writing/fine arts and a love of the formal study of literature. Her world was rocked when she read her first contemporary romance‚ chosen from the grocery store book rack. Thus began what is now nothing less than an obsession with the romance novel. Michelle applies to the romance novel the same techniques used to analyze and critique "recognized" classic and contemporary fiction. In Romance: B(u)y the Book‚ she pares down her analysis to give you a sense of why she thinks you might love a particular book
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The Source of the Title: The Legend of Pygmalion and Galatea Shaw took his title from the ancient Greek legend of the famous sculptor named Pygmalion who could find nothing good in women‚ and‚ as a result‚ he resolved to live out his life unmarried. However‚ he carved a statue out of ivory that was so beautiful and so perfect that he fell in love with his own creation. Indeed‚ the statue was so perfect that no living being could possibly be its equal. Consequently‚ at a festival‚ he prayed
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Cyber-Romance Rachel Ivancic Thomas University Cyber Romances or social relationships are connections developed by two or more people involving constant communication and interaction. The majority of people‚ who are involved in online romances‚ usually end up exploring these ventures offline. The budding of these interactions are when people find new contacts after accessing the net and social network‚ cf. (Wellman & Gulia‚ 1999). New relationships that occur online are often considered
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Pygmallion. the dynamic of the play => Interaction between Higgins and Eliza => Energy‚ structure. Attacking a class system in England. It show the upper class (Mrs Higgins very good icon). In upper class => You talk about nothing‚ british jokes. Mr. Doolitle is a rebel. Middle class morality. It create a life of ritual‚ nothing interesting. Shawn in effect is asking for a new class where the best the best people raises to the top. They can come from anywhere. Neither of these place are
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Minimal Wave The romance of the future‚ replaced by the romance of the past Minimal wave is a genre that is used to describe electronic and minimal forms of New Wave‚ Coldwave‚ Synthpop and Post-punk. It is a new phenomenon as the word minimal wave was not used until only 10 years ago‚ when a woman named Veronika Wasika founded the label Minimal Wave. Minimal wave was mostly made in the 1980s when synthesizers and drum-machines became accessible to the general public. The tracks recorded are usually
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Pitcher‚ confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell‚ broker‚ allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer. With a snappy "Good-morning‚ Pitcher‚" Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it‚ and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him. The young lady had been Maxwell’s stenographer
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In his sonnets‚ poet and playwright William Shakespeare creates a romantic tone when describing how romantic relationships are affected over time. Vivian Diller’s article “Is love really Blind?” provides research to suggest that romantic relationships are affected over time because people tend to lose physical attraction to their mate. After reading both Shakespeare’s and Diller’s works one can conclude that time has a negative effect on love because people’s feelings change about their mate overtime
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METRICAL ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES The very word ’romance’ conjures up to our mind visions of battlemented castles‚ of fair ladies pining in the enchanters’ castles and waiting for their brave knights to come to rescue them‚ of knights riding forth in search of gloriously impossible adventures.The Middle English romances were each a story of adventure‚fictitious and frequently marvellous or super-natural‚ of tender love making‚ of tournaments and cavalcades. While reading these romances‚ we see
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Impact of Romance Fiction on Society Humans are a sentimental race‚ they require love to live a fulfilling life. Love stories like Romeo Juliet‚ etc. have inspired us. Romantic Fiction has been in existence since times immemorial. The popular romance novel is a story of two individuals with emphasis on romantic love and their subsequent relationship‚ complete with a happy ending. Oscar Wilde’s famous words “Life imitates art‚” forces us to acknowledge that fiction shapes our lives. We are taught
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Contemporary and Romance Literature Contemporary literature in the form of a short story consists of a plot‚ characters‚ point of view‚ setting‚ and theme (2). These elements can vary a great deal from one story to the next. An author of a short story also reveals a tone and a mood shown by his or her style of writing. Although romance literature contains the elements mentioned above‚ they are very different than those in short stories and are somewhat static from one tale to the next. Romance literature
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