...What does the term literature mean to me? To me, literature is used as a type of healing. Literature is a collection of writings. Literature may be factual, gathered to educate and support further learning. It may be fictional, providing expression to the creativity of the author and allowing the reader personal interpretation to the recorded words. It also may be presented in forms of, novel to poems to short story to plays. It is an opportunity for me to enrich my life by sharing in thoughts and wisdom of others. What makes something literary in my own mind? What makes something literary in my mind, is any material providing fact and as far as any book it needs to hold my interest and be able to make me involved in the characters in the story. Our text asserts that there are six areas that literature contributes to our lives: Restoration, of the past, simulation of imagination, glorification of a common place, perturbation of emotion, upholding of a vision, and observation of human nature (Clugston, 2014). If literature means different things to different people, who defines what is and what is not literature? I believe the individual defines what is and what is not literature. Everybody has their own opinion on what is good and what is not good. What kind of reading engages/interests me? What about that writing draws me in? Do I find meaning in reading certain writing? If so, describe the satisfaction drawn from the process. How do I read? I have always liked...
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...life is always the outcome and this is what literature accompanies you with. Increasing your knowledge in literature has a tremendous amount of positive affects on your well-being, your surroundings, and your perspective perhaps about anything. Not only does it affect your perspective, well-being and surroundings, but it also allows you to grow. We read to gain more knowledge, we read to expand our thinking, and most importantly, we read to create connections between the books, people and within our souls. For me, literature has expanded my mindset, my worldview, and my well-being; I have never payed so much more attention to books or anything worth thinking deeply about until I walked into this class. Within this...
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...scientific term paper about a topic related to fisheries biology. Goal Ron Coleman The goal is for you to produce a term paper that illustrates that you have researched and thought in depth about a topic in fisheries biology. The term paper will tell me that you understand the important issues in a particular field and have identified the current cutting edge in that research. This paper is NOT an essay. I do not want you to explain a topic to me. I want you to discuss current research on a topic. If you find yourself including extensive background material then you are not doing the paper correctly. The paper is about the current research, not just about the phenomenon. For each of your source papers, tell me what the authors were trying to investigate, how they did their investigation, what they found and what it means. It is possible that you have never done this kind of paper before. If you are unclear about what you are doing, ask me about it. If you think that this is just like writing a typical term paper on some topic, then you are dead wrong. Most importantly, think of this as an opportunity to show me what you can do, not as something that you have to do. I want you to discover something and to share that discovery with me. Potential Topics I suggest you look at the following journals for inspiration: Science, Nature, Journal of Fish Biology, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, California Fish and Game If...
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...events or movements that influenced the poet to write the literary piece, to identify the speaker’s viewpoints in the poem, to know the morale present in the story, and things alike. Initially, Andrew Marvell was born on March 31, 1621. His father, Reverend Andrew Marvell, was a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church and a master of the Charterhouse. He was one of the metaphysical poets during his time. Along with John Milton, Thomas Browne and others, Andrew Marvell was considered as one of the prominent English writers in the seventeenth century. In fact, he was also the assistant of John Milton, Latin Secretary for the Commonwealth. John Milton could have also influenced Marvell in writing his masterpieces. As what I have learned in our English and American Literature subject, seventeenth century encompassed several events like the succession to the throne of James, son of Mary Stuart, an outsider, after the death of Queen Elizabeth; the execution of Charles I, the son of King James, because of his overindulgence in luxury; and other events. It was also discussed to us that the writers of this period took an undeviating...
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...Final Paper Ashford University Introduction to Literature ENG 125 The difference between a poem and a short story starts with the structure but ends in the same way- their meanings and themes to tell the readers aim one thing, to entertain. For poems, the readers gets drawn to it through the different and interesting rhythms used in writing and reading them while for short stories, the characters, the settings and the plot of the story is what makes it interesting for readers. According to literature experts, creating a good plot with interesting settings is not enough for a story to be read but it also needs the reader’s imagination. Every reader can have their own visualization of what they are reading and sometimes, what they see and the way they interpret what they read might be different from the interpretation that the author want them to have. For example, the poem entitled “The Road Not Taken” and the short narratives entitled “A Worn Path” and “Used to Live Here Once” all have the same theme but when read together by different people and asked what do they think of the stories, they might give different descriptions. These stories and poem deal with one thing which is the main character’s journey towards the unknown and how the main character made decisions that will change the course their lives forever and their loved ones. The stories are presented in different ways. For Robert Frost, he presented his poem’s...
