study‚ we would not be able to claim any understanding of how different forms of literature vary. The concept of cybertext focuses on the mechanical organization of the text‚ by positing the intricacies of the medium as an integral part of the literary exchange. However‚ it also centers attention on the consumer‚ or user‚ of the text‚ as a more integrated figure than even reader-response theorists would claim. The performance of their reader takes place all in his head‚ while the user of cybertext
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linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics‚ but has no autonomous domain of its own. Types of Stylistics: 1. Computational Stylistics: Study of patterns formed in particular texts‚ authors‚ genres‚ periods via computational methods. Through the use of computers‚ it should be possible to achieve more accurate detection and explanation of such linguistic patterns. 2. Linguo-Stylistics: Linguo-stylistics studies of literary discourse from a linguistic point of view;
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Ofeimun belongs to a generation of writers that believe in nationhood. As one of Ofeimun’s contemporaries‚ Ojaide writes‚ “Ofeimun belongs to the generation of Nigerian/African poets/writers who believe in transformative role of the literary art and deploying it as a weapon towards regaining the lost ideas of nationhood” (13). Oyeniyi Okunoye goes on to make the following assertion about Ofeimun and his work: “Ofeimun’s elaborate exposition of his preference for the metropolitan identity
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Theories of Artistic Intent When we judge any piece of literature‚ film‚ novel or music lyrics‚ we typically set it against a standard of expectations which helps us to evaluate (often called criticism). In literary theory‚ there are three classical standards which define literature and its effectiveness in terms of what the literature is trying to accomplish: what its goal is. These theories of artistic intent will help to continue the definition of what the particular features of each subcategory
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specializes in are comparative literature‚ modern and contemporary literature‚ the european novel‚ film and film theory‚ literary theory‚ biography translingualism‚ and post colonialism. From viewing the various topics in which Kellman specializes we the readers can assume that he is a very well learned individual. Also‚ we can make an assumption that he is very knowledgeable. In Kellman’s literary work on translingual writers he analyzes the beauty of being
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Literary Merit. While the process of establishing literary merit is difficult‚ it is the only method currently available to separate work that has significant cultural value from work that is ephemeral and essentially worthless. A work is said to have literary merit if it is a work of quality‚ this is if it has some aesthetic value or some sort of philosophy concerning beauty and art. Literature must provide a reader with historical information and relevance to ones life while using interesting
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works of other researchers who are conducting studies regarding novels and their film counterparts. - As submitted to The National Communication Research Student Conference 2012 CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Literary adaptations have long been a trend in the industry of film. Films based on books and other types of literature could be traced as far as year 1985‚ where the first
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Singapore Exploring the Post-Colonial Literary Canon Sandhya Rao Mehta Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman Abstract. This paper addresses some the most prominent problematics of working with an established literary canon‚ including the extent to which‚ when implemented in universities worldwide‚ it represents the emerging concerns of diverse communities across the world. The main argument extended in this discussion is that‚ while the western-centred literary canon is being increasingly replaced by
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critic include: 1). According to Wikipedia: Bakhtin was a Russian philosopher‚ literary critic‚ semiotician‚ and scholar who worked on literary theory‚ ethics‚ and the philosopher of language (n.p). 2). According to Biography.com: In 1929 he was exiled from Vitsyebsk to Kazakhstan. Known for Problems of Dostoevsky ’s Poetics‚ his ideas influenced Western thinking in cultural history‚ linguistics‚ literary theory‚ and aesthetics (n.p). 3). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Bakhtin Circle
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(underline your thesis statement)‚ supporting body paragraphs (at least three)‚ and a concluding paragraph where you restate your purpose and give your paper closure. Use quotes from the text to help support your argument. 1. A tragedy is a literary work that recounts the downfall of a dignified‚ superior character who is involved in historically or socially significant events. The main character‚ or tragic hero‚ must contain all four elements of Aristotle’s definition of Tragic Hero. A true
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