The Silvius-Phebe affair is the stereotypical pastoral-romantic stuff cast in a frame of mockery : Silvius being more in love with the idea of love and its conventions‚ rather than with his beloved. Touchstone‚ the professional jester‚ makes a parody of romantic love in his having the country wench‚ Audrey‚ for a bride. Touchstone is himself aware of only the sexual aspect of love & reminds us of the same. He looks for a bogus priest to solemnise his marriage‚ and thinks of a divorce even before
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin Key facts: full title: Northanger Abbey author: Jane Austen type of work: Novel genre: ’Bildungsroman’(novel of education or moral development); parody of Gothic novels language: English (British‚ late 1700s/early 1800s) time and place written: 1798–1799 in Austen’s home in Steventon‚ Hampshire. It was sold to a publisher in 1803 but not published. Later‚ after Austen’s success with other novels‚ she bought back the manuscript and revised it slightly
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Characters 1) Types of Characters: Protagonist (hero): the central figure with whom we usually sympathize or identify Antagonist (villain): the figure who opposes the protagonist and creates the conflict Foil Character: the figure whose personality traits are the opposite of the main character’s. This is a supporting character and usually made to shine the protagonist. 2) The ways characters are portrayed:(varnan ) Flat Characters (stock‚ static characters or stereotypes): they have no depth
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I drew a parody of The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo to represent religious pluralism. Shown alongside the Christian God is Buddha‚ Ganesha‚ and Guru Granth Sahib‚ as an ode to the many other religions in the world that should be recognized. Many famous artwork is inspired from Christianity because that was the dominant faith in history. However‚ that does not diminish the validity of others. By putting religious figures from different culture in a Renaissance painting‚ it means that they too
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Asia-Pacific Science and Culture Journal‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 3‚ 23-41 OPEN ACCESS ISSN 2220-4504 www.ieit-web.org/apscj Women’s Secret Language: the Madwoman in the Attic in a Cultural and Psychological Context JIA Shi 1 1 The University of Iowa E-Mails: daisy-wreath@hotmail.com Received: Apr. 2011 / Accepted: May 2011 / In Press: May 2011 / Published: Jun. 2011 Abstract: As an outstanding representative of the second-wave feminism‚ The Madwoman in the Attic is still useful in handling
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Heteroglossia - Langue and linguistic variation Bakhtin developed the notion in contrast with the structuralist account of language‚ which was centered in the notion of langue‚ that is‚ the systematic set of rules determining the well-formedness of an expression or utterance. This concept‚ introduced by Saussure‚ emphasised the notion that the code conformed by the linguistic norms must be common to all speakers for communication to be possible. This was seen as a dangerous simplification by Bakhtin
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Chaucer clearly describes the pardoner as a parody‚ using satirical language to represent the corruption of the fourteenth century Church. This is evident through his immoral intentions‚ “I preche of no thyng but for coveityse” highlighted by this candid tone and repetition. This is particularly evident as he admits to his own hypocrisy and deceit‚ “For myn entente is nat but for to wynne‚ and nothing for correccioun of synne” emphasised by the rhyming of the juxtaposed nouns. The discourse marker
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Techniques for Prose Analysis Assumptions of close-reading prose: 1. Writing style is itself an expression of philosophy; or‚ to put it another way‚ form contains ideas 2. The formal aspects of writing - diction‚ sentence structure etc. - may work against the literal sense of the writing - or enhance it. 3. The subtleties of connotation and diction form a layer of meaning which is additional to the surface meaning of the text. 4. Every prose text comes with a host of expections - of genre‚ writing
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Communist Russia both in the early part of the 20th century‚ Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is both a warning against and a parody of these methods of thinking. First of all‚ Nineteen Eighty-Four is a warning against the rise to power of people‚ parties and ideals that Orwell considered a dark path for humanity. His construct of ‘The Party’ in then novel is very much a reflection or parody‚ perhaps more of a continuation of‚ the “totalitarians” as O’Brien calls them. It has been noted that Orwell saw the
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on how becoming a better liar can make you a much smarter person in a very humorous and entertaining way. 2. What techniques does Twain use to create his satire? The techniques that twain creates in his satire are understatement‚ wit‚ irony and parody. 3. What is the issue McCullough is satirizing? The issue McCullough is trying to satirize for yourself to be kind and a little egoist and only think about yourself‚ he thinks that we should do things to satisfy ourselves first and then worry about
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