William Shakespeare is still relevant to modern students today as his poetry & particularly his plays‚ they are still among the greatest ever and always will be. His work will always be unmatched in the history of the English language. Even though Shakespeare’s sonnets were written over four-hundred years ago‚ they are still relevant today because all of the ideas and issues that Shakespeare addresses in his sonnets are still relevant to people today. Shakespeare had a very good understanding of many of
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Study of Literature in Elementary School Literature is yields of writing and spoken substance. Generally‚ literature tells anything from creative writing to be literally work like as poetry‚ drama‚ fiction and nonfiction which have an aim to work of the creativity of the imaginations (Lombardi‚ n.d). Too few of children in elementary school who learnig about literature because the schools are more focusing them on the main lesson such as mathematics‚ science of language‚ social‚ biology and
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Importance of Literature What makes literature so important in our lives? How does it influence society? "Literature adds to reality‚ it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect‚ it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." - C.S. Lewis‚ a British scholar and novelist. This adage is perhaps the most appropriate description of the importance of literature in our lives. Literature reminds us of
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The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful worldview of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic
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Contrary to students within other provinces‚ those in Ontario should study only Canadian literature in grade twelve English courses. Although there are many existing writers in different cultures‚ it is important for Ontario students to first become familiar with Canadian literature before moving on. It is believed that students should focus on their Canadian culture - despite being surrounded by other cultures- promote and establish their own writers‚ and encourage younger Canadian authors.
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Modernism in Literature Introduction The horrors of World War I (1914-19)‚ with its accompanying atrocities and senselessness became the catalyst for the Modernist movement in literature. Modernist authors felt betrayed by the war‚ believing that the institutions in which they were taught had led the civilized world into bloody conflict. They no longer turned to these institutions as a reliable means to decipher the meaning of life but instead sought for the answers within themselves. Thus‚ the
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4-5D JAPANESE LITERATURE I. History A. Ancient Literature (until 764)- “Nara Period” (AD 710 to 794) Kan’ji- Logographic Chinese Characters which is first writing system used by Japanese that was introduce by Chinese. Kana- are syllabic Japanese scripts‚ a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji. 3 Kana Scripts: Man’yogana- (old syllabic) Katakana- (modern angular) Hiragana – (modern cursive) IMPORTANT LITERATURES Kojiki- ("An
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Russian literature: History Overview Russian literature has long been a cultural focus of the entire world. It’s not surprising that the formation of Russia’s first literary traditions goes back to the first century. The adoption of Christianity boosted the development of literacy‚ philosophy and theological literature. The earliest literary works were not written in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic which was developed in the 9th century by Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius
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Katie Mitchell May 20‚ 2010 College Prep. English Mr. Lee Classic Literature in High School Classrooms Classics literature. The one thing high school students hate to hear their teacher say they are preparing to read. But is it the labels these books are given that make them so unbearable for students to be interested in reading‚ or is it something more. If you think about some of the most well known “classic” novels that are often read in high school classes throughout America‚ “Animal Farm”
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beautiful ideals described in romantic or Victorian literature. It was difficult to associate these works of art with the way the world had become; therefore‚ it was necessary to create a new way of expression. Modernist authors did not want to be confined by the traditional boundaries of literature‚ so they experimented in terms of style and content. The world changed and literature followed. There five major themes displayed in modernist literature. The first is a representation of inner reality
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