Singapore Exploring the Post-Colonial Literary Canon Sandhya Rao Mehta Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman Abstract. This paper addresses some the most prominent problematics of working with an established literary canon‚ including the extent to which‚ when implemented in universities worldwide‚ it represents the emerging concerns of diverse communities across the world. The main argument extended in this discussion is that‚ while the western-centred literary canon is being increasingly replaced by
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Nicole Carreker Ms.Barnes Honors World Literature 26 February 2015 Literary Critique The Boy in the Striped Pajamas I am critiquing the reviews of the children’s novel‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ written by John Boyne in 2006. This book was written to “unintentionally” give incite about the time period without the harshness so a kid can read it. The time period was the Holocaust and the main characters’ (Bruno) father was a Nazi leader. I read an article written by David Cesarani. The first
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Shakespeare’s use of Literary Techniques Candia Ndayizigiye ENG 4U1 Mr. Daranjo
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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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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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fifteen years old. I will explore its meanings and context through the lenses of reader response‚ deconstructionism‚ new historicism‚ and psychoanalytic analysis. Through these lenses of literary theory I hope to derive further meaning and understanding of this favored story as well as dismiss some criticism that has been leveled against H.P. Lovecraft. Each theoretical view has been defined by personal opinion and expert testimony and broken into separate sections; each examining the story from
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dORDT cOLLEGE Stephen Dobyns: Connection of Worldviews and Literary Works Core 180 Professor Mary Dengler Nic Oak Enerson 10/18/2012 Nicolas Enerson Core 180 Professor Mary Dengler October 18‚ 2012 Stephen Dobyns: Connection of Worldviews and Literary Works Stephen Dobyns has produced mass amounts of literature across all different genres‚ but he sees himself as a poet. Dobyns’ honors and awards include a Lamont Prize‚ a Melville Cain Award‚ a National poetry Series prize‚ several
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"Terrorist‚ He’s Watching" by Wislawa Szymborska explores the anticipation of a real life terrorist bombing. The poem is narrated from a third person omnipresent point of view‚ in a very matter-of-fact tone. The scene described shows various customers entering and exiting the bar in the minutes leading up to the bombs detonation. A few of them that are close to death get away‚ and one man even escapes and the re-enters the bar‚ seconds before it turns into a fiery explosion. The author’s purpose
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Marxist Literary Criticism Karl Marx was a German philosopher‚ economist and sociologist as well as a political revolutionary. He‚ with the aid of Friedrech Engels‚ published theCommunist Manifesto in 1848. In the manifesto‚ Marx identified three social classes in his theory: The Aristocracy which refers to the small number of land owners who have control over the economy of the country‚ the Bourgeois class which refers to the high class people who have control over the industrial sites and factories
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Richard Lopez Dr. Dibakar Barua English 110 13 March 2014 Women of the Past: A Feminist Critique Patriarchal ideals and gender roles keep women from being completely free. Throughout history‚ women have been labeled and stereotyped as being less capable than men. This caused them to continuously doubt their own capabilities compared to men’s. Society has not presented them with the same opportunities‚ nor treated them as fairly. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ she portrays
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