Literary consonance

The author in “Why Literature Matters” is saying that recently people have stopped literature. And the author states this in paragraph two. Also the author in order to backup her claim uses a lot of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos In the first half of “Why Literature Matters” the author uses logos to support her claim that people have stopped reading literature. Like when she says “According to the 2002 survey of public participation for the arts.” She got facts from them to help make her argument…

My Aesthetic When I sit down and read a book, I like it to tell me all of the pieces throughout the story. It can be suspenseful, but give me all of the details. The main thing I dislike is when I am finished reading, sitting there wondering what happened. I contemplate if this or that happened and I normally do not come to a conclusion over arguing back and forth with myself about how it should have ended. These past couple weeks I have read some interesting stories. One of my favorites being…

Friedrich Nietzsche derived two opposing terms to describe the ways to respond to drama and real-life art. These two distinctions known as Apollonian, the side dominated to by reason, and Dionysian which focuses more on emotion; either emotion to music or the rage of tragedy. Critical thinking is a major part of the humanities, the distinction of the two sides will come in handy while analyzing literature, music, and theater. In literature, the use of word choice to convey a special message is…

I would apply the reader response to analyze the critical approach of the short story “Matchimantio” Why generally because this story can be interpreted more than one way according to the text. In hindsight, with short story such as the Cathedral anything can be viewed from one’s opinion can evidently be seen to be true, based on the perception of the reader standpoint and viewpoint. In the short story Matchimantio, Louise Erdrich explores the interpretation of how life may have not always…

Reading Between the Lines An author’s main purpose of writing is for their audience to receive the message they are trying to convey. Our job as the reader is to interpret the channels that are being used to help get the authors point across. Sreedhar Potarazu, uses several different tactics throughout his article “Is Social Media Ruining Our Kids?”. In this article, he brings to our attention the growing negative effects of today’s youth frequently using social media. Potarazu uses ethos,…

Visit is primarily a work of social and personal criticism, and thus Dürrenmatt employs both elements of comedy and tragedy within his play in order to highlight the human flaws of greed and vengeance as they interfere with justice and freedom. The literary devices that he employs serve both as a vehicle for tragedy as well as comedy-- Dürrenmatt has masterfully interwoven these two opposites so that they two play off of each other in a way that skillfully guides the audience to their own…

largely air is taken for granted and how we must change our ways if we want to continue to have this precious “substance” (Suzuki pg. 54). Suzuki creates a compelling piece about air by using a very influential writing strategy. He uses three common literary devices to make his factual article sound poetic; Suzuki uses many moving metaphors, alliterations and personifications within his work and it has various advantages, as well as teachings. Suzuki creates poetic images and phrases by using…

The monologue is from the Twelfth Night. That monologue encompasses various literary elements that have varying significance to the monologue itself and the readers as well. The extent of this significance is dependent on the extent of the meaning that the literary devices add to the monologue. Therefore, the literary devices and elements employed in the monologue add meaning to it, make it more interesting, provide an understanding of how various elements can be analyzed in society and…

In Grendel; literary techniques help Gardener to establish the idea of an already corrupt mind, collapsing around the edges. As the novel progresses the energy created intensifies and allures the audience. In John Gardeners Grendel; kennings, existentialism and metaphor are used to highlight Grendle’s isolation and clearly establish a central idea that isolating one’s self leads to self-destruction. Notably, signs of isolationism in Grendel are evident from the very beginning with kennings to…

The psychoanalytical lens is a way of understanding the human mind and the characters within a story. Many different theories have contributed to psychology, but “most psychological criticism of the last century lands at the doorstep of Sigmund Freud” (Gillespie 1). Freud was the father of a psychoanalysis, helped explain human behavior, and came up with a way to treat mental illnesses. Freud focused much of his ideas on psychic forces having an influence on human behavior (Gillespie 2). He had…