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- 151: The American Classroom: Making it work for the Native American
- ... This sends a message to the student that there is a solid line between the normal American curriculum, and the multicultural curriculum. This also tells students that it is nearly impossible to read Native American literature as American literature. Another common mistake is to make these multicultural units around certain holidays. For example a unit on Latin American literature around Cinco de Mayo. And the most ironic, a unit on Native American literature around Thanksgiving. This method of inclusion reinforces the stereotype that different cultures are only important when they are linked with ...
- 152: The Theme of Nature in the Works of Plato, Bryant, Twain, and Thoreau
- ... In his Poetics, Plato contemplates the nature of aesthetics and existence. He postulates that for every existing object and idea there is an absolute "ideal" which transcends human experience. He further concludes that art, including literature, is an aesthetic representation of real objects and ideas that is used to better understand their "ideals." In theory, as an object becomes closer ideal it also becomes a better subject for the artist. American ... the natural world found there by early settlers was much closer to being "ideal" than anywhere else on Earth. For this reason, nature has become one of the most important subjects of American art, especially Literature. Specific examples from American literature including the works Moby Dick, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Walden, and "To a Waterfowl" can show how American authors explore the ideals of human existence through aesthetic representations of nature. William Cullen Bryant, ...
- 153: Gustave Flaubert and Madame Bovary: Comparisons
- ... doctor too. During Flaubert's younger years, he was alone most of the time. He didn't have any friends and normally spent his days in solitude. This gave him time to focus on his literature (Flaubert i). Since Flaubert's academics and knowledge of literature were released at such an early age, it is explainable to see how his profound talent was released (Flaubert i). He began to write plays at around the age of ten. These were in-depth ... academic standings (Kunitz 280). Upon completion of that, he enrolled into law school but found no interest in it (Thorlby 250). This allowed him to do some drifting, while taking the time to realize that literature would be his destiny (Kunitz 281). Although all of this schooling and work helped Flaubert become an extremely talented writer, he thought writing to be one of the most difficult things (De Man xi). ...
- 154: T.S. Eliot
- ... J. Alfred Prufrock'. This was followed by other short poems such as 'Portrait of a Lady'. 'The Waste Land', which appeared in 1922, is considered by many to be his most challenging work (see American Literature). In 1927 Eliot became a British subject and was confirmed in the Church of England. His essays ('For Lancelot Andrewes', 1928) and his poetry ('Four Quartets', 1943) increasingly reflected this association with a traditional culture ... ancient Greek drama 'Alcestis' by Euripides, came out in 1950 and 'The Confidential Clerk' in 1953. The dialogue in his plays is written in a free, rhythmical verse pattern. Eliot won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948 and other major literary awards. The author was married twice. He died on Jan. 4, 1965, in London. T.S. Eliot once said that the largest difficulty facing poets today was form and ... and language once had a pervasive meaningfulness which has been lost in our increasingly rational and discontinuous society, but that by recovering the lost myth from within our culture, poets can restore mythic unity to literature." So why was did was this poet often considered to be so controversial at times? "I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature, and a royalist in politics." T.S. Eliot ...
- 155: Dante’s Influence on Italian Culture
- Dante’s Influence on Italian Culture Dante Alighieri was a very well known and influential poet in early literature. “He was not only a poet, he was also a philosophical thinker, an active politician, and a religious visionary” (Holmes 1). Dante was born in Florence in 1265, into the Guelph political party, one of ... banished from political office and exiled from Florence (Parish Internet). His life changed drastically during his exile, enabling him to concentrate on his writing. Dante was one of the most influential individuals in early European literature, language, and politics. He influenced Italian society and culture through his poetry and his prose (Dante Internet). His writings helped to unify the Italian language. His opinions on politics were new and many of his ideas are seen in today’s politics (Holmes 23). These are the three key areas in which Dante was so influential. Dante’s writings had a great impact on Italian literature, both in the nature of the topics and the style of the prose. His writings have been hailed “the pillars on which the European literary tradition has been built” (Dante: The Divine… Internet). The ...
