THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND OUTLINE I. ... Focus on Problems of the Time THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND English literature is rich in a history that spans back before the beginnings of Christianity. From the first piece of literature ever known to exist to the classics given to us by Shakespeare, the changing times of England can be seen in its literature. ... The Middle Ages marked the beginning of English literature. ... In "Beowulf", pagan elements can be seen in the three mythical creatures. ...

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Literary Theory Is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for analyzing literature. ... Formalists were primarily oriented towards the form of literature. They deal with the study of literature as literariness. It means that text does not convey meaning but there are certain devices which bring the elements of defamiliarization. ... Structuralism Prague Structuralism The prague school further developed the idea that a literary text is a structure in which all the elements are interrelated and interdependent. ...

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Literature began to be contemplated as a profession and not just escapist amusement, which brought masculinist elitism and its conclusion that Victorian literature had been "too feminine and moralistic. " Question IV How does the radical break and innovative form of Aesthetic Modernism contribute to the paradigmatic crisis of the time? ... Question V What are the central elements and concerns developed by Childs to explain the phenomenon of Modernism? ...

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"The old mysteries have given way to a new style,"" This quote alone illustrates the changing nature of gothic literature through the centuries. ... Her character exudes many elements of hidden sexuality, which at times she wishes to express, as she states herself in a letter to Mina, "Why can't they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her - (Stoker, 81) The new styles' of sexuality and desire are expressed significantly more liberally in The Vampire Lestat. ... Elements of homosexuality also lace the novel. ... Unlike much of the early gothic literature, as in Dra...

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The instability of theology offered Gothic Literature the confidence to query the supremacy of religion in text, for example in The Monk, where there is, according to critic David Stephens '...in effect a conflation of Roman Catholicism and blind superstition.'3 Both here and in the character of Father Jerome in Walpole's archetypical The Castle of Otranto, Gothic authors have presented religious representatives as morally injudicious, their irresolute personas open to corruption and temptation. ... In religious literature, temptation is often seen as the ultimate transgression ...

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However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." ... This genre of literature has become known as magic realism, a movement characterized by the dreamlike and fantastic elements, which are mixed into fiction. There are many reasons why the "Boom" literature occurred when it did. ... Most importantly, with the emergence of the "Boom" writers of the 60s to the early 80s, three common conflicts developed in Latin American literature: good vs. evil, nature vs. urban progress, and civilization vs. barbarism. ... One of the common confli...

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This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... A tension in writing between the popular and the esoteric, and the popular and specialized, the commercial and the avant-garde, became a feature of twentieth-century literature. ... Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... There is also the fact t...

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During the time period that this novel was written the gothic novel was a main piece of literature that was read. ... Coleridge's opinion of the novel suggests that the elements in the gothic novels were not important to its understanding as a romance novel. ... He must have recognized that the gothic novels were able to capture the reader's attention with the elements that they possess. ... Austen was making a statement about society and the types of literature that was being read. ... Novels were not having the gothic elements and there can reflect the reality of the society. ...

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The tablets were destroyed in the sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390BC, but a number of the laws are known through references in later Latin literature. ... Through his good sense, moderation, and conscientious attention to duty, Augustus won the support of all major elements in the Mediterranean world. ... Theodosius entertained, but did not carry out, a broader plan, involving an official digest of the older law, as set forth in the juristic literature. ...

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Within the literature review, the researcher reviewed academic, as well as practitioner research relating to the subject matter of employee engagement. ... Chapter Two Literature Review Why Employee Engagement is of Importance and Interest Employee engagement has become a heavily discussed topic in recent years. However, there is still ambiguity within the academic literature as to how employee engagement can be influenced by management. ... The literature concerning employee engagement poses a challenge due to the fact that there is no one universally applied definition to cover the topic of...

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I am most interested in studying Macbeth because the author, William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer of English literature. ... Because of his bottomless knowledge of the many aspects of human nature, his compassion toward all types and classes of people, and the influence, strength and beauty of his language I have been drawn to his literature. ... All of which have been referred to as icons of to be studied within literature. ... A great play like Macbeth intertwines a variety of elements into a unified whole. ...

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The objects used by Bradbury are elements that if one is not careful, they can get to caught up in them, and these elements will become their life. ... The burning of literature at a high a temperature shows how the government is trying to rid the people of having a mind of their own. ... The main thing used to show demolition of property is the burning of literature. ...

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Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistib...

