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    COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION: Utrecht University The bylaws of the American Comparative Literature Association stipulate the writ-ing every ten years of "a report on the state of the discipline." The present collection Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization represents the latest in the series and is a follow up to Charles Bernheimer’s Comparative Literature in the Age of Multiculturalism (1994). The structural similarities between the two titles‚ with their repetition

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    Gender in Medea The treatment and portrayal of women in classical literature ranges from horrifying to degrading. Often‚ females are either presented as property‚ weak‚ and incapable or as manipulative and vindictive creatures that bring about the destruction of “valiant” and “worthy” men. Sexism is a cohesive theme throughout classical literature and myth. Euripides’ Medea does not directly portray women differently than the other works of his age‚ but there is an acknowledgement of the drastic

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    ENGLISH LITERATURE English literature and English history In this introductory lecture it better to say something about the intimate connection between English literature and English history. They go hand in hand: they are both sides of the same coin. English history is considered as the fundamental base for English literature. A history of English literature has therefore a national‚ as well as a personal character and interest. The inner life of each generation is revealed in the literature. In studying

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    Time Changes Everything In the tragedy Medea‚ written by Euripides the language applies to the time it was written‚ much like any other form of written media. The reactions and actions taken by Medea are not common for a time period like our own. At this day and age we’ve learned how to react without killing someone‚ and how to not plot our revenge in such a spiteful way. Medea doesn’t distinguish right from wrong in her actions‚ heart of head applies perfectly to her and her reactions. Today we

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    How does Euripides build empathy for outsiders in Greek society in Medea? Medea is a woman who is a non-Greek outsider - she is a barbarian from Colchis. Her irrational behaviour and extreme response correlates to the stereotype of a Barbarian woman. Euripides effectively uses the chorus to help create and build empathy for Medea by sympathising with her and being biased towards her by taking her side. The chorus in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the

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    MEDEA is a Greek tragedy about betrayal‚ revenge‚ and pride. In the play MEDEA is betrayed by her husband Jason‚ he decided to marry another woman to gain more power. Through the play MDEA get revenge on everyone that has done her wrong. I don’t think MEDEA is a traditional tragedy I feel it has feature that separate it from the traditional tragedy‚ but it does have many characteristics of a traditional tragedy. One of the similar characteristics MEDEA and traditional tragedy have in common is the

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    The famous Greek tragedy Medea‚ by Euripides‚ is about a woman who is so distraught by her ex-husband’s actions that she snaps and commits brutal crimes like killing his new bride and father in law‚ Creon and she even killed her children‚ an act so unthinkable that most people today shutter at the thought of it. People have scrutinized the play for centuries in an attempt to discover Medea’s true motives. Some believe that she is not actually evil‚ just mistreated to the point where she simply would

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    Medea Perhaps the most fascinating and complex character in Greek drama‚ is the of Medea. She is the ultimate combination of heroine‚ villain and victim‚ all displayed in a single play. Medea was married to a Greek named Jason‚ whom she followed from her foreign land‚ to Greece. Her love for Jason was deep‚ and when he elected to leave her to marry the daughter of Creon‚ Medea was furious (Euripides lines 1-24). In retaliation for his strayed affections‚ Medea sent Jason’s bride a poison dress.

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    GROUP 3- MEAT COOKERY Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans are omnivorous‚ and have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times. Meat is mainly composed of water and protein‚ and is usually eaten together with other food. It is edible raw‚ but is normally eaten after it has been cooked and seasoned or processed in a variety of ways. Meat consumption varies worldwide‚ depending on cultural or religious preferences‚ as well as economic conditions. Conversely

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    QUESTION: THE INFLUENCE OF ASSIMILATION: CASE STUDY OF RAMATOULAYE. Mariama Bâ’s So Long a LETTER is one of the African novels written by an African credited with showcasing the various changes that have been brought about by colonialism especially in African countries. “So Long A Letter” was written with the ideal timing and place that is after the French colonisation in Senegal in the latter part of the 20th Century. It is thus uniquely placed to portray to us at first hand‚ the influence of

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