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    right or wrong‚ it is something that will happen regardless of beliefs. “War” and Do Not Weep‚ Maiden‚ for War is Kind both promote realism in a topic that typically brings controversy. Realism is revealing the true side of something or learning how to accept a situation for what it really is in the least fantasized way. Looking deeper in to the story “War”‚ realism plays a major part in unraveling the plotline. In the beginning of the story‚ it is quite obvious that the passengers can’t seem to

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    understood plainly as they are closely connected with other actors. Many theories have been used to explain the wide range of international interactions but one theory that has historically held a central position in the study of IR is realism. Realism (or realist theory) is a school of thought that explains International Relations in terms of power as it focuses on the concepts of power and the balance of power. Like what it is said by Morgenthau: “International politics‚ like all politics

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    11 & 12 American Short Stories: From Postmodernism to Dirty Realism John Barth on the short story ‘Less really is More… there are narrative ideas suitable only for a short story: quick tales‚ epiphanies that even a novella would attenuate…. You can hold a short story in your hand‚ like a lyric poem; see it whole; examine the function of individual sentences‚ even individual words‚ as you can’t readily do with Bleak House’. Ihab Hassan: Modernism vs Postmodernism (from The Dismemberment

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    Magical Realism Magical realism is a genre of film where magic elements are a natural part in a realistic environment. However‚ it is most commonly used as a literary genre‚ magic realism can also apply to visual arts and obviously films. This type of genre began in the Latin culture and now is known world wide for its attributes. There are two people that have been credited for coining the term Magical Realism‚ Dudley Fits and Franz Roh. Both of them are well-recognized authors. Magical Realism

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    International Relations 2: Notes David Wessels 国際関係論2:ノート デヴィッド・ウェッセルズ 2009 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2 Table of Contents For Further Reading 2E Chapter 1 Introduction 3E Chapter 2 In Search of Theory 4E Chapter 3 Realism 6E Chapter 4 Peacekeeping Operations 8E Chapter 5 Pluralism 10 E Chapter 6 The Idea of Human Rights 12 E Chapter 7 Globalism 14 E Chapter 8 The Movement of People 16 E and International Relations

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    In the novel “like water for chocolate” by Laura Esquivel‚ its genre a magical realism is realistic style of imaginary scenes or realistic fiction. Esquivel demonstrated the idea of a revolution and liberty‚ literally with the war that take place in 1910 during the Mexican revolution a battle between the federals and rebels as well as figuratively with Tita’s struggle within herself and Mama Elena. In the story is about a girl named Tita De La Garza worked on the family’s ranch as tradition ties

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    The News: Realism‚ Narrative and Form ________________________________________ The questions of Realism‚ bias and representation take us back to the material we looked at in the first two weeks of the course. As I have tried to stress‚ when we look at the issue of "realism" and the "representation of reality" in the media we have to be aware of the fact that the media always presents a "mediated" version of that reality‚ on its own terms. Sociological‚ political‚ cultural and ideological

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    1 2 All rights reserved. Copyright © Mark Raymond and MagicalTactics.com No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electrical or mechanical‚ including photocopying and recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the author. Disclaimer: This book is written for informational purposes only. The author has made every effort to make sure the information is complete and accurate. All attempts have been

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    In Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits‚ barbarous diction characterizes the Catholic Church as barbaric and antiquated. The head of the parish‚ Father Restrepo‚ relies on traditional Catholic teachings that use flagellation as a form of punishment. Father Restrepo is “a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory” (Allende 3). The “thrashing” refers to flagellation‚ a process that tears at the person’s skin

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    ------------------------------------------------- Realism in the arts Main article: Realism (arts) Realism in theatre denotes any movement towards greater fidelity to real life‚ as in Kitchen sink realism‚ an English cultural movement in the 1950s and 1960s that concentrated on contemporary social realism‚ or Poetic realism‚ a film movement in France in the 1930s that used heightened aestheticism. In the visual arts the term denotes any approach that depicts what the eye can see‚ such as in American realism‚ a turn of the 20th

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