The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a novel about three generations of Chinese women. The novel starts off with a short prologue told in the perspective of LuLing Liu Young. LuLing is the daughter of “Precious Auntie”‚ a horribly disfigured nursemaid who is later revealed to be her mother‚ and the mother of Ruth‚ a “ghost-writer” who authors self-help books. Ruth lives with her boyfriend Art and his two teenage daughters‚ Dory and Fia in an apartment in San Francisco. She mysteriously loses her voice for
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The School of Psychoanalytic Criticism “The Cask of Amontillado” and its author Edgar Allan Poe are excellent references for applying psychoanalytic interpretations to an author and his work. Psychoanalytic criticism uses a Freudian theory of a three level psyche‚ the ego‚ the super-ego‚ and the id to gain a better understanding of the deeper or hidden meaning within literature and an understanding of the psychological identity of the author‚ the characters or the reader. Freud theorized that
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Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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personalityresearch.org/papers/plaut.htm Criticisms of Freud’s theory There have been criticisms of psychoanalysis from every imaginable angle. It has been equally strongly defended‚ and has held up very well under fire. Two common criticisms‚ espoused by laypeople and professionals alike‚ are that the theory is too simple to ever explain something as complex as a human mind‚ and that Freud overemphasized sex and was unbalanced here (was sexist). My opinion is that these criticisms are to a large extent the result
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is a graduate of The Bronx High School of Science and Binghamton University. She holds honorary doctor of letters degrees from the University of Bath and Middlebury College. Many of her works have received recognition‚ including her text Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science‚ Faith‚ and Love‚ which was nominated for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Her works have received quite the publicity‚ having been dramatised for television and also having an asteroid named
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Critics of the welfare state argue that such a system will make citizens dependent on the system and less inclined to work. However‚ certain studies indicate there is no association between economic performance and welfare expenditure in developed countries‚[25] and that there is no evidence for the contention that welfare states impede progressive social development. R. E. Goodin et al.‚ in The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism‚[26] compares the United States‚ which spends relatively little on social
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‘Structuralism and Literary Criticism’ - Gerard Genette Structuralism is a way to examines a literary text to arrive at their meaning‚ rather than the actual meanings of the text themselves. It is a study of structure wherever they occur. In the essay Genette analyses content‚ logics‚ grammars and semiotics. He is considering structuralism as a method to study literary criticism. In the beginning of the essay Genette is establishing difference between Bricoleur and Engineer‚ Art critic and Literary
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READER’S RESPONSE STRATEGY/ READER’S RESPONSE CRITICISM Applying Reader Response Strategy in Appreciating Literary Works The appreciation of the short story applies seven reader response strategies posed by Beach and Marshall (1990); they are describing‚ conceiving‚ explaining‚ interpreting‚ engaging‚ connecting and judging. The guiding questions are constructed based on the responses. NO | Response | Explanations | Indicators | Questions to guide | 1 | Engaging(Include) | Getting involved
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performance of The 39 Steps. The 39 Steps was originally a book by John Buchan set before the First World War‚ the book was later adapted into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was a serious book and film following a bachelor called Richard Hannay who meets a mysterious German woman at a play‚ the women begs him to take her home with him and later reveals she is a spy trying to discover the truth about an organisation trying to steal British defence plans and something called the 39 steps. Later
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The time period where “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” takes place‚ women did not have much for them. They could grow up to be a wife/mother but that’s about it. Not much else for women to do with themselves. The story‚ Beloved‚ takes place right after slavery‚ where people were very cautious around people’s past. It was not talked about‚ due to the horrific event‚ which causes a big problem in the story. Both‚ Mabel Pervin‚ from “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence‚ and Sethe‚ from Beloved
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