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- 511: Donald Barthelme
- ... 1931 to Donald and Helen Barthelme in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barthelme had a wide range of careers during his lifetime. He worked as a newspaper reporter and as a managing editor of Location, and art and literature review (Harte and Riley, 41). His other jobs included serving in Korea and Japan in the U.S. Army (Barthelme Bio, 1), Professor of English at the City University of New York, teacher of Creative ... 1978); "Overnight to Many Distant Cities" (1983); and "Paradise" (1986). He also wrote Snow White, a parody of the popular children’s fairy tale, the novel. He won the National Book Award for Children’s literature for the book titled "The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: or, the Hithering, Thithering, Djinn" (1971) (Marowski and Matuz, 3?). In 1976 he received the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters for ... the privilege of being widely regarded as one of the ablest and most versatile American stylists (Robert et al, 919). Donald Barthelme passed away July 23, 1989 from cancer in Houston Texas. According to the Literature book Barthelme’s stories contain plots that are "unconventional episodic, a clutter of styles, absurdities, and slapstick." In his hands, "a myth is likely to turn into realism, and realism into absurdity." It is ...
- 512: Drunken Boat
- When considering the importance of literature from the 19th century based on its value as a precursor of 20th century values, Arthur Rimbaud's poem The Drunken Boat stands out. His symbolist contemporaries all made significant contributions through their development of ... after years of continuous journeys. As a young man, Rimbaud went further than the other symbolist poets did in his attempt to break with conventions, both poetic and social. According to the preface in Western Literature in a World Context, Rimbaud sought to realize a vision in his life and work that went beyond simply good and evil. Rimbaud sought to understand the world by attempting to remove himself from his ... piece that appears to have characteristics of modern, or even post-modern, thought. When viewed as an allegory for the dehumanizing features of the Industrial Revolution, it is easier to group with other 19th century literature. However, when one considers the concluding stanzas, the poet/boat's final resignation and longing for death, the poem becomes something more than typical of the 20th century. The radical changes of the 20th ...
- 513: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... an education in music. He was rejected form the music department because he had failed physics. Instead, Burgess entered the English department (Stinson 6). In 1940, Burgess graduated with his B.A., with honors, in literature and English language (Stinson 7). Shortly after, Burgess enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and spent most of his six years in the service in the entertainment section, playing the piano and writing songs ... Burgess from learning how to play the piano and teaching himself how to compose music (Stinson 5). Even some critics have noticed how Burgess allows his love for music to creep into his love for literature: "[Burgess's] continuing fondness for music often found its way into his novels, however, and he did produce a number of musical compositions." (Friedman 1). Burgess himself wasn't too humble about his knowledge in the field of music. He once wrote "Most Musicians know about literature, but few literaturists know about music." (Baldwin 1). Burgess's love for music can very easily be seen in the narrator of A Clockwork Orange, Alex. Alex love music too. He often finds himself ...
- 514: Shakespeare
- April 23 of 1564 the beginning to the path of great literature and performance, the birth of William Shakespeare, whose creations have affected everyone for generations. |He was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. William was the third child out of eight from John and Mary ... Susanna was born in May 26, 1583. After that they had twins named after life time friends, Hamnet and Judeth Sadler. There wasn’t much talk from William about his marriage except some of his literature showed apparent resemblance of him and his wife. It seemed he was regarding him and his wife in some plays. There were no records of Shakespeare’s activities after the birth of his twins. We ... might have also known his death because days before he had his will revised. Almost a month after the revision on April 23, 1616 William Shakespeare past away. The end of a chapter in great literature.
- 515: Antigone 8
- ... is the theme of wisdom through suffering. All of Sophocles characters gain wisdom and knowledge through their mistakes they make and the suffering they go through. "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" show the diversity of Greek literature. The way Sophocles writes these two plays is significant from the opening scenes throughout the structure of the plays. He proves that someone's character can change given more pressures and responsibilities and the only way a man learns is through his own suffering. Sophocles plays bring out themes that have played a reoccurring role throughout the history of literature. In his plays "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" he shows these themes like no other writer ever did. "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" are two very different plays with many similar key themes. These key themes play a very important role in the lives of the characters throughout these plays. These two plays bring Greek literature to life. Sophocles shows that no man is immortal and man only learns when terror and suffering hits them personally.
