Hum 241: Major Works of Short Fiction Instructor: Kelly Brewer Spring 2013 Course Description: This course examines some major works of short fiction. While the course is intended to be a close reading of a number of short stories‚ we will also analyze and discuss the social and cultural commentaries which these literary pieces make. To this end we will pay close attention to the pieces as literary texts and get into sustained interpretations‚ nuances and subtleties. Course Requirements:
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April Suarez Professor Nolan English 1B 4 March 2013 Recognizing Power One theme among five stories included in chapter eleven was the power struggle between characters‚ either within themselves or among other characters. Power is somewhat of an elusive concept in which it can take many forms. The characters within this chapter exhibit a wide spectrum of power including the power achieved through independence and feelings of empowerment‚ the corruption that may coincide in great power‚ or the
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Cited: Borges‚ Jorge Luis. "The Garden of Forking Paths." The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. J. Paul Hunter‚ Alison Booth‚and Kelly J. Mays. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2002.
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Hero "That history should have imitated history was already sufficiently astonishing; that history should imitate literature is inconceivable. . . ." Plot Summary & Historical Background: Settings - The Narrative is set in Ireland in 1824. However Borges is only using this as an example. He says " The action takes place in a oppressed and tenacious country: Poland‚ Ireland‚ The Venetian Republic‚ some South American or Balkan state". This universalises the story of Kilpatrick and the experience of
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Truth Essay Miles Dijan October 8‚ 2013 Block 2 Day 2 The writer Oscar Wilde once said that “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Wilde claims that truth is hardly wholesome and unadulterated‚ but rather tainted‚ or polluted. Wilde also states how truth is never straightforward and effortless. Truth could come with questions‚ ambiguous feelings‚ and abstract thoughts. Three pieces of literature exemplify Oscar Wilde’s quote about truth. In The “Allegory of the Cave”
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Niki Hultquist John Green’s Looking for Alaska Green‚ John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Print Inc.‚ 2005. Print Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. Although Pudge is comfortable with “ordinary” he is willing spice up his life by leaving his current life behind. In search of a “Great Perhaps”‚ Pudge decides to attend Culver Creek Boarding School where his life is turned upside down. Pudge allows himself to try new things and put himself in danger to find a Great Perhaps
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Fan fiction is something has been around as long as people have been telling stories. Ancient people would retell old stories or explore minor characters’ roles‚ which are both things people still do today. But there seems to be an unwritten rule between writer and audience that each should respect the other. In other words‚ authors shouldn’t ridicule their readers‚ and fans shouldn’t belittle the author. When either side breaks this mutual respect‚ we begin to see problems in a work of art. One
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In the story “Eveline” by James Joyce‚ a young teenage girl‚ Eveline‚ has the opportunity to leave her “trapped” life and start a new journey with the man of her dreams‚ Frank. As Eveline sat at the window reconciling all of her memories‚ her thoughts of her abusive father leave her to ponder the prospect of leaving and freeing herself from her life to reside in Buenos Aires with her lover. As she reviews her decision to stay with her abusive father or embark on a new‚ free life‚ Eveline faces the
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Faulkner‚ James Joyce‚ and Robert Frost (Johnson 217). It is not surprising that these creative writers‚ along with Jorge Luis Borges‚ were intrigued by this theory. Humans
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Dead by James Joyce can both be viewed as their authors’ views of sociology. The stories’ protagonists‚ Gregor and Gabriel‚ are both men of authority within their families‚ but experience events and circumstances that change their perspectives of the world around them. Both Franz Kafka and James Joyce employ the third-person point of view to describe and relay the situations of Gregor and Gabriel effectively. In The Metamorphosis‚ Kafka uses the third
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