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- 31: Native American Literature
- Native American Literature Native American Literature comes from the 700 different tribes who migrated to what is known today as America. Considering each tribe held diverse cultures, had different living styles, religious matters and governments, one would also think their oral ... of nature and its attributes, but gives an account about a Native American man finding love. This creation displays the beliefs they have. All four stories have interesting aspects within them demonstrating what Native American Literature is like. The Walam Olum is a creative story brought to us by the Delaware Native American tribe. It is a myth that demonstrates their love for Earth, nature and their surroundings. This account ...
- 32: Greek Literature
- Greek Literature Greeks created a great literature. Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired, influenced, and challenged readers to today. Romans, on the other hand, turned to Greeks when it came to literature, and writing. The Greek alphabet came from the Phoenician alphabet. During the period from the 8th to the 5th century B.C., local differences caused the forms of letters to vary from one city- ...
- 33: Early American Literature by Stephen Crane and Robert E. Lee About War
- Early American Literature by Stephen Crane and Robert E. Lee About War American Literature consisted of many well known writers. These writers wrote excellent pieces of literature which are widely read today. These writers wrote about some aspect of American life, and they depicted America very well. Some of these writers are Stephen Crane and Robert E. Lee. Lee wasn't ...
- 34: An Analysis of British Literature
- An Analysis of British Literature Death is inevitable and what happens after death will always be a mystery to the living. For this reason, the afterlife has always been a topic which artists have chosen to explore in their works. Throughout the chronology of British literature, artists have used society's views as a basis to examine the afterlife, and look at it in new ways. The afterlife has been a theme in British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period of Beowulf to the twentieth century writings of Dylan Thomas. The mysteriousness of the afterlife makes it a topic which artists will always be eager to analyze. During the ...
- 35: The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
- The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature There comes a time is each person's life when they reach the point where they are no longer children, but adults. The transition from a child into a young adult is often referred to ... understanding of the world around them. The coming of age really is indefinite and cannot be marked in general overview. This stage in life is one of the most important and most popular themes in literature. The coming of age theme is found in one of the one of the best coming to age stories that have ever been written. Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a sensitive touching portrayal of a young boy who grows up through shocking yet realistic events. Although many people are only aware of the coming of age theme through literature and other forms of entertainment, there is also a very realistic part to this event in a person's life which is often ignored. The coming of age is an event which is often ...
- 36: The Beat Poets and Movement
- The Beat Poets and Movement The "Beat Movement" in modern literature has become an important period in the history of literature and society in America. Incorporating influences such as jazz, art, literature, philosophy and religion, the beat writers created a new and prophetic vision of modern life and changed the way a generation of people sees the world. That generation is mow aging and its representative ...
- 37: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present Gender conflict arises when one set or another defies social norn through thought or actions. Society is constantly changing, some would say evolving, and gender roles are constantly being redefined ... New Orleans and traveled the literary circle of that community. He returned to Oxford at the end of 1925. On June 20, 1929 he married Estelle Oldham. In 1950 Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for literature. Faulkner died July 16, 1962, the same year he declined an invitation to a White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners hosted by President and Mrs. J.F. Kennedy. (Ford & Kincaid 4-11) Sophocles was ... to cite in relations to her work. All interpretations are my own. "A Rose for Emily"; probably Faulkner's best short story, is surely one of the most grim yet touching stories in all English literature...." (O'Connor p.68). O'Connor blames the severity of the treatment Emily Grierson received at the hands of her father for her subsequent emotional breakdown. He further states that it is the denial ...
- 38: The French Revolution's Affect on Romanticism
- The French Revolution's Affect on Romanticism The literature of a country is affected and influenced by how the people of that country live. This paper will prove that The French Revolution greatly influenced 19th Century French Romanticism. First, the cultural values of the ... Interactive Encyclopedia "French Revolution"). They wanted a voice in a stable government with a strong economy (Johnson 105) and a strong sense of individuality and independence within the people. (Moss and Wilson 180) Eighteenth- century literature was much like the society in which it was produced, restrained. Society was divided into privileged and unprivileged classes, (Leinward 452) with Eighteenth- century writers focusing on the lives of the upper class. (Thompson 857 ... sent a strong wave of emotion and revival throughout France (Peyre 59). This lead to new laws and standards for the citizens, including newer, less imposing literary standards. Romanticism marked a profound change in both literature and thought. Romanticism, according to Webster's Dictionary, is defined as "a literary movement (as in early 19th century Europe) marked especially by an emphasis on the imagination and emotions and by the use ...
- 39: The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
- The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature There comes a time is each person's life when they reach the point where they are no longer children, but adults. The transition from a child into a young adult is often referred to ... understanding of the world around them. The coming of age really is indefinite and cannot be marked in general overview. This stage in life is one of the most important and most popular themes in literature. The coming of age theme is found in one of the one of the best coming to age stories that have ever been written. Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a sensitive touching portrayal of a young boy who grows up through shocking yet realistic events. Although many people are only aware of the coming of age theme through literature and other forms of entertainment, there is also a very realistic part to this event in a person's life which is often ignored. The coming of age is an event which is often ...
- 40: What Is Art ?
- ... what art is good for, mainly with respect to ethics. My stand on art is that it can be both for good and for bad when it comes to the question of ethics. For example, literature as art can act in both ways, which way it goes depends on both the writer and reader. Literature, since it's inception has always been a form of communication, and good literature be it the prose of Trollope, poems of Blake, the plays of Shakespeare or even political propaganda has always had the sincerity of its creator. Throughout history, literature has been able to bring a ...
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