After discussing the various reasons which have made the novel the most popular literary form today‚ let us consider the main characteristics of the modern novel. In the first place‚ we can say that it is realistic as opposed toidealistic. The ‘realistic’ writer is one who thinks that truth to observed facts—facts about the outer world‚ or facts about his own feelings—is the great thing‚ while the ‘idealistic’ writer wants rather to create a pleasant and edifying picture. The modern novelist is ‘realistic’
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[Salutations] Today I will be discussing how the Contemporary Australian novel Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton‚ is of value and how it is received in different contexts. I will firstly discuss how the novel is of value because of the presence of universal‚ timeless themes of: the search for a sense belonging and the importance of family. Being post-modern readers‚ we believe that the reception of a text depends on our context and value system. Consequently‚ a text can hold many interpretations. In the
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Directions for Ethics Assignment READ CAREFULLY Ms. Smith will review the assignment in class on Wednesday‚ November 5; it’s in your best interest to attend this class and note the due date of Wednesday‚ November 19. Read both cases carefully‚ then using the Ethical Decision Making Model (found in the class PowerPoint presentation)‚ list the 7 steps from the model and fill in answers under each step based on your analysis of each case. You will create your own alternates for Step 3‚ create your
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Sport: Volleyball Skill: How to spike a volleyball Equipment: Volleyball and volleyball net Directions: 1. Stretch your arms and legs for 10-20 seconds each before starting. This will reduce your risk of pulling a muscle or injuring yourself. 2. Position yourself behind the 10-foot line (attack line)‚ which is the line that is about 4 feet away from the net. If you have long legs or take bigger steps‚ stand a little farther back. If you are left handed‚ you may want to spike on the right
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Area of Study Essay – The Outsiders Essay Teenagers are shown in a variety of texts to be‚ violent‚ disrespectful‚ disruptive and corrupt. S.E. Hinton’s novel ‘The Outsiders’ reveal teenagers to be juvenile delinquents who are violent and whose only interest is remaining faithful to their gang and its members. The theme of the novel ‘The Outsiders’ as the main characters are explained to be represented as juvenile delinquents who belong to a violent neighbourhood and lawless gangs. The gangs
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subtitle “The Novel without a Hero”‚ is a satire to society‚ characterized by hypocrisy and opportunism. The novel follows the lives of two very different women‚ Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Vanity fair refers to a stop along the pilgrim’s progress: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity‚ which is meant to represent man’s sinful attachment to worldly things. Definitely‚ a quote that I think explains and drives much of the action and is one of the major points of the novel is: "Vanitas
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of the novel who is set in his structural ways. Coetzee prefers to write his story with more interest in the gaps‚ silences and absences of his texts. One can see this through his choice of a distant narrator‚ a narrator who does not know what is to come and has limited access to the events of the novel. Coetzee does this for the interest of his readers‚ to put his readers in David Luries shoes‚ where difficult situations need to be resolved without any help or guidance. This makes the novel a more
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$2.95 The Novels of William Golding The Novels of William Golding The Ohio State University Press Howard S. Babb The Novels of William Golding All quotations from LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding are reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber‚ Ltd.‚ and Coward-McCann‚ Inc. Copyright © 1954 by William Gerald Golding. All quotations from William Golding’s THE INHERITORS‚ PINCHER MARTIN (original American title: THE TWO DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER MARTIN) ‚ FREE
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Novel Comparison: Frankenstein vs This Dark Endeavor Dark‚ condescending‚ and secretive are all adjectives that describe Mary Shelley’s classic: Frankenstein‚ on the other hand‚ a new look on ancient horror in This Dark Endeavor has entirely changed the original story’s mood‚ theme‚ and even characters. Main plot points like these resonate throughout the new novel‚ such as amendments to Victor’s persona‚ Elizabeth’s character‚ and the amount of description put into the setting. Unlike the original
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How‚ and to what extent‚ do the texts on this unit challenge the idea of “the novel‟? The conventions of “the traditional novel” are almost completely disregarded in twentieth century avant-garde fiction. According to Hutcheon‚ a healthy piece of postmodern fiction ‘paradoxically uses and abuses the conventions of both realism and modernism‚ and does so in order to challenge their transparency’ (1988‚ p. 53). Despite this‚ what effectively happens with avant-garde literature is that each text
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