Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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Chapter One 1.1. Background : Harold Pinter occupies a very significant position in the contemporary British theatre. He is a dramatist‚ scriptwriter‚ short story writer‚ director‚ and actor and in his later plays‚ he has become a political voice of Human Rights issues. He is considered the most respected writer for the stage in the world today. He was born in a Jewish family on October 10-1930 at Hackney‚ in London’s East End‚ an area with a Jewish population. This working-
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William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616) He is often called England’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon". Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18‚ he married Anne Hathaway‚ with whom he had three children: Susanna‚ and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592‚ he began a successful career in London as an actor‚ writer‚ and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men‚ later known as the King’s Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford
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HUMANICUS issue 8 / 2013 Naturalist Aesthetics in John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World Gabriel Sunday Bamgbose Abstract: Efforts have always been made by literary scholars and critics to read the aesthetics of John Millington Synge‟s drama. However‚ little attention has been paid to the naturalistic dimension of Synge‟s plays. This study‚ therefore‚ investigates the naturalist aesthetics in Synge‟s dramaturgy. This is in an attempt to show that individuals‟
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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Coursework Guidance GCE English Literature OCR Advanced GCE in English Literature H471 Unit F664 Texts in Time This Coursework Guidance is designed to accompany the OCR Advanced GCE specification in English Literature for teaching from September 2008. © OCR 2007 Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction Summary of Unit Content Coursework Guidance Assessment Criteria Unit F664 Texts in Time Administration/Regulations FAQs 3 4 6 16 20 24 2 GCE English Literature 1 Introduction The
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UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SCHEME OF EXAMINATION AND COURSES OF READING FOR THE M. A. EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH Syllabus applicable for students seeking admission to the M. A. Course in English in the academic year 2009-10 2 The M.A. English syllabus comprises 16 courses to be taught over 4 semesters and two years. Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Courses 0101 - 0104 Courses 0201 - 0204 Courses 0301 - 0304 Courses 0401 - 0404 Courses 0104‚ 0203‚ 0304 and 0403 offer options. Students
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FTER Hollywood cinema and climate change: The Day After Tomorrow. Ingram‚ David. In Words on Water: Literary and Cultural Representations‚ Devine‚ Maureen and Christa Grewe-Volpp (eds.) (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier‚ 2008). Climate change‚ like many other environmental problems‚ is slow to develop‚ not amenable to simple or fast solutions‚ and caused by factors that are both invisible and complex (Adam 17). Making a narrative film about climate change therefore does not fit
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Venting out is one of the efficient ways of releasing anger. In today’s technology‚ loosing anger has found an innovative technique. Unconsciously‚ people have used some of the novel ways of “blowing off” their steams before‚ but they do not label it. Do you remember something happened in your life that you were so angry and you want to pick up anything on your reach and throw it as hard as you can to release what
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The 48 Laws of Power byRobert Greene Maurice Fischer INB491 The 48 Laws of Power Law 1 Never Outshine the Master Make the people above you feel greater than you are‚ even if they are not. This makes sense in many cases but don’t apply to others. All people working for someone will see that this law will apply to them‚ the boss or in this case the “master” is on top. The person on the top‚ most likely‚ worked his or hers way up and does not want to be thrown from his or hers throne. It
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