Literary Device Notes Alliteration Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. Bildungsroman A type of novel concerned with education‚ development‚ and maturation of a young protagonist. Essentially‚ a Bildungsroman traces the formation of a protagonist’s maturity (the passage
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Literary Semiotics Quite often the terms semiotics and semiology are equal‚ so that often instead semiotics use semiology and vice versa. Ferdinand de Saussure speaks of the sign and the first makes the distinction between semiotics and semiology. Semiotics is the general theory of signs. Semiology study the functioning of the sign in the social practice. Today avoids this distinction and semiotics equate with semiology‚ ie‚ they are synonyms. GENERAL Semiotics: The sign does not exist only
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Chapter 22 Maritime Explorations: 15th-18th Centuries What were the motives and means of maritime explorations? Search for resources and land suitable for cash crops Search for commodities: spices‚ silk‚ gold‚ ivory‚ slaves etc. Search for converts to Christianity Navigational technology and knowledge of the wind (monsoon) Maritime and land-based empires (Trading post empires) Was European expansion in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean worlds different? Territorial empires in the
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Approach in Literary Criticism (Written report) PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH IN LITERATURE Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism or literary theory which‚ in method‚ concept‚ or form‚ is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself‚ and has developed into a heterogeneous interpretive tradition. As Patricia Waugh writes‚ ’Psychoanalytic literary criticism
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LITERARY THEORY Misconceptions about theory: 1. Theory is difficult What is difficult however is the language because most of the theorists are French 2. theory is meaningless‚ pretentious jargon 3. that we are intellectually incapable of coping with it(i.e we are at fault) 4. We take everything as gospel truth; We should question What is literary theory? Theory is a coherent set of conceptual hypothetical and pragmatic principles forming the general frame of reference for a discipline
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LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EXERGETICAL PAPER: EPHESIANS 5:22-33 Submitted to Dr. Steve Waechter‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course‚ NBST 652 Hermenetics by Eric Jones 07/15/2012 Ephesians 5:22-33 (KJV) 22 Wives‚ submit yourselves unto your own husbands‚ as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife‚ even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ
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Literary Reflection Alicia Gallegos ENG 125 Lindsay Brand April 08‚ 2013 Literary Reflection In reading Alice Walker’s “The Welcome Table”‚ I have found a profound interest in the content and context of the short story. This particular story has great depth and imaginary depictions that allows the reader to invest them to the message of the story. In this literary work I find it best to approach the critical thinking in a personal view point. Allowing the reader to get involved in the story
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fabric; it can be done at any stage of the manufacturing of the fiber. The property of its color and fastness depends upon two factors: The Selection of proper dye and the Selection of the dyeing method. According to the textile material‚ the dyeing techniques are different for each kind‚ and so are the steps of getting it done properly. Coloration involves the use of capable dye stuffs of reacting and combining with the textile fiber molecule‚ usually when in water solution‚ and usually with other auxiliary
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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CHAPTER 7—SAMPLING AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. From a group of 12 students‚ we want to select a random sample of 4 students to serve on a university committee. How many different random samples of 4 students can be selected? a.|48| b.|20‚736| c.|16| d.|495| ANS: D 2. Parameters are a.|numerical characteristics of a sample| b.|numerical characteristics of a population| c.|the averages taken from a sample| d.|numerical characteristics of either a sample or a population| ANS:
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