Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... Allusion is a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. ... Flashback is a device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the fiction. ... Style is the manner of expression of a particular writer, produced by choice of words, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all the pos...

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Many types of literary criticism abound, formalism plays on the theory that the pieces form is what composes its persona. ... Formalisms utmost priority is how certain aspects of literary works construct differing things by their nature. Interpretation of the literary material ought to be limited to the structural meaning of the piece. Formalism generally regards literature as an object, whereas other types of literary criticism see it as "text". ... Being that the context is ignored, one is at a disadvantage of being reduced to hardly any symbolic devices. ...

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From the great expressionists and the literary accomplishments of 16th century English Literature a new breed of poets were born. ... Wit, inventiveness, and an elaborate use of literary devices and stylistic maneuvers hallmark their work. ...

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It was also not uncommon for historical references to appear in literary works during the seventeenth century. Wespazjan Kochowski, the poet responsible for the Polish Baroque-style poem, A Curse on the Sons, of the Crown: Who Disrupt the Diets, expresses the negativity of Sarmatism with the literary devices of symbolism, metaphor, metonymy, imagery, personification, allusion, and simile. ... These literary devices have artistically expressed Kochowski's grievances with Sarmatism and the Polish gentry during the Baroque period. ...

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In both literary works, the authors use setting to demonstrate the social separations and alienation of the characters from their communities. Situational irony is another literary device used to convey the theme of isolation in both of the literary works. ... William Faulkner and Edwin Arlington Robinson use a first person pleural narrator, setting, and situational irony in order to demonstrate the common theme of isolation in their literary works "A Rose for Emily" and "Richard Cory." Both Emily and Richard are alienated from their small town communities because 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. For exampl...

• Word Count: 1943
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. For exampl...

• Word Count: 1946
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Rejecting these concepts was among many of the cultural forces that drove literary modernism. ... Modernism, as a literary style is built upon the ideas and concepts found in both literary naturalism and realism; All together the beliefs in these theories reject the basis and ideals of romanticism. ... Gustave Flaubert as a modernist literary legend was a master at the precision of detail in his novel and this emphasized the modern perspective in his work. ...

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In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... The device could be interpreted to reaffirm the preceding line that "[he/she] [is] everywhere", even in the hollow spaces that are interwoven in the poem. ... Duffy is world-renowned for her skilful intermeshing of intertextuality in her literary works, and, in this specific poem, we can assume that she alludes to Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "Starry Night". ...

• Word Count: 1990
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate