other writings which have influenced English literary works; ❑ To introduce and refine the understanding of American literature with emphasis on some selected literary works; ❑ To increase the appreciation of Bangla literature and culture among students and to develop their ability to relate experiences from English and American literature to Bangla literary works; ❑ To deepen students’ awareness of the universal concerns that are the basis of literary works; ❑ To stimulate a greater appreciation
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OBSCURITY AS NOISE IN THE LITERARY CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION: THE WRITER AND THE QUESTION OF IMMORTALITY CALLER: Hello, can hear me? RECEIVER: Hello, who is on the line, Hello…Hello… Hello…I..I… can’t hear you, there is a whole lot of Noise where you are, please move away from that Place. CALLER: (Moves away from the noisy area) an you hear me Now? RECEIVER: (smiling) Yes!!! Immortality is the essence of existence, It is its soul. It is that which death fears
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Useful linking words and phrases that can be used at the start of new paragraphs:A contrary explanation is that, … Although, … As a consequence, … As a result, … As we have seen, … At the same time, … Accordingly, … An equally significant aspect of… Another, significant factor in… Before considering X it is important to note Y By the same token, … But we should also consider, … Despite these criticisms, …it’s popularity remains high. Certainly, there is no shortage of disagreement within…
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Tyler Dunaway The Five People You Meet in Heaven Literary Analysis The story The Five People You Meet in Heaven was a detailed and entertaining story, it was written by Mitch Albom. The main character is Eddie and most of the story is written about what happened after Eddie dies in a tragic accident. He learns five lessons about not just his life bur life in general, as he meets five people whose lives intertwined with his. From sacrifice to forgiveness Eddie learns that every life has an
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World Lit., Per. 3 11 December 2013 Growing Up In the Environment Authors often use literary devices to make their writings more attractive. Literary devices always help readers have deeper understandings of characters and have better connections to them. Sandra Cisneros, the author of The House on Mange Street, also choses to use literary devices to give readers a clear picture of her character—Esperanza. Literary devices that she uses make this novel more infectious. Sandra Cisneros uses metaphor
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Origins of Vernacular Language According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the term vernacular can be defined as using a language that is native to a country or province rather than a cultured, foreign, or literary language (Merriam-Webster, 2011). These languages would one day be known as Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian, and etc. The vernacular languages would also be considered as the large family of contemporary “Romance” languages (Matthews, 2011)
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APPROACHES IN LITERARY CRITICISM 1. Moral / Philosophical Approach - Critics believe that the larger purpose of literature is to teach morality and to probe philosophical issues. - Many poets have strong ethical or religious convictions, but the moralist critic usually has a broader interest. Literature has a humanizing or civilizing mission, and the critic values work which furthers that end: promotes tolerance, social justice, sensitivity to individual wishes and talents, etc. 2. Topical/Historical/Biographical
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Introduction Mystery is defined as something that is a secret, something where there is no clear explanation, something difficult to understand or explain or something unexplainable or unsolvable. Some of the example of mysteries are the location of your Christmas presents, whether there is proof that God exists., how exactly people came to be., a situation where it is unclear who committed a crime. And so on. In the content will explain the importance of mystery, how to write good mystery story
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Why”. Author Brandie Trent used this theme and text as the basis for a lesson with her tenth-grade literature course. Through a series of activities and instruction students would delve into the causes and consequences of bullying and suicide. In literary regard Trent would be developing her student’s abilities to be “transformative agents”, “a central goal for teaching literature to adolescents: the ability to read texts critically and try on multiple perspectives on issues of social justice to effect
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In the early Indian tradition, as the author suggests, there is a lack of the sense of history or at least the act of recordkeeping is missing during this period. However, the author points out several forms of representation of the past in the early Indian texts; for example, in Vedic forms, we see several a which denote the celebration of heroic acts or the akhyana or narasamsi which narrates the life of the hero, etc. “These texts”, as the author points out, “concerned with the past asserted differential
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