Nostalgia

Elements of Southern imagery and charm, racial division, decay, and destitution will play out prominently regardless of the space and time in which a story of this genre is craft. Nostalgia reflective of Southern aristocracy and historical significance adds depth and context, and whether the symbolism of religion is overt or subtle, an aspect of spirituality will emerge in Southern Gothic stories as will the display of humanistic social…

her nostalgia and obsession with Chris overrides her ability to handle reality and she becomes mentally unstable, foreshadowed in, “I would observe that she was utterly detached, lost in a world of her own...she was struggling against a current that pulled her within herself.” This contrasts with Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, where John stands up to the dominant values of the older generation when he states, “you need to get off my back”, urging the older generation to overcome their nostalgia…

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 of varying moods of mystery, a nightmare, and nostalgia throughout the passage. In the beginning of the…

humankind. However, Tom Crick, whose enduring nostalgia for the…

were carried with that particular time. The iconic thanksgiving turkey is a prime example. Dining, with or without company can invoke feelings of emotion as well as physical contentment. Such psychological impact may invoke reminiscent moments of nostalgia when eating a food that has heavy emotional impact or has ties to memories. Food easily triggers the senses to reminisce on a time when what is being consumed was highly emotional, regardless…

suicide, death, depression, and decay, appear throughout the story. Majority of the scholarly articles I was able to find all criticize Housekeeping through the feminist theory. For example, the first article I have chosen, “Future-Perfect: Gender, Nostalgia, and The Not Yet Presented in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping” by Sinead McDermott, argues that the novel looks back on past events, whether good or bad, in an attempt to possible bring back a type of non-patriarchal utopia that lies…

narrator expresses a blissful and ignorant tone about her life before the loss of innocence through the use of denotation and connotation. The narrator demonstrates bliss when she feels “nostalgia” reminiscing about her mixed childhood feelings that held “joy” and “gladness” (Paragraph 2). The denotation of “nostalgia” is a wistful desire to return to a former time in one’s life meaning that the narrator desires to return back to her childhood. More often than not, one would only want to return…

Portuguese tradition of the fado. Fado was traditionally sung by sailors or peasants to express their longing to return from their long journeys (Bowring 2008: 130). Whether the narrator is on a journey or not, the “songs from the North” resonate nostalgia but also show how the memories of are kept fresh and alive in his…

of significant symbols throughout his journey. Walcott first appeals to the reader’s nostalgia through the comparison of the past and present in order to demonstrate the impact of his journey. Walcott, after describing a dark path filled with plants and ominous things quotes; “There’s childhood, and there’s…

the past can be both haunting and joyful, both allowing people to experience memories from the past that can show true hurt or happiness depending on the things one has done. Memories can come up from anywhere that will give one’s self any slight nostalgia from the past and can come back to make you conflicted between one’s self or with others. Even something…