"Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality." --Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction.New York: Methuen‚ 1984. In many respects‚ Tim O ’Brien ’s The Things They Carried concerns the relationship between fiction and the narrator. In this novel‚ O ’Brien himself is the main character--he
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All Quiet on the Western Front vs. Postmodernism There are many novels that recollect various periods throughout the decades. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is one of these. The Author Erich Maria Remarque uses a fictional character named Paul Baumer to install feeling‚ thoughts‚ and actions that the German soldiers went through during World War I specifically battling on the Western front. This novel gives a historical outlook on how the war affected these soldiers during and after the
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In Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22‚ he uses satire to explore the underlying message of what a catch-22 entails‚ juxtaposed to how in the television series Stranger Things produced by The Duffer Brothers‚ the kids experience a catch-22. Heller’s thought of a catch-22 allows for the audience to find similarity in their own personal lives. Looking through the psychoanalytical lens of both the novel and the television series‚ ultimately the characters are unable to perfect their daily lives because of
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How to write a reader response paper Prof. Margaret O’Mara What a reader response paper is: A critical essay that tells the reader what a historical monograph (book) means to you. It reflects a close reading of the work‚ contains specific examples drawn from the work (documented parenthetically with page numbers)‚ and provides your well-considered opinion of the work’s strengths and/or shortcomings. The essay demonstrates that you have read the book‚ internalized and contextualized
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theologically sound to state that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son as the west came to believe? If so‚ by whose authority could the Nicene Creed be altered? http://joshhatala.wordpress.com/history/the-great-schism-of-1054-an-historiographic-view-by-josh-hatala/ Filioque Phrase Researchers seem to disagree on what it was that the church eventually broke up over‚ but they all mention the ‘filioque’ phrase. This dispute centered on the fact that the west had inserted a special
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and has this illusion shattered by the revelation that in fact Parts One‚ Two‚ and Three were penned by none other than the 77-year-old Briony Tallis. This epilogue‚ and what it divulges about the events we have just read‚ turns the book into a metafiction. A close rereading of the book turns up multiple references to the fact that it is in fact a manuscript written by the elderly Briony. McEwan’s metafictional strategies‚ evident in parts one to three only to the second time reader‚ call attention
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Sigfried’s Smelly Socks! by Len Foley is a children’s story that infuses elements of metafiction with those of humour to explore the central theme of cleanliness. What is interesting about this book is that there is a beautiful romance between the illustrations and font that is difficult to find in children’s books. The book begins with the protagonist of the story suddenly coming to the realisation that his room smells bad. He then goes on a quest to find the source of this terrible smell. What
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An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Happy Endings Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood reviewed by Karen Bernardo Want to know more? Check out BookRags Study Guides! ’Happy Endings’ is one of Margaret Atwood’s most frequently-anthologized stories because it is so unusual. In form‚ it isn’t so much a story as an instruction manual on how to write one. In content‚ it is a powerful observation on life. The story is broken up into six possible life scenarios plus some concluding remarks. In scenario A
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The Legacy of Hemingway’s Words Almost a century ago‚ Americans were living what would be known as the best time of their lives. The roaring 20’s was an age where it was expected to go against the norm: extravagant parties thrown at mansions‚ secret societies of expatriates‚ and a booming economy to fuel it all. The world has drastically changed since then. Can one still find inspiration to live spontaneously in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises? The elegance of the 1920s has passed with time
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Allegory: - A narrative in which the agents and actions and sometimes the setting‚ are conveyed by the author to make sense of the “literal”‚ primary level of significance as well as a secondary level of significance. 1) Historical and political allegory: in which characters and actions represent historical personages and events. 2) The allegory of ideas: Literal characters represents concepts and the plot allegorizes an abstract doctrine. Personification of abstract entities such as virtues‚
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