A. English religious literature 1-Thomas Gramner: “---“A book of common prayer” 2-John Bungan: “---“Grace abounding” B. Definitions 1-A parody: It is aA literary work that imitatesimitate another in order to turn it or hold it up to ridicule. 2-A treatise: AIt is a formal account in writing‚ treating systematically of some subjectssubject. 3-A fabliau: A short metrical tale usually comic‚ frankly coarse‚ often cynical‚ It is a popular short narrative poem in the 12th and 13th centuries
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Indeed‚ no one has the right to judge the people because of two reasons Firstly‚ to judge the people is something subjective ; in other words‚ when a critic evaluate a literary work he is judge based on or influenced by his personal feelings‚ tastes‚ or opinions. Second‚ when a critic judge and evaluate a literary work ‚ he eliminates the reader’s mind and deactivate his faculty of thinking and analysis. It’s known that the target group of the critics is the public reader‚ so what do
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The story of Cinderella is a timeless classic that characterizes the different aspects of historical writing. Many later variations of the story derive their origin from classic antiquity‚ one being possibly the earliest version recorded in the first century BC from the tale of the Greco-Egyptian girl Rhodopis. Rhodopis washes her clothes in an Ormoc stream‚ a task forced upon her by fellow servants‚ who have left to go to a function sponsored by the Pharaoh Amasis. An eagle takes her rose-gilded
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developed by human philosophy and human science might vary. On the one hand‚ the chaos might be regarded as the complete opposition of the normative state of affairs that is defined as the order; on the other hand‚ the chaos might be considered to be new and hardly conceivable extension of the order. Within the literature
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stories of the author’s poverty stricken childhood and early life in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ in Limerick‚ Ireland. It describes his families experiences as a result of the death of his sister. Set predominately in Limerick in the early nineteenth century‚ through the use of a variety of literary devices‚ McCourt conveys his story and explores how he overcame poverty and deprivation eventually leading to him escaping and living a new life in America through elaborating on themes including society and class
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Daughter‚ seems to be a novel written for entertainment purposes‚ there seems to be no author’s intent; or use of literary devices that would contextualize a deeper meaning that is found in fiction‚ mythology‚ and folklore. Simple as that‚ although it may not seem like it‚ through the employment of the “guidelines” highlighted by Foster‚ the Bonesetter’s Daughter employs the literary devices that are masked by the reader’s awareness and by reaching beyond just the contextualization‚ it breaks the
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moving drama about Will Thornhill (Nathaniel Dean) the convict-made-good a man‚ exiled from London in the eighteenth century and sent to a penal colony on the Hawkesbury River‚ Australia. After toil and trouble Thornhill is freed‚ and becomes part of a new form of community. However problems occur‚ as Will and his family (Sal‚ Dick‚ Willie) settle down and ‘claim’ Aboriginal land. The Dharug clan are an Aboriginal tribe who play the role of the other half of the juxtaposition that is explored throughout
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Separate‚ but Equal: White Lies and Local Color The specific attributes of social‚ political‚ and cultural implications in both literal and metaphorical boundary crossing distinguish Kate Chopin ’s "Desiree ’s Baby" as a work of absolute realism. In therapy‚ a boundary is the edge of appropriate behavior in a given situation. In a boundary crossing‚ the therapist steps out of the "usual framework" in some way‚ but this action neither exploits nor harms the patient; indeed‚ it may advance the therapeutic
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Anthony Snodgrass suggests a piecemeal evolution in which “the aristocratic soloists took up new items of equipment before the invention of the phalanx‚” even before the rise of the tyrants . He affirms that there was no climactic point in which the fighting style and military structure changed‚ but rather aggregate events at which an increasing
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circumstance will often play a key role in determining one’s belonging. The opening pages of the novel introduce William Thornhill‚ a convict‚ transported to New South Wales in the year 1806. Thornhill’s journey tells of the great physical distance that now separates Thornhill from the warm familiarity of life at home in London; Thornhill’s new world is foreign‚ inhospitable place‚ disorientating in its otherness‚ and becomes a metonym for the great yearning Thornhill now has for his erstwhile life
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