"Often constructivism was overtly propagandist in nature: sometimes by the placement of simple geometric forms in the kind of literary context which turns such forms into representations - (Constructivism 161). ... Early on he had published a literary magazine between 1892 and 1894, while still at the Jesuit college, and in 1898 he published his first work in the new 'free verse' style. ... An innovative and brilliant publicist, he used modern methods to publicise his new art movement - chiefly in the form of a flood of manifestos which promised much but were often difficult to prod...

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What is literary study? ... On the other hand, literary study is knowledge about literature itself. ... But these efforts only make literature and literary study come to a very complicated relation. ... But this effort replaced the pure literary criteria. ... Traditional literary works fulfill this nature. ...

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Voices are as many as the students in the class in terms of differences in their likes and dislikes, and opinions about a number of things being culturally bound and oriented. ... The aims of the course are: To introduce you to a range of major authors and works of the period To introduce you to key themes, issues and problems To develop a broad historical understanding prose production at this time To develop literary critical skills of contextualization, close analysis, and argumentation To further develop your research skills and to prepare you for the research paper By the end of the mod...

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Compare and Contrast with Critics At the turn of the twentieth century, American culture witnessed related literary and political shifts through which marginalized voices gained increased strength despite the severe racism that informed US laws and social interaction. Many authors and literary critics saw connections between literary content and social influence. ... In an essay entitled "The Chinese in America," Sui Sin Far laments western literary depictions of the Chinese that portray them as "unfeeling" and "custom-bound." ... This study builds on White-Parks' conclusions by explori...

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In order to grasp the underlying concept of feminist theatre, its successes as a genre and the challenges it faces in contrast with mainstream theatrical forms, it is essential to begin with a definition of terms. ... This being the case, feminist plays through their diversity, expand the definition of what feminist theatre is and must be given adequate room to express themselves without restrictions in terms of form and style. ... " The 'female' phase referred to above, concerns feminist criticism of literary works, in which there are said to be two main waves: a first and a ...

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In the beginning introduction of Literary Theory: An Introduction, Eagleton states numerous definitions of literature to prove the point that there has yet to be one specific definition. ... Mikhail Bakhtin is a critic who studies literary theory, ethics, and the philosophy of language. Bakhtin "[views] language-especially literary texts-in terms of discourses and dialogues. ... Bakhtin's view of language can be summed up in two terms: addressitivity and answerability. Bakhtin discusses these terms as "a word is always addressed to someone and anticipates, can generate, a resp...

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Thus, presentations of vampirism in terms of sexuality, religious beliefs and point of view are remarkably contrasted in both these texts. However, despite this, in terms of viewing both The Vampire Lestat and Dracula as Gothic texts, there arise many similarities in their presentations of vampirism. ... Each has a different literary effect on the audience, and heavily influences their portrayal of vampirism, in way of the old' and new' styles. ... In such an analysis, Dracula and The Vampire Lestat have shown contrasting presentations of vampirism in terms of the old'...

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." - Ralph Waldo Emerson A Condensation of Its Context Toward the end of his notebook, "Naturalist," Ralph Waldo Emerson entered sentence (dated 1853) that marks a symbolic vision of nature familiar to his readers and, in more recent years, of concern to his ecologically minded critics: "He is the richest who has most use for nature as raw material of tropes and symbols with which to describe his life." (2) One can see why the tradition of reading Emerson's nature writing and environmental aesthetics in sharp contrast with Henry David Thoreau's--Thoreau viewed as "Emerson's ea...

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Cisneros suppresses the milieu she witnesses as a child; therefore, when searching for her literary identity, she uses phantasies to channel those experiences onto Esperanza Cordero. ... Cisneros' search for her literary identity caused her phantasies to give birth to Esperanza. ... By using ink and paper as a form of sublimation, Cisneros was finally coming to terms with her "traumatic experiences" (Satz 3). However, Cisneros still lacked a literary voice so she turned to her phantasies for aid. ...

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One of the examples is Iliad, which is extremely important from the European literary standpoint because it constitutes the beginning stages of the development of European literature (Hanczakowski 2001:23). ... Yet another important aspect of heroic tradition existed in Greek society and it found its way into the literary tradition. ...

