Literature

Critic Roland Barthes has said, “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel or play and, or considering Barthes’ observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole.

Some topics are more interesting to read than others. In an article called ‘Why Literature Matters’ written by Dana Gioia, this article can be viewed as highly persuasive because of the techniques he uses to get his points across to the audience .Gioia is able to build arguments though his use of evidence and different literary techniques.

“Why Literature Matters” by Dana Gioia is a persuasive text on how literary interests have fallen. Gioia starts this claim by giving very promising information. The information has a great accomplishments but, Gioia also tells of how our literary interests as Americans have fallen drastically. A 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts shows that eight of nine major forms of literature show decreased participation by many Americans. The “2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts” gives staggering results according to Gioia about many young Americans neglecting enjoying reading literature.

The first stanza tells that the poet was wandering alone to a place whereby yellow daffodils flies over the hills and valleys with the wind flow. These daffodils grew under the trees and were close to the lake. The breeze made these daffodils easily fluttering like they were happily dancing. While in the second stanza, the poet saw these flowers shining and twinkling brightly like stars in the Milky Way. They spread over a large area along the bay margin with a huge quantity. Moreover, in the third stanza, the poet tells that both of lake and daffodils were also dancing. He shows that the daffodils looked beautiful rather than the sparkling of the lake because the daffodils have more glee. Here he shows the loneliness gradually turning into happiness because of his companions (lake and daffodils) but he could not understand what he gained from his experience. For final stanza, it tells that whenever the poet felt loneliness, he could remember the happiness when he saw the dancing daffodils. In addition, we can take a look at the use of past tense along the poem which tells about the poet’s experience and the use of present tense is used only in the last stanza since the important message of this poem is about the reflection of the poet’s

The poem causes us to feel two emotions and it does so very well. We first feel like laughing at the woman, and then we feel bad for judging her. It’s a very good hook, line, and sinker. These emotions could be felt in any and all situations where you judge someone at first glance. You never know what someone’s been through until you ask; it’s a great

The passage, “Why Literature Matters”, argued about why literature matters and how it could affect the society. In the beginning of the passage, the author establishes the problem and the proof of the problem. In the middle of the passage the author talked about how and why literature matters with proofs and evidences. And, in the end of the passage, the author talked about the effects of illiteracy on the society. Dana Gioia used facts, evidence, and call to action to persuade his audience that the decline of reading will have a negative effect on society.

Literature is defined as a written work typically considered to have lasting artistic value. In January, I started this class with an idea of how this semester would go. However, I was unknowing of the amount of literature I would be reading throughout the duration of this course. We began with poetry, then we started fiction, and lastly we finished with drama. I felt that I had a pretty good grip Each of these topics; what they were, types of each, and I thought I had a pretty good idea on how boring they all were. Now, it is May. I have read several poems, a handful of fiction stories, and watched a play. What I have learned through that is, maybe, I did not actually know what I was thinking back in January. I have learned

Pieces of literature can have a really big impact in your life. For example, reading “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister, can teach children that sharing will make you feel good inside. People of all aged can be impacted in ways they never thought possible while reading literature. It can either impact a person in a big way or a small way. There are two pieces of literature that impacted my life in a big way: “There’s No Place like Space” by Dr. Seuss and “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking.

Wordsworth starts of the poem in a sad and depressed mood. He is not happy as he is walking alone without any purpose. Nothing around him seems beautiful to him, and he seems lonely and sad. To show this mood, Wordsworth uses a simile. We see this in the first line when he writes, “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. Wordsworth is comparing himself to a cloud, something that floats in the air. By comparing himself to a cloud, we can see that Wordsworth has

Literature is an imitation of societal values and is thus a reflection of the human experience of a time period. Written works emphasize the elements of culture, by means of characters, particular events, setting and theme, specific to the time period in which it was composed. Furthermore, literature mirrors the troubles or hardships of society and projects the core values that define said society. Thus, as culture has changed over time, literature has remained a critical facet in representing time periods of the past. Essentially, the culture of a time period is manifested through writing in the projection of society’s values, symbolism of the center of community and literature itself.

The trees itself stands wearing white referring to a celebration. He refers to woodland of Eastertide. He creates a simile between the tree as he refer to his life. In “Daffodils”, the poet begins great creativity. “I wandered lonely as a cloud” (Line1). A Simile comparing himself to a cloud, making him view nature. The comparison to the cloud is similar to floating freely in darkness actually at the same time. Imagery takes place when the poet states, “A host of golden

Literacy is the ability to read, view, write, speak, and listen in a way that allows you to communicate effectively. The power of literacy lies not just in the ability to read and write, but rather in a person’s capacity to apply these skills in the world which they live in. Nowadays, nearly everywhere requires you to have some sort of literature background for you to be able to work or get a job. I believe that in order to have a successful life, you need to have some sort of literature background. Literature is a very significant and key part of our society. Literature is important to me because of the following reasons: to expand my knowledge and understanding of the things in the world around me, to take a leap into the world that

Knowledge, language, literacy, and power. These are common words but when you think about them they become so much more than that. All great nations were built because people used KLLP to their advantage, but in the end, everything failed and we now learn about their mistakes in World History class. Everyone wants to believe that their country is special and that it’s the very best, but in reality history is slowly repeating itself. The only way to avoid everything crashing down around us is to use knowledge, language, literacy, and power. Knowledge, language, literacy, and power work better together rather than apart. An example of this could be when you have to take a test, but you didn’t study so now you are lacking the knowledge of the subject that you are taking the test in. The person that studied harder than you did will now have a better grade than you and has way more power than you. There are also works of literature that show how knowledge, language, literacy, and power work in the world. An example of these works is Ayn Rand’s Anthem and George Orwell's’ 1984.

Summary: This poem has Beautiful Imagery, I believe it is describing someone daydreaming, and dreaming about rolling hills of flowing flowers and sparkling stars.

The idea of the signified and the signifier is important when discussing the textual changes between the original and revised versions of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (it is unexpected Wordsworth would revise his texts as he was at the forefront of the idea that “poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” and that “it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity” William Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads, 1800. However, from a structuralist perspective, we should forget about the poet when analysing his work and focus mainly on the impact of the revisions made to his poetry). The addition of the second stanza to the revised version balances the poem in my opinion and gives it a certain fluidity, making it easier to read and interpret as well as creating the iambic tetrameter which implements a heartbeat-like sound throughout the poem. The original version of the poem (written c. 1807) is more factual and almost colder. It presents the daffodils in a blunt way which creates a sense of rawness in the poem, as if it is unfinished which is perhaps due to the fact that, according to Zachary Leader, “periodic and deliberated revisions are somehow less likely to be creative than those that come in a burst: poetic power and spontaneity or imagination go hand in hand”