1987 in literature

“Text means tissue” Roland Barthes once stated, emphasizing that a text should not be viewed as a finished product “behind which lies, more or less hidden, meaning (truth)” but rather as a fluid entity which “is worked out in a perpetual interweaving” (64). Thus, a text does not hide one single truth, waiting to be discovered, but – in perpetual interaction with its readers – creates or at least permits a multiplicity of meanings. Symptomatic of the complexity of meanings woven into a single…

The Artist E.E. Cummings is a brilliant poet that creatively uses words and phrases to make his poetry entertaining and lively to read. Cummings’s poetry is very unique to me because his work tends to deviate from the typical poem through the punctualization and grammar. The words of his poems are sometimes spelled incorrectly and organized strangely. Sometimes he has multiple phrases stuck together and other times he separates one word into several lines. This type of writing catches the eye of…

The Five People You Meet in Heaven, which was written by Mitch Albon, is a fiction and I found myself very fond in reading the story. It is a general age type of reading material, but somehow I believe the storyline gave its focus more towards the adult readers. Its elements of humane values and life notifying messages that took over the plot made me wanted to flip through the pages for even more. I was carried away enjoying the uniqueness of how the plot was being organized. This story is set…

At first glance, an examination of the totality of historical fiction seems rather trivial—showing little to no purpose other than displaying a historical concept; but with some deconstruction, the genre reveals itself to be much more complex. Historical fiction adopts the factual material from a moment in history with the intent of using it in the development of a fictional narrative, opening the door for the use of a variety of literary devices that would be inoperative otherwise. The genre of…

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I have always been a reader, I don't think there has ever been a time in my life where I haven't loved it. My mom is a teacher, so as a child reading was part of our everyday life. We had annual passes to the library and would attend the mommy and me events. I remember when I was about four or five, I would sneak a flashlight into my room and read Wizard of Oz. Although I couldn't actually read the words out of this huge chapter book, I would make the story up, pretending I knew what I was…

People today focus on the books authors wrote, and not the effort it took to get there which can often be even more interesting than the book itself. Mark Twain is one of these authors, a man who worked very hard to do what he loved. He was kind to others, determined, and assertive when need be. Mark Twain was kind to others, and apologetic. When Twain was starting out as a writer he really admired Oliver Wendell Holmes, a very well known author. Twain read so many of Holmes' books that he…

What is symbolism? Symbolism is a story element used by authors to give the reader a deeper understanding of the text. How do you identify symbolism? There are 3 steps. Step 1: summarize the text/chapter. Step 2: identify (repeated themes). Step 3: think what could this object stand for. Why is symbolism used? There are variety of reasons. Convey complex messages, connect story and theme, and show instead of tell. The symbols I’ll be using are from the short story, “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”.…

In the novel Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea, he uses many different tools to help tell this story. This novel is about a young Mexican woman who sets out to the United States to bring back men to save their village from the bandidos, and to find her father who set out looking for work years ago. He eventually just stopped writing or sending money. Urrea has a great understanding of each side of the border since he was born in Mexico to an American mother and Mexican father. At a…

In the Story, Parker’s Back by Flannery O’Connor many literary techniques to give her writing life and the purpose of her writing the story. One of the literary techniques use in the story was Imagery. Imagery lets the reader visualize what the author wanted them to see. O’Connor also, uses allusions as literary techniques. The last literary techniques are symbolism in the story. Each literary technique help O’Connor’s purpose for writing the story. “The novelist doesn't write to express himself…