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    Delicious cuisine is definitely something the whole world is interested in‚ and a person’s taste for food can often reveal his lifestyle‚ personality‚ and even status. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prologue to The Canterbury Tales‚ we can learn  about the Franklin’s hospitality and hedonistic lifestyle through Chaucer’s portrait of the Franklin’s refined love of exquisite cuisine. Through his lofty diction‚ use of poetic devices‚ and  imagery‚ Chaucer revealed the Franklin’s love for pure food‚ hospitality

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    meaning‚ I could still gain some knowledge as to the overall idea or purpose of the work just from an initial reading. Literature has the capacity to communicate before it is understood‚ as it is certainly possible for a work to convey emotion and feeling without the reader fully comprehending the complete meaning of a work. Emotion can tell you more about a piece of literature than factual knowledge. Within the first few lines of a poem‚ you should be able to feel whatever sensation the author wants

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    The art of literature will never die. Many people believe that there has been a decline in the reading and writing of literature‚ one of those people Dana Gioia wrote “Why Literature Matters” and she argues that the younger people of america although have had an increase in education their reading of literature has had a steep decline in recent years . Dana begins building her credibility with facts and sources‚ citing convincing facts and statistics‚ and successfully employing emotional appeal

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    Final Exam I. Multiple choice: 1% x 30 = 30% 1865-1914 1. The novels and short stories of Henry James and Edith Wharton tended to focus on (A) the tragic outcomes of impoverished characters living in industrialized urban wastelands. (B) the ordeals of isolated characters living as survivalists in the sparsely populated hinterlands of the United States. (C) the inner psychological lives of privileged upper-class characters. (D) the exploits of characters with startling accomplishments and impressive

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    Setting the Scene: The Influence of Setting in Literature Literature exists as a combination of elements. A story requires characters‚ plot‚ and an environment or setting. When reading a work of literature such as a short story or play‚ it is natural for the reader to focus his or her attention on the plot of the work and the characters that produce the plot. In making this decision‚ consciously or otherwise‚ the reader places the setting in the background. Indeed‚ many people refer to the

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    The book Poems‚ Protest and a Dream by Sor Junana Ines De La Cruz is a collection of her work and begins with a response to Sor Filotra de la Cruz. She writes about a variety of topics one being her life before becoming a nun. Sor Juanna had a passion to learn at a very young age and told her mom to send her to Mexico dressed up as a man to attend university. At the age of 6 she learned to read and write from then on her passion to learn only grew. However‚ in the 1600’s women were not allowed to

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    Joseph Lide Ms. Morris Advanced English 12 December 5‚ 2017 How Shakespeare Influenced Literature During Shakespeare’s time‚ he wrote many plays. Those plays were seen by millions and are still popular today. He has been an inspiration to many. Many uses his works to gather ideas for their works. Shakespeare has influenced literature by his works of Romeo and Juliet‚ Macbeth‚ and Julius Caesar. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ was an outstanding production. Many writers use this play to help

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    Modernism and Modernism and Postmodernism andrzej gasiorek and peter boxall Downloaded from http://ywcct.oxfordjournals.org/ at Social Science Baha on June 1‚ 2012 3 This chapter deals with work published in the field of modernism and postmodernism in 2006 and is divided into two sections: 1. Modernism; 2. Postmodernism. 1. Modernism In the course of the last three years‚ our reading of published work on modernism and postmodernism has thrown up various recurring issues. It would be exaggerating

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    Final Paper Rough Draft Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five of this course. Then‚ write a rough draft for your Final Paper‚ in which you compare and contrast two literary works from this course that share the same theme (using the “Themes & Corresponding Works” list in the Week Five Final Paper instructions‚ as a guide). The paper should be organized around your thesis (argument)‚ which is the main point of the entire essay. When developing a thesis for a comparative paper

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    role: 348 Teacher name: sir Sameer ahmad. Asignment effect of studying English literature in Pakistani society. English has been taught in sub-continent before partition. Immigiately after war of independence 1857 when britishers came to india they imposed their language on the people of sub-continent. Many institutions which include government college Lahore and others started teaching English literature few years after this incident. After partition this legacy carries on. In different

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