Aspects of Literary History: Spring and Summer Terms 2008 Aspects of Literary History course‚ convenor: Dr Alistair Davies [B331] [H.A.Davies@sussex.ac.uk] Welcome to the Aspects of Literary History course. This is an ambitious course with a number of separate but interwoven strands: 1) The course will introduce you to some of the key concepts of literary history. 2) The course will enact literary history by examining the history of a particular mode of writing from its
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How are film techniques used in Jaws to create suspense for viewers? Throughout the well-known film Jaws‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ a number of different film techniques are displayed to create suspense for viewers. A few of these many techniques used are character behaviour‚ props and sound effects. These techniques help draw the audience to the film and experience different feelings towards each of the characters. Character behaviour is a key film technique used to create suspense‚ Steven
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poem “On The Subway” the narrator contrasts the portraits of herself and the man sitting in the opposite side of her. She contrasts both by telling the difference between their lifestyles‚ the way they’re dressed‚ look‚ and race. She uses the literary techniques tone and imagery to contrast. The writer uses tone in the poem during her comparison to show her fear. In the poem when she describes the man’s appearance she goes on talking about how the man could take her coat and her life. While describing
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Horace Engdahl‚ who select the winner of Nobel literature award every year‚ said that “We talk in the same way about everything which is published‚ and literary criticism is poorer for it. Literary criticism and teaching were limited today.”[ Flood Alison “Nobel judge fears for the future of western literature” theguardian.com‚ 7 Oct 2014 ] Both of them considered the limitation of criticism. Therefore‚ Said claimed that
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Mimesis‚ the Greek word for imitation‚ has been of major importance in the history of aesthetic and literary theory. It is the earlier way to judge any work of art in relation to reality and to decide whether its representation is accurate or not. Though this mode starts from Plato‚ it runs through many great theorists of Renaissance up to some modern theorists as well. A literary work is taken to be a representation of reality or of any aspect of it. Plato holds a rather negative view on mimesis;
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Critical Incident Technique Job analysis is a mechanism for identifying nature of all the jobs in an organization. It helps in determining all the tasks‚ duties‚ and responsibilities related to a job. It also highlights knowledge‚ skills and abilities (SKA’s) required for each and every job. A good job analysis will certainly yield good results in the form of making efficient use of human as well as other resources. There are a number of methods for conducting a job analysis. Each
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Discuss the ways in which Thomas makes ordinary things seem extraordinary in ‘Words’ Thomas’ choice of language and use of personification help him create an extradoniary exploration to the nature of ordinary things such as the nature of words. Like many of his other works Thomas’s keen interest in the smallest details adds to the extraordinary atmosphere and helps the reader build a personified character and importance for ‘English words’. His first personification of words; ‘You English words
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Choose one every day and one literary text. Using at least two analytical techniques from E301‚ analyze and compare your two texts in terms of their creativity and literariness‚ drawing on material from both parts of the module. In this paper I will analyze and compare a literary text and an everyday text‚ in terms of their creativity and literariness. I chose Philip Larkin’s (1964) poem‚ ‘Self’s the man’ (see Appendix‚ Text 1)‚ as the literary text for analysis because it is not only smooth and
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Weston Thompson 00555484 POLI:3505:0EXW Fall14 Politics of Terrorism Final Was the CIAs Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs)‚ as a counter-terrorism strategy‚ effective? In 2002‚ the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks‚ the Department of Justice approved the CIAs request to perform what it called Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs). There were ten techniques in total‚ they are: attention grasp‚ cramped confinement‚ cramped confinement “with an insect”‚ facial hold‚ facial slap‚ sleep deprivation
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Valentine GT English 5 September 25‚ 2013 Literary Analysis on an Excerpt from A Summer Life When people are faced with the problematic decision between right and wrong‚ and have chosen the wrong decision‚ they often battle the guilt that eats away at them afterwards. In an excerpt from his autobiographical narrative‚ A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto looks back into his past when six year old self committed a theft. He achieves a humorous telling of the story due to the new perspective that he has
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