Scientific literature

formalistic approach focuses on the construction and structure of the literary works; as formalisticapproach.weebly.com, (n.d.) mentions: “The formalistic approach to literature examines a text by its “organic form” –its setting, theme, scene, narrative, image and symbol. It is often referred as “a scientific approach to literature,” because it advocates methodical and systematic readings of texts”. In this case, the structure of poem titled the Hymn of Apollo has six stanzas with 6 six lines…

reading my memoir, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl, and I became frustrated with myself and the book. It was like running a marathon trying to word by word understand the plot of the book. The beginning was way to slow when the author mention all of the scientific fact about chemical reactions and enzymes. Finally, I had enough, so I went on vacation and I made sure that the book stays safely in my room and not in my suitcase. When I picked up the book after I came back, I had a whole new point of…

relationship of the writer and his or her target audience; this is something I never gave much thought to before, despite its importance. Never Let Me Go is an interesting novel, because while it is science fiction, it doesn’t put much emphasis on the scientific advancements and instead focuses on identity and relationships. This allows the book to be interesting even to people who have no interest in science fiction, and it is a fresh take on dystopian societies. Rather than being boggled down…

Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America” draws upon the theme of redemption from the Bible to demonstrate that any race under the Almighty God are equal. Wheatley’s application of Christianity is one of her defining points to justify the unfair treatment and the degradation of blacks in American society. Despite Wheatley’s status as a slave, she was fortunate enough to receive an education from her master to become capable of producing an expressive writing style paralleling…

History and Literature connect in every time period and continue to do so. What is experienced during one’s lifetime affects what and how the literary works are written. These great literary works continue to apply to later generations, and continue to be considered important by readers for the significance of its content and the artistry of its form. The content often teaches valuable life lessons. Great literature is important to read because it humanizes us, draws us together into community,…

example, on lines 90-91 Mack says "Either you don't understand the true nature of Macbeth's ambition, or you don't know yourself." Mack is using the "Either Or" fallacy to explain how Shakespeare's works are a fairly complex interplay of life and literature. Mack then goes on to say how this is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty, and meaning in life. More fallacies like these could have been used by Mack to help engage the audience into reading Shakespeare. All in all, Mack formulates…

Concepts of Creativity Over Time “Poiein”,to make, “techne”, to make things according to rules, “facere”, man made, “creatio”, creation from nothing, “excogitation”, to think up, “de novo creat”, to create anew. These Greek and Latin terms represent, quite literally, the origins of the word “creativity”, although they also embody the evolution of the concept itself. Poiein was used by ancient Greeks to refer to poetry, and illustrates their belief that creativity, and the creator, were of divine…

Science fiction for children is a form of fantasy literature that takes real science and extrapolates the science to form fantasy stories. Science fiction teaches students how real science ideas work but tweaks it so that it does not become real. Back when society carried boom boxes and radios to listen to music around the house on the way to the beach, when nobody could peacefully listen to music because they had headphones that weighed a lot. A writer by the name of Ray Bradbury introduced a…

deal of time reading research papers. However, this skill is rarely taught, leading to much wasted effort. This article outlines a practical and efficient three-pass method for reading research papers. I also describe how to use this method to do a literature survey. 4. Read the conclusions 5. Glance over the references, mentally ticking off the ones you’ve already read At the end of the first pass, you should be able to answer the five Cs: 1. Category: What type of paper is this? A measurement paper?…

I became attracted to Loy’s poem after reading her biography because the poetry she wrote broke away from the traditional male dominate poetry. She was controversial and represented modern feminism during her time. Loy’s voice added diversity to the modernism by the structure and bewildering word choices presented in her poem Love Song. Love Song can be easily seen to be inspired by her real life casthopic experience with love through her failing marriage and two affairs during the time it was…