Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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Since its publication in 1981‚ Joy Kogawa’s Obasan has assumed an important place in Canadian literature and in the broadly-defined‚ Asian-American literary canon. Reviewers immediately heralded the novel for its poetic force and its moving portrayal of an often-ignored aspect of Canadian and American history. Since then‚ critics have expanded upon this initial commentary to examine more closely the themes and images in Kogawa’s work. Critical attention has focused on the difficulties and ambiguities
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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also commonly known as "Daffodils"[2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by an event on 15 April 1802‚ in which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils. Written some time between 1804 and 1807 (in 1804 by Wordsworth’s own account)‚[3] it was first published in 1807 in Poems in Two Volumes‚ and a revised versionwas published in 1815.[4] It is written in six-line stanzas with an ababcc rhyme scheme‚ like the Venus
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Linguistics professor and best-selling author‚ Deborah Tannen explains how “The Argument Culture” wants us to accept that by creating conflict is the best way of getting things done with an adversarial disposition. An essay taken from her book‚ The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue (1988)‚ Tannen expresses her views on having adversarial dialogue between two sides has weakened communication in our society. Although‚ we live in a society where we are free to express our conflicts
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Introduction Loyalty Scheme Case Study - McDonald’s Posted by on Wednesday‚ May 30‚ 2012 Under: Case Studies McDonald’s uses a combination of marketing strategies to build loyalty and promote their products. They offer coffee loyalty cards and student discounts. The student offers are divided into two; those that use NUS Extra Card and those that present valid student ID. Many companies also use the NUS Extra card to offer discounts to fulltime‚ part-time and distance learning students. Coffee
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SWOT analysis of McDonalds This is a McDonalds Corporation SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors McDonald’s Corporation Restaurants‚ Food Worldwide U.S. Don Thompson $ 27.56 billion (2012) $ 5.46 billion (2012) 1‚800‚000 Burger King Worldwide‚Inc.‚ Yum! Brand Inc.‚ Subway‚ Wendy’s
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Jeremy Jeon Mrs. Rowe English 1H 17 August 2013 The literature is a criticism of life. Arnold is correct in says that literature is a criticism of life because personally I think that it is simply a portrayal of life’s situations. Also I think that Literature is often a mirror for what is going on in society and a vehicle to change that which we don’t like. Many books today use their pages to put forth social commentary. They reflect the issues of the time‚ including
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McDonald’s is a leading international fast food restaurant chain with 30‚000 restaurants spread across the globe. As per ACNielsen’s Informal Eating Out (IEO) survey of branded food chains in India‚ McDonald’s is a leading international fast food restaurant chain with 30‚000 restaurants spread across the globe. In India‚ it launched its operations in 1996‚ with two stores. It now has 54 restaurants with a daily inflow of 500‚000 customers McDonald’s was found to be the leader in fast food chains
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Case study: Fast-Food War in Singapore Mc Donald’s Corporation is the giant fast food restaurant chain in the world. It serves around 68 million customers every day in 119 countries. The first restaurant in Singapore was opened in 1979. Nowadays‚ 121 McDonald’s restaurants operate across the island‚ serving 1.2 million customers weekly (McDonald’s‚ 2013). Primary products which mean selling world wild include cheeseburgers‚ hamburgers‚ chicken‚ hash brown‚ coke and milkshake. To keep menu diversity
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The Business ethic of KFC and McDonald TABLE OF CONTENTS The Business ethic of KFC and McDonald 1 Executive Summary 3 1 Introduction 3 2 Comparation of KFC and McDonald’s practices 4 3 Application of 4 relevant ethical theories 6 3.1 The utilitarian approach 6 3.2 The rights ethical approach 7 3.3 The Justice ethical approach 7 3.4 The virtue approach
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