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...to get outside and sit in front of the lawn, and wrote down what we felt. It is really a memorable experience to me. In China, I usually sat in the classroom and racked my brain to write, and I always failed to convey my thoughts and feeling accurately. I sat in such a peaceful place, listened to the birds, to the insects, to the wind. My pen seemed beginning to control me. I just wrote down what I thought, what I felt. I felt free and relax, like flying in...
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...SECULAR LITERATURE | Important Reasons for the Christian to Study Secular Literature | | When thinking of secular literature it could be defined as literature that is not bound by religious views, but rather literature that is based on worldly views and not on religious principles. My first thought will be on the importance of Christians reading secular literature. It is my belief also that Christians should read secular literature because even though it may be based on principles of “secularism,” does not mean it is not good reading material. To be a good student, one must be aware of what is going on in the worldly readings, as well as scriptural readings. This is what will make us good scholars in the natural and spiritual. The thoughts that stick with me most from the presentations are: “Seek God’s wholeness for your life, the how and why is important, Jesus is the Master Teacher, Literature helps you be exposed to the world around you, and Television has inundated American Culture.” Seeking God’s wholeness for your life, the how and why is important really struck me. It is imperative that we make sure we are not trying to fill our lives with things that will give us temporary satisfaction. While we all have flaws about us, Jesus shedding His blood on the cross for us, has given us an entrance into becoming whole; once we become one through His transforming power, then we can begin to seek answers for the how and the why concerning our lives. This leads us to Him...
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...In considering the merit of “The Storm” as a work of literature, it would seem that the deeper one ventures into the complexities and nuances of the writing, the more primitive it becomes in terms of theme. The story is frankly about sex, along with the sort of turmoil that can accompany it, but the sex itself, the intercourse, is the simple part. It is everything else that may come with it which Calixta and Bobinot struggle to deal with and which others have struggled with since time immemorial. The Roman poet Catullus, in the famous ode to his dear Lesbia, said it most succinctly: “Let us live, and let us love...and let us appraise the gossip of stolid old men all at one as” (Catullus 5). For some, as in “The Storm,” a lack of sex where it is expected can bring...
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...writers use the concept of motherhood as a gender-divide to explore the themes of entrapment and escape in literature. Since the 19th century, the broader sense of literature as a ‘totality of written or printed works’, and the foundational means of communicating information or ideas, has given way to a range of more exclusive and specific definitions. The rapid growth of adult literacy, combined with economic, social and political developments have vastly increased the sheer spectrum and quantity of subject matter and forms which fall under this umbrella term, forcing the need for greater categorisation in order to make ‘literature’ more accessible to the general reader. The resulting categories which attempt to standardise this process may take many forms, including observation of the structure or literary genre of the text (for example, categorising the text as a novel, poem, report or article) or perhaps the particular literary period or movement, which will link all associated texts with underlying principles or stylistic traits, such as the Romantic era or Post-Colonial literature. However, due to a long-standing patriarchal tradition dominating the history of literature- a literary practice challenged and corrected by the rise of the Feminist movement, particularly following the introduction of universal suffrage in 1928- the gender of the author has also become a means by which works may be categorised and interpreted, forcing the modern-day critic to analyse the works...
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...Nature’s Influence on American Literature American literature has been influenced by nature for many years. From Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson to Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, nature has influenced the things people write about and what the characters do. In Into the Wild, Chris McCandless felt called to live off the land. He got rid of all his belongings, his money, and his car. All he had was his backpack that only weighed twenty-five to thirty pounds. But it did not start there; it started with his first trip. Nature changed McCandless into a completely different man. He went from trying to figure out how to make money and how to be the fastest track star to striving to figure out how to live completely off the land. “The beauty became...
