consists of • An explicit thesis in the introduction that informs readers of the point of the entire essay • Unified and coherent paragraphs • Sustained development of that thesis without digressions Open-form prose consists of • No reduction to a single‚ summarizable thesis • The use of story or narrative as an organizing principle through which a point emerges suggestively • Focus of open-form prose is more like a theme in fiction The thesis statement is the main
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which conveys information that has a clear use (such as a cookbook)‚ and literature of power which is more abstract‚ and enriches the reader in more intangible ways. In its simplest form‚ literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. However‚ after exploring the ideas and works of authors such as Thomas de Quincey‚ Vladimir Nabokov‚ and Francine Prose‚ I have come to a conclusion that literature is definitely more than that. It must be. Reading their great works gives us a vivid image
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In Franz Kafka’s "A Hunger Artist‚" the author speaks about his method of writing; his affliction that mirrors that of a person who fasts. Throughout his prose‚ he tells the story of a man who-- while others in his time flaunt their skills in living and in cheating death-- has mastered the art of dying. In his own time‚ Kafka was never famous for his writing. In 1922‚ around the time he retired from a Czechoslovakia insurance company for which he was a lawyer‚ he wrote "A Hunger Artist." He had
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Dickinson’s “I Dwell in Possibility” she speaks of a “house” which is “fairer” than “prose”. Prose by definition is writing that is not poetry. “I dwell in Possibility- A fairer House than Prose” (Dickinson 879). What Dickinson is saying is that the possibilities she deals in i.e. Poetry‚ anything is possible‚ and poetry can be taken as anything. Without the writer comes out and says exactly what it is about the reader can draw any conclusion‚ in poetry nothing is set in stone. Whereas with a story written
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activity of daily life‚ including being objective when we want to date a girl. However‚ Junot Diaz depicted in his prose how a guy received suggestions to date a girl in very subjective way. Torstenson (2006) stated this then becomes the crucial irony and driving force of the story‚ and the possible for either participant to know the other objectively becomes impossible as Diaz instructs the reader to go through subjective disguises onto his interactions‚ masking his history‚ social status‚ and even racial
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asked to read more quality pieces of literature now a days. In my opinion I agree with Prose because I think the texts we read in high school are not challenging and not a lot of students enjoy the readings because they cannot relate. Prose uses the rhetorical strategy of degrading the books high school students are reading and she uses her own personal experiences to support her argument. Throughout the essay‚ Prose argues that literatures in high schools are dumbing down the English curriculum. She
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The Modern Mind is a very compelling‚ complex and versatile subject to the world around us and our cultures. It offers so much insight into how it shaped the Humanities. The most well-known man for contributing to the importance of the modern mind is Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Freud was known for his theories of psychoanalysis and his study of the unconscious mind. Freud “theorized that human consciousness was in a constant struggle with repressed‚ unconscious desires”. One of the ways Freud was
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the reader an easy read through of battles‚ ill-tempered old men‚ and seemingly unimportant women. Therein lies our problem‚ The Iliad is not a short story‚ it is not a quick read to which anyone could simply just put away when finished‚ this is a work of art. Admittedly it is hard to read about so many deaths in the same way over and over again‚ and see the same pain‚ the same agony and despair‚ without the distraction of pretty words‚ in a plain novel. Putting this intense story in prose doesn’t
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Haozhao Zhang Geremy Carnes English 124 09/17/12 Definition paper (final draft) It must be a surprise if you are informed that the word “romance” is a literature genre which usually consist of adventure stories. You first reaction could be pointing out that it is me who was wrong about this definition by mentioning or quoting how people using this word in writing. But if you search for it in the dictionary or old novels before late 17th centuries‚ you would find that I’m telling you the truth
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[This Article appeared in the American Scientist (Nov-Dec 1990)‚ Volume 78‚ 550-558. Retyped and posted with permission.] The Science of Scientific Writing If the reader is to grasp what the writer means‚ the writer must understand what the reader needs George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan* *George D. Gopen is associate professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Judith A. Swan
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