Besides insight into collective societal culture, literary history has provided future writers with models of poetic device, style and content influencing literary works and building upon past literary ideas. Literary history is a vehicle to understanding the past and plays a major role in its influence on literature up to and including the present day. Knowledge of historical literature gives us insight into the traditions and societal conventions of the time in which the piece was written. One outstanding example comes from Anglo-Saxon times. Beowulf is a literary work which enables a reader to glimpse not only the societal customs but into the savage and seemingly uncontrollable environment of the first century.
ZZ Packer displays the black Girl Scout troops hidden racial hatred for white people through ironic humor. She conveys hidden philosophical messages to the reader through her text. While explaining the importance of a secret meeting, she also went on about the meaning of a secret saying, “A secret meant nothing; it was like gossip: just a bit of unpleasant knowledge about someone who happened to be someone other than yourself” (pg 9). This is an effective use of dramatic irony because the definition Packer provides for “gossip” is the basis of the entire story. The black Girl Scout troop creates the lie that one of the white Girl Scouts used the racial slur “nigger” and this drives the rest of
The text reflects a half aborigine girl’s (Koorine) search for belonging. The barrier between the black and white communities is symbolized by a fence, which prevents Aborigines’ entry to the town pool. The fence also acts as a physical barrier, which prevents physical connection between the races. The scene is shot from Koorine’s point of view and the panning shot emphasises the juxtaposition between the care-free antics of the white children and the restrictions placed upon the aboriginal children. When Koorine confesses her dream about being a swimmer, her mum states, “Ever see black champions walking around?
Additionally social science has played a peculiar role in the problem of race according to Bobo. Throughout his paper speaks to the social injustice and inequalities that still are very prevalent and insist that affirmative action is necessary to continue to attempt to level the playing field for racial
ENGLISH – LEVEL 3 90721 Respond critically to written text(s) studied Question A novel usually depicts the journey of a character or characters. To what extent do you agree with this view? Your response should include close reference to a novel (or novels) you have studied. Text Type: Novel Novel Title: MAESTRO Author(s)/website(s): PETER GOLDSWORTHY Ignorance to realisation, adolescence to adulthood and dreams to reality are all journeys that Peter Goldsworthy explores in his novel, “Maestro”. Through the use of passage we see how Peter Goldsworthy takes Paul on these journeys to make important realisations about humans, ideas and himself.
In “The Author To Her Book” by Anne Bradstreet, the speaker who takes on the role of an author, displays her insecurities for a piece of literature she has written. Through the extended series of comparisons between the speaker’s poems and her children and the vivid personification, the poet expresses the strong and intimate bond she develops for her work and her ambivalent feelings towards it. Also, Bradstreet’s self-deprecating poem explores the idea of perfection in literature. Firstly, the title reveals the relationship between the author and her book. The tone of the title is set apart from the rest of the poem.
Literature and Communities Literature reflects all communities and individual in a society. Many writers use their art of words to illustrate the culture and belief around them. The setting of cultural belief and the context is make up of many things that play a major part in the author choose how literature reflects on different communities such as: their culture, individually and society. The languages from literature help explain how it feels to live in a different community. It also tells what the characters feel about certain situation throughout the story or poem.
7. What is the central purpose of the poem? (arouse emotion, provoke thought, tell a story, amuse). The purpose of the poem is to tell a story about the transition from rural to urban with an extended metaphor. The metaphor brings forth emotion through the history of the Brook.
“The Awakening” By Kate Chopin Kate Chopin uses many different situations and different settings in the novel “The Awakening” to get her points and aspects of the story across to the readers. Throughout the story Chopin also uses many different literary techniques and situations to explain the characters and their place within the story. Chopin seems to be very specific at points, but also very vague when brining new characters into the story and the meaning behind such characters. From the many different aspects of the story the significance of the ending of the novel seems to be the most important and most interesting within the works writing. Chopin seems to use many different themes and symbols throughout the story to portray Edna’s character and way of life that causes the many problems and difficulties for her.
The story symbolizes life after death. In the beginning of the story the woman is looking at the stepping stones and remembering them as she is walking across the river. When the narrator says ‘She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one” it lets you know that the young lady in the story has been there before. The narrator of the story is giving a sense of what the short story is going to be about with this statement as well. The setting shows that the women are in a country environment.