Late Modern English Period The currently known Modern English has been in use since the 18th century. The main difference between Early and Modern English is the vocabulary. There are many words added to the language because of two historical factors. The first factor is the industrial revolution and the advancement in technology. The second factor is the rise of the British Empire. Discoveries during the industrial revolution created the need for new words to name the machines that had
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Romanticism in English literature of the Beginning of the 19th Century (The Age of Romanticism) Britain became a large trading empire. The cities grew fast. London remained the largest one. In the 19th century Britain was at its height and self confidence. It was called the "workshop" of the world. The rich feared the poor both in the countryside and in the fast-growing towns. Nevertheless the great emphasis was made on the individual based on interdependence of Man and Nature.
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Hannah Bunker Mr. La Plante AP® English Language and Composition Fourth Hour 24 January 2017 Extended Response I: Reading with a Critical Eye Books are precious pieces that improve one’s knowledge and help define one’s personality by relating themselves to characters within the text. As Vladimir Nabokov said in Good Readers and Good Writers “The reader should identify himself or herself with the hero or heroine.”(Nabokov‚ 973) I always believed that by reading a book you become
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1. Explain meaning of terms and their relevance to Eng Literature (examples‚ people‚ time span): Old English/Anglo-Saxon – language (many different dialects) and culture of Anglo-Saxons‚ 7th -11th c.‚ lit.: The Ruin‚ Beowulf‚ Seafarer etc; Bede‚ Caedmon‚ St Columba‚ St Augustine‚ Alfred the Great; Early Medival times‚ migrations‚ arrival of Christianity‚ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle‚ Viking Invasion‚ Germanic heritage‚ Christian ideology‚ memory of Roman Empire (myth of origins‚ Brutus)‚ Celtic elements
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PCM105 REMEDIAL ENGLISH ROLE OF STUDYING ENGLISH LITERATURE IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION TABLE OF CONTENTS PARTICIPANTS 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 6 ABSTRACT 7 What is Literature? 8 Elements of Literature 9 Drama 10 Novels 11 Short Stories 11 Biographies and Autobiographies 11 Diaries 12 Journals‚ Magazines and Newspapers 12 Prose 13 Poetry 14 Purpose of Literature 14 Criticism 15 Importance of Literature 15 Literature provides pleasure to listeners
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2.2 English in India: 2.2.1 Pre-Independence Period: Jawalge‚ (2014) stated that English language was widely exposed to our country due to the British conquest. It was started to accept by the people when the British first came to India after the incorporation of the East India Company in 1600‚ and gained roots especially by the educational policies of a Governor-general Lord Macaulay. Timothy (2004) explained the growth of English in India in the following words: “Since the days of the British
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The chivalrous ideal and courtly love in the English medieval period (Sir gawain and The Wife of Bath) Contents INTRODUCTION pg. 2 UNIT 1 - Background research on courtly love and chivalry pg. 3 UNIT 2 - The chivalrous ideal and courtly love in ’’Sir gawain and the Green Knight’’ and ’’The Wife of Bath ’’
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protagonists in ‘The Bell Jar’‚ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’‚ ‘Ariel’ and ‘Look Back in Anger’? Female emancipation and the struggle for women of existing within a predominately patriarchal society is a prevalent topic in literature. Female heroines are portrayed variably across all eras and genres of literature and yet the use of a melancholic and isolated female protagonist is arguably inescapable as writers continually refer back to a critical portrayal of women in their work. From Chaucer’s presentment of the
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Elephant- Slavamir Mirzok ******************************* By P.Baburaj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of English‚ Sherubtse college‚ Bhutan Author of: Language and writing‚ DSB Publication Thimphu Communicative English‚ P. K. Books‚ Calicut A perception on Literary Criticism‚ P.K. Books‚ Calicut ******************************* Simple story but with underlying meaning. Story attacks the communist government that existed in Poland in 1958. Satirizes the communist government. Bring out the follies of the
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The Use of Literature in Teaching English as a Foreign Language By: Amr Alhemiary Abstract This research aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening)and language areas(i.e. vocabulary‚ grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary text in a foreign language classroom‚ suitable situations for teaching literature and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts
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