OBJECTIVES This study is aimed at achieving the following objectives: 1) In this study, the language and narrative technique in both text will be examined; 2) To examine the psychological effects of identity crisis on an individual as depicted in the literary works and 3) To examine the setting in the literary works that encourages identity crisis. ... Post-colonialism is described as an intellectual direction (sometimes also called an "era" or the "post-colonial theory") that exists since around the middle of the 20th century, although it became a major force in literar...

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Robert Neville wanted Remember to write in the literary present tense. ... Good analysis. ... Collectively, these allusions help to lead to many levels of literary work as well as foreshadowment. ... There's no impending errors in this paragraph, but the analysis is a little brief. 4/5 Richard Matheson uses elements such as magical realism, irony, symbolism, allusions, and conflict to add depth and meaning to this novel I Am Legend. ... How specifically do the literary elements contribute to the themes? ...

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It describes literary products as a self-sufficient objevt, to be judged and analyzed by "intrinsic" criteria such as complexity, coherence, equilibrium, integrity, and the interrelation component elements (1971:37). The objective approach is used to the basic analysis of the work. ... In other words, objective approach is an autonomy analysis, which focuses on the relationships of each element, which has unity, wholeness, coherence, and self regulation (2004:73). 1.6 Method of the Study In collecting data, the present writer conducts a library research. ... The primary data of the...

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Write a considered analysis of Holes' by Louis Sachar, outlining its significance for both school students and older readers, placing it in the context of literary tradition'. ... To Place the book in the context of literary tradition, it would be first useful to define what is meant by literary tradition. According to F.R Leavis in his book The Great Tradition', a book can only deserve literary recognition if it has "serious, moral concern". ... Analytically, this book enables students to read between the lines and explore all literary aspects of the text. ... This t...

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Write a considered analysis of Holes' by Louis Sachar, outlining its significance for both school students and older readers, placing it in the context of literary tradition'. ... To Place the book in the context of literary tradition, it would be first useful to define what is meant by literary tradition. According to F.R Leavis in his book The Great Tradition', a book can only deserve literary recognition if it has "serious, moral concern". ... Analytically, this book enables students to read between the lines and explore all literary aspects of the text. ... This t...

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David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). ... Johnson, on the other hand, was a firm believer in these literary rules and yet it was his "Preface to Shakespeare" which became the first significant breach in these limitations. ... The Augustan approach was intellectual wi...

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Humanism is a rediscovery and reevaluation (analysis) of classical civilization and the application of the aspects of this civilization to intellectual and social culture in the current time. ... Humanism is thought to be the most significant and defining intellectual and literary movement of the Renaissance. ... This literary form is to this day is known as "Petrarchan sonnet." ... This type of critical analysis shows that Petrarch had crossed a bridge into Renaissance thinking. ... Petrarch had unwittingly become the creator of historical analysis and literary criticism. ...

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The Analysis of Blake's Structural Use In "The Divine Image" Blake created many visually driven works that incorporated his ideas as a philosopher and artist. ... The elements and principles of the poetic work are built up with literary tools that Blake uses to convey what he feels as the important message in which the reader must obtain. ... By capitalizing both Man and God the result is an extremely taboo literary piece for its time period that places God in the same perspective or level as humanity. ... If one takes a more in depth analysis of the uses of structure that Blake...

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His analysis of what depression is, where it comes from, how it started, and various other topics show the reader how intelligent this man really is. ... This is evident when reading some of his other literary works. ... Styron was in Paris to receive an award for his literary work. ... With people like Ernest Hemmingway, Vincent Van Gogh, and Jack London all being diagnosed with melancholy or depression in their times and committing suicide it makes you wonder what caused these literary/artistic geniuses depression and eventually suicide. ... A very thorough analysis of the patient shoul...

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Throughout his literary career, Frost had been both celebrated and condemned for his works as a poet. ... He has inspired and affected the lives of a range of people, from interested readers, to the United States Senate, to the literary critics of last century, this century, and the next century to come. ... But I shall be lying" (Columbia Literary History of the United States). By his analysis of The Road Not Taken, Parini portrays his own cynical outlook on life. ...

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With 100s of societies, museums and books dedicated to one of the most celebrated literary figure of all time, it is no surprise that Sherlock Holmes has played such a major influence in the world of television detectives. Now in order to draw on any influence between the literary character of Sherlock Holmes and that of other TV character inspired by the detective, we first have to dissect the ethos of Sherlock Holmes and analyse the distinct features of both the character that are uniquely individual to character of Holmes. ... [Being] nice doesn't really work, because you think &...

