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- 241: Geoffrey Chaucer
- ... retirement. Geoffrey Chaucer died in October 25, 1400. In a time when literacy was a luxury affordable only by the very wealthy and powerful, Chaucer¦s writings stand out as unique. The main language of literature of the time was Latin. Literacy and fluency in Latin were taught as early as literacy in English. In fact, many people could read Latin yet had treat difficulty figuring out the simplest English sentences. What little literature was not written in Latin was written in French. Latin and French poetry was widely recognized as being the only real literature of any worth. This of course, makes Chaucer¦s works even more unusual. Unlike most of the other writers of the time, Chaucer wrote his works in English. It was read in English to ...
- 242: Modernism
- ... not for modernism who knows if we would be talking about the works of Emily Dickinson today, after all it was modernism that got her poetry discovered. Modernism is what kicked off Twentieth- Century American Literature. The authors of this modernistic period had the same goals so naturally wrote using the same ideas, methods, and principles. Modernists like realists both wanted to paint an unbiased, accurate picture of society by confronting ... and of the society. The only difference in the two is the difference in societies. These principles could be called the tenents of Modernism. My working definition of modernism would be a movement in American Literature that allowed writers to be able to express themselves but at the same time be able to celebrate the changes that are accruing around them. This movement also allowed poets to write about anything that ... type of descriptive writing that was being used the voice in the writings were in deep detail and strong emphasis on words were also used to help get the point across. This time in American Literature is a very important one. Without this strong movement we today would not have the please of being able to read someone such as Hart Crane and Ezra Pound, Eliot and Stevens along with ...
- 243: The History Of Greek Theater
- ... skene building, which contained the dressing rooms, from which a dummy was suspended to represent a god. This device was first employed by Euripides to give a miraculous conclusion to a tragedy. In later romantic literature, this device was no longer used and the miracles supplied by it were replace by the sudden appearance of a rich uncle, the discovery or new wills, or of infants changed at birth. Many proprieties ... Gilbert, Euripides and His Age, New York: Oxford University Press, 1955. 4. Reinhold, Meyer, Ph.D., Essentials of Greek and Roman Classics, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 1960. 5. Trawick, Buckner B., World Literature, Volume I: Greek, Roman, Oriental and Medieval William McAvoy, Dramatic Tragedy, 1971, p. ix Ibid., p. x William McAvoy, Dramatic Tragedy, 1971, p. xi Ibid., p. vii Meyer Reinhold, Ph.D., Essentials of Greek and ... Ibid., p.62 Gilbert Murray, Euripides and His Age, 1955, p.146 Gilbert Murray, Euripides and His Age, 1955, p. 153 F.L. Lucas, Greek Tragedy and Comedy, 1968, p. 12 Buckner B. Trawick, World Literature, Volume I: Greek, Roman, Oriental and Medieval Classics, 1958, p. 76 Meyer Reinhold, Ph.D., Essentials of Greek and Roman Classics, 1960, p. 114 Ibid., p. 238 Ibid., p. 253 Buckner B. Trawick, World ...
- 244: Effects of World War II on Japan
- ... of the western culture. Japan's culture before the war was very special and unique but after the war a lot of western ideas entered this culture and influenced it in several ways such as literature, architecture, religion and others. "Japan's literature got influenced by Russian, Western European, and American literature characteristics" (Grolier, Japanese Literature) . For example, some modern authors wrote romantic novels based on their experiences in Germany. These novels were written after World War II. Newspapers and magazines started to carry cartoons, which ...
- 245: Brave New World Vs. Our World
- ... be subtly evolving and becoming far worse than Huxley could ever have imagined. In Brave New World they destroy the freedom of the individual through various controlling methods such as a caste system, take away literature and art, and conditioning. So when asked the question where would you rather live here in our world or in a world like Brave New World which would you answer. Many may not like the ... your caste and no matter what always have to acknowledge the D.H.C as God. So is giving up your individual freedom really worth it all in the end? In the Brave New World, literature and art are taken away in order to destroy individuality and freedom of thought. For as Mustapha Mond says, “It isn’t only art that’s incompatible with happiness; it’s also science. Science is dangerous; we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled” (Huxley 231). The Controller has made thinking impossible by taking away all science, art and religious based books. Literature, such as Shakespeare and the Bible, that teaches old-fashioned morality and beliefs is non-existent in the brave new world because people cannot understand its text. Life’s colors are dulled because the ...
