Firstly‚ the passage is written in the form of prose. The eighteenth century literary realm was dominated with English prose‚ and is called an age of ‘prose and reason’. With the critical literary writers of the period in need of something more than poetry to rationalize what was going on in their society‚ English prose took the forefront. Politics were rampant at the time‚ with the two battle groups the Whigs and Tories at each other’s throats. Prose brought a modern simplicity and practicality that
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Title: Poetry Introduction: Sometimes‚ the emotion found its thought‚ and the thought found its words‚.that is poetry‚ and that is our topic for today. Body: Poetry-it is the language of the imagination. -is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning sound‚and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. -a term applied to the many forms in w/c human beings have given rhythmic expression to their most imaginative and intense perceptions of the world
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Joan Gardona Andrada II-BSE English Creative Writing (POETRY) Forms Specific poetic forms have been developed by many cultures. In more developed‚ closed or "received" poetic forms‚ the rhyming scheme‚ meter and other elements of a poem are based on sets of rules‚ ranging from the relatively loose rules that govern the construction of an elegy to the highly formalized structure of the ghazal or villanelle. Described below are some common forms of poetry widely used across a number of languages
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the Bad‚ and The Daily Show” his purpose was to formulate a response to the uncertainty regarding the legitimacy and ethics of ‘fake’ news sources. Zinser begins by discussing if it is acceptable to obtain information from a humorous and often satirical news source (in this example‚ The Daily Show)‚ he points out that “the question isn’t whether Jon Stewart or the show’s producers and writers are morally corrupt people‚ but whether or not fake news is‚ on the whole‚ beneficial or damaging to society”
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The invention of printing subjected the existing field of histories – whether allegedly true‚ romantic or novel – to a process of trivializationand commercialization. Romances had circulated in lavishly ornamented manuscripts to be read out to audiences. The printed book allowed a comparatively inexpensive alternative for the special purpose of silent reading. Abridgements of ancient historians‚ popular medieval histories of knights‚ stories of comical heroes‚ religious legends and collections of
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was sent to the Netherlands in 1585‚ Sidney was given command of a garrison‚ and died from wounds sustained in a military engagement. Sidney’s major writings probably belong to the period 1578–84‚ though none can be dated with certainty. Arcadia‚ a prose narrative interspersed with verse‚ combines chivalric romance‚ pastoral‚ comedy‚ and debate on ethics and politics. It survives in a complete earlier version and an unfinished expanded version. Astrophil and Stella‚ a cycle of 108 sonnets and 11 songs
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A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story‚ usually. The genre has historical roots in the fields of medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter‚ an Italian word used to describe short stories‚ supplied the present generic English term in the 18th century. Further definition of the genre is historically difficult. The construction of the narrative‚ the plot‚ the relation to reality‚ the
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of patriarchy; they are able to deviate from the norm of subservience and lack of control assigned to women in the society. In essence‚ both authors are able to create a compelling distinctive voice for the protagonist. Chaucer is able to adopt a satirical approach through the wife’s narrative to explore how power is assigned
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CLASSICAL BACKGROUND GREEK Background: Mythology‚ Heroic Age‚ Epic‚ Lyric (The Four Schools)‚ Tragedy‚ Comedy. Poetry Prose Drama Homer = Iliad Aristotle=Poetics Sophocles= King Oedipus‚Antigone Odyssey Plato =Republic Aeschylus
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Satire is a literary work in which the follies of its subject are attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit‚ usually to fulfill a corrective purpose. Those who satirize are called satirists. Satire is an art‚ and while making a point‚ it should do it in such a way that the reader doesn’t feel assaulted‚ or moralized. No one likes a moralizer. Satire’s more eye opening than judgmental‚ and is conveyed through distortion‚ exaggeration (as well as understatement)‚ paronomasia‚ ambiguity and innuendo
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