Literary nonsense

In The Crying of Lot 49, Oedipa Maas’ development as a reader represents the historical transformation from a traditional, transparent and factual way of understanding the world (typical of the 1950s and the Cold War period) towards a reading related to the possibility of multiple meanings and the metaphor (characteristic of the 1960s). In particular, the paranoid perception of reality, questioning the appearance of the things and looking for their transcendental meaning, allows the acceptance…

A literary work exists because of society. Literature is a written work and relates to the society, they cannot be separated. Through literature, we could see how the author depicts the society and their social circumstances. Therefore, literary work is the reflection of the real life. It can describe the events in our life, and also contains the stratification which indicates that literature and society is closely related because literature expresses the situations and problems existing in…

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…

Warnings are key elements utilized by some authors in stories in order to engage the audience in continuing to read to the story. Furthermore, warnings can take form of key elements of plot such as foreshadowing and act as literary devices such as mood. The “Stolen Party” written by Liliana Hecker, uses foreshadowing to communicate Rosaura’s different status prior to the people invited to the party. The “Empty Amulet” written by Paul Bowles, uses mood to communicate Habiba’s encounter of…

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…

Debating if a piece of text is literature or not is still a tricky topic in this day and age. The Oxford English Dictionary defines literature as “Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit” but to really define and classify a text as literature you need to delve deeper, ask more questions and do this with a completely unbiased and open mind. Perhaps no other authors work has been debated in this manner quite as much as Edgar Allan Poe. His short stories,…

and well-crafted as those crafted by Shakespeare. His elaborate style of word play and hidden meanings helped to fully immerse the reader into his stories. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses literary devices to develop the theme of how fate cannot be escaped, no matter how hard one tries. The first literary device that Shakespeare incorporates into his writing is the element of motifs. Shakespeare uses the motif of light and darkness to show how Romeo and Juliet are fated to always be apart.…

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…

other forms of personal expression that it holds under its “vast umbrella”. Literary art, in particular, is the product of creative writing that gives a timeless and universal experience. This type of art uses literary techniques and devices to enhance the themes that add to the plot of a dramatic work. The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy about the downfall of a man seeking power, transformed into literary art through the use of various poetic techniques to enhance the themes…

Daphne du Maurier, the author uses detail, diction, and imagery as literary techniques to create and shift throughout the passage between moods of mystery, a nightmare, and nostalgia. These moods evolve throughout the excerpt chronologically in three different segments. The atmosphere evolves chronologically as the narrator physically advances on her path to Manderley in her dream. In the excerpt from Rebecca, du Maurier uses literary devices, mainly diction, detail, and imagery to create a set…