2011 International Conference on Languages‚ Literature and Linguistics IPEDR vol.26 (2011) © (2011) IACSIT Press‚ Singapore Exploring the Post-Colonial Literary Canon Sandhya Rao Mehta Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman Abstract. This paper addresses some the most prominent problematics of working with an established literary canon‚ including the extent to which‚ when implemented in universities worldwide‚ it represents the emerging concerns of diverse communities across the world. The main argument
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One Hundred Years of Solitude Historical roots of Macondo and the Buendia family. One Hundred Years of Solitude is about on imagined mythical town which is named as Macondo. Its foundation‚ rise‚ development and death throughout the history of its founders; Buendia family is narrated. It is the evolution and eventual decadence of a small Latin American town and its inhabitants. The novel is dominated by Colombian settings and the Buendia family is a Colombian family of those times that the
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worldwide popularity of Bollywood stars is the fact that not one‚ not two but 4 Bollywood stars have their wax look-a-likes at Madame Tussauds. Amitabh Bachchan‚ Shah Rukh Khan‚ Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan have their wax statues at Madame Tussaud’s. Amitabh Bachchan‚ Aishwarya Rai‚ Shah Rukh Khan‚ Aamir Khan‚ Salman Khan‚ Madhuri Dixit are all stars who have a tremendous fan following abroad. Shilpa Shetty a Bollywood bombshell who participated in the U.K.’s biggest reality show “Big Brother” has gained
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It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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References: Benazir Bhutto is used as the basis for the character Arjumand Harappa or ’Virgin Iron Pants ’ in Salman Rushdie ’s novel‚ Shame. Rushdie also reviews her autobiography in his article ’Daughter of the East ’ which can be found in the collection of his work‚ Imaginary Homelands. She is also featured briefly in Madonna ’s music video ’Get Stupid ’‚ which can be found
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Prejudice: background Info Definition: Preconceived opinion not based on reason‚ evidence or experience. Further Definition: (sets the ideas/scene) Prejudice is a part of human nature that has caused a great deal of controversy in society from the dawn of civilization. Simply put‚ it is a sort of instinct. Sometimes‚ the instinct is inborn‚ other times it is taught‚ but in both cases‚ it forms a strong generalized belief about a group. This group can be made up of anything‚ from people to
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Ahmed Al-Nabhani Mr. L Modern Middle East A-block September‚ 2014 Is Oil a Blessing or a Course? 1908 was a turning point for the Middle East‚ due to the discovery of oil in Persia and in 1938 in Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Arabian Gulf. Due to this blessed discovery of oil‚ the Middle East has been rapidly developing and become more developed over the years. This development could only happen of the oil money is put into good use and not taken by the corrupt and greedy members of the government
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problems‚ and over 4000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube. • All resources are available for free. Khan Academy reaches about 10‚000‚000 students per month and has delivered over 300‚000‚000 lessons Case Overview • Salman Khan founded non profit education academy called Khan Academy in 2006. • He is a graduate from MIT and Harvard Business School. • The slogan is “A free world class education for anyone & anywhere”. • The website has 4500 micro lectures
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by Harper Lee Zainab Salman ENG1D1-07 Ms Gulens 2011-01-20 T.K.A.M.B Essay by Zainab Salman Scout has a lot of people
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SET – 1 Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS. 1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks. 2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. 3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper. 4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. We stand poised precariously and challengingly on the razor’s edge of destiny. We are now at the mercy of atom bombs and the like which would
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