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- 541: Ancient Egypt
- ... manีs knowledge, had their origin in Egypt. The ancient Egyptians developed the worldีs first national government. Their religion was one of the first to emphasize a life after death. They produced an expressive art and literature. The Egyptians introduced stone architecture and made the first convenient writing material, papyrus. They developed a 365-day year and set up the basic methods of geometry and surgery. The boundaries of ancient Egypt changed ... the schools for scribes at the capital. Priests controlled the schools. They required the students to memorize classic texts, take dictation, and learn to use the 700 characters of the Egyptian language. They also taught literature. Schoolboys practiced their writing by copying stories and proverbs. Archaeologists have found copybooks that these boys used for practicing their handwriting, although the number of people who could read and write was apparently quite small ...
- 542: Examine The Ways In Which Lang
- ... The road to Sligo. A spring morning. 1798. Going into battle. . He shows an element of disrespect towards the English language when he disregards Yolland by dismissing the poetry of William Wordsworth and thus English Literature, by saying Wordsworth?.... No I m afraid we re not familiar with your literature, Lieutenant. .... We tend to overlook your island . However it wasn t long after 1831 when Chief Secretary Stanley introduced a system of National Education in Ireland, where English was to be the sole language to ...
- 543: Austria
- ... has about 12,000 Jews, must of whom live in Vienna. Arts For quite some time Austria has been on the of the great cultural European countries. Austria has made some outstanding achievements in architecture, literature, and painting. Austria's most famous and important contribution to the western culture has been music. During the late 1700,'s and early 1800's Austria has released many Great Composers like; Joseph Hayan, Mozart ... Austria's has some of Europe's best examples of baroque architecture. This style has been dated back to the 1600's. Gold, marble, and wood has pleased the sense of many people. Painting and literature are also very important in Austria. Language 98% of the Austrian people speak German, the nation language. Different parts of the country speak various dialects of German. Only about a percent of the population speaks ...
- 544: William Faulkner
- ... Faulkner is a contemporary American author who has achieved greatness as an author. He is already considered to be one of the worlds greatest novelists and has been awarded with the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949. This is quite an achievement as it is the highest prize that can be awarded to an author. Of all of Faulkners achievements, "The Sound and the Fury" is considered to be ... did this in Yoknapatawpha County as it increasingly connected to the modern world. William Faulkner is an esteemed writer of the 1900s and proves to be so as he received the Nobel Prize for literature. William Faulkner died of a heart attack on July 6, 1962.
- 545: Biblical Allusions and Imagery in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
- ... he got to California, he lived with them, joining them in their quest for work. By publishing these experiences and trials of the migrants he achieved an effect that won him the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. The writing of The Grapes of Wrath coincided with the Great Depression. This time of hardship and struggle for the rest of America gave Steinbeck inspiration for his work. Other peoples' stories of ... Century Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath. (Englewood, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1982), p. 1. 2 Peter Lisca. "The Dynamics of Community in The Grapes of Wrath," in From Irving to Steinbeck: Studies of American Literature in Honor of Harry R. Warfel. (Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1972), rpt. in Hunter, J. Paul. "Steinbeck's Wine of Affirmation," in Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath, edited by Robert ...
- 546: The Country of Italy
- ... country and they will answer Italy. It got its name from the ancient Romans. They called the southern peninsula Italia that meant land of oxen or grazing land. It is well known for its art, literature, culture, sculpture, music, and religion. Most of Italy is a peninsula that leads onto the Mediterranean Sea. It is also well known for the shape if a boot kicking a rock. That rock is Sicily ... a more high- tech industrial life. Many years form now Italy will still shine as one of the worlds most beautiful countries. Any one man or any one country will never top its art and literature. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. The World Book Encyclopedia. 1994 edition. Volume10 ( I ) 2. Italy. Places and People of the World. Kathryn Bonomi. New York, Philadelphia. 1991 3. Living History. Italian Renaissance. John D. Clare, Editor. San Diego ...
- 547: Influences Of Virginia Woolf
- ... conflict, her life was cut short by suicide. Her role in feminism, along with the personal relationships in her life, influenced her literary works. Virginia's relationships throughout her life contributed, not only to her literature, but the quality of her life as well. Perhaps the greatest influence in Virginia's life is her mother, Julia Stephen. "Julia Stephen was the most arresting figure which her daughter [Virginia Woolf] tried to ... of values, particularly related to women, and her fiction became a vehicle of her criticisms. (Transue 2) Woolf felt her father was a tyrant and she became "the voice against male tyranny" (Bond 52). Her literature was a voice for suppressed women. She spoke out not only against her father, but against her mother as well. She blamed her father for her mother's death because he expected her to dedicate ...
- 548: Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
- Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is considered to be one of the finest works of literature of all time. Herbert Gorman, an author from the early twentieth century, stated that "so profound and beautiful and convincing a book is part of the lasting literature of our age," and with good reason. The main character of the novel, Stephen Dedalus, is a complex and dynamic youth, and one who undergoes vast changes during the course of his life. The main ...
- 549: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
- ... non-fiction, attempts to tell the story of the American West from the perspective of the indigenous population, The American Indian. That in itself makes Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee an important work of literature as it is one of the few books supporting the Indian cause. This is done through the use of council records, autobiographies, and first-hand accounts. Each of the book's nineteen chapters deals with ... only tells the beginning of what was done in the name of manifest destiny and war profiteering. Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a wonderfully written and insightful piece of American literature. The author asks us to confront our past, which may make us uncomfortable. But there are two sides to every story, and Brown shows us the side that we rarely see. By forcing us to ...
- 550: Germany
- ... and other fruits are important crops. There are vineyards near the Rhine and Moselle Rivers, and some farmers raise beef and dairy cattle, hogs, horses, poultry and sheep. Many great people in art, music, and literature came from Germany. In literature and philosophy from about 1750 to 1830, there was Johann von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Heinrech von Kleist, and many other novelists. Political writers were Immanuel Kant, Georg Hegel, and Frederich Nietzsche, among others. German composers ...
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