1. Supernatural Elements in Literature
Max Weber's work about bureaucracy, translated into English in 1946, was one of the major contributions that has influenced the literature of public administration. ... In addition, the essay reflects the rational and irrational areas that can be traced in the literature of public organizations and public administration theories. ... We can critically assess bureaucracies as organizations with similar elements to the ones described by Michel Foucault (1975) in this book, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. ...
After a brief summary of the two novel, the research question is explored through the analysis of different literary elements, how the author employ each literary elements to achieve the development of fear and how they influence the readers' fear. ... However, there is not much curiosity about exactly how these two genres have become such important genres in literature. ... But exactly how is the readers' fear being manipulated by literary elements in the genres of horror and thrillers? ... Both Suskind and Stoker employ various literary devices and techniques in order to execute t...
Heroic tradition in literature Heroism cannot be discussed detached from a hero. ... It is in the early Greek literature that we find the earliest heroic epic. ... Long after the splendor of Greek culture, the earliest heroic tradition in English literature evolved from the pagan tradition. ... However, there are also Christian elements in the early English literature as well. ... One of the earliest heroic epics in English Literature is Beowulf. ...
THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND OUTLINE I. ... Focus on Problems of the Time THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND English literature is rich in a history that spans back before the beginnings of Christianity. From the first piece of literature ever known to exist to the classics given to us by Shakespeare, the changing times of England can be seen in its literature. ... The Middle Ages marked the beginning of English literature. ... In "Beowulf", pagan elements can be seen in the three mythical creatures. ...
African American literature is an extremely dense and rich form of literature that contains many types of similar tropes. These tropes can be seen throughout many of African American works of literature. ... Double-Consciousness Double-consciousness is a major theme that courses through many African American literature works. ... This idea of double-consciousness comes through in almost any African American work of literature. ... " African American literature usually poses this question of identity because the people had a very hard time identifying who they truly were. ...
Literary Theory Is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for analyzing literature. ... Formalists were primarily oriented towards the form of literature. They deal with the study of literature as literariness. It means that text does not convey meaning but there are certain devices which bring the elements of defamiliarization. ... Structuralism Prague Structuralism The prague school further developed the idea that a literary text is a structure in which all the elements are interrelated and interdependent. ...
Literature began to be contemplated as a profession and not just escapist amusement, which brought masculinist elitism and its conclusion that Victorian literature had been "too feminine and moralistic. " Question IV How does the radical break and innovative form of Aesthetic Modernism contribute to the paradigmatic crisis of the time? ... Question V What are the central elements and concerns developed by Childs to explain the phenomenon of Modernism? ...
"The old mysteries have given way to a new style,"" This quote alone illustrates the changing nature of gothic literature through the centuries. ... Her character exudes many elements of hidden sexuality, which at times she wishes to express, as she states herself in a letter to Mina, "Why can't they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her - (Stoker, 81) The new styles' of sexuality and desire are expressed significantly more liberally in The Vampire Lestat. ... Elements of homosexuality also lace the novel. ... Unlike much of the early gothic literature, as in Dra...
The instability of theology offered Gothic Literature the confidence to query the supremacy of religion in text, for example in The Monk, where there is, according to critic David Stephens '...in effect a conflation of Roman Catholicism and blind superstition.'3 Both here and in the character of Father Jerome in Walpole's archetypical The Castle of Otranto, Gothic authors have presented religious representatives as morally injudicious, their irresolute personas open to corruption and temptation. ... In religious literature, temptation is often seen as the ultimate transgression ...
However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." ... This genre of literature has become known as magic realism, a movement characterized by the dreamlike and fantastic elements, which are mixed into fiction. There are many reasons why the "Boom" literature occurred when it did. ... Most importantly, with the emergence of the "Boom" writers of the 60s to the early 80s, three common conflicts developed in Latin American literature: good vs. evil, nature vs. urban progress, and civilization vs. barbarism. ... One of the common confli...
This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... A tension in writing between the popular and the esoteric, and the popular and specialized, the commercial and the avant-garde, became a feature of twentieth-century literature. ... Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... There is also the fact t...
During the time period that this novel was written the gothic novel was a main piece of literature that was read. ... Coleridge's opinion of the novel suggests that the elements in the gothic novels were not important to its understanding as a romance novel. ... He must have recognized that the gothic novels were able to capture the reader's attention with the elements that they possess. ... Austen was making a statement about society and the types of literature that was being read. ... Novels were not having the gothic elements and there can reflect the reality of the society. ...
Although many great names are associated with Romantic literature, two poets who stand out as immensely influential figures are William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ... In the Preface of this volume, titled Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, Wordsworth describes the key elements that constitute Romantic literature, among them the role of the Imagination. However, before one can understand the role of the Imagination in Romantic literature, it is vital to understand what constitutes the Imagination as described by Coleridge in his Biographia Literaria, and how this definition t...
