ELEMENTS OF PASTORAL LITERARY MODE IN ALAN HOLLINGHURST’S THE SWIMMING-POOL LIBRARY Summary: This essay ’s purpose is to explore the use of the pastoral technique as a specific dominion for English homoerotic literature‚ focusing on Alan Hollinghurst’s novel The Swimming-pool Library. I make an attempt to look into the main features of classic pastoral mode incorporated in English landscape culture and also to find the contrasting characteristics of anti-pastoral literature. This
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ARCHETYPAL SETTINGS 1. The River – Almost any source of water will focus on the importance of life. Without water there is no life. A journey on or down a river is often a metaphor for life’s journey or a character’s journey‚ especially if the river is shown as a road or means of travel – pulling or pushing a character through changes. (Twain’s Huck Finn) Rivers can also be a metaphor for the passage of time (Big Fish) or the stages of a human life (creek‚ roaring river‚ sea; or the crossing of
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Setting: The Birthplace of “Feathertop” Many times in life acting upon jealousy usually backfires. So when a jealous witch in a seventeenth-century town in New England started “making a scarecrow‚” you start to piece things together and things don’t seem like they will turn out right (Hawthorne 1). And thus begins the short story‚ “Feathertop”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Using archaic word choice‚ wicked words‚ and talking about things that were popular in the seventeenth-century‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Elements of Modernism in American Literature by Audrey Farley‚ Demand Media RSS Email Share Modernism in American literature was greatly inspired by the avant-garde trends in art. Related Articles How to Cite a Literature Book in APA Format African-American Literary Traditions How to Write the Intro Paragraph of a Literary Elements Essay Elements of Poetry Including Figures of Speech Modernism was a cultural wave that originated in Europe and swept the United States during the
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Elements of Fiction‚ pg. 358-364 There are specific elements that you can look for in a work of fiction‚ and for this class specifically‚ the short story. In order to determine if something is a complete story‚ you look for the following elements. These are also listed on the Fiction Terms sheet as the specific definitions that you will see on the exam. Plot: Plot is simply what happens in the story. Traditional plots have a beginning‚ rising action‚ a climax‚ falling action‚ and an end. Many stories
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confusion which prevails And the detection of cryptic allusions and metaphors‚ the symbols of the same factual Nmadnma to help the reader. In this paper we Nmadgvnh the rhetorical elements of poetry‚ criticism‚ analysis‚ and we They have an ambiguous viewpoint. Keyword Icon Nmadgvn findings‚ rhetorical elements‚ poetry‚ mystery‚ Knayh symbolic metaphor Nmadnma. Introduction Despite several century-old history and its symbols and symbolism‚ and its high frequency in modern literature‚ from
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Ovalles1/16/2014 English In history‚ there have been various wars that have affected the lives of people around the world. The Setting Sun by Ousamu Dazai and The Reader by Bernhard Schlink are both examples of how World War II affected people. In The Setting Sun the author displays how much a country’s tradition changes after imperialism which is why some people might say The Setting Sun best represents the effects World War II had on culture. However‚ The Reader best describes the effects the war had
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couldn’t even predict the madness that was about to fall upon him by his own hand simply because of the look of an odd eye. Afterall‚ he did indeed love a man that he was responsible for his brutal demise. Such sardonic contradictions reflect the elements of irony. “Tell Tale Heart” also boasts some rich symbolism with the old man eye‚ as well as some strong themes‚ all of which enrich the story being told and adds to the sheer ridiculousness that is the narrator. In the ‘Tell Tale Heart” Edgar
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Kayla Meadows Instructor Rita Rogers ENG 131-IT3 10 May 2014 Literary Elements Used in “[Stop All the Clocks‚ Cut Off the Telephone]” In the poem “[Stop All the Clocks‚ Cut off the Telephone]”‚ W.H. Auden is able to incorporate the usage of personification‚ metaphors‚ and imagery effectively to help the reader feel the overwhelming grief the speaker is experiencing over the loss of his or her loved one. Auden is able to draw a vivid picture of the grief felt after the loss of a loved one. The speaker
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Elements of “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” Every poet has a unique way in which they construct a particular poem. Some poets have a tendency to stay within the same style while other’s break out of the mold and write in a style of their own. For Frost‚ most of his work was composed in an English meter however‚ when composing “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” he strayed away from his usual tendencies of writing. “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” (1920) is the only poem Robert Frost ever composed in a classical
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