What is Literature? Language Department IPGK Pendidikan Teknik Based on your experience learning literature‚ what is literature? What are the characteristics of literature? Do you need to learn literature? • Traditionally‚ literature is “imaginative” writing. • However‚ the distinction between “real” and “fake” or “fact” and “fiction” isn’t always a good distinction; many classical works were non-fiction. Literature is Subjective • Since the 1980’s‚ the “literary
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assault victims for their circumstances. The reasons surrounding victim blaming might seem obvious‚ but attribution
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“How do your texts relate to the characteristics of the Gothic Genre?” The Gothic literature movement began in the late 19th century and was a derivative of the Romantic Movement. Writers of the Gothic Genre were focused on drawing on the emotions of the reader and creating an atmosphere of suspense‚ mystery‚ terror and dread. The writers also emphasized the supernatural‚ and how horror can be present in many everyday situations. Gothic texts also place emphasis on emotions such as agitation
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The Castle of Otranto – A Gothic Novel Picture of the Title Page of the Second Edition A Dossier by Luisa Hiller‚ Johannes Klein‚ Benjamin Priebst‚ and Claudia Haack Table of Contents: 1. Introduction – The Gothic Novel 2. Horace Walpole 2.1. The Life of Horace Walpole 2.2. The Works of Horace Walpole 3. “The Castle of Otranto - A Gothic Novel“ 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Index of Characters 3.3. Summary of the Plot 3.4. The Characters ’ Appearance 3.5. The Character Constellation
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Gothic literature is a genre associated with horror‚ mystery and terror they play a key role in providing elements that could frighten and impress the reader. The story "The feather pillow" is a one of the Hispanic gothic literature that has all the components that represent gothic literature (mystery‚ terror‚ super natural) that startles the reader. “There are stains on the pillow that look like blood” (Quiroga). “Jordan felt the hair rise on the back of his neck” (Quiroga). Horacio Quiroga in
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Oedipus: A Victim of Fate Oedipus‚ the protagonist from Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King”‚ is a great example of the immense power that fate has within literature. Sophocles is very effective in portraying the wrath of fate as he shows how Oedipus is a victim of fate and‚ despite his endless efforts‚ was unable to avoid it. Fate managed to overcome Oedipus’s efforts to avoid falling victim to it. He is completely innocent of what happened to him. Oedipus was a good king and a man of honorable character
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Gothic fiction writing: As I make my way over the hill I see dark clouds surrounding the place I’ve been heading towards‚ the large estate that my uncle and aunt own. It has a large building that looks somewhat like a castle‚ it is a cream colour with blue roofs but still manages to look dark and mysterious and has an eerie feel surrounding it. It is long and on half of it is about 10 floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof‚ the other half is lower down‚ only about 5 stories
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opinion of the main character Neddy‚ because they cannot see his actual thought processes. This point of view gives a tremendous impact to the story. It is one of the most important literary elements Cheever uses to accomplish an outstanding piece of literature. Cheever successfully focuses reader’s attention on exactly the detail‚ opinion‚ and emotion the he wants to emphasize by manipulating third person point of view of in his short story. For example “Had you gone for a
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The Victim of Fate Throughout the ages it is believed fate‚ by some uncontrollable force‚ has the power to forge one ’s destiny. The outcome of a person ’s choices is controlled by the way in which they are fated to occur. However‚ some believe these choices can defy fate and that fate only manipulates one ’s mind into choosing their own path. The question still remains as to whether individuals are victims of fate or of their own choices‚ or if each aspect plays a significant part in determining
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silence‚ mad and evil women in Wide Sargasso Sea that is written by Jean Rhys and Sula that is written by Toni Morrison. The first novel Wide Sargasso Sea contains women’s body‚ silence‚ feminist theories and racial oppression against patriarchy. Jean Rhys‚ using these perspectives‚ tells the story of Antoinette‚ patriarchy‚ British dominated rules and roles and limited perspectives of a woman. In Wide Sargasso Sea‚ Jean Rhys “exposes the marginalized condition of women within the patriarchal
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