- 156: Fahrenheit 451 - A Charred Exi
- ... such a world is brought to the awareness of the reader through a description of the impacts of censorship and forced conformity on people living in a futuristic society. In this society, all works of literature have become a symbol of unnecessary controversy and are outlawed. Individuality and thought is outlawed. The human mind is outlawed. All that is left is a senseless society, unaware of their path to self-destruction ... warns us of a future we are on a path to a future of mind manipulation, misused technology, ignorance, and hatred. He challenges the reader to remain open-minded by promoting individualism, the appreciation of literature, the defiance of censorship and conformity, and most importantly, change. Bradbury s inspiration to convey the themes involved in the novel resulted mainly from the social situation of the time. First of all, the novel ... Also, as the television was becoming the main form of communication in the 50 s, Bradbury believed that it was reducing society to very mediocre tastes (Touponce 125). As a defense against the degradation of literature (as well as peoples minds), Bradbury intended to teach us of the importance of books by showing us the misery involved in a world that lacks them. Another social consequence leading to the writing ...
- 157: Male Circumcision: A Social and Medical Misconception
- ... absolute medical indications exist, why should male infants be exposed to these risks? In essence, our society has perpetuated an unnecessary surgical procedure that permanently alters a normal, healthy body part. This paper examines the literature surrounding the debate over circumcision, delineates the flaws that exist in the research, and discusses the nurse's role in the circumcision debate. Review of Literature Many studies performed worldwide suggest a relationship between lack of circumcision and urinary tract infection (UTI). In 1982, Ginsberg and McCracken described a case series of infants five days to eight months of age hospitalized ... circumcision is not performed in such a meticulous manner worldwide, it is possible that the risks of circumcision are far greater that the current research in this country suggests. Discussion Clinical evidence cited from the literature confirms that circumcision in the neonate can result in unnecessary trauma and pain. There is no unequivocal proof that lack of circumcision is directly related to the incidence of UTI and STDs. Despite these ...
- 158: New Hreligion And Medieval Lit
- As The Norton Anthology of English Literature says, "By far the larger proportion of surviving literature in Middle as in Old English is religious" (7). This shouldn't be surprising since we know education had a religious affiliation; men were educated, went to "universities" to become clerics. "The church offered a ... the first book in English. This new method of printing was the key to increasing the availability of texts and lowering the cost. But the church had overwhelming influence and plenty of funds to produce literature and wasn't terribly interested in a literate following, it only meant more people would be reading and developing their own interpretations of the scripture. The church knew that the stories and ideas of ...
- 159: Ralph Waldo Emerson 2
- Ralph Waldo Emerson certainly took his place in the history of American Literature. He lived in a time when romanticism was becoming a way of thinking and beginning to bloom in America, the time period known as The Romantic Age. Romantic thinking stressed on human imagination and emotion ... can be found in the works of Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and Robert Frost. No doubt, Ralph Waldo Emerson was an astute and intellectual man who influenced American Literature and has rightly received the credit that he deserves from historians. He has been depicted as a leading figure in American thought and literature, or at least ranks up there with the very best. There is so much more to Ralph Waldo Emerson when we consider the personal hardships that he had to endure during the course of ...
- 160: MkIS Support For The Marketing
- ... management process The concept of MkIS The concept of IT-based marketing information systems (MkIS) has been with us for many years. During the last three decades many authors have presented models for MkIS (see literature review, Talvinen, 1995). Based on this literature review from the early days of MkIS to the present we reconceptualized the MkIS by dividing them into two main groups by use and users – management MkIS and operational MkIS. Those management MkIS can be ... ensure more realistic planning of all marketing”. With DBM, the MkIS database can be used to segment a company˘s markets and to record responses and reactions of customers and prospects to company initiatives (see literature review on DBM, Petrison et al., 1993). In some companies, telemarketing (a version of DBM, in which the marketing channel is the telephone) has become an essential part of the marketing campaign process and ...
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