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    Course Activity Semester A Discussing Literature and Government This activity will help you meet these educational goals: Common Core State Standards—You will initiate and participate effectively in a collaborative discussion (SL.1). Introduction In this course activity, you will participate in a peer discussion about how literary or other artistic pursuits and governmental, religious, political, or social structures affect one another. Afterward, you will summarize the discussion and how it helped

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    Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class, the bourgeoisie, and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored, the position of

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    Why We Read Literature

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    Why we read literature The word literature means ‘acquaintance with letters.’ With literature we can put anything and everything into words and play it like a video for someone else to see. It is a profession where words are arranged in such a way that they describe, feelings, emotions, experiences etc. it describes society and the people living in it, what they think of it and what they want it to be. There are many reasons to why we read literature. We could read it for information which is to

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    How does reading literature help connect us with people around the world? After reading Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones, I realize how literature can broaden our horizons and challenge our perspectives and biases through different characters' experiences and ideas. Reading novels with different perspectives helps to build the foundation on which we use to remove ourselves from our isolations. Which leads to this: "To what extent does reading literature remove us from our isolation?" However to be able

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    My piece of writing is a based on a two genres: romance and horror. My style model ‘the fault in our stars’ by John Green is a similar genre, romance, but doesn’t include horror. The audience for both my piece and ‘the fault in our stars’ are the same, teenagers because the characters used and the topics. The characters in both my piece and the style model are all mainly teenagers. The topics are for both finding the first love, which is

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    Influential Literature Despite living in an age full of technology and devices, words persistently dominate our world, with each carrying its own meaning. When strung together, these words can combine into an inspiring masterpiece of great literary works. Found bountifully in today’s society, literature acts as the messenger for truth and knowledge. It conveys the human story and explores the insuperable mind, creating lasting impacts in its readers. Consequently, from a young age, books taught

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    There are many different motifs themes in literature, but some of them are reoccurring. Examples of this are shown in Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, The Mask of the Red Death, by Edgar Allen Poe, and Pestilence, by Philip Freneau. Fever 1793, is about a young girl, Mattie, who lives in Philadelphia during the time of yellow fever, The Mask Of The Red Death, is about Prince Prospero, and how he tries to hide from a murderer and tries to escape death; Pestilence is a poem written about the city

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    Jordan Cole English 1102 Professor Myszkowski 1 December 2017 Southern Gothic Literature Throughout the course of history, literature has gone through considerable changes. Dating back to its humble beginnings in folklore, fables, and storytelling all the way up to the scientific books and dramatic novels of today. Literature is arguably the centerpiece of all mankind. It is useful for record keeping, education, and bringing cultures and societies together. It has allowed us to expand our minds

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    Literature, Business and Social Change Kareem Jones Reginald T. Bowman Ken Mathias Jerome Mond Business Literature ENG/120 Dr. Andrew Mathis Business literature of the past is similar to modern day business literature; however, in some ways both have differences. Both forms of literary works give insight to the reader regarding one’s life’s struggles and achievements. These forms of literary works allow the reader to relate his or her own experiences to the problems

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    Context: Foster addresses how although in literature when the author doesn’t specifically state what season it is, the reader can most undeniably figure it out by the explicit definition they carry. Because of these definitions, the authors try to be as mysterious as they can to some point that some even put some of their own modifications. (Q): It’s shocking as to believe that some notions have their own definitive meaning, even when you don’t think much about it. For instance, spring has always

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