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Such is the case of tragic literature and the cathartic effect it has on the reader, which has deteriorated a great deal from Sophocles" writing of the true tragedy, Oedipus. ... The play Oedipus displays three elements of the cathartic moment very well. ... Ironically, his shields fall before either of these elements which reduce the cathartic effect. ... It is evident that because of the decreases of the number of cathartic elements present from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, the reader identification will be much weaker in the latter. ... The reader identification level is low due to the ineffectiv...

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In this paper I will explicitly examine which traditional sources, theatrical conventions, contemporary beliefs or cultural elements Haitink, Hall, Bury and Hoffman's work relate to. ... Next I will describe and try to explain the particular elements of Haitink, Hall and Bury's adaptation and of Hoffman's film and relate the representation of the film and opera to other productions. ... "Tales, description and anecdotes of the fairies from all over the country and, indeed, from all over the world, make it clear that they are not generally conceived as existing in a independ...

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Many women turn to the medical world and literature to consult information for refrence. ... This consern comes because there is lack of normative definition in the medical literature about pregnant women and about their conserns. ... The next assumption about women's body can be made from the medical text book is that according to the medical science, menstruation is looked on as failed production (of a baby), premenstrual syndrome, is coined by medical science to explain the inability of women to mantain the expected domestic norm, and at last menapause which is looked upon as a comb...

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The role of community partnerships in nurturing and supporting career pathways is also considered in the paper, as are those elements that contribute to strengthening successful partnerships between schools and community stakeholders. Informed by relevant research and literature The discussion about what makes up sustainable and collaborative partnerships between schools and community services is not new. ...

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The role of community partnerships in nurturing and supporting career pathways is also considered in the paper, as are those elements that contribute to strengthening successful partnerships between schools and community stakeholders. Informed by Relevant Research and Literature The discussion about what makes up sustainable and collaborative partnerships between schools and community services is not new. ...

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Literature written during the Middle Ages reveals many characteristics of the Romantic Era. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" provides examples of Romanticism such as: a near perfect hero, a test of the hero, and supernatural elements. Many of the Mid-Evil stories expressed specific elements of Romanticism. ... These are supernatural elements because you cannot chop off someone's head. ...

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Its authorship included Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beacher Stowe who dually challenged the legitimacy of slavery in their literature. ... When revealing the darker side to servitude though, she does not necessarily petition to those of authority who can bring about change due to her lack of firsthand knowledge and the additional elements of fiction that skew the integrity of the slave experience. Nevertheless her fictional elements are necessary because she cannot display direct bias against slavery like Douglass can with his personal accounts "instead, she uses it as a tool to pro...

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As well the many Germanic elements of Christianity and discuss the roles of women in Beowulf. ... Though such verbal elements as boasts and stories are crucial to the warrior culture, heroes are, above all, defined by action. ... In more modern times, it worked its way back from folk tales to modern literature, spawning in turn the realm of science fiction. ... Secondly, Beowulf composes elements of pre-Christian pagan Christianity. ...

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ANALYSE Doris Lessing's A WOMAN ON A ROOF IN LIGHT OF STRUCTURALISM Structuralism concentrates on elements within work of literature without focusing on historical, social and biographical influences. ... Characters are basic elements that make meaning possible. In this extract these elements emerge from figures both masculine and feminine, or even from figures of different classes and social activities, and even of different age. ...

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A true Anarchist: The Life of Emma Goldman Introduction To explain how Anarchism influenced everyday life for Jews in Amerika and especially the citizens of New York's Lower East Side, the ideas and visions of Anarchism's leaders must be thoroughly analyzed. To this end I would like to outline the lives of two of Anarchism's most important spokespeople who greatly influenced the Anarchist movement in America - Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. The reason why I chose these two people - especially Emma Goldman - is to be found in the extraordinary impression their liv...

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The Vision of a Sustainable Society The Rio Conference on the Environment (1992) will live on in mankind's history as the occasion which put an end to obsession with economic development. That "development" was no more than misrepresented growth of wealth along with a corresponding frantic squandering of mankind's natural reserves. The irrational vision of an "affluent society", an earthly material paradise, had dominated the mind of peoples for twenty years, to the point of blindness: all countries had thrown themselves into a competition of ruthless development and were concerne...

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In the literature review we shall concentrate on certain keywords like "globalisation and its effect through the internet-, "banking sector in Nigeria- and "developing nations,"" like Nigeria. ... Chapter two on the literature review of what other has written about this topic and other related subject matter especially about Nigeria banking sector and globalisation through the information technology and the internet. ... CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW Review of the academic literature on globalisation, internet and banking industry in Nigeria 2.1 GLOBA...

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