Anglo-Norman literature

No less an authority on literature than Leo Tolstoy wrote that there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts. The same is true for English teachers: There are as many reasons to teach literature as there are teachers of literature. The most philosophical teachers could assert that fiction serves as a self-actualizing force, that people read “to set the darkness echoing” (Heaney 1463). Still more could posit that an English class serves as an introduction to the canon, ensuring that…

History books state the first story written was the “Epic of Gilgamesh” and the first book printed was the Gutenberg Bible. An interesting fact, one came before Christ and the other after, but both have roots in religion and contain stories about death and dying. So it is not surprising that literary works are filled with the same. While some works allude to it others bring it to the forefront. Emily Dickinson, in her poem “479”, boldly states, “Because I could not stop for Death” (1206) but…

conditions are mentioned in order to create an atmosphere and to create a mood. While weather can create tension and fear, the same conditions can also have positive meanings depending on the context. Rain is a weather condition mentioned often in literature. In some instances, it is for hardships; in others, cleansing and purity. Snow is another condition used often, and it can represent almost any mood in a story. QUOTE- "Weather is never just weather. It 's never just rain. And that goes for…

Name Student Number Course Tutor Date Final Portfolio SECTION A: ESSAY: SELF-CRITIQUE I am Fajer Al-Abdulhadi. I would like to say that in this creative writing course, I have come to like writing stories. I love poems, and I like imagining their meanings, but I think they are not easy to write. When it comes to choosing topics, I would say that it does not matter to me. I think I can handle any topic in short story writing. I only need to think of an event, what I had seen or experienced…

This is ironic because in the story Ralph is the one trying to get the boys rescued, when Jack is more interested in hunting, but in the end Jacks acts of savagery is what end up getting them back to civilization. Irony is an important part of literature because it can develop the reader 's interest, possibly even create a little humor to the reader. Golding uses the irony in his novel to create meaning and to spark a certain…

Literature like many others things didn’t make much sense when I was young. I grew up in a country where literature seemed to be non-existent or just buried within heaps of school textbooks which forced a generation of Nepalese kids to put creativity in the shadows. However, moving to a country with such a rich literary past changed the story completely. Literature at first seemed foreign but once I started devouring books, it just became natural. For me literature bridged the gap between…

apart from everyone else. Everyone has a different experience of life, perspective and mind. It is how a mother tells her identical twins apart and what makes an applicant stand out in a job interview. As personality expresses who a person is, in literature an author’s writing style express themselves. An author’s writing style is what makes their work unique. Writer’s use elements such as word choice, sentence structure and rhetorical devices to make their work stand out. Novels such as The…

art of writing is undoubtedly a rare passion that cannot be overlooked. When one has the gifted ability to give simple five-lettered words a more powerful meaning than their literal definition, they should consider themselves lucky. Not only does literature allow us the space necessary to grow alongside the millions of authors, but it also exposes us to the many different styles of writing. Through reading, we naturally develop a stronger hand at writing. Writing is an escape from reality for…

1. Where, when, and what was your last English course? How do you feel about your writing? The last English course I took was during my years as an undergraduate; that was over fifteen-years ago. In regards to my feels about writing, I have always had a love for writing- at least until recently. In my line of work I do a lot of mundane writing. It is quite repetitive and can be brain draining. As a result, I seldom feel creative enough to want to write outside of work anymore. 2. Have you…

From the centre of modernity, dismayed by the world wars, with a sense of dislocation, and in a search for tradition, T.S Elliot, has remained a crucial figure in Literature and criticism. This essay aims to explore Elliot’s pursuit for tradition and order in response to the chaos of his society. The critical essay ‘tradition and the individual talent’ will be focalised on, to analyse Elliot’s scrutiny of tradition, and critics will be engaged to receive distinctive facets of the argument.…