The sense of mystery in magic realism also creates hidden meanings‚ magic‚ questions‚ and forces the reader to let go of pre-existing
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This five stanza poem is steeped in the extended personification of the books as articulate individuals. The title‚ The Secret Life of Books suggests there is something hidden below the superficial purposes (covers) of the books‚ that there is a hidden agenda that we don’t know about‚ as is also suggested in line 11 and 12 (stanza 2). The ambiguity of the poem stems from the themes of the poem which regard the power of books and language and‚ in a metafictional sense‚ the poem draws attention to
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fine and dandy‚ so the intricacies that led to this perfect knot are best left in the text. The question persists as the elephant in the room: is this practice – insisting on the ending‚ rather than the triumphed “middle” – correct? In her work of metafiction entitled “Happy Endings‚” Margaret Atwood parodies narrative elements‚ including the
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Postmodernism in American literature The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison often makes us question the credibility of what is being told‚ and uses many striking‚ sudden shifts between the past and present‚ making it difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction. This blurring of the truth is a common element of postmodern fiction. In fact‚ many scholars would say that Beloved is a great example of postmodernism. (Ebrahimi 2005) Morrison uses this technique to bring about the suffering
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Gaarder feared that he had “sat down between two stools”. But he was mistaken. Sophie’s World fell on top of all the stools. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children‚ exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works‚ writing stories within stories. A summary of the book30-40% Sophie Amundsen is an ordinary 14-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her mother in an ordinary Norwegian suburb. One day back home from school Sophie gets an anonymous
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Aspects of Postmodernism in "Happy Endings" and "Videotape" According to Neil Bessner (Bessner)‚ postmodernism is a "slippery term to define" (15). If we look at the literal meaning of the word in a regular dictionary‚ we may encounter something like "a style and movement in art [ ] in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles‚ for example by mixing features form traditional and modern styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern
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Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov: A Comparative Analysis Ms. Sangita L. Patil Research Scholar‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur (India) The comparative analysis of the stories of two famous contemporary writers Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov gives an opportunity to follow the development of the genre of short stories in Canadian and in Russian literature. Both are stalwarts of their respective literature. Commenting on the greatness of A. Chekhov‚ E. B. Tager writes: As
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Name: Jonathan Kadish (567731) Module: ENGL 3004 Tutor: Prof. G. Gaylard Elective: Celluloid Metafiction Due date: 16 August 2013 Topic: Write a critical analysis of the significance of the non-linear narrative of Pulp Fiction. English 3004: Post Modernism Pulp Fiction This essay will discuss the many original and revolutionary themes as well as cinematic techniques employed by Quentin Tarantino in his film Pulp Fiction‚ with
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Ghost World and its metaphysics Being a teenager‚ I have realized that reality needs some adjustments. It was the first time I found people around useless and incapable of understanding the complex mixture of feelings dwelling in me. I found salvation in teaching myself how to express ‘no’ as a part of speech and mostly within‚ not without. But Daniel Clowes did not seem to care much about censorship while writing “Ghost World”‚ one of the best graphic novels about adolescence and its mechanism
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