Literature

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…

is to read them. The same applies to music, movies, and magazines. If a library refuses to provide a specified movie, song, or magazine, then they are preventing the public from broadening their minds. See, by gaining insight from controversial literature, one can learn from those who thought differently, and more easily establish a personal stance of morals and values, even if they don't reflect society or the public. It's vital to the expansion of the human condition, that we reflect on all…

There are many ways of expressing the subject of a text, and people use these forms of text to learn new information based off of these types of literature. The Code Book and The Dark Game are two examples of this and have many similarities and differences. With these differences, a reader can decide how they can be able to learn the information given, either through stories or through pure information. Even though The Code Book and The Dark Game have a similar purpose, discussing the use of…

characteristic of the Middle Ages, or, more obliquely, the ‘mediæval’ or ‘romantic,’ both of which are positioned as opposites to the classical” (Reeves 233). However, in today’s modern culture, gothic fiction can be described in simpler terms as a genre in literature which emphasizes and illuminates the darkness “of terror and death and violence” (Fiedler 9). This literary movement allows authors to better portray and relate the more so real aspects of everyday lives to their readers as gothic…

Learning and Literature Throughout history, literature has always been a gateway for people to expand their knowledge and their imaginations. However, some pieces of literature are hard to understand, no matter how high your reading comprehension, there are important pieces that may be missing from their understanding. Meaning, one could only just be scratching the surface of a piece of literature. Therefore, one cannot simply read something, one has to immerse themselves in the literature…

thought that literature was used as a scapegoat mechanism to escape reality, even if it was for a short period of time. Although I do not read as much before, I believe literary works allow us to analyze the deeper implicit meaning behind the ideas being presented by society. Before this course, I had failed to realize the impact to which a novel impacts the way I identify myself and appreciate my unique personality. This analysis helped me realize that not all forms of literature are true to…

Chapter one of How to Read Literature like a Professor describes the day to day encounters of a young boy. Foster explains that though the story is just a simple plot line detailing a common part of teenage life, it should be viewed as a quest, rather than just a normal teenage story. Through this example, Foster highlights key components of a quest, and it is demonstrated that a quest-style plot can be found in a large variety of writing styles, genres and literature. Foster also emphasizes…

INTRODUCTION Pre-Independence Indian English Poetry: Origins, and Predominant Themes and Styles The emergence of Indian writing in English has a long history which dates back to the colonial times when English used to be the language of British rulers and a few aristocratic Indians who were deeply enthralled by this language of their subjugators. Makarand Paranjape in Indian Poetry in English mentions the two preconditions that were to be met before Indians could write poetry in En¬glish:…

Because literary canons foster a negative outlook on reading, they should not be apart of a high school English program. A literary canon refers to a classification of literature. It is a term used widely to refer to a group of literary works that are considered the most important of a particular time period or place (wisegeek.org). A literary canon can not only limit the type of book student reads but also culturally disadvantaged the student by only reading books written by a certain gender…

It explains that literature is significant in its importance in reaffirming or challenging the cultural ideologies such as gender and masculinity. It argues that repeated representations in texts will eventually become naturalised. Reconstructing Masculinity: Representations of Men and Masculinity in Australian Young Adult Literature also notes in its examples an absence of femininity in novels which reinforces the oppositional…