To define genre is to embark on a conjectural journey within a theoretical minefield. Genre theory has drawn immense debate and contemplation throughout literary history‚ however‚ several conclusions have emerged. Genre types are unfixed categories whose characteristics differ considerably among the specific genres; furthermore‚ the role of literary history plays a significant role in discussions of genre‚ for genre types evolve and shift with each new literary text. An approach to the discussion
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Kevin Amaya 3/29/13 English poetry paper Poetry is the true expression of one’s inner feelings and mood. One can truly express themselves and explain their feelings in poetry and that is why it is such a famous method of writing. No poem is exactly the same but it is possible for a poem to share the same theme as another. Whether the general topic is different and the circumstances are different‚ a theme is always constant. It is like comparing feelings with someone else and sharing
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A Different History by Sujata Bhatt Wednesday November 09th 2011‚ 9:59 am Filed under: A Different History This poem is written by Sujata Bhatt who emigrated from India. This poem is about the British Colonization in India and importance of religions and culture in India. There are 2 seperated parts in the story where there is 2 different themes and different moods. Cultural difference‚ importance of language‚ lost identities(souls)‚ Indian traditions are the most important themes. The poet
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When crime features in literature‚ there are often many ways it is dealt with. In “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs.Jones was almost robbed by a boy named Roger. Instead of calling the cops Mrs.Jones took the boy home to her house‚ washed‚ fed and gave him money to buy the sneakers that he had wanted to steal the money for. In contrast‚ in Roald Dahl’s “Lambs to the Slaughter”‚ Mary kills her husband‚ Patrick Maloney‚ after he told her he is going to leave her. After killing her husband‚
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Every film has a plot to it‚ one or more themes‚ and a story that is being told. Storylines‚ as in movies‚ are often hard to understand or they make sense differently to individuals. It is crucial to to make sense of the countless aspects fitted together in a story to make the movie overall. Some people are not aware about the fact that‚ like there exists the study psychology‚ there is also the study Narratology‚ which is “the study of how stories work‚ how we make sense of the raw material of a
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In this article‚ Lambie explores what the future warnings in movies like Elysium‚ Transcendence‚ and RoboCop tell us about our present fears. He starts off by explaining how science fiction movies have changed from stories about “technological utopia[s]” to “bleak and cynical dystopias.” He explains that “[g]rim visions of the future are far from new in science fiction‚ and their ideas often contrast starkly with reality…they’re extrapolations of where we are in the present‚ and where our current
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"My parents kept me from children who were rough" is a poem I have recently been reading. It is written by Stephen spender. It is about a boy who longs to be part of a group of children who he looks up to. I think the poet is writing about himself because he uses a lot of words like ’my’‚ ’me’ and ’I’. In the first paragraph the poet introduces some of the things they do. The poet writes about them throwing "Words like Stones". He also writes about how they dress and take off their clothes. The
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The most common contemporary understanding of theme is a main idea or an underlying meaning that is central to the story in a film. If a plot refers to the sequence of events of a story‚ this is the surface of a film or what we see and hear. The theme then would be what’s under the surface‚ or the idea or point that the audience receives from watching the film. A director or writer of a film may make themes very clear and sometime these lessons or messages can be very subtle. Themes can be exemplified
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I would like to tell you about my reaction to the Neil Gainman’s article about the use of fiction. As we know the meaning of a fiction story is imagination or fantasy story‚ it means not a real story. Neil Gainman told us that reading fiction is reading for pleasure that is one of the most important things everyone can do (Gainman‚ 2013). For him the fiction has two uses ‚ first ‚ “It’s a gateway drug to reading” (Gainman‚ 2013‚ p.8)‚ and second‚ “to build empathy” (Gainman‚ 2013‚ p.15). I
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Kimberly Armogan Professor Hamm Eng. 200 F2 03/07/12 Literary Terms in “The Bean Eaters” Did you know Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American‚ male or female‚ to win the Pulitzer Prize (eNotes.com)? Brooks was born on June 7‚ 1917 and began to have an interest in poem early in her life. Her first poem was published at the age of thirteen in the American Childhood Magazine in 1930. Today she is known for having more than twenty books of poems published like “The Children Coming Home”
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