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    Stylistic Analysis

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    Stylistic analysis. On the day that E.M. Forster died by A.S. Byatt. The text I would like to analyze is “On the day that E.M. Forster died” written by A.S. Byatt. Dame Antonia Susan Duffy‚ DBE‚ known as A. S. Byatt is an English novelist‚ poet and Booker Prize winner. In 2008‚ The Times newspaper named her on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. This text is social genre because the author describe social‚ professional spheres of life with the help of such vocabulary as: art‚ novel

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    senior lecturer in English at the University College England. Her long education and independence ended with her marriage to Ian Byatt. Her most successful book‚ “Possession”‚ A Romance published in 1990‚ won the Booker Prize for Fiction and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize‚ and continues to enjoy its popular success. Since becoming a full-time writer‚ Byatt has published several novels‚ including “The Oxford Book of English Short Stories”. In this book she edited and reprinted thirty-seven

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    that this millennium has yet seen.  Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights‚ by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier‚ Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.  Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village’s wealthiest man‚ and the rich man’s son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City

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    The Tiger on the Raft

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    Knopf Canada‚ which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.[2][3][4] It was also chosen for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2003‚ where it was championed by author Nancy Lee.[5] The French translation‚ L’histoire de Pi‚ was chosen in the French version of the contest‚ Le combat des livres‚ where it was championed by Louise Forestier.[6] The novel won the 2003 Boeke Prize‚ a South African novel award. In 2004‚ it won the Asian/Pacific American

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    The White Tiger

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    In today’s urban society‚ values such as an arranged marriage and caste levels do not seem like they could be relevant. However‚ in many countries around the world‚ these values are still present. In India‚ every person is born into a different class rank and once they are in their class it is very hard to change it. In Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ he describes the story of Balram’s life and how he overcame the caste system in India; in doing so‚ a Marxist perspective could be used to

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    (2010) Harvest (2013) Jim Crace- English The Watchman – 2007 Chasing Darkness -- 2008 The First Rule -- 2010 The Sentry -- 2011 Taken -- 2012 Suspect (2013) Robert Crais- American Falling Man (2007) Point O 2007 – Booklist Top of the List: A Best of Editors Choice for Falling Man mega (2010) Don DeLillo- American 2007: Divisadero‚ 2011: The Cat’s Table‚ Michael Ondaatje- English Tomorrow (2007) Wish You Were Here (2011) Graham Swift- English What I Was (2007) The Bride’s

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    child in time”(1987)‚ ”The innocent”(1989)‚”Black dog”(1992)‚”Enduring love”(1997)‚”Amsterdam”(1998).  His next novel‚ “Atonement “(2001)‚ received considerable acclaim; Time magazine named it the best novel of 2002‚ and it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He wrote many other  long-form works over the years‚ including‚  Atonement‚

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    chapter in miguel street

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    Trinidadian novelist and essayist of Indo-Trinidadian descent. He is widely considered to be one of the masters of modern English prose. He has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the Booker Prize (1971) and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime’s achievement in British Literature (1993). V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. In 2008‚ The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated

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    H: Welcome to the Book Theater! Today‚ we are going to invite a popular Canadian author‚ who is most famous for his Man Booker Prize-winning novel‚ Life of Pi. Let’s warmly welcome Mr. Yann Martel! (Applauses Sound Effect and PPT with “BOOK THEATER” as the background) Y: Hello! Hello! Every one! Nice to meet you‚ Candice! H: Nice to meet you too! How are you today? Y: Very well! H: Your recent life must have been a good one‚ because your books are very popular and has already sold for nine million

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    POST COLONIALISM

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    Post colonialism should be referred to as the legacies of colonialism and not the end of colonialism. British interests in Indian languages arose from the necessity to cultivate the medium of intercourse between the government and its subjects. Lord Macaulay minute on Education 1835 very clearly signifies his agenda that is the Dissemination of the English language and English culture. The Englishmen wanted a class of persons who can act as interpreters between them and their subjects. People

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