Explore how satire effects the readers attitude toward the content of Alexander Pope’s‚ ‘Rape of the lock’‚ Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s travels’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Satire is defined as a literary genre or form used to ridicule‚ tease‚ torment and ‘poke fun at’‚ satire can employ irony and burlesque as methods of playfully making fun of a subject while at the same time making an extremely valid and thought provoking point which excites and stimulates the reader with its intellectual wit
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commonly prevalent. Specifically‚ the negative aspects of childhood seem to be explored in a manner in which writers use hyperbolic and satirical means to express their critique. The persecution of children seems a recurring theme in Victorian literature at which writers show their dismay‚ focusing on the oppression of children‚ often inflicted upon by adults. This is the case in ‘Jane Eyre’ where Bronte shows the reader Mrs Reed’s ill treatment of her niece‚ Jane‚ who is ordered to be taken ‘away
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reads as a sparsely written children’s book‚ but to the eye the book’s lavish depictions of isolation and despair require a much deeper analysis. The basic story of a little girl having a particularly horrid day is not uncommon in children’s literature. What separates this book from others of the same genre is Shaun Tan’s wholly idiosyncratic artwork. The slender story line depicts a young girl moving through a sequence of striking landscapes. The accompanying text is deliberately spare. The
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Charles Dickens was not only a well-known author in the 1800’s‚ but he is still recognized today as an inspiration for other writers. His classic writings made a huge an impact on literature. Dickens’ writings were not only directed towards his personal social class‚ but to everyone no matter what social class they belonged to. His legacy lives on even though he is gone. While he lived over 200 years ago‚ Charles Dickens is still mentioned all throughout the world because of his relatable characters
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Tour Dutt was born on March 4‚ 1856 in Bengal and she died on August 30‚ 1877‚ in the prime of her youth‚ at 21. She is often called the Keats of the Indo-English literature for more than one reason - her meteoric rise on and disappearance from the literary firmament‚ as also for the quality of her poetry. James Darmesteter pays a befitting tribute to her‚ "The daughter of Bengal‚ so admirable and so strangely gifted‚ Hindu by race and tradition‚ and an English woman by education‚ a French woman
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translated throughout 1970s‚ but have been translated much more during the last decade of the past millennium. Furthermore‚ the theme is inspiring and challenging as despite the presence of a considerable number of Hemingway’s works in Albanian literature‚ the journalistic and literary critique has either responded with moderately or has even sometimes overlooked his works. Therefore‚ conscious that Hemingway’s works not only deserve but they require a more profound attention and consideration‚ we
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There are two distinctive tendencies in the history of literature—Classicand Romantic. At some period in the history of Literature one tendency dominates‚ and then it is followed by the predominance of the other tendency‚ and in this manner they appear alternately‚ one following the other. In the history of English literature‚ the Elizabethan period may be called the first Romantic period‚ dominated by Marlowe‚ Shakespeare‚ Spenser and others. It was followed by the Classical period in the eighteenth
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Context Though it is often viewed both as the archetypal Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a cornerstone of modern literature‚ Beowulf has a peculiar history that complicates both its historical and its canonical position in English literature. By the time the story of Beowulf was composed by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet around 700 a.d.‚ much of its material had been in circulation in oral narrative for many years. The Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian peoples had invaded the island of Britain and settled
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Migration Themes in Caribbean Literature: More Social Problems than Solutions Migration is a prominent theme within Caribbean literature. Despite the migrants’ initial perceptions of good fortune‚ the foreign countries are invariably a place of social inequalities and uncertainty. This paper discusses the varying ways in which migration is portrayed through the medium of Caribbean writing. Migration is exhibited in novels‚ short stories‚ and poems. Migration itself is portrayed with curiosity
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Literature During the Victorian Age of Great Britain Victorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901 - the Victorian era‚ her reign‚ the longest in English history). It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century. The 19th century saw the novel become the leading form of literature in English. The works by pre-Victorian writers such as Jane Austen and Walter Scott had
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