Glossary of Terms for the Analysis of Literature ACROSTIC - Usually verse arranged in such a way as to present names or phrases or sentences when certain letters selected according to an orderly sequence are brought together to form an alphabet‚ a name (often that of the author‚ a patron‚ or a loved one)‚ or some other concealed message. AESTHETICS – Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and the perception of beauty‚ especially the arts; the theory of art or of artistic tastes
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(THE OLD GENTLEMAN) I refer to the novel “The Railway Children” by Edith Nesbit. Among all the characters in the novel‚ the character I admire the most is the old gentleman because he is kind‚helpful and generous. He travels regularly on the morning train and sees the children waving to him. He opens up to them readily when they need help. When Bobbie writes to him for help to get better food for their sick mother‚ he gives generously. Again‚ when Bobbie approaches him for help
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Ethnic Literature and Postcolonialism In Barta’s ; “Gadis Tangsi” Reading by using Postcolonial theory The definition of ethnic literature “is literature like any other‚ except that it contains ethnic references.” (Reilly p.2). Another definition of ethnic literature is when there is a literature work that contain religious beliefs‚ racial issues‚ linguistics‚ or cultural heritage. In another word‚ ethnic literature is the literary work that includes particular culture‚ beliefs‚ or linguistics
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Presence of Death in Literature Literature often contains themes that allow the reader to relate to the characters. From suicide to murders‚ death is an inevitable theme seen time and time over not only in real life but also in many types of literary works. It is used by many authors as a main driving force behind the plot as well as a method to add emotions in various works. The presence of death is a reoccurring subject in almost every type of literary work such as novels‚ short stories as well
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July 9‚ 2013 Intsoci C32 Dr. Veloso Reaction paper about feral children It wasn’t my first time reading something about children raised in the wild but the videos of Genie the Wild Child and Oxana Malaya really triggered my emotional awareness. While watching the short documentaries in class‚ it made me realize the importance of our parents and
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Postmodernism in English literature. 1. Postmodernism in the English literature of the last decades of the 20th century. 2. John Fowles’s novels as an example of postmodern writing. In the 1960s the cultural layers changed and grew confused; the emergence of the mass media and the technological revolution changed the nature of culture and publishing. Here started the era of postmodernism‚ manifesting the philosophical‚ cultural‚ and political instability of the contemporary world‚ and the difficulty
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Art and Literature: A Comparison Art and writing are two very different ways of expressing oneself‚ but there are elements of artistic expression that remain common in both. Tone‚ theme‚ and structure are just a few of these elements. The works of Jasper Johns‚ "False Start‚" and‚ "Painting with Two Balls‚" as well as Annie Dillard’s‚ "Heaven and Earth in Jest‚" are comparable in that all three works of art use the aforementioned elements in order to reach the audience with a direct point‚ which
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an offence.? Furthermore literary transgression is described as ??.literature in which orthodox moral‚ social‚ and artistic boundaries are challenged by the representation of unconventional behaviour and the use of experimental forms? (Oxford Dictionary) Romantic writing or Romanticism is defined as an ?artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement that originated
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*Review of Related *Literature Foreign Over the years‚ more enhancements were made to the cash registers until the early 1970s‚ when the first computer-driven cash registers were introduced. The first computer-driven cash registers were basically a mainframe computer packaged as a store controller that could control certain registers. These point of sale systems were the first to commercially utilize client-server technology‚ peer-to-peer communications‚ Local Area Network (LAN) backups
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