Literary devices

Many times in writing authors will use symbolism so they can convey different aspects to the reader. Symbolic elements in writing could be anything from an object, a color, or even a person. In the short story “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, there is a great deal of symbolism. The story is about two brothers of Native American descent who live on a reserve in North Dakota. The two brothers buy a Red Oldsmobile with the money they earned from their jobs and go on many adventures together…

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn said “Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation,” what he is essentially saying is literature is not made in a vacuum, and it is directly influenced by the events and circumstances occurring during the time it was written in. It is also influenced by events from the author’s life and the author’s view of the time period. Nella Larsen, an influential…

In Madame Bovary you can find many literary themes and variations in syntax and diction. In this essay you’ll see the comparisons Between Davis’ Interpretation of a passage from the book, and Marx-Aveling’s Interpretation. Davis’s interpretation of the passage uses a lot of loose and compound sentence structure; Marx’s Interpretation uses a variety of syntax and diction ranging from parallel syntax structure to abstract diction. In this paper you will see the similarities and differences between…

reality, it hit him hard. The theme of growth as explored in M.K Asante 's Buck, looking through the Psychological and Psychoanalytic literary lens, illustrates personal discovery because what you go through affects how you act as you get older, the things that your parents go through affect you as well, and reality never seems to be what we want it to be. The literary theory that is associated with Buck is the Psychological and Psychoanalytic criticism. It talks about a writer’s personality…

Author’. Arguably, Elliot also had an influence on Important figures in Literary criticism such as Leavis and Bloom. There are present mutual notions of perceiving tradition as continuously remade and rethought. Furthermore, critical essays such as ‘Tradition and the individual talent’ and ‘Hamlet and his problems’ have had major influence on the school of New Criticism. These influences have made the study of literary theory what it is today. In conclusion, Elliot’s theories may have…

not end up with a grade I’m happy with, but I have gained the confidence I need to continue with this concentration. I believe I have learned a great deal about various literary theories, how many there truly are, and how little I care about any of them past New Criticism. Additionally, I have learned I am great at applying literary theories in practice, composing essays, and frantically searching up key terms during a 20-minute quiz. I won’t be able to get the results I want by solely relying…

Danger in Tradition In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, a village prepares for their annual tradition of the lottery in which the townsfolk stone a person to death. The ritual was originally conducted to bring a bountiful harvest of corn, however, the meaning behind the sacrifice seemed to fade out while the tradition itself persisted. As surprising as it may seem, one can see instances of blindly followed tradition in today’s society: trick-or-treating on Halloween, blowing out the candles on…

“I am an invisible man” is narrated by Ellison’s character in Invisible Man at the very beginning of Prologue. The start of this literary work proposes many questions as to how the story will unfold. How can one become invisible? How does it interact with its surroundings and other people? Is it able to switch between visibility and invisibility? The narrator of Invisible Man is introduced with a feature that he may or may not have control over. However, it isn’t revealed as to how he obtained…

In her article “Why I’m Still Writing Women’s Literary History”, Professor Devoney Looser astutely asserts that women’s literary history is a field that is alive and thriving and therefore deserves to be treated as such. Her argument centers around addressing concerns expressed by various colleagues of hers, and perhaps a common concern many others hold, that the academic field of women’s studies is now “passe” due to taking a “separatist” approach. The article address the reasons why people may…

just an escape from reality. These works of literature transport their readers into perfect worlds for a short period of time before they must come back into the real world. Sadly, a great realization is that the world in these different works of literary merit do not have a perfect world, especially perfect endings. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, the world is shattered, including the ending. An ending of a novel will never be perfect because it is merely a reflection of real-life;…