Literary agent

Terry Eagleton, in his essay, “What is a Novel?” talks about the various definitions of novel and among one of them points out that novel is the genre which “affirms and is wedded to the common life” (5). However, in comparison to the common and realistic novels, readers as Eagleton mentioned, prefer the “exotic and extravagant” or “monstrous and miraculous” as a contrast to their ordinary lives. Eagleton find these thoughts of the readers to be ironic because although novels are written to…

We all tend to judge people by what we see on the outside occasionally. Either from what they are wearing or how they are going about their days. This is just a small issue in this book that the author uses to make sense of the plot of the story. The details in this story are very specific to what’s happening which makes it very easy to understand the author’s perspective. The author uses an interaction between a blind man and a stressed husband to get the point across you should never assume…

alienation and experience an epiphany that results in resurrection and rebirth” (n.p.). She supports her thesis by paralleling O’Connor’s work to other literary stories and comparing the grandmother’s experience to Catholic Christian…

novel there is the constant theme of beauty, and how beauty plays a major role on the lives of those young girls. Beauty, and its many different effects on people's’ lives can be seen through literary devices such as metaphors, imagery, and symbolism. Toni Morrison’s use of metaphors is a recruiting literary device that helps represent beauty and its impact on the novels characters. Beauty, usually seen as a positive concept, is seen as destructive and…

Irony is a fundamental part of Greek tragedies. This irony is created when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not. Through this use of dramatic irony, the audience feels more engaged in the story, creating a feeling of suspense and foreshadowing later events. In the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, Sophocles’ use of irony does just that. Through the speech and actions of Oedipus, Iocastê, and others, Sophocles utilizes irony to allude to future events, create anticipation,…

Social criticism is taking over the literature world with its honesty and deep meanings. Society can only expect the true meaning of life from authors. Social criticism is a way of criticism that locates all the malicious and flawed issues in society. This method is used to help the population realize what is wrong in society and how they can possibly deal with it. “Primal Screen” by Ellen Goodman addresses the problems with technology in families including marriage difficulties, laziness, and…

The discussion part of the article is going to be divided into three parts. The first part of the analysis is the deconstruction and the constructions of meanings behind the representation of Vibina’s character in Saints graphic novel by using the theory of social positioning and agency. The analysis on this part shall focus on the utterances produced by the characters and thevisual representations of the story. The second part of the analysis will be based on Kress and Van Leewuen’s…

approach emphasizes the individual responses. There can be no denying the power and purpose of a reader-centered approach to literature and the degree to which it has positively informed our practice. (Appleman, 2014 pg.30) It’s like when we read a literary text, but we include a collaboration with everything I meant the writer, text and reader to get evidence of the soundness of the reader-centered approach. Reader-centered approach is like a relationship. I say this because is a good example,…

This is my reflection on my previously written evaluation paper on “Love in L.A.”. In doing a critique of my previous paper the following elements will be discussed: the topic, the description of the subject, the criteria used to evaluate the short story, the fairness of my writing, and the evidence to back up my evaluation. By reflecting on my strengths and weaknesses on this paper, I can improve my ability in writing, and also improve how I read other works. Topic and description of subject…

If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is around to hear it, then does it make a sound? You've most likely heard this age-old riddle before. The key to understanding it is recognizing what it's about -- the real question here is, "are events defined solely by their presence in human experience?". But what defines what a human experience is? Is the expression something that should be interpreted literally (in that all that is required is at least one human perceiving the event), or is it…