As this society shifted itself farther and farther away from English and its literature, its importance was forgotten. ... This world was letting literature and art slip away from it. The liberal sides of studies were put on a back burner and forgotten about. ... In the world today children are taught that they will not get anywhere with liberal studies. ... Atwood is emphasizing the importance of history and literature on individuals understanding of the world they live in. ...

• Word Count: 1036
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Literature provided us with a unique type of mirrors. ... Like mirror, literature is reflective. ... At this time, literature stepped out and showed me the reflection of the truth in our world. ... In Secret Daughter, when Sarla recalled the moment when her son Krishnan decided to go aboard and study, saying in the novel, "[s]ixteen family members travelled together, caravan style, in four separate cars to the airport 'Don't worry, papa. ... Literature is like a mirror that allows us to bear witness to our own flaws and imperfections. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Romanticism was a movement of art and literature with origins in Europe during the eighteenth century and became popular in Latin America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. ... It became a very vital genre in Latin America to define and understand the identity latin america through literature. ... The separation between Efrain and Maria is because of the obligation to Efrain to study medicine in London. We are serious and dedicated attitude on Efrain his medical studies. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

From a young age, Golding gave up his dream of writing to please his parents by studying natural sciences. ... Swaying from the desires of his father, he begins his study of English Literature and Philosophy. ... Throughout his studies at Salisbury, Golding wrote four books, yet, never had any of his works published. ... In 1983, Golding received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1980, he won the Booker Prize for Literature. ...

• Word Count: 526
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• Grade Level: High School

"That is part of the beauty of all literature. ... Often, Gothic literature is steeped in dark and mysterious atmospheres, damsels in distress, and a solitary protagonist. ... Romantic literature includes themes such as love for nature, the rejection of society, and intense interest for the unknown. ... After years of studying and dedication the day has finally come, "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limb." ... This novel truly shows the beauty of literature and how creative one can be with it. ...

• Word Count: 861
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This all comes to a halt when he is studying at Casey's house when his dad pulls up in his truck and punches him in the face. ... Canadian literature hasn't been something I have ever really looking into all the closely, but this book showed me that Canadian literature isn't very different form any other literature. I enjoyed the novel and would recommend to anyone seeking something about a father/son relationship or Canadian literature. ...

• Word Count: 838
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• Grade Level: High School

His sharp style of writing paved the way for American literature. ... Faulkner initially started out in literature with poetry. His first book, The Marble Faun, a collection of poems, was published after the World War I while he was studying at the University of Mississippi (Scott-Kilvert, 192). ... William Faulkner received many awards for his literature works before his death in 1962. ... Faulkner has managed to transform literature. ...

• Word Count: 1548
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Garfinkel informed us that in our first term senior English class we would be reading literature so contemporary and new that we would have to buy the books ourselves. ... When we received Don DeLillo's White Noise, if pages falling out of the book and paper turning yellow from the constant abuse by students over the years did not hint to you that this book was old, then the fact that it was published 1985 certainly seemed to prove that our "contemporary studies" have gone off track. ...

• Word Count: 1176
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• Grade Level: High School

While working on his doctorate, he began to work regularly in medieval studies and Anglo-Saxon literature. ... His restless scholarship won him an assistant professorship in medieval studies at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University). For the next few years, Gardner published several scholarly texts on early English literature, including a thousand-page study of Geoffrey Chaucer. ...

• Word Count: 990
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• Grade Level: High School

My duty was to study well in school, just like my dad had to work and supported the family and she had to take care of household matters. One day in school, my Chinese Literature teacher was sick. We were told by a substitiute teacher to study the textbook ourselves. ... Often at night, I would put my blanket underneath the closed door to cover the gap so they wouldnt find out that I was still up reading my novels, or placed my novels between textbooks, misleading them into believing that I was studying. ...

• Word Count: 647
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Katherine O"Flaherty Chopin The Life and Literary Works Literature is often used as a devise to express opinions and ideas that are socially unacceptable. ... At this point, Chopin was taken out of the Sacred Heart School to study under her great-grandmother out of their home. ... Chopin loved to read and had an interest in literature since childhood. ... She was buried in Calvary Cemetery two days later (Toth, 243) Kate Chopin wrote some of the most powerful pieces of literature of the nineteenth century. ...

• Word Count: 1243
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• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald went on to become a member of the Princeton Class of 1917, however, he tended to neglect his schoolwork and studies in order to pursue his love of literature. ... In this manner, he wrote many of his works of literature. ... Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald died thinking himself a failure, though his literature proves otherwise....

• Word Count: 941
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• Grade Level: High School

His parents urged him to specially pursue classical studies and athletic success or to express his artistic self. ... When Hugh MacLennan graduated from high school, he began to study Greek and Latin at Dalhousie University from 1924 to 1928 where he received his B.A. ... MacLennan's novels set the foundation for a distinct Canadian literature and culture, written to appeal to an international audience. ...

• Word Count: 772
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• Grade Level: High School

The Similarities Between "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "A Separate Piece" The novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles and the poem titled " Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost are both very interesting and similar pieces of literature. ... One may ask what went wrong, well Gene started to get jealous of Finny's superb athletic skills and suspected him of messing with Gene's studies but in the real world finny was trying to get Gene to have more fun and loosen up. ...

• Word Count: 682
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• Grade Level: High School

A True Winner On Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea Abstract: Ernest Hemingway, a famous American writer, is considered as one of the most important and outstanding writers of the 20th century in the world. This essay is to deal mainly with the writing techniques of The Old Man and the Sea as wel...

• Word Count: 2478
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• Grade Level: High School

They ask the DeLillos and the Updikes and the Styrons, but they don't ask popular novelists."1 The above quote aptly illustrates the incredible bias that exists in academia today regarding popular literature. ... Popular literature is usually read for escapism. ... They do not require deep thought or study and while many of them do tackle moral dilemmas and basic philosophies they do so in an "Oprah Winfrey" way. ...

• Word Count: 2261
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• Grade Level: High School

I chose to analysis Frankenstein as the novel for my analysis because I studies the novel in depth in a first year English (English 200) course. ... While for a hypertextual work this porosity forms an essential ingredient in the whole process, for a traditional piece of literature I found this method very unsettling. ...

• Word Count: 1023
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• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, Tolstoy has created a wonderful piece of literature with a intricate plot structure. As Sydney Schultze puts it, "the study of the novel's construction is rewarding because the book is so beautifully crated." ...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: High School

No matter her form of writing though she is still essential to American literature even today. ... It is decided from this research of Oates biography and study of her story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" that Oates is a deeply religious person who relies heavily on God's word. ...

• Word Count: 1228
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School