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    English Literature

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    The Shri Ram School English Literature Project 2013-2014 Class X You are required to do two separate assignments: A. On‚ ‘As You Like It’ B. On‚ either poetry or short stories You have to choose one question/theme from each genre Both assignments have to be completed in a total of 1500 words. You are free to divide the words between both assignments as you choose. Please remember that this project will be assessed for the ICSE Board examination and will constitute a part of the marks awarded for

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    Children’s Literature It is hard to imagine a world without books for children. Ever since there were children‚ there has been children’s literature too. There have been children’s stories and folk-tales when man first learned to speak. Children’s books‚ however‚ are a late growth of literature. Miss Yonge says‚ "Up to the Georgian era there were no books at all for children or the poor‚ excepting the class-books containing old ballads and short tales". We shall nevertheless see that there were

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    Chameleons‚ translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn. Set in contemporary Angola‚ the book is particularly notable for being narrated by a lizard. The judges this year were the poet David Constantine‚ writer and editor Jennie Erdal‚ Arts Council Literature officer Kate Griffin‚ novelist Ali Smith and the literary editor of the Independent‚ Boyd Tonkin. Admirably the prize is shared between the translator and author‚ thus honouring an art that often goes unsung. The book was evidently a popular choice

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    Literature and Life Debora C. English 125 Professor Daw March 28‚ 2011 Literature and Life The magic of reading is that it brings you to another place and feeling. At times it can make you smile with character‚ and other times make you cry with him. Sometimes it may even allow the reader to identify with the characters. Reality can often be a lot like a piece of literature‚ in that a person may be going through the exact same thing‚ or something similar‚ and be feeling the same way. It

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    It is a normal day in Victorian England‚ I and my family wake up‚ and do what we usually do‚ go to work. Once I got to work‚ my boss assigned me to a new chimney. It was a normal day of cleaning‚ until I spot a girl out of the corner of my eye. I get lowered down to the bottom‚ and I introduce myself. After we both introduce ourselves‚ I find out her name is Kate‚ Kate Dickens‚ the third child of Charles Dickens. I was shocked‚ I was standing in front of Charles Dickens daughter. I tell her I have

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    Allusions In Literature

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    piece of work. Memory‚ symbol‚ and patterns help us understand the language of reading. These three things must be applied when reading a piece of literature. Symbolic imagination is the ability to look beyond the plot of the story and see the patterns inside the book. This is an important skill to have when trying to understand the language of literature. 2) Foster means that all stories take ideas from other stories. There is no story that is completely original without any similarity to another

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    Jenny Liu FAS 109 – 14.00 03 December 2007 Essay: Artemis Goddess‚ Victorian Corsets‚ and Its Contemporary Revivals “Fashion has always had a love affair with history‚ old themes worn as new details.” - Judith Clark‚ curator of the Spectres exhibition at the V&A. Although costume and fashion are too often considered the same‚ they are two different concepts. Costumes are in history and set as a foundation for revival and contemporary fashion. It expresses the way of

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    Philippine Literature

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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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    Allusions In Literature

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    There are few works that truly stand alone when it comes to literature. As such‚ many allusions to other works are brought up whether explicitly or unbeknownst to even to author An allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. However‚ in the poems “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” by John Keats and “When I Consider How My Light is Spent” by John Milton‚ the authors explicitly allude to specific works to incite

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    women’s in Victorian England were not so good how it is in today society. The women’s that had lives in the Victorian England in the 1830 through 19 century did not had independents in society as the men’s do. The women’s in Victorian England was not able to sue‚ or have the right to vote they couldn’t even have their own property. The role of women s in Victorian England were women’s that had to what the man say to do because it was the law during Victorians era. The women’s job during Victorian era were

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