Hum 241: Major Works of Short Fiction Instructor: Kelly Brewer Spring 2013 Course Description: This course examines some major works of short fiction. While the course is intended to be a close reading of a number of short stories‚ we will also analyze and discuss the social and cultural commentaries which these literary pieces make. To this end we will pay close attention to the pieces as literary texts and get into sustained interpretations‚ nuances and subtleties. Course Requirements:
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Magic realism Magic realism (or magical realism) is a literary genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting. As used today the term is broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous. The term was initially used by German art critic Franz Roh to describe painting which demonstrated an altered reality‚ but was later used by Venezuelan Arturo Uslar-Pietri to describe the work of certain Latin American writers. The Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier (a friend of Uslar-Pietri)
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August Wilson: Poet‚ Playwright‚ and So Much More August Wilson is a man who‚ outside of the theatrical world‚ is not very well known. Yet there are those‚ like Paul Carter Harrison‚ who would rank him in "the same ’artistic continuum’ as Langston Hughes‚ Toni Morrison‚ and Thelonius Monk."1 When I began research on August Wilson I asked myself‚ so what? So what if he’s won awards and recognition? What has he done to merit them? What makes this man important enough to do a research paper
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Cited: Borges‚ Jorge Luis. "The Garden of Forking Paths." The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. J. Paul Hunter‚ Alison Booth‚and Kelly J. Mays. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2002.
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The Detective Novel English 857-005‚ Spring 2013 Tue‚ Thu 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm The Course The detective novel is probably the most popular of all literary forms‚ and it has spread to virtually every part of the world. This course analyzes the global travels of this genre‚ considering the different permutations of the form in the different societies where it has prospered. Over the course of the semester‚ students will
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Samuel Lopes | Março 2011 Caso – Shoot the dog: bye-bye AIBO Q: A que segmentos se dirigem o AIBO‚ o Pleo e outros robots animais? Quem lhe parece que serão os compradores? R: Na minha perspectiva‚ no caso do Aibo os segmentos são: famílias (com médio-‐alto poder financeiro) com filhos
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The magic of the Arabian Nights by Wendy Doniger The original‚ authentic‚ real Ur-text of the Arabian Nights (aka Alf Layla wa-Layla‚ or the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights‚ or just the Nights) is a mythical beast. There are far more than a thousand and one nights‚ for the thirty-four-and-a-half stories in the fourteenth or fifteenth century “core” body of the Nights were soon supplemented by other tales in Arabic and Persian‚ from the culture of medieval Baghdad and Cairo‚ and then in Hindi
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List of Chileans - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia 16/12/13 2:15 PM List of Chileans From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable. Contents 1 Economists 2 Military 3 Musicians 4 Artists 5 Politicians 6 Religious figures 7 Sports 8 Scientists and engineers 9 Film and television personalities 10 Writers 11 Others 12 See also Flag of Chile Coat of Arms Economists Hernán Büchi – Columbia University trained economist. Minister
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Literary Genres in the Philippine Era Pre-Colonial Times Legends- talks about the origin of a thing‚ place‚ location‚ or name. Folk tales- stories about life‚ adventure‚ love‚ horror and humor when one can derive lessons about life. Epics- long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events‚ usually of a hero‚ are dealt with at length. Folk Songs- are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period. Epigrams (Salawikain in Tagalog)-
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For my final I am choosing to write about Albrecht Durer‚ a German painter‚ mathematician‚ engraver‚ and theorist who was originally from Nuremberg Germany. He is probably most famous for his work doing engravings which were done on wood and on copper and he is considered one of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance. He also did some work with water colors throughout his career and painted many landscapes‚ this gave him credit as being one of the first European painters to do landscapes
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