- 246: William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare The English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was the author of the most widely admired and influential body of literature by any individual in the history of Western civilization. His work includes 36 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems. Knowledge of Shakespeare is derived from two sources: his works and those remains of legal ... number of comedies, tragedies, and examples of intermediate types were produced for London theaters between that year and 1642, when the London theaters were closed by order of the Puritan Parliament. Like so much nondramatic literature of the Renaissance, most of these plays were written in an elaborate verse style and under the influence of classical examples, but the popular taste, to which drama was especially susceptible, required a flamboyance and sensationalism largely alien to the spirit of Greek and Roman literature. Only the Roman tragedian Lucius Annaeus Seneca could provide a model for the earliest popular tragedy of blood and revenge, The Spanish Tragedy (1594) of Thomas Kyd. Kyd's skillfully managed, complicated, but sensational ...
- 247: Witchcraft And Effects On Lite
- ... all over the world. Every society and civilization on this planet have all some form of witchcraft in their history. Witchcraft itself has a deep history of its own causing it to be recognized in literature and modern society. First, witchcraft has a very fascinating history, which is fairly important to discuss. Because much of its history is shrouded in superstition and has not properly been recorded, its exact history is ... Demonology, Discovery of Witches, Discovery of Witchcraft, and Dr. Lamb s Darling. (Wysiwyg://7/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2962/witchcraze/time_england.html) Second, witchcraft is recognized around the world through its appearance in literature. Many well-known examples of a wide variety of witches can be found throughout literature. Many of these literary works include The Wizard of Oz, which not only has one witch but two: Glenda the Good Witch and The Wicked Witch of the West. These two witches seem to ...
- 248: Television Violence and Its Effects on Children
- Television Violence and Its Effects on Children This literature review is based on the effects of television violence on children. More specifically, it deals with the relationship found between television violence and aggression found in young children. I chose this topic because I found ... any other areas of intervention are controlled. If the aggressive behavior is reduced, it could support the theory of a causal effect as convincingly as a study performed in a carefully controlled laboratory experiment. The literature review is clear and easy to understand. Eron states at the beginning what his study is about. However, it is not clear in the review, at first, that his study deals with young children. This ... the third study to be reviewed. Atkin's study starts off by stating that much evidence supports the theory that televised violence contributes to rising amounts of aggression found among young people. He focuses his literature review on the aspect of reality vs. fantasy in violence. More realistic forms of violence are said to lead to greater aggression. His study deals with the comparison of aggressive responses in pre- adolescents ...
- 249: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
- "The poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' creates a literary mid-point between Anglo-Saxon literature and Christian Literature. Agree or Disagree?" In broad terms Sir Gawain is part of an expansive body of literature that typically was intended to entertain a courtly and hence selective audience. If there is any common denominator running throughout the stories, it is the idea of chivalry, a formal, high-stylized system of ...
- 250: Tragedy In Genesis
- ... Kaufmann defines tragedy in an almost scientific kind of way. To him, every tragedy must fit into exactly the same mold in precisely the same fashion. He writes: tragedy is (1) a form of a literature that (2) presents a symbolic action as performed by actors and (3) moves into the center immense human suffering (4) in such a way that it brings to our minds our own forgotten and repressed ... must end in death (Aimmense human suffering@) for it to be included within the canon of tragedy. Seemingly, tragedy could not occur within the mundane as Kaufmann emphasizes that it must be a form of literature and performed by actors. Without suffering, a work of literature cannot be considered tragedy. Kaufmann=s definition was shaped by the works of Sophocles and Euripides. Although there were three primary tragedy writers in antiquity, Kaufmann does not seem to be able to cope ...
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