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    Most would think that the heroine of a novel is strong and courageous. However‚ in the novel Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen‚ this is not the case. The heroine in this novel is more like a damsel in distress‚ someone who is confused and entangled in many life problems. Eleanor Tilney’s characteristics of vulnerability and dependence classify her as the real gothic heroine. A heroine illustrated as powerless seems to be contradicting‚ but is used on purpose. Austen uses satire to portray Eleanor Tilney

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    Ian Mc Ewan – Atonement Late phase of post modernism. From the fifties onwards‚ there is a rise of post modernism. In coincides with many aspects of western society (emancipation‚ Vietnam war…) Ground breaking philosophical essay – Jacques Derrida : introduced deep instruction and really attacked the very foundations of western humanism and cultures. In 1966‚ he wrote a theoretical paper – there is always an origin‚ a place of departure‚ an essence‚ a core reality‚ central of western culture

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    world‚ dread any lesson plan that includes my chosen author. At the same time‚ if she hadn ’t had this life‚ they we dread so much‚ then we might have been deprived of such great works as Emma‚ Sense and Sensibility‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ and Northanger Abbey. With all this information before you‚ it should be fairly easy to guess

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    Jefrin Palsetia Professor Hoberman Essay 2 2/19/2013 The Innocent Distortion of Reality Ian McEwan in his novel “Atonement” gives his audience comprehensive and vivid descriptions of how his main character‚ Briony Tallis goes to immense heights to seek redemption for her sins and how she eventually fails. The third part of the novel tells us that it is Briony who is writing her life story with an ending which she originally pictured in her mind and not the real ending. In this life

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    Gothic Literature Ann Radcliffe Name: Arunima Sircar Grade: 9 IGCSE A English Project- 1 Gothic Literature Gothic literature of gothic fiction is a genre of writing that merges elements of horror as well as romance. It has been believed to be first introduced by the famous English author‚ Horace Walpole. The many elements of Gothic Literature help make this genre successful and pleasing to the readers. Elements of Gothic Literature The many elements of a Gothic Novel help make the novel much more

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    http://www.biography.com/people/jane-austen-9192819#synopsis&awesm=~oErUoMS5bEp9C9 The seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen‚ Jane Austen was born on December 16‚ 1775‚ in Steventon‚ Hampshire‚ England. Jane’s parents were well-respected community members. Her father served as the Oxford-educated rector for a nearby Anglican parish. The family was close and the children grew up in an environment that stressed learning and creative thinking. When Jane was young‚ she and

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    Content Introduction 1. Theoretical part gives general notes on Jane Austen’s works 1.1 English novelist - Jane Austen 1.2 Artistic and genre peculiarities of J. Austen ’s works 2. Practical part II. J. Austen’s literary art and its role in English realism 2.1 The "Defense of the Novel" 2.2 Jane Austen ’s Limitations 2.3 Jane Austen ’s literary reputation Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Topicality: English writer‚ who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment

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    fourteen as entertainment for her family. Austen’s early writing often made gentle fun of popular fiction of the time. Love and Friendship‚ her first book (completed in 1790)‚ was not very kind to those writers who scorned emotional self-control. Northanger Abbey was written at the same time‚ but only appeared after her death. Sense and sensibility was begun in 1797 but did not appear in print until 1811. This book‚ Pride and Prejudice (1813)‚ Emma (1816) and Persuasion (1817) are Austen’s best-known

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