Literary Criticism What comes to your mind when you hear the word “criticism”? Nowadays‚ most people look at criticism as something negative and personally‚ it has a negative connotation to me. Multimedia (for example‚ television‚ radio‚ etc.) has often depicted criticism as an antagonist. On reality TV shows‚ say‚ a singing competition‚ there is usually a panel of judges who criticize the contestants ’ performances particularly focusing on its fine points and flaws (more on the latter) and the
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Loren Blanton Professor Nenna ENC 1102 7/12/14 Literary Analysis on Tabula Asiae In the essay‚ “Tabula Asiae”‚ written by Michael Ondaatje‚ is a myriad of mythical imagery that describes old portraits of Ceylon. The descriptive details used throughout the nonfiction work is captivating and aids in describing Ondaatje brother’s wall‚ which is located in Toronto. The nonfiction piece of writing is a personal essay‚ which contains multiple personal experiences. There are to forms of nonfiction
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growing pain for some like Maya in the book. She became distant from her brother as they grew older and faced different challenges. She also was separated from her parents and was taken to her Grandma. She did not know how to react to the change at first but learned to grow on her own. Maya and her brother were close when they were younger and lived with their Grandma. Bailey began to become more isolated to himself as he grew older. He began to hang with new friends while Maya was left alone at the store
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Maya Lin Maya Lin‚ a graduate of Yale University‚ is a politically fueled artist who caused quite an uproar with her artwork. Maya Lin concentrates on reality as most of her artwork that gained nationwide attention consisted of memorial type structures that were interactive art. The Rosa Park’s memorial and the Vietnam memorial alike are both gigantic structures carved out of solid marble to remember those to impacted the development of the United States to what we are today. Maya combined
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in the ways that the story line is similar and both characters in the stories share similar struggles and qualities. To summarize‚ the shared theme of perseverance is illustrated in both The Negro Mother and A Raisin in the Sun through the use of literary devices including characterization. In “A Raisin in the Sun‚” the theme of perseverance is shown through the characterization of both Mama and Beneatha. In Mama’s life‚ she has struggled through years of poverty and constant work day after day
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I Know Why the Caged Bird sings is the autobiography of Maya Angelou. She tells of the hardships she experienced in her youth‚ beginning with her parents’ divorce when Angelou was only three years old. As a result of the divorce‚ Maya and her older brother are sent to live with their grandmother in a small‚ Arkansas town. Here‚ she experiences the horrors of racism and learns to hate herself for not being white. When she is eight‚ Maya goes to live with her mother in St. Louis. There‚ she is sexually
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Tinasiah Mitchell Ms.Kim AP World History 17 October 2013 Maya/Aztec/Inca As history progressed‚ The Mayan‚ Aztecs and Incas based new civilizations off of one another. Art‚ Religion‚ and innovations help to advance and create the world we live today. Before the discovery of scientific logic everything was based off of religion. Past innovations and art influenced what is seen in modern artists and architects. The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Incas have many similarities and differences based off of innovations
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LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE • What is literature? Literate/ literacy - able to read/write Origin- from Latin “litteratura” (letter) • literature with the small ‘l’ Literature - piece of writing/printed information on a particular subject • literature with the big ‘L’ Literature - pieces of writing that are valued as works of art eg. Novels‚ plays‚ poems (contrast to technical books/ scientific/ academic writings) • Literary - connected with literature
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"Graduation" written by Maya Angelou. In this story we see how a young black girl awaits with great pride and anticipation her graduation day. When the day finally arrives‚ her dreams and expectations are shadowed by the speech that Mr. Donleavy‚ a white man‚ gave to the graduating class of 1940. At the end of the story we see how the class valedictorian‚ Henry Reed comes back with encouraging words that help the entire audience become alive and feel like they were on top again. Maya Angelou used a very important
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Literary Terminology STYLE: The manner of a literary work is its style‚ the effect of which is its tone. Below are concepts by which you can analyze stylistic features. Figures of Speech Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound or consonant cluster in consecutive or closely positioned words Anaphora: The repetition of words or groups of words at the beginning of consecutive sentences‚ clauses or phrases Assonance: The repetition of identical or near identical stressed vowel
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