Sci-fi and fantasy literature have an impressive history, dating back hundreds of years. ... The first works to contain more science fiction elements as they are known today, come from ancient Indian poetry. ... Up through the early twentieth century, novels, even if they had fantasy elements, were still regarded as fairy tales. ... Literature is where both science fiction and fantasy came into existence, though they certainly didn't stop there. ... While both of these ways " literature and film " have been regarded as the "classic " mediums to experience literature, there ar...
Literature Review 2 2.1 Subculture 2 2.2 Who are Goths? ... LITERATURE REVIEW Subculture A subculture is a number of people who share collective interests, practices, values, norms and attitudes that are unique to distinctive to, example, Goths. ... Popular styles (which are part of the cultures identity) evident in the literature are: anything black (and dark colours), silver, to look paler, dyed hair, makeup, symbols (such a cross), tattoos, piercings, chains, spikes, a box, band T-shirts etc. ... According to Porter, Goths also enjoy a broad range of literature...
Still, he developed some strong views concerning the Puritan community from reading a lot of literature, and his writings reflect this also by the way they are written, not just by their content. ... The people reading his literature at the time still had very strict and traditional beliefs. Avoiding the grim tone Hawthorne usually involved removing undesirable Elements and modifying others. ... Most of the smaller elements he used to convey his themes stem from his use of his opinions and criticism of the Puritans. ... Hypocrisy being a major element, Hawthorne also used guilt, confe...
The tablets were destroyed in the sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390BC, but a number of the laws are known through references in later Latin literature. ... Through his good sense, moderation, and conscientious attention to duty, Augustus won the support of all major elements in the Mediterranean world. ... Theodosius entertained, but did not carry out, a broader plan, involving an official digest of the older law, as set forth in the juristic literature. ...
Within the literature review, the researcher reviewed academic, as well as practitioner research relating to the subject matter of employee engagement. ... Chapter Two Literature Review Why Employee Engagement is of Importance and Interest Employee engagement has become a heavily discussed topic in recent years. However, there is still ambiguity within the academic literature as to how employee engagement can be influenced by management. ... The literature concerning employee engagement poses a challenge due to the fact that there is no one universally applied definition to cover the topic of...
Although these impacts were crucial for Tolkien, his religion played a more decisive role in his works of literature. ... The Hobbit involves elves, goblins, trolls, a dragon, wild wolves, and giant spiders, but more importantly it consists of blended Norse and Teutonic elements. ... An important reason why this peace is crucial for literature is because of its unique spin on fantasy. ... A comparison could be made between both works of literature and the war, a sense of national literature could be argued. In both aspects, literature was a release from reality and a ...
Abstract Ernest Hemingway's prose has left a lasting impression on the way American literature is written and taught. ... It is a truly gripping story, told in a lean, hard, athletic narrative prose that, in a way, puts other great works of literature to shame". ... Hemingway didn't develop this writing style entirely on his own, however - it was his time spent working for a newspaper and the formative experiences he had in World War I that produced the sparse, powerful style that left such an indelible impact on the world of literature. ... As we have shown, it was praised almost ...
I am most interested in studying Macbeth because the author, William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer of English literature. ... Because of his bottomless knowledge of the many aspects of human nature, his compassion toward all types and classes of people, and the influence, strength and beauty of his language I have been drawn to his literature. ... All of which have been referred to as icons of to be studied within literature. ... A great play like Macbeth intertwines a variety of elements into a unified whole. ...
The author's age must not only correspond with the publishing and writing dates, but the age must also correspond with the content of the literature, that is the author cannot be too young or too old to be writing this. ... The point also must be made that the author shouldn't have only been knowledgeable in foreign languages, but also have access to the literature from which so much has been derived. ... It seems suspicious that when the supposed greatest writer in all of literature died in 1616, there was no reaction (The Shakespeare Mystery). ... William Shakspere's backg...
The project will attempt to highlight the relevance of the question asked and it will outline sources used in the literature review. ... One can theorise that comic books may not be a main stream genre for researchers because of the fact that they have a different audience to that of other areas of literature. ... Comics are a form of literature that is based on the relationship between pictures and writing, the translator needs to take into account the picture, the text and even the speech bubble. ... Therefore it is relevant to examine this kind of literature to see if the theory that can b...
The literature, like the music, depends on a communal understanding, and the creativity is held together by a constant beat, like the double bass in an improvisation. ... The streams of consciousness almost seem beyond the prose style of the novel, rather they present to us a poetic state that provide the rhythm and conscious of music, rather than literature. ...