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British Literature 1. the Middle Ages the oldest literature monument of the Anglo – Saxon period is the old Germanic legend called BEOWULF. This heroic poem is about the strong and courageous pagan hero Beowulf John Wycliffe – is a professor of Oxford University. With his students he translated the whole Bible into English - he influenced Master Jan Hus and our Hussite movement very much 2. the renaissance and humanism Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – brilliant portrait of 30 pilgrims
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Euripides‚ youngest of the three great Greek tragedians‚ was born c.485 BC though he was scarcely a generation younger than Sophocles‚ his world view better reflects the political‚ social‚ and intellectual crises of late 5th-century Athens. Euripides’ enormous range spans contradictory tendencies: He was both a rationalist and a romanticist; he both criticized the traditional gods and celebrated religious phenomena He incorporated the new intellectual and scientific movements into his works but
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Ryan Bingham works for a company that helps and facilitates companies’ firing some of their worker. He and his colleagues make business trips all over the U.S and do their‚ in other words‚ they fire people. Ryan thinks that his job’s best side is to fly. He aims to save his frequent flyer miles until they reach one million miles and get the club card for his loyalty to the airlines. He also makes seminars for‚ with his words “awaking” people .He leads people to leave whatever been problem for them
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In 1894‚ Socialist playwright‚ George Bernard Shaw wrote the highly controversial play‚ Mrs. Warren ’s Profession. The play was censored and it would take eight years‚ before it was finally produced in London in 1902 for private performance. The production survived a mere two performances as an irate audience condemned the play‚ protesting that the content was immoral for its themes involving both prostitution and incest. Mrs. Warren ’s Profession however‚ presented both an argument and counter-argument
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1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories‚ but he then started to write tragedies‚ including plays like Othello and Macbeth‚ which are considered some of the finest work in English language. In his last phase‚ he wrote tragicomedies (romances) and collaborated with other playwrights. Although he was a respected poet and playwright in his own day‚ his reputation didn’t rise to its present heights until the 19th century. His work remains highly popular today and he is considered
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experiences and challenges which result in an alternation of perspective of themselves and their surroundings. The importance of growth and protection‚ each precursors to discovering new worlds‚ which are extrapolated in William Shakespeare’s 1661 tragicomedy ‘The Tempest and J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Shakespeare’s‘ The Tempest’‚ elucidates the transformative power of planned discoveries that manifest an individual’s desire to re-evaluate assumptions and unveil fresh insights into
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iguana‚ and it became time for Shannon to repent his sins. This made me ultimately decide the play was a drama because Reverend Shannon is not emotionally still in the same place as when the play started‚ which meant the play did not exemplify a tragicomedy. However‚ Reverend Shannon was not the only character in the play
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster) Notes Introduction Archetypes: Faustian deal with the devil (i.e. trade soul for something he/she wants) Spring (i.e. youth‚ promise‚ rebirth‚ renewal‚ fertility) Comedic traits: tragic downfall is threatened but avoided hero wrestles with his/her own demons and comes out victorious What do I look for in literature? - A set of patterns - Interpretive options (readers draw their own conclusions but must be able to support it) - Details ALL
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster In Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Red-Headed League‚" Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson both observe Jabez Wilson carefully‚ yet their differing interpretations of the same details reveal the difference between a "Good Reader" and a "Bad Reader." Watson can only describe what he sees; Holmes has the knowledge to interpret what he sees‚ to draw conclusions‚ and to solve the mystery
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