Gaarder feared that he had “sat down between two stools”. But he was mistaken. Sophie’s World fell on top of all the stools. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children‚ exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works‚ writing stories within stories. A summary of the book30-40% Sophie Amundsen is an ordinary 14-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her mother in an ordinary Norwegian suburb. One day back home from school Sophie gets an anonymous
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Aspects of Postmodernism in "Happy Endings" and "Videotape" According to Neil Bessner (Bessner)‚ postmodernism is a "slippery term to define" (15). If we look at the literal meaning of the word in a regular dictionary‚ we may encounter something like "a style and movement in art [ ] in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles‚ for example by mixing features form traditional and modern styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern
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Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov: A Comparative Analysis Ms. Sangita L. Patil Research Scholar‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur (India) The comparative analysis of the stories of two famous contemporary writers Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov gives an opportunity to follow the development of the genre of short stories in Canadian and in Russian literature. Both are stalwarts of their respective literature. Commenting on the greatness of A. Chekhov‚ E. B. Tager writes: As
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Ghost World and its metaphysics Being a teenager‚ I have realized that reality needs some adjustments. It was the first time I found people around useless and incapable of understanding the complex mixture of feelings dwelling in me. I found salvation in teaching myself how to express ‘no’ as a part of speech and mostly within‚ not without. But Daniel Clowes did not seem to care much about censorship while writing “Ghost World”‚ one of the best graphic novels about adolescence and its mechanism
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Name: Jonathan Kadish (567731) Module: ENGL 3004 Tutor: Prof. G. Gaylard Elective: Celluloid Metafiction Due date: 16 August 2013 Topic: Write a critical analysis of the significance of the non-linear narrative of Pulp Fiction. English 3004: Post Modernism Pulp Fiction This essay will discuss the many original and revolutionary themes as well as cinematic techniques employed by Quentin Tarantino in his film Pulp Fiction‚ with
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It is immediately obvious that Hazel isn’t the typical teenage girl from Indianapolis. She is—conscientiously speaking—old for her age‚ as we see when she’s contrasted with her friend Kaitlyn. By comparison‚ Hazel is far more thoughtful and considerate about her actions than Kaitlyn‚ and she is far more analytical. One of Hazel’s defining characteristics is her wish to tread lightly upon the world. She desperately wants to mitigate the harm caused by her existence on Earth. Though this outlook on
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Set in the peaceful valley of Ombrosa during the period of intellectual and social ferment which characterized the Age of Reason‚ Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees relates the story of Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo‚ heir to the immense estate of the Piovasci. Cosimo rebels against the rule-burdened atmosphere in which he is reared by climbing into the trees on his family’s estate at the age of twelve and remaining there for the rest of his life. His refusal to eat the snail soup and main course of
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becomes a casualty through war resulting in a challenging approach for O’Brien. Although deemed a work of fiction‚ many of the stories within The Things They Carried reflect an almost autobiographical outlook through the characters combined with metafiction. O’Brien does well to create a distinction between the truth of the narrative and that of the truth of the events taking place. Therefore it is this conciliation of truth that he uses to recreate his discourse of Vietnam using fictional form combined
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truer sometimes than happening-truth." This concept may be confusing to those who read Tim O’Brien’s book‚ The Things They Carried‚ for the first time. By using a number of different literary devices‚ such as juxtaposition‚ paradox‚ metaphors‚ and metafiction‚ O’Brien separates truth and fact from one and the other in his novel about his time in the Vietnam War. He shows the truth of what he was feeling through the war and after without being factual. O’Brien’s explanation for not being totally factual
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