I envision my major work as a postmodern narrative which explores the connection between literature and an individual's changing perception of identity. ... I find form to be particularly important in reflecting the characteristics of postmodern literature, thus my independent investigation was devoted to the study of form. ... Development of my own postmodern voice is crucial to my future progress hence I must attain a better understanding of my narrator and engage with various short stories of post-modern writers such as Lydia Davis from whom I hope to gain insight into metafictive elem...

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Apart from the linguistic facility which translations and translators provide, the great works of literature, translated into several languages, allows people to imbibe the unique cultural traditions of others, which aids in a better understanding and function of today's multicultural society. ... (Grossman 50), stressing upon the need for translation as one of the most important elements of human advancement. ... The lack of translations, of works of literature, spiritual texts and treatises, and other published material alludes to the fact that Western societies have closed themselve...

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Literature often holds a mirror to the social, political and economic milieu in which it was created; this could not be truer in Elizabethan times. ... Elizabeth's use of language to describe herself resonates with the way gender, power and sexuality were used in the literature of the time. ... Organised around similar elements that Elizabeth employed in her addresses, this highly politicised moment of Cleophila's speech pays tribute to the Queen, embracing femininity, and expelling magnanimity while simultaneously exerting force. ... Issues concerning the cult of Elizabeth, and her...

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For literature, Tragedy was considered the most important in Aristotle's Poetics, Musical genres were composed of classical sonatas and symphonies, and genre painting depicting domestic life and daily social encounters began to surface in the 17th century and were then followed by genre painting that came to suggest an image of a "slice of life. ... Film Genres are made up of many elements with the most dominant dimensions Conventions, Formulas, and Expectation, which are uses to identify certain genres and distinguish them from others. ...

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Successful marketing communication relies on sound management decisions regarding the coordination of the various elements of the promotional mix. ... As a communication expert, you can help big multinationals to build and reinforce mutually profitable relationships with their customers and other important stakeholders and generate synergy by coordinating all the elements in the promotional mix into a communication program that possesses clarity, consistency and maximum impact. ...

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Some early attempts in the beginning of the 1980s initiated academic interest and articles appeared in the academic literature (Dyer, 1982; Coulson-Thomas, 1983). ... Smith et al. (1999) have defined IMC as "the strategic analysis, choice, implementation and control of all elements of marketing communications which efficiently (best use of resources), economically (minimum costs) and effectively (maximum results) influence transactions between an organization and its existing and potential customers and clients." ... In the absence of well-developed departments for individual elements of ...

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Kurosawa's films often examines and delves into questions and topics such as subjectivity of truth and perception, which allowed his film to be in a format that is approachable on a universal scale and appeal; through his interest in these subjects, Kurosawa developed a unique style that told the story with new elements. This was not the only factor that proliferated his films in to Western cinema, his films often featured Western components and literature; such films as Throne of Blood and Ran features the story of Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear, essentially Kurosawa created ve...

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Counseling is an interactive process characterized by a unique relationship between counselor and client that leads to change in one or more areas (Trickett, Sept. 9, 2003). Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Lo...

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Counseling is an interactive process characterized by a unique relationship between counselor and client that leads to change in one or more areas (Trickett, Sept. 9, 2003). Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Lo...

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The Cultural Aspect of Tourism Destination Image Turning to the literature concerning tourism destination images it appears that the way in which the concept in general is understood does not, to any significant degree, involve the culturally determined perceptions which exist on the demand side independently of the communication aspect. ... The afforementioned paper gives a number of explanations to these image elements by looking at the present and historical relationship between Denmark and England. ...

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INTRODUCTION This coursework has been divided into three parts. The first part entails a discussion on the transformational leadership style of leadership as practiced by Sir Richard Branson founder of the Virgin Group with particular focus on virgin train. (Avolio & Bass, 1995),describes transformational leadership as a leadership style in which leaders articulate a shared vision of the future, stimulate followers intellectually and show individual consideration to followers, this style of leadership best describes the characteristic and the leadership attributes of Richard Branson. The seco...

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Associated with the clinical experiences of working with patients in foreign societies, or working with minority groups, literature on intercultural psychotherapy began to appear in the 1960s. ... These generalizations may sometimes lead people to forget that cultural elements contribute to how a patient communicates and thus expresses distress. ... By using this as a criteria to define a "healthy personality," many important elements in psychotherapy in regard to a cultural population are ignored which creates cultural inconsistencies. ...

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Literature Review Research into the prospect of transgenic crops has been an ongoing project for more than 20 years. ... While the economic benefits of GM crops have been proven beyond reasonable doubt, the hypothesized hidden health costs of transgenic crops has sparked the curiosity of dissidents from certain elements within the scientific community. ...

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Abstract This essay will examine previous circumstances involving diversity training. In today's civilization diversity still exist in some appearance or another. Research has proven that (workplaces and colleges still need improvements with diversity training in the United States) diversity training in the workplace and colleges has a history in the United States. Recent studies have been reviewed to illustrate that diversity training is obviously something that is needed in the workplace. The findings that will be discussed are diversity training as a whole, as well as, campuses versu...

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Against this challenge, one of the elements gaining in importance in fostering countries' competitiveness is education. ... While all of these factors are likely to be important for competitiveness and growth, they are not mutually exclusive-two or more of them can be significant at the same time, and in fact that is what has been shown in the economic literature. ... Although the economic literature has focused mainly on public institutions, private institutions are also an important element of the process of creating wealth. ...

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Article Reviews As editor of the book, "Exploring Post-Development," Aram Ziai provides an introductory look at the discussions of post-development theory, taking a cursory look at the various arguments for, or against, post-development. Ziai expertly delivers an overview of the post-development mov...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and n...

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