History of Detective Fiction When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was‚ I knew it dealt with mystery‚ but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment‚ now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is‚ "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime‚ usually by murder‚ by a detective‚ either professional or amateur". It is closely related to mystery fiction‚ but it is more of puzzle that must be
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Gothic fiction combines the elements of Horror and Romance. This genre consists of fear‚ darkness‚ heroes‚ villains‚ and love. If you ask me those are very contrasting subjects. The name “Gothic Fiction” comes from medieval architecture. That is why this style of writing took place mostly in the medieval era. The writing style puts emphasis on atmosphere‚ using its surrounds to build suspense in the reader. Horace Walpole is believed to be the inventor of the genre. His first
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Essay on technical education in India. Technical education‚ that is‚ education in some art or craft is the crying need of the hour. We are living in the times when old concepts of education have undergone a change. We are not in need of liberal education as it was in the pre-independence days. We need skilled workers. Manufactured goods worth crores of rupees are being imported every year. There is dearth of food. Our industries are yet in infancy. We need engineers to man them. We need mechanized
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A Home in Fiction – Geraldine Brooks Boyer Lectures 2011: ‘The Idea of Home’ Audience: Immediate audience were those listening to the Boyer Lectures Lectures broadcast on the ABC’s Radio National on Sydney afternoons The audience is intelligent and well-informed audience with an interest in the areas of science‚ books‚ religion‚ social history‚ the arts and current affairs. Brookes’ lecture: those who are lovers of fiction and those who seek to be familiar with recent intellectual/ academic ideas
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Woolf‚ a modernist writer‚ wrote Modern Fiction in which she claims that the traditionalist novelists like H. G. Wells‚ Arnold Bennett and Galsworthy are ‘materialists’. Materialist are writers who believed that the great force that impacts an individual is the environment. On the other hand‚ a modernist writer emphasises on impressionism and subjectivity in writing and how opinions are formed‚ rather than on what is perceived. She also wrote in Modern Fiction her famous quote “Examine for a moment
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Running head: Socio-technical perspective: help for managing information overload TUI University Brocton Begley Mod 1-Session Long Project ITM501-Mgmt Info. Systems & Business Strategy Sam Biragbara April 14‚ 2011 Introduction Information overload is a big problem in most if not all organizations. As business‚ technology and education expand so does the data‚ information and knowledge backgrounds. In order to go forward‚ information retention is necessary
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The Overall Stylistic Analysis of Non-Fiction Discourse. The publicistic style belongs to the formal variety of English. It is “the language of mass communication which is used not only to inform but also to convince and persuade‚ i.e. its functions are referential‚ conative and‚ to some degree‚ poetical”. [1:89] The general aim of publicistic style is to exert influence on public opinion through logical argumentation and emotional appeal. Logical argumentation is provided by coherent and logical
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Scientifiction: “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” Going back to the past or even travelling into the future using time travel to alter one’s present might be a thing in science fiction movies or books today but it is not an impossible thing to do sometime in the future. Ten years or two hundred years who knows but it will be a part of our lives. Scientifiction might be unrealistic in terms of the technology or mythical/supernatural characters used in them but it is not just another
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different aspects necessary for it to function. Because of its place in everyday life‚ and its mechanical complexity‚ I‚ an engineering student‚ have been asked to write this document describing a conventional bicycle in order to practice technical writing about a subject related to my major. DETAILS: The bicycle is a two-wheeled transportation mechanism‚ mechanically powered by most commonly a single rider. Unlike various other transportation mechanisms‚ for example a
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Abstract: Aim: This in-vivo study was conducted to compare the effect of MTAD and 3% Sodium Hypochlorite on postoperative discomfort in patients indicated for pulp space therapy. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 patients from Department of Conservative dentistry & Endodontics‚ Peoples Dental College‚ Bhopal‚ indicated for pulp space therapy were part of this study. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups. Group 1- 30 patients were treated with MTAD. Group 2- 30 Patients were treated with
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