III Mrs. Goins October 15 2010 Diversity How can two fictional characters a century apart influence people today? In The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the reader goes back into Boston Massachusetts around the late 1840’s and experiences the Puritan life. In Chocolat‚ written by Joanne Harris‚ you are placed in the middle of France around the 1960’s during lent. Both of these stories have similar women characters in them. In the communities that they live in‚ the town’s people
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GENERAL TYPES OF LITERATURE Literature can generally be divided into two types: prose and poetry. Prose consists of those written within the common flow of conversation in sentences and paragraphs‚ while poetry refers to those expressions in verse‚ with measure and rhyme‚ line and stanza and has a more melodious tone. I. Prose There are many types of prose. These include novels‚ biographies‚ short stories‚ contemporary dramas‚ legends‚ fables‚ essays‚ anecdotes‚ news and speeches. 1
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Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The wordliterature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech"arts and letters" and "man of letters." Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may
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surrealists replaced realistic action with the strange logic of the dream and cultivated such techniques as automatic writing and free association of ideas. Although few plays written by the surrealists are highly regarded‚ the movement had a great influence on later avant-garde theater -- notably the theater of the absurd and the theater of cruelty. Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophy (promoted
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Chilean Minors Discussion BCOM275 October 31‚ 2012 Chilean Minors Discussion Communications must be designed with an audience in mind‚ especially during a crisis situation. A great example would be when 30 Chilean workers were trapped underground when the mine they worked in collapsed. Some of the audience(s) to keep in mind would be the employee families‚ other company employees‚ the media‚ and the government; city‚ state‚ national. Additionally investors in a publicly traded company
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Environments play a major role in literature because they give setting and context. The environment or setting gives background in a piece of literature‚ and often certain aspects of the story derive directly from the environment or context. This is true with everything that humans do as well: one thing is a direct result of another‚ and because our environment constantly surrounds us‚ everything we do is a direct reflection of that. Our environment shapes us to the extent that we would be completely
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The Nature of Accessibility The abstract concept of accessibility in literature does not have one sole definition and can vary on a number of different factors. It is how difficult a reader finds the literature that he/she is reading. It is what the reader expects to get out of the reading prior to reading it‚ and what he/she actually interprets and understands after reading it. Accessibility can vary from reader to reader. A college English professor and a middle school student are more than likely
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6 The Renaissance: 1500-1650 7 The Rise of Puritanism and John Locke: Late 1600s 8 3. Beginning of Children’s Literature: Late 1700s 10 4. Fairy and Folk Tales 12 The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: Late 1800s 12 5. Victorian Children’s Literature 16 6. Contemporary Children’s Literature 18 6. Analysis of Harry Potters’ series 21 7. Conclusion 30 8. Summary 31 Children’s Literature Definitions 31 The Ancient World [ancient Rome; 50 BCE to 500 CE] 31 The Middle Ages [500 to 1500 CE] 31 The European
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1. State the meaning of literature; 2. Discuss the importance of literature; 3. Appreciate the extent of literature in all aspects of human environment; 4. Familiarize yourselves with the types of literature; Compare and contrast the four literary genres 1.1 Topic - What is Literature? Literature seems too difficult to embrace to people who are indifferent to it. However‚ it continues to grow and stay because of its significance and value to man. Literature is an art of self-expression
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Irish literature Early and medieval literature The earliest Irish literature consisted of original lyric poetry and versions of ancient prose tales. The earliest poetry‚ composed in the 6th century‚ illustrates a vivid religious faith or describe the world of nature‚ and was sometimes written in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Unusually among European epic cycles‚ the Irish sagas (such as Táin Bó Cúailnge) were written in prose‚ with verse interpolations expressing heightened emotion
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