Narrative

It may be argued that technology dominates modern society and now plays an integral part in everyday life (Aduwa-Ogiegbaen and Iyamu, 2005; Cennamo, Ertmer, and Ross, 2013; Stafford, 2010). Technological advancements and increasing access to technology within the home is enabling children to develop a growing array of digital skills, knowledge, and understanding from an early age (Medcalfe, 2013; Cennamo, Ertmer, and Ross, 2013). Children must now become computer literate in order to access the…

love with her, but the impulsive Catherine chooses Jules at first, and then leads them along an unpredictable journey of affairs and odd behavior for years. The use of the camera in the film is very fluid and swirling, sometimes independent of the narrative, which plays on the morality within the…

merely the story told, or the lesson taught that gives one the perspicacity to deem it a work of literature, but the contents of the written work. As a result, the question is raised: what makes certain pieces, for example, Jonathan Edwards’ personal narratives, easily considered literature, and creation myths not? Traditional American myths and tales should be examined as literary productions because of the way they convey…

a lesson in moral science. Here the boy uses phrases like main ghabra gaya tha while the girl has the acumen to hide her pain so that her man doesn't suffer. Unfortunately, director Nikhil Advani fails to package; the word they use for kneading narratives these days, his intentions for the second week in a row. If Hero was close to zero, it does marginally better because of the covalence between the lead players. There is an emotional…

INTRODUCTION Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 cult novel Fight Club and it’s subsequent film adaptation, directed by David Fincher, are a prime example of internalism’s importance in adaptation, to the extent that the protagonist is known widely as the Narrator in the absence of any other name being given. The narration in the film is massively important as the majority of the plot, as we find out near the end, has actually taken place inside the Narrator’s own head, and so the view the audience gets…

Every work of literature can be classified as belonging to several categories, be it fiction, nonfiction, etc. Maus, however, exhibits features of several of these categories, and, because of this, it is harder to classify it as belonging to just one of them. Elements that commonly form part of both biographical and autobiographical works are found in this book, along with those of the novel. The book tells two stories at once; it shows the author dealing with his father, Vladek, after his…

Kirill Tšernov FLGR.01.370 28.10.2014 Transgression of a boundary between the past and the present The theme of transgression is a pervasive theme throughout the A.S.Byatt’s novel, Possesion: A Romance. To better understand and study it, one needs to return to the name of the novel and consider its implications. The novel itself can be read as a meditation on the different meanings of this word, as the reader is presented with different kinds of possession (economical, sexual, cultural, even…

The 1987 novel, Beloved, written by Toni Morrison, consists of anything but a linear narrative. Throughout the novel Morrison constantly uses flashbacks to tell the reader bits and pieces of the character’ pasts, which tie them together, building the plot of the novel. He begins the novel by having the narrator tell the story of the sons escape from 124 (3). He allows this flashback to be wrapped around to the present continuing with stories about Baby Suggs. By using an analepsis to begin the…

historical because both were written with the same intention of investigating and chronicling past events to preserve them. Both authors intended for their histories to be as accurate as possible, despite writing in different styles. The writers’ narrative styles appear to differ, but they are not all that dissimilar. Thucydides admits to adding in details that he thinks supports what happened when he is uncertain of the exact events that occurred. Herodotus, on the other hand, does not…

The tone and writing style shifts abruptly as the final scene begins. It is almost as if a new story begins, but it has been set up. The stylistic change is noticeable from the first sentence. Hayasaki writes, “It felt like an 80,000-pound semi-truck had parked on Will Piper’s chest” (Hayasaki). She starts out with a complex simile. This kind of literary language is unusual for more academic, expository writing. Hayasaki uses many similes and metaphors throughout this central and final scene.…