SHERLOCK WHO? “It’s elementary‚ my dear Watson!” This line stated by the famous fictional character Sherlock Holmes is known around the world. The beloved British detective‚ created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ is to many the true essence of classical detective fiction. However‚ the origin and source of classical detective fiction is located further back‚ earlier than the 1930’s of Sherlock Holmes‚ in a previous century. For all the truly educated literary
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His name is Dulcinea; their homeland‚ the Toboso‚ a place of La Mancha; quality‚ at least‚ must be princess‚ it is the queen and my lady‚ her beauty superhuman‚ because it is coming to be true all the impossible and chimerical attributes that poets give their ladies ... "1 Quijote de la Mancha is undoubtedly one of the earliest and best examples of the intersection between reality and fantasy in literature. In this novel‚ the impassioned reading of a gentleman takes him to become a knight and see
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In Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Mirror & The Mask”‚ a court poet is asked by the High King of Ireland to create an ode to immortalize their victory against the Norwegians. Moving through the short story‚ we can begin to see a sort of evolution surrounding the ode as it appears to transform from what is perceived as a skillfully crafted literary masterpiece‚ to something much more silent and solemn. In analyzing this evolution‚ we’ll be assisted by Paul Gee’s article‚ “What is Literacy?” As well as a few
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narrator felt that the deadly secrets that emanated from the book were all getting to his head. His fear of infinite evil caused him to hide the demonic book and run away from the eternal thoughts. 3. In the short story‚ “The Book of Sand” by Jorge Luis Borges‚ the narrator states that he had become a “prisoner of the book”. This is evidently shown when he obsessively investigates the book. He barely slept because all he could think about was the book‚ and he barely left his house. As it’s shown‚ “I
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themselves‚ but in how the person reacts to being in the situation. Such themes are present in literature from all around the globe‚ as evinced by Ken Liu’s “The Paper Menagerie‚” Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Gogol‚” Guy de Maupassant’s “Two Friends‚” and Jorge Luis Borges’ “Rosendo’s Tale.” External societal pressures cause internal conflict in characters by thrusting them into unfavorable situations‚ and these situations force characters to decide whether their values are worth keeping. A character who never
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The Spanish Christ Baltasar Espinosa is Borges "Spanish Christ." The Gospel of Mark written by Jorge Luis Borges‚ is ironically connected to the life of our Christ. There are many cosmic ironies in this portrayal being made through Espinosa. The ripe age of 33; a beard; the eagerness to listen and obey; and the pet lamb are all ironic‚ seeing how they all relate and are some of the very same characteristics our Christ had. Espinosa a medical student‚ is traveling to La Colorada in Argentina
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Jorge Luis Borges presents various concepts of time‚ and how these concepts relate to our future‚ in his short story essay of "The Garden of Forking Paths". As we all know Borges’ favorite writing pretended to detective stories. Such is the case of this story‚ "The Garden of Forking Path" where we find violence‚ a wonderful metaphysical riddle and contains no sentimentalism what so ever. The story’s form of narration is in the first person. Is about a letter presumed to be written by Dr. Yu T’sun
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Regarded as the most traumatic and socially disturbing period in recent Angola history‚ civil war erupted after the country’s decolonization. The structureless and devastated Angola‚ was in a state of anarchy that attracted a capitalist versus communist conflict where political dominance remained up for grabs. The southern African country hosted the cold war theatre following independence from Portuguese colonization in 1975. Winner of the Independent’s foreign fiction award in 2007‚ Jose Eduardo
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Dream Analysis of Alice in Wonderland Who’s who and what’s real; are we who we claim we are‚ and is reality really real or is everything just a fragment of what we think is the universe? A dream sequence is a technical term used mostly in film and television to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. (Wikipedia) The deeper lying theme that Carroll wanted to incorporate into his story of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass‚ in my opinion‚ was not his psychological
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6‚ 1928 in the town of Aracataca‚Colombia to Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez.Soon after García Márquez was born‚ his father became a pharmacist. In January 1929‚ his parents moved to Baranquilla while García Marquez stayed in Aracataca. He was raised by his maternal grandparents‚ Doña Tranquilina Iguarán and Colonel Nicolás Ricardo Márquez Mejía. When he was eight‚ his grandfather died‚ and he moved to his parents’
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