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... There, in 1925, his literary skills were discovered after he left three of his poems beside the plate of American poet Vachel Lindsay, who recognized Hughes's abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughe...

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In another piece written (A Brief Biography of the Bronte's) about the family and their father, it states that the Bronte's are probably the most admired literary personages in the English speaking world. ... In a novel analysis, it quotes Heathcliff saying to Catherine at that moment, "Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living! ... Again quoted in an article from the Novel Guide analysis, they state that supernatural events happen in the beginning of the novel and continue until the very end. ... Inspired by the Greek legend, Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, Freud&...

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Through this analysis it addresses the intersections of oppressive systems without rank ordering toward effective strategies to promote social justice. ... To facilitate analysis one has to ask many questions in understanding race, class, gender, and Sexuality. ... A prominent intellectual in New York literary circles beginning in the 1920's, Burke was a poet, essayist, reviewer, novelist, translator, social commentator, and writer of short stories. His ever-fertile writings, collected in more than fifteen books, have made his name a byword in literary theory, history, economics, linguist...

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As major figures in the progressive modernization of literature, both Auden and Thomas moved away from apparent objectivity, a theme once standardized by previous literary figures, and toward subjectivity. ... It is all too common for modern literary works from the 1930s and 1940s to exude human suffering, and Thomas's "The Hunchback in the Park" is no different. ... Even though the reader does take solace in the fact the hunchback at least "has his nights," Thomas's closing lines, " the birds the grass the trees the lake and the wild boys innocent as strawberries had followed the ...

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Though literary criticism had been taking place for years, it was generally disregarded and held as useless. ... He then says that the critical process may in fact be a crucial one for the creation of literary works. ... This is to say that the poet should understand the world about which he is writing, and it takes a very critical analysis to do this. ... One major contribution of Arnold's criticism has been the creation of the literary cannon. ...

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Literary Analysis of The Ox-Bow Incident The historical information and theme affect the literary sense of The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. The theme of a story is very important to the essential turning out of a book. There needs to be a good theme to a story in order for the ...

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In 1904 the Bloomsbury group, a circle of literary, artistic, and intellectual individuals, began meeting in their homes. ... With the romanticism intertwining with influences of Forster's life, the book opens itself to critical analysis and elevates itself to a new level of greatness. Therefore, it is only correct that A Room with a View should be considered among novels of high literary merit. ...

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In both literary works, two individuals exist, each on opposite sides of the wall, to symbolize their different outlooks on life. ... Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. ... The wall in "Mending Wall," is similar to the imaginary wall that separates Holmes's and Watson's polar views on life, and helps to show a link to both literary works. ...

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In order to provide a comparative analysis of the novels, they must be summarized. ... Secondly, Steinbeck uses the literary form of the parable to explore five momentous days in the life of an Indigenous pearl diver living in La Paz. ... Through a comparative analysis of both novels, readers see the role of power manifested in different ways. ...

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To get a better understanding on the critic's interpretations and analysis, a synopsis discussing the major characters, themes, and general plot are provided. ... After reading this critical analysis, I believe the author is write in his findings. ... Essentially I believe, after being intrigued by this critical analysis, that Robinson Crusoe reflects the economic theory of laissez-faire. ...

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Marie De France, like Dante, has a distinctive literary form. ... Dante uses symbolism, characters and literary illustration, to impart his central message that the ultimate form of betrayal which stems from "love" (or, to the author, misguided romantic notion) is adultery. ... In the final analysis, it is unlikely that Dante feels that love triumphs over all, even eternal damnation. ...

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In my analysis of Faulkner's story, I will give several different interpretations written by different writers. ... Judith Fetterley's theory is the last analysis that I will explain. ... Judith Fetterley's analysis seems the most viable to me. ... "William Faulkner's literary legacy." 21 Sept. 1997. ...

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An Analysis of the Dream Visions Depicted in Pearl and Solaris The medieval poem, Pearl, and the science fiction drama, Solaris, offer two uniquely similar takes on the "dream vision" genre. ... Solaris, directed by Steven Soderbergh, is arguably the cinematic incarnation of the Pearl poet's literary poem, albeit with a more existential twist. ... And even though their world views of this life and the next are different, their respective depictions of those views are essential to the analysis nonetheless. ... Ultimately, the exact kind of dream vision each work represents is not...

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While exploring sources for my Literary Review, I came across two very different research materials Levstik's (Stephen J. ... Thornton breaks his analysis into groups – character of the social science and social education position analyzing in detail their principles and problems, then comparing two eras 1920 – mid 1940s and late 1950s – early 1970s (Levstik 51). ... As far as my Literary Review, I find both articles interesting; however, there is not much of a connection. ...

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