Aspects of Literary History: Spring and Summer Terms 2008 Aspects of Literary History course‚ convenor: Dr Alistair Davies [B331] [H.A.Davies@sussex.ac.uk] Welcome to the Aspects of Literary History course. This is an ambitious course with a number of separate but interwoven strands: 1) The course will introduce you to some of the key concepts of literary history. 2) The course will enact literary history by examining the history of a particular mode of writing from its
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In The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller‚ show how the Puritans are too involved with religion and have too much trust in religion. The amount of trust and involvement Puritans had in religion caused clouded perspective and overreaction. These factors together are what caused many Puritan community to become weak and lose much of their involvement in church. Think about it their core value of church is destructive‚ one power is destructive. Clouded perspective
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Definition of Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] The term comes from a Greek word "dran" meaning "action" which is derived from "to do" or "to act". Drama is an art form that explores human conflict and tension. It generally takes the form of a story presented to an audience through dialogue and action. The story is conveyed using the elements of the theatre: acting‚ costumes‚ props‚ scenery‚ lighting‚ music‚ and sound. Drama has an emotional and intellectual
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Sir Thomas More was born on 7 February 1478 . He was an English lawyer‚ social philosopher‚ author‚ statesman‚ and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councellor to Henry VIII of England and Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to May 1532. He died on 6 July 1535. Thomas More became one of the most interesting and influential figures of the early Renaissance. More’s most important work was his ’Utopia‚’ published in 1516. Utopia portrays a vivid picture of the terrible evils which England
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Reflected Appraisals Reflected Appraisals Many people have influenced and shaped my self-image. From the time I was young‚ my parents and family members told me if my behavior was acceptable or unacceptable by rewarding or punishing my behaviors. This started to build my self-image and as I got older‚ my peers‚ teachers‚ coworkers‚ and bosses perceptions of me has also influence how I view myself. “Reflected appraisal is our perception
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This paper will be discussing the relationship between the performative nature of contemporary culture and new workplace architectural forms. The first half would be exploring and illustrating what is the nature of our contemporary culture now and the second half would be about how it could further link it to the new workplace architectural forms nowadays. In the 21st century‚ while technology is rapidly developed‚ everything become faster as the Internet has accelerated everything‚ and so as our
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When someone relatively close to you‚ such as a parent or grandparent openly tells you what kind of person they perceive you as‚ you will take it in whole heartedly and react how you were perceived by that person. You think about what they had to say in your mind and you start to believe it yourself. This is called reflected appraisal. When I was a teenager‚ I would sneak out of the house‚ go to outrageous parties‚ drink‚ talk back‚ skip school‚ fight‚ and just plain cause havoc around the city
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is important and worth protecting and how it is reflected in criminal law can be described in many ways. Society in general views actions such as murder‚ rape‚ robbery or even burglary as an act‚ evil in nature‚ public or of moral principles. These actions are considered to be Malum in se. Laws which are viewed as Malum prohibitum‚ consist of acts banned by laws such as speeding‚ drug use‚ or even prostitution. These acts are seen as regulatory infractions‚ more examples include‚ inside traders who
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RADIO DRAMA by TIM CROOK Here are some horrible truths: Most radio drama is very badly written. Radio drama is an endangered species. It has never taken a hold of mainstream programming on commercial radio in the UK. It used to be the mainstream in the States and Australia but lost out to TV in the middle to late fifties. It is under threat within public radio services including the BBC because of the pressure of monetarist ideology and the fact that authors and radio drama directors have been
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Drama In the 1580s Philip Sidney complained that English playwrights were ignoring the principles of drama; he meant the classical principles exemplified by the tragedies of Seneca and the comedies of Plautus‚ Ben Jonson published his own plays in a grandiose format‚ and with a title (The Works of Benjamin Jonson)‚ that invited comparison with the editions of these same dramatists. The prologue to the first play in this collection‚ Every Man In His Humour*‚ announces that its author ’hath
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