History of English language and literature in India starts with the advent of East India Company in India. It all started in the summers of 1608 when Emperor Jahangir‚ in the courts of Moguls‚ welcomed Captain William Hawkins‚ Commander of British Naval Expedition Hector. It was India’s first tryst with an Englishman and English. Jahangir later allowed Britain to open a permanent port and factory on the special request of King James IV that was conveyed by his ambassador Sir Thomas Roe. English were here
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Coursework Guidance GCE English Literature OCR Advanced GCE in English Literature H471 Unit F664 Texts in Time This Coursework Guidance is designed to accompany the OCR Advanced GCE specification in English Literature for teaching from September 2008. © OCR 2007 Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction Summary of Unit Content Coursework Guidance Assessment Criteria Unit F664 Texts in Time Administration/Regulations FAQs 3 4 6 16 20 24 2 GCE English Literature 1 Introduction The
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English Literature for Teachers This assignment presents a sequence of five evaluated English lessons‚ aimed at Year 11 students‚ displaying Social‚ Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD). The case study student is a Year 11 boy identified as ‘H’ for the purpose of this assignment. He has ADHD‚ Aspergers and mental health issues which required hospitalisation during the Year 9 Summer Term. This has resulted in an extensive amount of authorised absence affecting his grades across the curriculum
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natural growth of the English language and literature. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon had been a purely Germanic speech‚ with a complicated grammar and a full set of inflections. For three hundred years following the battle of Hastings this native tongue was driven from the king’s court and the courts of law‚ from Parliament‚ school‚ and university. During all this time there were two languages spoken in England. Norman French was the birth-tongue of the upper classes and English of the lower. When
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Ellie Scarff (4370) Rydal Penrhos School (68108) IGCSE English Coursework Newspaper Article Because They’re Worth It! It takes hard work‚ commitment and sacrifice to reach the top To succeed at the top of one’s game is no stroll in the park. These so called ‘stars’ of our day are not paid for doing nothing. These celebrities have had to dedicate the best part of their lives from an early age to reach the heights of elitism they are able to enjoy today. Do you really believe the sporting likes
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® CAPE® LITERATURES IN ENGLISH SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May-June 2012 CXC A15/U2/10 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to the syllabus
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Postmodernism in English literature. 1. Postmodernism in the English literature of the last decades of the 20th century. 2. John Fowles’s novels as an example of postmodern writing. In the 1960s the cultural layers changed and grew confused; the emergence of the mass media and the technological revolution changed the nature of culture and publishing. Here started the era of postmodernism‚ manifesting the philosophical‚ cultural‚ and political instability of the contemporary world‚ and the difficulty
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would be the dry river bed that motivates and modifies our conscious understanding of ourselves and the world (the water of the river) from which emotions‚ attitudes and ideas arise. It is possible to track the use of archetypes in universal literature‚ according to Joseph Campbell[3]‚ from the origins of human civilization. Archetypes help Chaucer to his main purpose when writing The Canterbury Tales: to reflect on the personal concerns and solutions of the evolving medieval society of his time
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English literature test 1/ literary works cannot be successful without stylistic devices. Those are skillfully used by henry in his story ‘ the gift of the magi’ can you prove that? Simile is used to describe Della’s greatest possession her hair: “Della’s beautiful hair fell like a cascade of brown water”. Her hair is a wavy as it is like a cascade‚ its colour is like brown water. Comparison is noticed: “That made her looks like a truant schoolboy.” After having had her hair cut Della can
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HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL END OF TERM III 2010 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TEST G11 TIME: 2Hrs Date: 25th November 2010 INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Answer a total of five questions. 2. Answer not more than two questions on any one book. Orwell: Animal Farm 1. The song ‘Beasts of England’ clearly outlines the aspirations and vision of the animals on Animal Farm. What are these aspirations that the song reveals? Say why the animals fail to realize them
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