SYNOPSIS OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR Ph. D DEGREE IN ENGLISH Research Topic: “Realism in Tagore’s Poetry” Research Scholar : (Sumer Prasad) S/o Late Mahendra Prasad Vill. Semari‚ P. O. Gothain Dist. Ballia‚ U. P. Supervisor : Dr.( Ravi Shankar Singh) P. G. College‚ Ghazipur U. P. Co-Supervisor : Dr. (A. K. Mishra) Reader‚ Dept. of English D. C. S. K. (P. G.) College‚ Mau‚ U. P. Research Centre : D. C. S. Khandelwal (P
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Essay Topic: "Why does Ray Bradbury create Beatty? Why is he so important? What makes is death so significant?" Realism vs. Surrealism Books are a major piece in the puzzle of life. When books‚ a source that points out a society’s imperfections‚ are taken away‚ humanity is lost. In Ray Bradbury’s scientific novel Fahrenheit 451‚ firemen are the people to start fires‚ rather than extinguish them‚ as they do in the modern world. They also investigate homes that are reported to be sheltering books
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ROMANTIC IDEALISM IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S “LORD JIM” --------------- An Undergraduate Research Paper In Partial Fulfillment For The Requirements Of LIT TWO HUNDRED (Literary Research 2) -------------- Presented To Dr. Robert M. Picart Professor‚ Kalayaan College --------------- written and submitted by ZACH HONTIVEROS PAGKALINAWAN B.A. in Literature October 2011 – October 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
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William Buttlar ENG 200 9/28/12 Style and Substance: An examination of Joyce ’s unique form of Realism There are not many individual who can claim to have completely redelevoped a style of writing‚ but James Joyce was not like most individuals. As an introverted yet observant youth‚ Joyce formed a highly progressive (while unpatriotic) view of his hometown of Dublin (Levin‚ 11). When considering that “[the] history of the realistic novel shows that fiction tends toward autobiography” (Levine
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The main ideas of the period of Romanticism were largely based on self expression‚ free will and the ability to act on that will‚ spontaneity‚ individualism and the prospect to shape your own life. The thoughts of the realists pertained to more concrete aspects of the here and now and emphasize that the things that matter are unavoidable truths. In the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass‚ his ideas of human potential and self exploration towards becoming part of the proclaimed freedoms and
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“Supernatural (of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.” The Supernatural was discovered during 1520-1530 A.D. The term “Supernatural” is mainly used when something paranormal appears or happens. The first paranormal movie was in 2007 which was named ¨Paranormal Activity.” The movie was about Katie and her family experiencing paranormal and demonic activities‚ strangely enough most of the family ends up disappearing without an explanation
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How does an idealist think as opposed to a realist? Distinctions may include that while the former views the world with an optimistic perspective‚ the latter with a practicable and perhaps pessimistic mindset. Additionally‚ some might say the first denies the status quo‚ and the second accepts the current conditions and conforms or adjusts accordingly. Nevertheless‚ this very question stimulated my senses‚ and during the past year‚ I conducted studies on various books situated in the nineteenth and
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of Immanuel Kant. Continental philosophy is usually countered with analytic philosophy or sometimes referred to as Anglo-American philosophy. During the 20th century continental philosophy embraced schools of thought such as phenomenology and existentialism. The major influences that this type of philosophy had were thinkers such as Martin Heidegger‚ Jean-Paul Sartre‚ Maurice Merleau-Ponty‚ Michael Foucault‚ and Jacques Derrida. (Continental philosophy‚ Britannica) Structuralism is defined as a
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different speeds‚ but they’re all on fire‚ and we’re all trapped” (245 Foer). Since he experienced the death of his father at such a young age‚ he struggles to understand why something like this would have happen‚ what the reason is. The theories of existentialism offer an answer‚ “Neither nature or a supreme being or another individual cannot or will not give meaning to this world there is no pattern of existence: catastrophe‚ starvation and inhumanity proves this. The world is essentially absurd.” After
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Simone de Beauvoir: Feminism and Existentialism Simone de Beauvoir talks about women through the eyes of an existentialist in her book The Second Sex. Specifically‚ de Beauvoir’s views on how woman is “man’s dependent” shows the Subject and the Other relationship‚ a solution she gives to abolishing the oppression of women is that we need to abandon the idea that women are born feminine‚ second‚ weaker and not made‚ and the responsibility that she puts on herself and women for accepting the roles
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