crime-writing genre consists of a wide array of subgenres and hybrids‚ these texts all focus on a criminal investigation using this as a platform/vehicle to explore and comment on the values and the social context in which it was composed. In doing so‚ crime fiction texts do not just tell a crime story; they make insightful social comments to inform responders. This is evident in P.D. James’ “The Skull Beneath The Skin” (Skull) which not only follows an investigation but also comments on the justice and the emerging
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Victimization and Its Cures: Representations of South Eastern Europe in British Fiction and Drama of the 1990s. In: Betraying the Event: Constructions of Victimhood in Contemporary Cultures‚ Fatima Festic (ed.)‚ Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing‚ 2009‚ pp. 35 -65. VICTIMIZATION AND ITS “CURES”: REPRESENTATIONS OF SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE IN BRITISH FICTION AND DRAMA OF THE 1990s LUDMILLA KOSTOVA In his extended reflection on twentieth-century history Hope and Memory (2000; English
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Bertrand Russell is one of the greatest masters of English Prose. Bertrand Russell is one of the greatest masters of English Prose. He revolutionized not only the subject matter but also the mode of expression. He has in him a happy blend of greatest philosopher and a great writer. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1950. The subject matter of his essays may be very difficult but his manner of expression is so lucid and simple that even a layman can understand him without any special
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AN ESSAY "Speculative texts through the creation of distinct worlds can challenge or reinforce understanding of ourselves and how we live in the world" Utopian and Dystopian composers employ the creation of distinct worlds as a medium to covertly express political concerns. The fictional worlds created by Aldous Huxley and Ursula K. Le Guin in “Brave New World” and “The Dispossessed” elucidate prevalent social issues of their respective contexts‚ provoking alternate understandings of humankind
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GENY0002 SESSION 2 2013 Academic Skills Plus Essay 2 Atwood writes: “What I mean by ‘science fiction’ is those books that descend from H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds‚ which treats of an invasion by tentacled‚ blood-sucking Martians shot to Earth in metal canisters – things that could not possibly happen – whereas‚ for me‚ “speculative fiction” means plots that descend from Jules Verne’s books about submarines and balloon travel and such – things that really could happen but just hadn’t
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able to understand what the real meaning of it is. As the story evolves‚ the characteristics of the narrator begin to change as he interacts with Robert. The author shows symbolism throughout the story that relates to each of the characters. An example is the twenty-peso coin‚ which Robert kept half of and the other half went into the box with his wife‚ Beulah. The coin was a symbol of their marriage and relationship that ended due to the death of Beulah caused by cancer. The coin is a substitute
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Crossing Trust and family relationships are the two main themes in the short story “Crossing” by Mark Slouka. The story tells us about a father‚ who is going through a tough period‚ and his relationship to his son. He wants to obtain trust from his son trough a trip in the nature but runs into some challenges on his way. The father in the short story takes his son on a trip to a place at a river‚ because he wants to get closer to him on this trip. We get hints throughout the story that the father
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Cathie201 11‚ October 2013 Science Fiction and Gender Roles Gender has become an epidemic topic that people always talk about in their daily life. Males and females as the two groups of gender‚ play their own role and undertake the respective responsibility no matter for themselves‚ families or society all the time. However‚ because males and females have different gender roles‚ different responsibilities and‚ different behaviors‚ this causes various social issues‚ the problems of gender roles
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The movie” The hunger games” by Gary Ross ‚ and the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut share a lot of similar characteristics of dystopian fiction‚ unlike their counterpart “ There will come soft rains” by Ray Bradbury. Which is a short story that is written under the dystopian fiction‚ but is quite different compared to the other two. Both “the hunger games” and “Harrison Bergeron” share some of characteristics that clearly define a dystopian world such as lack of individuality‚ Protagonist
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C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\sf1.htm To my sister Janice‚ Who taught me how to read‚ Which was the beginning of wisdom‚ And how to be charitable‚ Which is wisdom’s end. About the Author No one had ever won both the Hugo and the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel two years in a rowuntil 1987‚ when Speaker for the Dead won the same awards given to Ender’s Game. But Orson Scott Card’s experience is not limited to one genre or form of storytelling. A dozen of his plays have been produced in regional theatre;
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