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- 81: Womens Writing The Powe And Th
- ... on a new style(s) of writing. Publishers have also had to consider the divergence between academic and literary writing and the fact that Jill average on the street may be more interested in popular fiction than groundbreaking women s writing. According to Toril Moi, Feminist criticism , is a specific kind of political discourse: a critical and theoretical practise committed to the struggle against patriarchy and sexism, not simply a concern ... p xiii) and that patriarchy is, a literal subjugation and oppression of women and a figurative but real subjugation and disparagement of the feminine in men. (Ibid). Cultural studies has though extended itself towards pulp fiction, soapies Elaine Showalter concept of gynocritics woman as writer with woman as the producer of textual meanings, with the history, themes, genres, and structures of literature of women. , highlights the process of reshaping literature - although ... be wilfully political. So academic writing seeks to address areas such as anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies literature and can be done so from a feminist critique. At another level we can analyse written work fiction and non-fiction and using a feminist discourse and apply a critique to anything from Women s Day magazine to workshop car manual. Speaking of the Women s Day and other magazines of its ...
- 82: Robert Frost 2
- ... confusing as some poets, but trying to understand the hidden meanings are the most difficult. Trying to figure out any poem is difficult, but Frost s are unique. Works Cited Frost, Robert. Birches. Literature:Reading Fiction,Poetry,Drama, and The Essay. Robert DiYanni. Boston:McGraw,1998. 669-70. -- Desert Places. Literature:Reading Fiction,Poetry,Drama, and the Essay. Robert DiYanni. Boston:McGraw, 1998. 679. -- Once by the Pacific. Literature:Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay. Robert DiYanni. Boston:McGraw, 1998. 676. -- The Road Not Taken. Literature:Reading Fiction,Poetry,Drama,and the Essay. Robert DiYanni. Boston:McGraw, 1998. 513. -- Tree at my Window. Literature: ...
- 83: Foundation Analysis
- Grace Palley has said, “All fiction is a lie, but at the heart of that lie is a truth.” This quote directly applies to Issac Asimov’s, Foundation. Science Fiction deals with events that did happened, may have happened, or have not yet happened to a certain degree. Foundation has symbolic revelation of corrupt power and the quest for the truth. Foundation, like many science fiction novels, contains symbolism, which reflects the deep core of truth with all lives while outwardly representing improbable people, places and things. According to Grace Palley’s statement it is easy to compare Foundation with ...
- 84: The X-Files, X Marks the Spot: Book Report
- ... Report I liked The X-files, X Marks the Spot. There was a lot of suspense. It was easy to understand. The events were spread out well. Overall it wasn't another long boring science fiction book. There was a lot of suspense. There was suspense as soon as I got into the second chapter. I didn't want to put the book down. I sometimes have trouble trying to find ... whole book fast, I was always reading it in study hall, and trying to get as far as I could in readers workshop. It was easy to understand. I've read a lot of science fiction books that are very complicated. Some books have too many characters to remember, or they have something that is really weird or unrealistic. Some science fiction books get way too far out. This book was nothing like that. The events were spread out well. Some science fiction books are very boring, till the end of the book where all the ...
- 85: The X-Files, X Marks the Spot: Book Report
- ... Report I liked The X-files, X Marks the Spot. There was a lot of suspense. It was easy to understand. The events were spread out well. Overall it wasn't another long boring science fiction book. There was a lot of suspense. There was suspense as soon as I got into the second chapter. I didn't want to put the book down. I sometimes have trouble trying to find ... whole book fast, I was always reading it in study hall, and trying to get as far as I could in readers workshop. It was easy to understand. I've read a lot of science fiction books that are very complicated. Some books have too many characters to remember, or they have something that is really weird or unrealistic. Some science fiction books get way too far out. This book was nothing like that. The events were spread out well. Some science fiction books are very boring, till the end of the book where all the ...
- 86: Ray Bradbury: Literary Influences
- Ray Bradbury: Literary Influences Ray Bradbury, one of the most revered science-fiction authors, has had many things occur in his life which directly influenced his style of writing. In addition to influencing his style, these events also affected the content and theme of his individual works. Putting all of this aside, however, if these specific events did not occur in Bradbury's life, he would not have become a science-fiction writer. Throughout his childhood, Bradbury was exposed to many types of literature. While living in Waukegan, Illinois at the age of six, Bradbury's Aunt read him the Oz books. Also at this early age ... fondness for the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the comic book heroes Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Prince Valiant.” (Johnson 1). It was these comic book heroes who fueled Bradbury's fondness for science fiction. After moving to Tucson, Arizona Bradbury got a job a local radio station because of his experience in Waukegan as an amateur magician. “‘I was on the radio every Saturday night reading comic book ...
- 87: Stephen Crane
- ... with it, the end of Maggie herself. In the final chapter Maggie meets her ultimate fate. Edwin Moses says of Maggie’s conclusion, “It is one of the most harrowingly ironic endings in all of fiction…”(433). After being disowned by her mother for leaving her home to live with Peter, Maggie is disowned by Peter as well. In the end she is left for a more beautiful woman with more ... This technique is often repeated and occurs often in his writings. Crane is credited and recognized for having the ability to do this so well. “Both realism and symbolism, the two major directions of modern fiction, have their beginnings in Crane’s work”(Peden, 150). The caliber of Maggie’s reality was too graphic for many people of the time to handle and was therefore looked down upon by many. Upon ... Colvert, James B. “Stephen Crane.” American Realists and Naturalists. Ed. Donald Pizer. Detroit: Gale, 1982. 100-24. Vol. 12 of Dictionary of Literary Biography. Crane, Stephen. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction. New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Garland, Hamlin. “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.” The Arena June 1893. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literary Critcism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 11. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 121. Karlen, Amo. “ ...
- 88: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... career spanned the 1950s and early ‘60s, a time when the South was dominated by Protestant Christians. O’Connor was born and raised Catholic. She was a fundamentalist and a Christian moralist whose powerful apocalyptic fiction is focused in the South. Flannery O’Connor was born March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia. O’ Connor grew up on a farm with her parents Regina and Edward O’ Connor. At the age of ... characters who were spiritually or physically grotesque (Ryiley 334). Flannery O’Connor’s significance as a writer is her original use of religion. Like no other short story writer, she dramatizes religious themes in her fiction stories. She is established as one of the most gifted and original fiction writers of the 20th century. "Everything That Rise must converge," and " Revelation" won first prize in the O. Henry awards for short stories. "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" and A "Circle ...
- 89: Dicks' Androids and Scotts' Replicants
- ... written over fifty novels, and is considered among some of the greatest experimental writers of the 1950s and '60s, such as; William Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, and Thomas Pynchon.(Star 34) He has written science- fiction and regular fiction. His fiction usually spoke of people trying to figure out who they are, or what they are supposed to be. He is best known, however, for his work in science-fiction, and this represents the majority ...
- 90: “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote
- ... crime reporting from serious literature. As he relives the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote creates suspense. This non fiction novel has started a whole new type of writing. It has been called literary journalism and creative non fiction. Truman Capote was born in 1924 and died in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non fiction including short stories, novels, plays and films. The intense research and writing of “In Cold Blood” is said to have taken a toll on Capote’s mind. Capote sees the write- ...
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