English 102-18 Literary Analysis 22 October‚ 2014 A Mother’s Love Flannery O’Connor was an author born in the south in 1925. She was an author who “wrote from her experiences as a Roman Catholic raised in the Protestant South” (Flannery O’Connor). She is the author of the story “Good Country People”‚ published in 1955. O’Connor tells the story of a young girl named Hulga “Joy” Hopewell who is a well-educated girl‚ with a degree in philosophy‚ but is a very shy person and keeps to herself. Hulga is
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inside of kids movies and books. However what is the point in these hidden objects if the story isn’t even understood itself and it hasn’t been viewed in a different literary lense? The movie “The Lorax” could easily be used with any of the four lenses of literary criticism. The story is most likely going to be viewed by Marxist critics because the dictators and leaders in the movie and how they impact the story much more significantly than the others. The story has three main dictators‚ the
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The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach Author(s): Wolfgang Iser Source: New Literary History‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 2‚ On Interpretation: I‚ (Winter‚ 1972)‚ pp. 279-299 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/468316 Accessed: 18/08/2008 13:48 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use
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drama‚ in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge. Why do we have to study literature? A. to better appreciate our literary heritage B. to trace the rich heritage of ideas handed down to us by the fore fathers C. to understand the great and noble tradition of the different races of the world Literary Standards 1. Universality- appeals to everyone‚ regardless of culture‚ race‚ sex and time which are all considered significant 2. Artistry- has an aesthetic
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meaning. Stanley Fish claims that meaning comes from the interpretive community. A prominent literary theorist‚ he compared the act of interpretation to following a recipe. Fish claims that readers are instructed to look at texts in ways that will produce what they expect to see. This analysis does not support the suggestion that the individual reader gives the text meaning. Cleanth Brooks‚ an influential literary critic‚ does not refute Fish’s idea‚ but Brooks
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technological research. Program Goals: Program Objectives: Course Objectives: Recognize Africa‚ Asia and other Asian Countries as a unique continent of the world through reading literary masterpieces. 1. Resurvey the outstanding characteristics of Afro-Asian Literature. 2. Find pleasure in reading Afro-Asian literary pieces. 3. Identify the different forms of Afro-Asian Prose and Poetry. |TOPIC OUTLINE |OBJECTIVES
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I‚ like many other people‚ have been more than a little dismayed when I have read poems or other literary works that I did not have the slightest notion as to what it actually meant. Even without a concrete understanding of the work’s meaning‚ I could still gain some knowledge as to the overall idea or purpose of the work just from an initial reading. Literature has the capacity to communicate before it is understood‚ as it is certainly possible for a work to convey emotion and feeling without the
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on in a literary work. While reading‚ readers begin to notice the trend or pattern in the devices that they recognize such as themes or symbols. When reading literature‚ readers tend to recall certain events or small parts from other parts of literature from what they’re reading currently. The recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature by completely comprehending the intended message that withholds in the literary work. A time when my appreciation of a literary work was
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structurally different are two literary pieces where a rich story is embedded. Readers are drawn towards these scripts by means of rhythm (poem)‚ characterization‚ or a fictional setting in their respective narratives. However‚ the mere script would not make it entertaining enough. It would depend on the imagination of the readers as they are reading the literary script. Every reader has their own way of visualizing the descriptions and symbolism used by the author. The two literary pieces‚ “The Road Not
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important than just a historical or cultural writing. Literature introduces us to new worlds of experience. We learn from books and literature; we enjoy the triumphs and the tragedies of poems‚ stories‚ and plays; and we may even grow through our literary journey with books. In conclusion‚ we may discover meaning in literature by looking at what the author says and how he/she says it. We may interpret the author ’s message. However we interpret literature‚ there is still an artistic quality to the
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