World history‚ global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective. It is not to be confused with comparative history‚ which‚ like world history‚ deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations‚ but does not do so on a global scale. World History looks for common patterns that emerge across all cultures. World
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It has become increasingly popular for authors to produce social criticism narratives based on the other influential texts that have been written throughout history. This makes many of their final works reconstructions that are shaped after other pieces‚ which may be seem strange‚ considering the great value that authors place on putting together original criticisms and interpretations. Many literary works of this kind also might draw from religious or biblical texts‚ and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret
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Oral Tradition Stories told orally during the Anglo-Saxon time period were carefully crafted‚ containing various literary features to make the stories easier to remember. A few of these literary techniques were the kenning and the caesura. A kenning is a two-word poetic renaming of a person‚ place‚ or thing; much like a metaphor. Scops used kennings often to add a sense of allure to the story and to give themselves a chance to remember the succeeding events in the story. In The Seafarer‚ in
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Critique of a Passage: Political Sociology of Composing William Matthew Stratton Western Kentucky University Abstract I intend on using “Political Sociology of Composing” thesis that is presented in that paper‚ which is why do composers compose‚ in a manner of expressing why tool writes the songs they write. “Political Sociology of Composing” explores six composers ranging from Mozart to Tchaikovsky. By observing the composers of different time frames and lifestyles‚ we can
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Medieval literature was influenced by many things and Literature was also influenced by many things. Religion‚ science‚ art‚ laws‚ food‚ and many other aspects of life have influenced the work of writers of the past. One cruel aspect of life that has always been in the lives of people since the beginning of time and has greatly influenced the history of the world‚ as well as the development of literature‚ is war. “War is the subject of literature because it has such a significant effect on humans”
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In "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare‚ and "Ten things I hate about you"‚ directed by Gil Junger‚ both contexts reflect the society of when each text was composed. When comparing these two texts and observing the themes‚ it is indisputable that these contexts have shown the similarity and differences of the values during the time‚ thus‚ it shows the evolution of society. Firstly‚ "The Taming of the shrew" suggests money to be a very important necessity of life during the time. It is
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Annotated Bibliography "New Historical Criticism." New Historical Criticism. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. I like this description of Historical Criticism because it shows me how people used to look at criticism before. Historical criticism used to be about people looking at the background of the author‚ what time frame he lived in‚ the things that were happening around him/her that influenced that specific piece of writing. With new historicism‚ things get more complex
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MultiCultural Essay The novel‚ The Monstrumologist‚ is based in the the late 1800s and early 1900s and is followed by its next three books‚ Curse of the Wendigo‚ Isle of Blood‚ and The Final Descent. The main character and protagonist of this novel is William James Henry‚ and the only other main character is Dr. Pellinore Warthrop‚ Will’s adopted guardian. Will is a thirteen year old orphan‚whose parents died in a fire‚ from unknown reasons. Dr. Warthrop came to Will and adopted him so he could
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CRAIG MAY ENG125: Introduction to Literature Jennifer Chunn 22 MAR 2013 This is the first literature course I have ever taking in my academic career‚ the use of literature terms are one’s that I have never used before in work and school. In this paper‚ the literary approach is what I’m going to use for Kate Chopin’s on The Story of an Hour. The best definition I can give for literary approach is a literary approach is a way of looking at literature i.e. how you read a piece of literature
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Different but Equal One-hundred pennies looks‚ feels‚ and weighs a lot different than a one dollar bill‚ yet they are for sure equal in the end. The pennies are different in so many ways from the bill but they both are going to equal or become the same thing whether it is an ice-cream cone or a cheap toy. The same goes for babies‚ babies from all parts of the world grow up in different societies and cultures. They do have unequal things about their infant worlds‚ such as having or not having
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