ELEMENTS OF PASTORAL LITERARY MODE IN ALAN HOLLINGHURST’S THE SWIMMING-POOL LIBRARY Summary: This essay ’s purpose is to explore the use of the pastoral technique as a specific dominion for English homoerotic literature‚ focusing on Alan Hollinghurst’s novel The Swimming-pool Library. I make an attempt to look into the main features of classic pastoral mode incorporated in English landscape culture and also to find the contrasting characteristics of anti-pastoral literature. This
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Anthem for Doomed Youth - Analysis The very title that Wilfred Owen chose for his war poem‚ ’Anthem for Doomed Youth ’ is an apt representation of what he wanted the poem to encapsulate and the emotions he wanted to evoke in the readers. The word ’anthem ’ and ’doomed youth ’ is a stark juxtaposition when placed in the same sentence. An anthem is supposed to be something revered‚ something that represents the glory of a country and is bursting with national pride. However‚ when placed right
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compelling works of fiction that border along being something of an attempted prophecy‚ specifically in the case of Anthem. While we may not have direct words from the author to prove this‚ the book gives off this aura as though it were a vision of what the world could become if communism as Rand knew it during her time continued on in the direction it had then been traveling. Perhaps Anthem was written‚ in contrast‚ to simply deliver a message of self-worth and independence to a new extreme. Her new
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Commentary on ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ In World War 1‚ many soldiers died without any funerals. They just died out with their mates in the war sight. This poem‚ “Anthem for Doomed Youth”‚ was written in 1917 in France during World War 1. The author talks about the young soldiers who died during the war without any funerals. As he also was one of the soldiers in the battlefield‚ he wanted to commemorate the soldiers who have sacrificed for the country and remember their devotions. First of
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or sadness [see also elegy‚ eulogy] poet laureate (POH et LORE ee it) a title of distinction given to the official poet of a nation or kingdom poetaster (POH it ass turr) a label applied to a poet with little skill or literary regard from his or her peers [see also epigone] poetic diction the specific word choice and style used in poetry‚ particularly that which is not used in prose; often suggests ornamental‚ figurative‚ and‚ sometimes‚ archaic language
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Akasha also occasionally known as Eather is an ornate word for “Element of the Spirit”. Although some may get confused between Personal and Human spirit‚ there is a definitive line between the types. There are five elements used in Magick and they are all shown on the Pentagram or the Pentacle. They are Commonly only known as the four elements. Earth‚ Air‚ Fire and Water. As in the song "Earth‚Air‚Fire‚Water" By Lindie Lila. There is however some people who believe that three represent the Goddess
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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Wednesday‚ October 16‚ 2002 Elements of Semiology by Roland Barthes Page: 1 Roland Barthes (1964) Elements of Semiology Source: Elements of Semiology ‚ 1964‚ publ. Hill and Wang‚ 1968. The first half of the book is reproduced here. INTRODUCTION In his Course in General Linguistics‚ first published in 1916‚ Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs‚ or Semiology‚ of which linguistics would form only one part. Semiology therefore aims to take in any system of
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Anthem by Ayn Rand One of the many things readers notice as they begenan reading Anthem by Ayn Rand is the lack of the word “I”. Anthem is a masterpiece that portrays what collectivism truly is through the eyes of a young man: Equality 7-2521. In the story the characters are given numbers rather than names to make them equal as a whole. Everything is done to make sure that the people are all alike and not unique. As the story goes Equality finds a tunnel and starts writing a diary there. He soon
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Elements of “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” Every poet has a unique way in which they construct a particular poem. Some poets have a tendency to stay within the same style while other’s break out of the mold and write in a style of their own. For Frost‚ most of his work was composed in an English meter however‚ when composing “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” he strayed away from his usual tendencies of writing. “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” (1920) is the only poem Robert Frost ever composed in a classical
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