onwards have emphasised the impact which literature has on the reader. Here‚ Arnold‚ arguably England’s most important cultural critic in the second half of the nineteenth century and someone who has exerted enormous influence on subsequent generations of critics even here in the Caribbean‚ focuses not on what literature does to the reader but what the reader or critic ought to do to the literary works which he reads. Influenced by Plato’s belief that the objective‚ absolute truth can be known‚ Arnold
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The 1920’s was filled with new ideas and concepts‚ much of which was disenchanted. Wealth and prosperity were two words that came to mind when one thought of the 1920’s. Anyone would love to have wealth and prosperity because it would provide them with better lives and would complete their American Dream. This era has many names such as‚ the Roaring Twenties‚ the Golden Twenties‚ the Jazz Age‚ and the Lost Generation. The Jazz Age‚ another name for the 1920’s‚ was the age when music became more popular
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Debate The debate of one’s sexuality has more commonly come into the picture of American society towards the very end of the 19th century. A captious discussion is the lifestyle of Walt Whitman: American poet‚ essayist and journalist. Though modern critics tend to debate his sexuality‚ there is great disagreement as to whether Whitman ever had sexual relations with men‚ expressed alongside his poetry. Walt Whitman was born on Long Island on May 31st‚ 1819‚ just thirty years after George Washington
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Numerous critics and the American Film Institute itself considers the musical film Singin’ in the Rain the greatest American musical. Singin’ in the Rain qualifies itself for this title by perfectly integrating music into the narrative and evolving the musical genre. In terms of the musical genre‚ Singin’ in the Rain excels in its use of musical performances to exemplify character’s emotional state of mind and preserving realism. The musical Singin’ in the Rain excels in every category of the musical
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In recent years society is more open to the concept of accept gay marriage and parenting as a healthy‚ normal family structure. Critics of the model focus on the effects of gay families on children. Religion argues that it is unnatural for two same sex individuals to raise children as a family. Conservatives and traditionalists worry "gay genes" will be passed along blood lines or instilled in adoptive children. Still others wrongfully assume that homosexual parents are child molesters in the
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Other critics link The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to a particular concern of the post-Darwinian world of the late nineteenth century: the fear that British society had become too civilized‚ too cultured. British men‚ it was feared‚ had become effete and no longer able to lead the British Empire. This fear that British men were not “manly” enough had the potential to destabilize England’s sense of leadership and cultural superiority. After all‚ the British defended their subjugation of
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J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye portrays Holden Caulfield‚ a New York City teenager in the 1950 ’s‚ as a manic-depressive. Some critics of Salinger’s novel assert that Holden is too whiney and annoying as a character. What these critics fail to realize is that Holden’s actions throughout the novel perfectly exemplify that of a depressed teenager. Manic depression‚ compulsive lying‚ and immaturity throughout the novel characterize Holden. Holden ’s depression finds its roots with the death
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that Strindberg himself‚ as a literary critic of his own work‚ established (consciously or unconsciously) the fundamental guidelines and ground rules for the interpretive controversies that have followed. By creating a dynamic tension between his theoretical‚ essentially pragmatic intentions in his “Preface to Miss Julie” and his creative achievements in “ Miss Julie” itself‚ Strindberg’s explicit dialogue opens interpretive space and invites other critics to fill this space with their various‚
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Portia suspect of not being altogether what she appears to be? Critics have debated this question over the centuries-some with greater enthusiasm than others. One such critic is Anna Jameson. Jameson’ allegations are valid concerning Portia’s undoubted wealth‚ beauty‚ and intelligence‚ but she fails to recognize that she is not all that she appears to be (141). Jameson’s review gives much praise to Portia. According to Jameson‚ “Many critics are so dazzled and engrossed by the amazing character of Shylock
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Critical approaches to Wide Sargasso Sea » Contemporary critical assessments Modernist approachesFeminist approachesPsychoanalytical criticismPost-colonial approachesChallenging European cultural supremacyA revised perspectivePost-colonial approaches and ChristophineHistoricist approaches Modernist approaches These tend to avoid racial and political commentary on the novel. They focus instead on such aspects of form as: Jean Rhys’ pared down style Her interest in representing the inner
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