1. Literature and Literary Theory * Today with the impact of literary theory to the study of literature‚ the latter is seen as an are in a state of flux. * Literature as a body of writing together with it’s moral and aesthetic qualities‚ can be seen as a site of struggle where meanings are contested rather than regarded something possessing timeless and universals values and truths. * Theories aim to explain or demystify some of the assumptions or beliefs implicit in literature and literary
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Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms‚ she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness‚ and a smile And eloquence of beauty‚ and she glides Into his darker musings‚ with a mild And gentle sympathy‚ that steals away Their sharpness‚ ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit‚ and sad images Of the stern agony‚ and shroud‚ and pall
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Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the
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center of Romanticism which helped transform popular thought away from the disillusionment and use of reason during the Enlightenment. Romanticism centers around emotion and free expression. According to the preface of William Woodsworth’s Lyrical Ballads‚ poetry should be “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” The best way to express this emotion was to develop content through imagination‚ and not to be dominated by what would be considered rational. Nature was also something of great
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they have been to every human being who‚ from whatever source of delusion‚ has at any time believed himself under supernatural agency. For the second class‚ subjects were to be chosen from ordinary life…In this idea originated the plan of the Lyrical Ballads; in which it was agreed‚ that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural‚ or at least Romantic; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for
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fully expressed on his work. And as a masterpiece‚ the publication of the “Lyrical Ballads”(written by Wordsworth and Coleridge) were a clear exponent of romantic ideology of that time‚ so far to become “ one of the most transcendental and revolutionary books in the history of the English literature‚ and the symbol of the beginning of the Romanticism in England” (Baladas Liricas de Corugedo y Chamosa) Lyrical Ballads includes many poems of both authors‚ Wordsworth and Coleridge. “Intimations
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consonant sound. Chapter II. The Medieval Period (1066---15th century) 1. Social background: the Norman conquest under William‚ Duke of Normandy‚ battle of Hastings in 1066; the mark of establishment of feudalism 2. Literature: Langland ; English Ballad; Romance; Chaucer the *Langland------“Piers the Plowman” and allegory *allegory------a form of extended metaphor in which objects‚ persons and actions in a narrative are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. It attempts
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as it did no matter what time period you look at. It is the reason good deeds have always been praised and bad deeds punished. The same may be applied to any facet of life. The pain felt when left in the absence of a loved one‚ the subject of the lyrical poetry found in the Papyrus Chester Beatty I. Expressed in these lyrics are emotions that readers today can relate with although being written in 1500 B.C. Egypt. The poem consists of seven stanzas‚ alternating between a man and women‚ expressing
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After writing short dramatic scenes‚ just thirteen years composed the opera in a prologue and two acts‚ Folquet‚ inspired poem T. Grossi libretto brother Alberto‚ who in turn was asserting as librettist and playwright. The work‚ composed in 1892‚ performed only once private‚ however‚ sufficient to reveal the theatrical talent of young composer. D. still left after musical studies to undertake those classics that continue until the beginning university. Then he returned commit himself to music
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these artists created are considered great achievements of our era and the most complex masterpieces of our time. They reflect these ladies’ heartbreak due to failed relationships through a mesmerizing but rich sound topped by a distinct musical and lyrical style. Adele’s album is simple and clean‚ less menacing whereas Amy’s is a little slight more edgy and memorable. The album "19" encompasses a bright acoustic-guitar chime‚ with a lullaby twinkle of plush strings and Adele’s mesmerizing singing
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