Marcel Theroux

Virginia Woolf is a prominent female writer, and is regarded as a skilled exponent of the stream of consciousness technique in English literature of the twentieth century. Being uninterested in the traditional way of novel writing, she made great efforts on the experiment and innovation of novel writing and rebelled against some of the British novelists of her era, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy and H. G. Wells. By trying out her technical experiments with fiction in her earlier sketches

Modernism is characterized by the rejection of tradition. Creatives of the Modernist era questioned what came before, looking for fresh ways to interpret familiar subjects, rejecting historical themes while searching for a means to understand and communicate the present (Medina 1995). Furthermore, Belting (2003, 17) states Modernism embraced “all the crises and schisms of the modern world”. The key points of this paper will be ascertained through the evaluation of four European Modernist artworks

This study examines the different ideas by Truman Capote in his novel, Breakfast at Tiffany's. The novel exposes the readers to the different escapades of the characters that are faced with conditions and situations that influence their actions and behaviors. While doing so, the study seeks to explore different themes and stylistic devices that the author used to communicate the ideas in the novel. Importantly, the novel exposes the readers to a psychological struggle ensue in the need to establish

completely rejecting the standard ideas of art since the mid-1960’s. Since then, many artists have made a name for themselves by self-consciously expanding the boundaries of art. Many of these artists have said they’ve linked their work to artist Marcel Duchamp. Damien Hirst for example has pushed boundaries with his unconventional use of materials, using objects such as whole dead sharks, a cows head and human teeth. Unlike other pieces of Conceptual art which at time can seem difficult to understand

Virginia Woolf’s “To the lighthouse” has many themes that can be discussed, especially those related to art, life, reality and time. Some critics argue that there is a life-art relationship in the novel, “perceived relations of equivalence between emotional experience and aesthetic (con)figuration, between ‘life’ on the one hand, and shape, trope, structure on the other” (Koppen, 375). However, one must analyze the novel in order to find if it can be true what these critics say. If it is true that

Why a Pile of Bricks is Art: A Philosophical Examination of Equivalent VIII by Carl Andre Modern art has so starkly broken off from the millennia of art before it that it has thoroughly bewildered people. Until the late nineteenth century, most art contained intricate details and required innumerable hours of labor, whether the artist is meticulously chipping at a block of marble, carefully stroking paint onto a canvass, or painstakingly writing words on a page. Furthermore, the results was generally

Salvador Aguirre Ms. Dercher AP English 12 7 November 2014 Depression influenced Virginia Woolf’s Literary Works Virginia Woolf is considered to be one if not the best Modernist writers of her time. Woolf was not only known for her extraordinary literary work, but also as a tough woman who struggled through depression for a long period of time in the course of her life. “The habit of writing for my eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.” As we know, people find different ways to battle

“With greater intelligence came imagination and the ability to create images in both painting and sculpture”, Carol Strickland discussed in her book “The Annotated Mona Lisa” (2). Over time, people break out and discover additional information and ways to create objects. Objects that is created may become an artifact over time. An artifact is an item created by humans, that usually has cultural and/or historical interest attached to the item. Some artifacts have been discovered, were created decades

The Dada movement was an art movement that broke away from the traditional norms of art as well as the traditional mediums. Mediums like photomontage, photograms(rayographs), and readymade art pieces were becoming prevalent during this movement. Hannah Höch and Raoul Hausmann were both prominent artists of the movement that individually had success with their photomontage artworks. Hannah Hoch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany and Raoul

When people think of gifts, they often think of material items such as jewelry, perfume, or a new phone. Gifts do not have to be tangible objects but, instead, may be feelings that are shared. Sharing a feeling with another person is a gift that both individuals benefit from. SC Johnson is a family owned company that has been operating since 1886. The company promotes the importance of family and integrity and believes in respecting each person as an individual (Johnson). Everyone deserves to feel