court. It turned out the group of friends had robbed a house before meeting up. Unfortunately Oscar spent 4 weeks behind bars before having his siblings bail him out. I asked him what his experience was being in there and referred to me a spanish song‚ En Estos Dias by Regulo Caro. The song talks about feeling lonely‚ having to fight for your food‚ and having too much free time that all your memorizes visit you. The reason Oscar spent 4 weeks incarcerated was because his father decided to leave him in
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and psychological literature. And the narrowest represented type is researches in modern and classical fiction (we mean works concerning the question "how are the rites of passages reflected and described in fiction?"). But if we want to look at the researches which work with certain literary genre‚ namely‚ fantasy genre‚ we find out that such works are very few. Although exactly fantasy fiction most closely connects with myth‚ fairy and folk tale‚ it means that just here we can find schemes and
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stories that easily relate to the reader as well. Both stories caused a personal reaction as the writer used certain strategies to detail the idea‚ theme‚ and purpose behind each of the writings. It is also important to know the difference between a fiction and nonfiction story. The author has to intrigue the reader’s imagination to make the story interesting. Reactions and Strategies Salvation Salvation was written by Langston Hughes in 1940. This is a nonfictional story based on a childhood experience
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Maria Anwar M. Phil Literature – 2nd Presentataion on “Persepolis as a postmodern fiction” What makes Persepolis a Postmodern Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art
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change of Indian fiction in English. The form of Indian novel in English has become more open‚ more playful‚ and more concerned. All the credit aptly goes to the gifted‚ stupendous‚ and extraordinary creative genius‚ Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. He‚ indeed‚ took all the pains to make novel a genre in Indian writing in English. He began to write Rajmohan’s Wife‚’ the first Indian Novel in English‚ in the year 1864. It was his initial and tentative attempt as literary genre to fiction based on a Victorian
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The satirical porter scene is said to be the comic relief in the grim tragedy of the play‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare. In the following essay the importance of the scene to the rest of the play will be discussed‚ and the actions and speech of the porter will be analyzed. Though not the most important scene of the play‚ the value of the porter scene cannot be overlooked. The sordid‚ tense and serious atmosphere of conspiracy and murder is slightly eased by the humorous speeches and
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American Gothic Fiction From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic_Fiction American Gothic Fiction is a subgenre of Gothic Fiction. Elements specific to American Gothic include: rational vs irrational‚ puritanism‚ guilt‚ Das Unheimliche (strangeness within the familiar as defined by Sigmund Freud)‚ abhumans‚ ghosts‚ monsters‚ and domestic abjection. The roots of these concepts lay in a past riddled with slavery‚ a fear of racial mixing (miscegenation)
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Fan fiction is something has been around as long as people have been telling stories. Ancient people would retell old stories or explore minor characters’ roles‚ which are both things people still do today. But there seems to be an unwritten rule between writer and audience that each should respect the other. In other words‚ authors shouldn’t ridicule their readers‚ and fans shouldn’t belittle the author. When either side breaks this mutual respect‚ we begin to see problems in a work of art. One
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of a nation and a youth of generation that is coca-colaized‚ M’c donalized‚ Levilized‚ jabongized‚ facebookized still inheriting the qualities of live and let live agreeing and doing the rituals coming up from generation. I like all other citizens of mi proud nation have an intension of focusing on the technology that is revolutionizing day by day. The social interference and bonding with the world is making us stronger in achieving. Still there are some who are unaware of these developments. There
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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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