- 516: Beowulf and Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot
- Beowulf and Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot Reading a work of literature often makes a reader experience certain feelings. These feeling differ with the content of the work, and are usually needed to perceive the author's ideas in the work. For example, Samuel Beckett augments a ... Estragon, the two main characters who are waiting for Godot, are unsure of why they are waiting for him. This also foreshadows that they will be waiting a very long time. In some cases in literature, an idea can only be conveyed properly if those on the receiving end of the idea are able to experience the feelings that a character is experiencing in the work. For example, in order for ... express more fully an the idea or ideas that he or she wishes to convey. Also, by conveying a universal mood, or one that nearly everyone is able to comprehend and interpret, the work of literature's longevity is augmented. This will further help the reader to interpret the work and understand more fully the moods presented.
- 517: The Queer Use Of Women In Borg
- ... called simply "rivalry." But this rivalry in Borges is never the consequence of a powerful tie between a man and a woman, but rather between two men. Sedgwick, in applying Girard's theory to English literature, extends Girard's theory and finds that the rivalry between two men that is expressed through desire for the same woman is a bond "as intense and potent as the bond that links either of ... E. Davis and Isabel C. Tarán. New York: Bilingual P, 1976. 300-319. Lima, Robert. "Coitus Interruptus: Sexual Transubstantiation in the Works of Jorge Luis Borges." Modern Fiction Studies 19 (1973): 407-417. Magnarelli, Sharon. "Literature and Desire: Women in the Fiction of Jorge Luis Borges." Revista/Review Interamericana 13.1-4 (1983): 138-149. McMurray, George R. Jorge Luis Borges. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1980. Molloy, Sylvia. Signs of Borges ... Literary Biography. New York: Paragon House, 1988. --- and Alastair Reid, eds. Borges: A Reader. A Selection from the Writings of Jorge Luis Borges. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981. Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. New York: Columbia UP, 1985. Silvestri, Laura. "Borges y la pragmática de lo fantástico." Jorge Luis Borges: Variaciones interpretativas sobre sus procedimientos literarios y bases epistemológicas. Eds. Karl Alfred Blüher ...
- 518: P.G. Wodehouse
- ... masterpiece without a source of inspiration? Does an architect construct a building without first looking at a blueprint? As with all great minds, writers also need a source of inspiration or a "Blueprint" for their literature. In the short story, "The Truth About George", author P.G. Wodehouse uses his own life experiences as a blueprint for creating George and the other characters in the story. There are influences from Wodehouse ... Rowley (Babuser 1248). and settled, becoming a citizen in 1955. (Jasen 2). He lived out the rest of his life in Southampton, New York, where he wrote farces, short stories, and many other works of literature until his death on February 14, 1975. Wodehouse would later use his vast experiences to write his enormous collection of prose,etc. Wodehouse wrote many works of literature based on his life. He based his characters and stories around his own imagination. Evelyn Waugh writes that Wodehouse's characters are "creations of pure fancy" and that "it is all Mr.Wodehouse's ...
- 519: Oroonoko
- Upon first reading Aphra Behn's work Oroonoko, one might get the impression that this is an early example of antislavery literature that became so popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the short biography of Behn from the Norton Anthology of British Literature, we learn that Behn's story had a great impact on those who fought against the slave- trade. Although the horrors of the slave trade are clearly brought forth, I do not feel Behn was ... be construed as both antislavery and although not necessarily pro-slavery, not against it. What is important is that although it might not have been her initial goal she set forth a particular discourse in literature that had great impact on later anti-slavery writers.
- 520: The Life and Work of Ronald Dahl
- ... lesson in injustice (Dahl, Boy 108-122). One bright spot during this stage of his schooling, however, were the Saturday visits by a teacher named Mrs. O'Connor who sparked Dahl's lifelong interest in literature when he was about thirteen (West 4). It was near that time, though, that Dahl graduated from St. Peter's and began his final stage of formal schooling at Repton, a reputable public school for ... living. After publishing several compilations, critics began to accuse him of plot repetition; in response to this, and also some interesting bedtimes stories he made up for his daughters, he began to write children's literature (West 15). He later acknowledged the role of his own children in his creative process: "Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have ... the characteristics of the matron. On November 23, 1990, two years after the publication of his last book, Roald Dahl died at his home in Oxford. He left behind him a legacy of children's literature which has influenced the reading habits of two generations of kids, and will continue to affect generations to come. In a biography by Kristine Howard, she quotes him as saying of children, "They love ...
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