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" 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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The Victorian Age marked an era where a rise of oppositional creations ruled literary and social exemplifications of gender. ... A woman, deemed as a fallen one, showed signs of disregard of the set norms, expressed sexual aggressiveness, and ignored the need to be submissive to the men in her life (Gilmour 18).The theme of a fallen woman became a popular topic in literary circles during this age. ... This idea of the ideal Victorian woman was widely witnessed in various literary works of the Victorian Age. Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" gives an honest account of ...

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The Byronic Hero has no single literary form or fashion but instead an amalgam of several heroes. The literary world used the figure of the Byronic Hero because it gave a more satisfying effect and impression on readers as a character who lived in an outrageous life of fantasy and one who violated all restrictions while displaying outstanding characteristics. ...

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The present study tries to apply traces of psychoanalysis in the short story "The Oval Portrait" using specific technical terms of Freudian psychoanalytics including complexes, obsessions and disorders in human beings : Death Drive or Thanatos, Life Drive or Eros, Melancholy, Displacement, Dream Work, Fixation, Guilt, Sublimation and Traumatic Neurosis; all of which will be defined and discussed in due order. ... Gothic Literature The Gothic, a literary movement that focused on ruin, decay, death, terror, and chaos, and privileged irrationality and passion over rationality and reas...

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The critic, John P McCall's article, "The Clerk's Tale and the Theme of Obedience" examines different literary critics perspectives to the tale. ... The Clerk's Tale acts as a response to the The Wife of Bath's Tale in terms of ideals and the role of women in marriage. ...

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With all technological endeavours a number of technical terms and slang are developed please see the  list of broadcasting terms  for a glossary of terms used. ... Many other terms exist "motion pictures  (or just  pictures  and "picture"),  the silver screen,  photoplays,  the cinema,  picture shows,  flicks "and commonly  movies. ...

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Abstract Ernest Hemingway's prose has left a lasting impression on the way American literature is written and taught. His name is legendary. Hemingway's style was influenced by his years as a newspaper reporter, both before and after World War I. Based on his experiences, this paper examines the ro...

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Hence the slippage within Jameson's work between the two terms, postmodernism and late capitalism, as both come to signify the same object and to be equated with the totality itself. ... Without a coherent or unified sense of the subject it becomes increasingly difficult to speak of temporality in terms of memory, narrative and history. ... The positive side of this, if one can speak of it in such terms, is that individual isolated signifiers appear to become more...

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- Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, 1970 Pudd'nhead Wilson & Those Extraordinary Sins Interpreting Mark Twain's work within our distinctly American cultural heritage has absorbed the careers of countless literary scholars. ... Like so Many of Twain's protagonists, both black and white, including Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Jim, Pap, The Boss, Pudd'nhead, Tom Driscoll, Chambers and Roxy, Sam Clemens was infected with a form of racism that has been with man since the beginning of time, or since the fall of man in biblical terms. ...

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Kurtz can be criticized in the same terms that Heart of Darkness is sometimes criticized: style entirely overrules substance, providing a justification for amorality and evil. ... Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. ...

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The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. ... Morgenthau's second principle states that the main signpost that helps political realism to find its way through the landscape of international politics is the concept of interest defined in terms of power. ... It sets politics as an autonomous sphere of action and understanding apart from other spheres, such as economics (understood in term...

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His, father, Samuel, encouraged him to read some of the great literary classics, providing him with a ten cents reward for each book he mastered. ... Because he was so disillusioned by the fact that Newton's sensational theories were written in classical aristocratic terms that were "unnecessarily confusing to the average person," Tom overreacted and readily developed a life-long disrespect for high level mathematics. ...

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The European Community (in broad terms) established under this Treaty, created a particularly advantageous climate for economic prosperity of the parties to the Treaty. ... It reflects the sincere desire of both parties to establish a legal base for successful long-term cooperation in terms of continuous political dia...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to find those promises withdrawn when they con- flicted with principles of self-determination. Italian claims to the west coast of the Adriatic, for instance, were denied by Yugoslavia. Italy received most of the Austrian territories it demanded, but many maintained that these were inadequate rewards for ...

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ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to layout the primary tenets of the much debated mind/body dualistic argument from the lens of philosophers from the ancient epoch but most elaborately from Rene Descartes. The most critical account of the mind-body theory was first systematically carried out by De...

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