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...Are a struggling reader? Then I suggest that you read the book called How to Read Literature Like a Professor(Foster). How to Read Literature Like a Professor breaks down the important skills of analyzing texts that you read. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps struggling readers to understand what they are reading about. The main idea in “chapter 4” of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is about how “there is no such thing as a wholly work of literature”(Foster 24). This means that one book will always be similar to another book. An example is, Beatrice and how she rebels in Divergent. In the book the Hunger Games, Katniss did the same thing. This chapter can better help us to understand and analyze the deeper meanings of literature, because it helps me to think beyond what is going on in the book or books that I am reading. This main idea in “chapter 4” applies to Divergent because books tell similar stories. I understand the deeper meaning because every book will always tie into another one. So if I am having trouble reading a book, I will try and find a similar book that is easier to read. The main idea in “chapter 11” of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is a about “violence in literature, though, while it is literal, is usually also something else”(Foster 95). This means that violence is everywhere literature and has different meanings. An example that I had noticed was that, how the dauntless kill innocent people in Divergent and how in...
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...In pieces of literature male characters tend to have an enthusiastic response for showing affection for a female. The song “Michelle” is by Sir Paul McCartney. The song is about two lovers but the woman speaks French and the man says to her the only words he knows in French. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare and is about two lovers set in the 1300. Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 is about how Romeo is so amazed at how this one woman is more beautiful than everyone else at the dance. Taking into consideration of what both of these sources say about how males show their emotions, we are led to believe that when a man feels a powerful sense of emotion to someone, he expresses his love through an art of literature, he tells...
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...BA English Literature and Community Engagement About your application For entry in October 2013, there will be two deadlines for applications. The initial deadline will be Monday 26 November 2012. Interviews for those who apply by this date will be held in December 2012. Assuming there are still places available after this date, we expect to have a second deadline for applications of Monday 1 July 2013, with interviews to be held later that month. These dates are designed to acknowledge that some applicants are also pursuing other options for further study, and may need to make decisions early in the academic cycle, while other mature students may prefer to complete a prior course of study in 2012/13, such as the English Department’s Reading English Literature course, before applying to the degree. You are advised to read the information in this pack carefully before completing your application. Please address any questions about the application process or the degree to Gareth Griffith on gareth.griffith@bristol.ac.uk Aims of the course: The undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement is offered part-time over six years and is taught one evening per week plus occasional Saturdays. It aims to develop a student’s interest in, and knowledge and understanding of, a full range of literature in English. The programme reflects the English Department’s wider commitment to maintaining a balance between established traditions of literary study and...
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...Johncodie Hanley IP2 LITR201 Prof. Eric Wright In this assignment I will do compare and contrast on two pieces of literature battle royal and the birthmark . first to discuss the settings of each piece of literature affecting the character starting with the birthmark where it sounds like it place in era in which the people of that time era believe magic and spells could cute diesases and abnormalities of humans . even the scientists of back then believed in it too by using nature .Alymer seemed to be the most respected in alchemy in all of europe when during his young youth he discovered elemental powers gathered by nature that astounded soceities in europe. This being told it is lead to believe that the main character is affect by the era that spells an or magic and cure anything which turns on him and killing his wife. The era of battle royal takes place where slaves were free and they had rights as well but were not treated as such by white people still treating them like they were slaves. This also affects the main character of how he is being treated by the era by still being treated like a slave even thought he is a free man with rights. Battle royal you never learn the name of the main character unlike the birthmark this is because he is a young boy and to make it worse an african american for the time era which was bad unlike the birthmark where the man is well known and middle aged. The words of dying grandfather in battle...
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...dragon from Scandinavia whose fury could not be withheld, and a man who knows the brutality of human nature. Though all different situations, they share a common theme, cruelty. Cruelty in gossip, cruelty in temper, and cruelty in nature. Cruelty can be found in all types of literature even as old as the Bible. “Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up risen up against me, and such as breath out cruelty” (Psalms 27:12). This quote is asking God not to let us give into our enemies, and for us to not believe the brutality of people’s false accusations. The prophet David was the one who conveyed this quote. By speaking out about the cruelty of people he is indirectly saying that God is the only person you need to seek approval from. He is also saying that no one else’s words or savageness should matter. Though David’s message is centuries old, it proves that a verse, or phrase can contain the same significance even centuries later. Only decades later cruelty was still evident with World War II and the Nazis, and in modern day situations such as terrorism. Many other works of literature are also proof of this same idea. One example of a piece of literature that conveys cruelty well is the story of Beowulf. “And the signs of its anger flickered and glowed in the darkness, visible for miles tokens of its hate and its cruelty, spread like a warning to the Geats who had broken its rest” (Beowulf 67). At this point in Beowulf...
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