Synopsis Feeling dissatisfied from the traditional approaches‚ I found shelter in Reader Response theory‚ which acknowledged not only my role as a reader in giving meaning to the text but also considered me a scholar who had the right and duty to stand in judgement on the text. In the first chapter the rise of English is traced‚ in order to approach the methods in the teaching of English which were employed when English was established as an academic subject in the universities of England‚ which
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Response to Sunflower My brother passed away about a year ago. He died of cancer‚ and although he was only six years older than me‚ it seemed as if he was light years ahead of me. He left home at eighteen‚ never to live in the house again. He served in Viet Nam twice and moved upstate New York about thirty-five years ago. So not only was age a difference but distance became a problem. You might ask; why is he carrying on about this? Well‚ it’s about “all Moms’ money.” About ten
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The novel “The Reader” is narrated in first person by one of the main characters‚ Michael Berg. It is told in the style of an autobiography therefore includes his memories of certain events intermingled with current events. Consequently‚ these events are told from only one point of view and are reliant on one person’s memory‚ but also provide insights into Michael’s character and personality. There will be a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of having this style of narration in this
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born in Eatonton‚ Georgia. She won the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her best-known novel‚ The Color Purple (1982). Her short story‚ The Flowers‚ is from 1973‚ a time where the Civil Rights Movement was trying to create an equal society‚ where blacks and whites could live peacefully together. It was also a time‚ where many African-American people lived in fear of the racism of the white (reportingcivilrights). It is about an African/American girl named Myop‚ who loses
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n part II‚ chapter eight of Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader‚ the first-person narrator Michael describes reading the account written by a concentration camp who had survived along with her mother‚ the soul survivors in a large group of women who were being marched away from the camp. He says‚ "the book...creates distance. It does not invite one to identify with it and makes no one sympathetic..." The same could be said of The Reader. The book is written in such a way as to distance one from the characters
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story‚ and Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. These are all in different time periods but have basically the same plot‚ boy and girl love each other and there is a major challenge standing between their love but it all ends badly. All of these stories are about love‚ which is a strong human emotion so many people have experienced it very differently. Personally I have never been I love with anyone so the feelings in these movies are not as important to me. However if someone was deeply in love sometime in
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Criticism VS Reader-Response Criticism What is more accurate‚ new criticism or reader response criticism? The answer is neither‚ seeing as both styles of critic views and analyzes the topic at hand and gives feedback. Though both styles offer feedback‚ they are different forms of feedback entirely. New criticism involves focusing on the material at hand‚ and not what it was meant to be perceived as‚ to judge the topic by every measurable feature possible. Reader response criticism is when a reader or a
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Descriptive Essay: “Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelou * ------------------------------------------------- From beginning to end‚ the author paints a very descriptive picture; from how she sees herself‚ to how she sees Sister Flowers in comparison to other people around her. At first‚ the author describes herself as a dirty little girl‚ almost without purpose in life. In contrast to this‚ the author describes Mrs. Bertha Flowers as the epitome of beauty‚ grace‚ and all that is good in the world
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The hunger and humor of Algernon When Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest he gave birth to a wonderful character named Algernon Moncrieff. In this essay we will see how the appetites of this character add to the humor of this play. To analyze this we will look at his character traits. Algernon’s traits of gluttony‚ dishonesty‚ romance and wit hive us delightful humor throughout the play. As a glutton‚ Algernon puts his appetite first and people second. In the beginning of the
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Compare and Contrast two key themes in Alice Walker’s ‘The Flower’ ‘The Flower’‚ written by Alice Walker is a short story about a young 10 years old girl called Myop who has loses her innocence because of what she had found in the forest. This short story was written during the first half of the 1900’s where there were civil rights in America. Alice Walker‚ who is an American-African writer‚ wrote this story to let the reader be aware of what is happening and how the African-American people are
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