History of literature

outskirt of Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique. The central narrative of the story arises from Marie-Sophie Laborieux, who is a daughter of a freed slave. In her narrative, she recounts her family history from the beginning of the 1820s through to the late 20th century. These recollections of her history draw both on her personal memory and the stories told to her by her father. As you read the novel, one can see that Texaco follows a non-linear plot line. Although Texaco has this complex…

Have you ever read a piece of literature and it reminds you of another piece of work? Did you notice the similarities? I have read two piece of literature that have big similarities. Those works are A Jury of Her Peers and Proof. Susan Glaspell's short story, A Jury of Her Peers and Lynn Nottage's play, Proof have a lot of things in common. Both works use rich verbal, dramatic irony, symbolism, and conflict to show that women's intuitive powers can be superior to men's skills. The theme for…

Her English teacher’s passion towards literature contributed to Marcy’s own passion for literature, and she flourished. “When I was in tenth grade, I had a super English teacher. He recommended that I read.” The tenth grade was very memorable for Marcy. She still struggled some as she had previously, but her determination…

In the modernism era of literature (1914-1945) William Faulkner wrote several books, short stories, and articles about children, families, sex, race, with fixations and life in the south. I did not feel that “A Rose for Emily” should have been selected to appear in literature books or curriculums for college or high school for that time period. This short story was not a “yardstick” For literature in this era. William Faulkner refuses to discuss his works in interviews. He does not like to…

counterintuitive due to the nature of storytelling. To understand this idea better, let us consider a question that English professors at the University of Portland propose to their “Thinking Through Literature” course as the theme for their semester long journey through the depths of all things literature: “why read?”. In the face of this question, many students respond with suggestions such as “for entertainment,” “to understand others better,” and even the occasional “because my professor…

thing, as Sidney describes it metaphorically by comparing it to food and its powerful taste. This allusion originated from Sidney’s critical essay Apology for Poetry, which was published in Renaissance England in 1595, the golden age of art and literature that lasted from 1485-1603. Sir Philip Sidney is important as a whole because he wrote the first critical essay in Renaissance England. This allusion was best known for being published after Stephen Gooson wrote School of Abuse, which was an…

Praying for Sheetrock versus Meet You in Hell When looking back on one’s own histories, often times one must use novels or books by another to further infer and understand such periods of history long since passed. Books, such as Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford and Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene are insightful and historically sound pieces of literature that can further a person’s ability to understand and compare such dissociated and yet rather correlated writings by two…

fruitful knowledges’ than poetry, that poetry ‘is the mother of lies,’ and that poetry ‘is the nurse of abuse.’ These perceptions confronting literature were legitimate beliefs in Elizabethan England and serve as pretext for Sidney penning Defence. Sidney opposes these contemporary opinions by challenging the hierarchy of forms of knowledge in relation to history, philosophy and poetry. Secondly, the nature of poetry is also defined, and its content…

Literature can do a lot for people, it can cheer them up, get them through tough times, and motivate everyone to be great. However, out of all of these great things it can let them see different perspectives of life. This gives people hope, and hope can inspire change among important questions. Authors can have a great impact on their reader, especially when it comes to important political and social topics. First off, big names in literature have a platform of change where they can reach out an…

Literature teaches us many things on a daily basis. Different ways to look at life, at nature, at the people around us. It brings us into a whole new world that we can only see by reading the words of others. Eagleton, Nietzsche and Emerson give us that opportunity to see life in a different way by the lessons they write about. These writings have their differences but also connect with each other in some way. Eagleton, Nietzsche and Emerson were important writers of their time periods.…