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- 931: Confucius
- ... his character and conduct, and perhaps become prepared for an official position in the court. According to one passage in the Analects, Confucius taught four things: culture, conduct, loyalty, and truthfulness.1 Culture consisted of literature and music. Confucius suggested the value of each: "Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established in character by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music."2 These pursuits were means by which one may achieve the higher ideal of following the Way. "The gentleman extensively studies literature and restrains himself with the rules of propriety. Thus he will not violate the Way."3 And also "Set your heart upon the Way. Support yourself by its virtue. Rely on goodness. Find recreation in ...
- 932: Queen Elizabeth
- ... a boom of the arts that would be impossible for almost any other period of English history to match. Edmund Spencer, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson are great names not only in English literature, but also in World literature. The English Renaissance was a highlight that appeared bloody, dark, and dreary. Elizabeth s reign was and still is sometimes referred to as the Elizabethan Period. Shortly before Queen Elizabeth died on March 24, 1603 ...
- 933: Censorship of the Internet and the Tyranny of Our Government
- ... If censorship, such as that desired by some government officials, was in effect, a site, such as above, would never have been available and my most abundant source of information would have been gone. Hate literature and pornography do exist, but it is insignificant to the legitimate applications of the Internet. Banning of material that may be offensive to one, but may be quite valuable to another, deprives people of their ... measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs"(ACLU vs. Reno Brief 1). Each person should be able to decide for himself what is acceptable to express and what is not. Hate literature and such has just as much of a right to be posted on the Internet as does the book of Genesis. If Neo-Nazis do not have the right to express themselves, then I have ...
- 934: Nothing
- ... came back to Oxford with a slight British accent and a limp he called a battle injury. He then enrolled as a special student at the University of Mississippi, taking courses in English and French literature. Eventually, Faulkner dropped out of college, too, and took odd jobs to support himself while he wrote poetry. Many of his poems were about Estelle, who by now had children and lived in the Far ... money there to pay for life at Rowan Oak. Faulkner's reputation continued to grow, and some people said he was one of the best American writers. In 1950 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, probably the highest award for a writer. Faulkner was only the second American to be so honored. Sinclair Lewis, author of Babbit and Main Street, had been the first. In the 1950s, black Americans, especially ...
- 935: Reader Response Theory And The
- ... Jauss identifies a "horizon of expectations" that every reader brings with him/her upon approaching a literary work (937). This "horizon of expectations" is made up of the reader's experiences, assumptions, and preconceptions concerning literature. In addition, this "horizon" also includes genre conventions, and the cultural and social issues of the time. If Jauss is correct in his conviction that the reader possesses this preset "horizon of expectations" about a ... means only an arbitrary series of merely subjective impressions, but rather the carrying out of specific instructions in a process of directed perception" (938). The reader response movement, and more specifically the phenomenological approach to literature, is based on the belief that the literary experience has its birth in the collaboration of the writer and reader. Although the writer is solelly responsible for the composition of the text, the reader plays ...
- 936: Great Gatsby Color Symbolism
- ... stereotype, however at times it can be true. A person wearing a neon green shirt and purple pleather pants is probably more likely to be outgoing than someone wearing jeans and a white polo. In literature, colors are often purposefully chosen for different characters to represent the character s personalities. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the colors green, yellow/gold, and gray are used to represent the attributes ... interest or meaning. If one thinks of no color in the book, what would the story symbolize? How could it be analyzed? Could people even have interest in it? Color is an important part of literature which is used often and will always be an element of a good novel.
- 937: Homeopathy And Women
- ... Foucault's intellectual career can serve as a model for research concerned with the place of gender in 19th-century medicine. Thus, at the macro-political level there are now numerous studies concerning the medical literature of the day, so far as this exercised hegemonic authority with regards to women. A ground-breaking monograph in this regard is Barker-Benfield's Horrors of the Half-Known Life (1976), which focuses on ... instituted other suppressive methods in order to eradicate various aberrations, including masturbation and lustfulness. In a similar vein Haller and Haller's The Physician and Sexuality in Victorian America surveys an immense archive of popular literature, including sex manuals, commercial handbills and other ephemera, as these bear upon the cultural effort to exert strenuous moral regulation over the wayward impulses of both men and women. In America "the sexual politics of ...
- 938: William Shakespeare
- ... view of human nature, Shakespeare had a vast knowledge of a variety of subjects. These subjects include music, law, Bible, stage, art, politics, history, hunting, and sports. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part of our speech. Shakespeare's plays and poems have ... written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My source devoted thirty pages to William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's plays are usually divided into three major categories. These are comedy, tragedy, and history. Three plays which are in the category of ...
- 939: The Influence of Green Groups on the Policy of the United States
- ... effects. Unfortunately, business and governments take the stance that the earth is more like a machine. That is, at times if a part is hurt it can be repaired, without it effecting the whole system. Literature Review The literature on environmental groups and their influence and activities is vast. Several themes concerning the groups' influence in changing United States policy exist. The American Psychological Association has done studies on ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes (Thomas ...
- 940: King Arthur
- ... castle actually contains a round table, this one constructed around the fourteenth century, and thought to have been built for Arthurian tournaments held by King Edward III. The first mention of the Round Table in literature are found in the writings of the poet Robert Wace in 1155, but he refers to it as famous, and it seems to assume that the readers would already know of that part of the ... oldest history. The earliest form of her name is found as the Morrigan, an Irish goddess of war appearing to heroes on the battlefields. As Morgan, she is a goddess of healing in the early literature, who rules over the magical island of Avalon, which seems then to be an afterworld and place of rebirth. Geoffery of Monmouth made her an enchantress, one of the ladies who took Arthur away to ...
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