Oral literature

Reading and writing have always been pleasurable activities for me. As stated in the first heading, I have enjoyed literature ever since I was young. As far as a preferable reading category, I have always enjoyed fictional series, however, as I get older I enjoy reading more nonfiction from a learning standpoint. I find more pleasure in learning about subjects that I am interested in rather than entertaining my imagination. The only magazine I get every month is the Men’s Health magazine because

Have you ever changed your mind about an opinion because of someone else’s agreeable point? The interactive oral discussion on the novel Persepolis does just that. Questions were asked about the novel and everyone gave their opinion. Read forward to learn about the different points of view about Persepolis. To begin, one question that was asked during the interactive oral discussion was, “What was the theme of the Novel?” Marshall said, “Sometimes you have to risk your life for freedom.” I think

In the passage from his short story A Hanging, George Orwell creates a straightforward, weighty style and a pitying, anticipatory tone through mundane eventive verbs and a strong control of the passage of time. Although the first line of the passage does not include these important features, it does act as a pivotal sentence in the greater paragraph, shifting focus to the life remaining in the prisoner. In addition, this sentence establishes the separation between the “he” of the prisoner and the

2. Mark Twain and many other writers during the American realism movement found the romantic style of writing objectionable. Twain felt as if “American literature should reflect American life and values and should not be based on a European model of writing”. Even though throughout his essay “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” Twain was using humor to tease Coopers writing, he used this essay to detail what he hoped to accomplish with his writing. Twain and other realistic writers believed that

Victoria de Zwaan is a professor of experimental fiction, film theory, and adaptation studies at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, and argues in this article that while fidelity studies could be considered a stagnated and outdated vain of research in adaptation theory, it can be examined from various angles to achieve a deeper understanding of the source text instead of cutting up both sources only to fight one other for superiority; in this case Zwaan uses the film, Midnight’s Children, to expand

read. These dangers are a loss of connection with the actual meaning of the words. Literature is being reduced to a quasi-science. This scientific and speedy approach is devoid of emotion and sentiment. Waters argues that the manner in which the industrial revolution is like an assembly line; that literature studies are based on generic data, and not involved in the intimate manner that such study requires. Literature studies should take the necessary time to read, reread, and react to the words. Waters

rest of this piece of literature, Ginsberg writes to the American society as though he does not understand why it acts as it does. He feels confused and unimpressed by the actions of the American society. I feel that Ginsberg is struggling with American society and greatly expresses it in the previous statement. I feel that when Ginsberg says this, he is truly feeling some disappointment towards his country and society. Therefore, I believe that both of these pieces of literature are great examples

and gloomy and everybody is dying one after the other. FRANKENSTEIN AND NEW HISTORICISM- Stephen Greenblatt’s literary criticism, together with Michel Foucault’s philosophy forms the basis of New Historicism. According to them, not only a piece of literature is influenced by the author’s era, but also by the criticism of the text is influenced by the time and circumstances of the critic. Hence in simple words, New Historicism is a literary theory which says that a text should be interpreted both within

was headmaster of the Philological School at Marylebone. He made many innovations to the curriculum taught at the school in addition to the sciences referred to in the above quote, and he transmitted his own enthusiasm for literature, both English literature and classical literature, to pupils at the school. After leaving Cambridge, Abbott taught at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and then at Clifton College. In 1865 he was appointed as

Although there is no universal belief that empathy is central to social change, there is a significant level of agreement from educators, politicians, philosophers, and even talk show hosts, that reading fictional literature evokes feelings of empathy that can encourage individuals to make a difference in the world (Davis 400; Jurecic 10). Joy Kogawa’s novel, Obasan, is an example of how a text that exudes beauty and gentleness rather than anger while approaching a dark subject can powerfully move