The Silent Treatment: Suppression of the Voice in The Woman Warrior and When Living Was A Labor Camp Gloria Anzaldúa‚ in her novel Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza‚ proclaims that “I will have my voice: Indian‚ Spanish‚ white. I will have my serpent’s tongue – my woman’s voice‚ my sexual voice‚ my poet’s voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence” (81). Anzaldúa is speaking out against those who encourage and demand that she (and other minorities) tread with caution when they
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LOCAL LITERATURE A. High School Students’ Reasoning Skills and Their Study Habits and Attitude Towards Learning Reasoning involves providing arguments‚ premises‚ justification‚ and evidence to claims or positions. However‚ acquisition of reasoning skills requires much from students. It requires good study habits and positive attitudes‚ as well as good contextual reinforcers and influences. Many educators have noted that learning is dynamic and that it does not occur in a vacuum. Learning happens
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Okonkwo was a tragic hero because he was a great warrior‚ great wrestler‚ and had multiple wives. Okonkwo’s flaw is that he has too much pride that led to his downfall. Throughout the course of senior year literature‚ we have read several stories that have tragic heroes as their main characters. In Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo is the tragic hero. Okonkwo relates to Willy in Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller‚ and Oedipus in Oedipus‚ by Sophocles Oedipus. Okonkwo is a tragic hero because he is
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Tragic heroes are found everywhere throughout literature. A tragic hero is a character who makes a mistake that leads to his or her downfall. According to Aristotle‚ “A man does not become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the protagonist John Proctor is a tragic hero as defined by Aristotle. Proctor makes mistakes and eventually admits what he has done‚ which leads to his death. Tragic heroes must have certain characteristics‚ including error
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To be a tragic hero or not to be a tragic hero‚ that is the question. This phrase is a clash between two very important figures of literature. William Shakespeare an English composer who wrote many well-known plays with Hamlet being the most popular and Aristotle who was a Greek philosopher and well known for his academics who created the expression tragic hero. Combining the work of these two individuals we come to question is Shakespeare’s character Hamlet worthy of Aristotle’s term tragic hero.
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Bibliography: 2. Haggard‚ H. Rider. King Solomon’s Mines (penguin popular classics)‚ 1994 3 2. Johnson‚ David‚ Poddar‚ Prem - A historical companion to postcolonial literatures in English (Edinburgh University Press)‚ 2005 3 4. Daniels‚ Patsy J: The voice of the oppressed in the language of the oppressor : a discussion of selected postcolonial literature from Ireland‚ Africa‚ and America (Routledge 2001) 5
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1. State the meaning of literature; 2. Discuss the importance of literature; 3. Appreciate the extent of literature in all aspects of human environment; 4. Familiarize yourselves with the types of literature; Compare and contrast the four literary genres 1.1 Topic - What is Literature? Literature seems too difficult to embrace to people who are indifferent to it. However‚ it continues to grow and stay because of its significance and value to man. Literature is an art of self-expression
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What is Literature? What is Literature? Literature is the voice of the times. Literature is something to look back and stay as the voice of the generation. What is literature? That is a question you can ask a thousand times and get back a thousand different answers and opinions in which all could be seen as correct. Literature can only be defined by the people with above average intellect‚ who grasp the writing concept‚ and understand literature work. What is literature? Literature is defined‚ has
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WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW Outline: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Research process Definition of LR Objectives of LR Steps in writing LR Guideline for planning LR Checklist for LR 1 I .RESEARCH PROCESS A research process – to recap... How you get the topic/topics of your thesis? 2 THE BASIC RESEARCH PROCESS DecisionDecision-Making Process Phase I – Formulation: • Confirm Need • Define the Problem • Review Literature & Examine Theory • Develop Questions & Objectives • Specify Hypotheses
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African literature -"Literature" can also imply an artistic use of words for the sake of art alone. ...traditionally‚ Africans do not radically separate art from teaching. Rather than write or sing for beauty in itself‚ African writers‚ taking their cue from oral literature‚ use beauty to help communicate important truths and information to society. Indeed‚ an object is considered beautiful because of the truths it reveals and the communities it helps to build. [2] African literature refers to
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