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    critically acclaimed‚ yet possibly the most provocative and controversial‚ filmmakers working in the industry today. His filmic style is unique and consistent‚ remaining widely recognised for his cinema of discomfort. Haneke repeatedly returns to similar narrative themes based on social and often political contexts consistently challenging audiences to “consider their own responsibility for what they watch” (Brunnette‚ 2010‚ 2). In doing so‚ Haneke has successfully identified himself as one of the most acclaimed

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    define suspense in his films by "concern for how a character will respond to a threat about which the audience is already informed. Here‚ viewers feel suspense for the character rather than fright or shock with the character‚ [unlike his definition of surprise]" (Cohen 126). In this article‚ Cohen talks about a second kind of suspense‚ which she calls conceptual suspense. She describes it as "extending the suspense situation into a larger social/historical arena. This type of suspense makes it possible

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    Kevin Scott English 120 Prof. Creeley 2/28/13 Time O’Brien: Depictions of Soldiers Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ consists of a series of interconnecting narratives that tell the stories of the soldiers in the Vietnam War. Each story depicts the soldiers in a different way. It can be inferred that O’Brien did this purposefully to illustrate to the reader the different sides of every soldier. O’Brien describes the soldiers in two main‚ ironically opposing ways; an honorable

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    having to see the sorrow in their eyes and their voice. Even without the sight of a human‚ our ears can sense the softness and innocence in a person’s voice as they are depressed‚ aggressive‚ or cheerful. 3. How does the setting relate to the narrative? (Choose a specific example/scene from the film). The setting has pathetic fallacy‚ with the dark eerie mood and dark skies and white skin. With excessive use of black and white‚ it adds a scary and tragedy which matches the story line. 4.

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    Q. Find out more about magic Realism. Do you think this story employs elements of magic realism? Ans. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most prolific writer of the twentieth century. Marquez adopts a distinctive narrative style in his writings which is popularly known as magic realism. It is a combination of myth‚ legend‚ dream and fantasy with a plot that has Verisimilitude. Magic Realism is an extended view of Postmodernism. Postmodernism had been applied to the literature and art after World

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    Pre-writing Graphic Organizer Topic:     Generating Ideas:     Who? List and describe the characters involved in the narrative you are creating. Character Name:   How would you describe this character? Why?                         Physical Appearance       Feelings       Attitude         Character Name:   How would you describe this character? Why?                         Physical Appearance       Feelings       Attitude         Character Name:   How would you describe this character? Why?                        

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    with prose fiction study and to texts you have enjoyed reading independently. Are there any you would consider appropriate for study with a year 11‚ 12 or 13 class? Why? Activity 1:1:1: Discussion Forum - Texts for study Narrative study - an overview The study of narrative is the study of how stories are told. When we study prose fiction‚ we are looking in detail at the choices that the author has made and how those choices combine to create a particular piece of writing. It is important to convey

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    Within the extract‚ Niffengger uses a variety of the possible presentations of speech and thought‚ mainly including Indirect‚ Free Indirect and Narrative Presentation of Speech/Thought Acts. Due to the novel making use of a heterodiegetic narrator‚ there are also many narrative report of action clauses (NRAs). NRAs are described by Simpson (2003) as maintaining ‘the ongoing action of the story as well as providing an external framework around which the strands of speech and thought are woven’ (p24)

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    as a movement in art and literature that revolted against rigid social conventions. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelly stresses the importance of individualism in Romantic Literature by developing various narratives of the story to generate perspectives of the same environment through different narratives. Robert Walton begins the novel through an epistolary frame for the actual story to build on. We learn that Walton is on a journey to venture to an area where no man has gone before and is also in search

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    sexuality‚ fear of violence‚ and lesbianism. This paper will focus on the topic of sexuality and colonialism. These two novels have further educated me on many things. For example‚ after reading Ana Historic‚ I discovered that there are various narrative forms and styles other than traditional European models. Daphne Marlatt uses writing styles such as écriture feminine; in which feminist writers “try to use their own bodies as a source for writing” (Sand 10) and gynesis‚ which is an “aesthetic strategy

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