The first essay written by Jaschik meets the criteria for literary nonfiction because it discusses the huge controversy of plagiarism and how it affects literature today. Mr. Murray explains how we need to be critical readers. Ondaatje's essay is creative and uses figurative language to give us a "sense of place" and a "sense of
In regards to literature in both of their eras, it becomes seemingly and obviously so that Whitman both inspired and paved the way for Ginsberg. Both Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg are reflecting upon political and cultural controversies they are experiencing in the times they are living in. While they again are living in different times and generations, they both are writing in respects to their own personal thoughts and opinions regarding their own personal political and societal changes within their current America. However, this is not where the similarities of the two end, while the likeness is expressed in the content of both author’s works, the structure and style in which each poem is written is also notably alike. Walt Whitman writes his poem in independent stanzas that despite flowing flawlessly with the rest of the poem could just as effortlessly tell a story on their own.
Symbols are commonly used by authors as an enhancement tool to stress the theme of each story. A symbol is, “an object, an action, or a person that represents more than itself” (1440). Symbols can be furthered classified as being either public or contextual; a public symbol is one which, “history, myth, or legend has invested with meaning” (p. 1440) whereas contextual symbols arise from the circumstances of the account (p. 1440). Nathaniel Hawthorn and Shirley Jackson provide excellent examples of these literary devices; both of these stories contain a variety of symbols which the authors use to portray the idea of evil. The majority of symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” center on the Christian religion, more specifically the Puritan denomination.
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.
Atwood discusses the several genres of fiction that are available in this time and explains how this is not only a time of gender crossover but of genre crossover. By using the comparison she shows how literature has evolved as well as gender relations. In conclusion Margaret Atwood’s speech “spotty handed villainess” is a speech that explores the flaws in extreme feminism, challenges the patriarchal order and examines the intentions of literature and fiction. The speech still has relevance today as it examines gender roles and expectations in modern day
“This book has the reputation in some quarters as the greatest American novel, and now that I have finally read it, I can see why.” This was said by many readers, because this novel by Mark Twain reflects the essence of the 19th century. Romanticism, transcendentalism, and industrialism were all important movements in the 19th century. Romanticism is like seeing through rose-colored lenses; transcendentalism like starting a funky trend; and industrialism like dollar signs in a cartoon character’s eyes. Though romanticism, transcendentalism, and industrialism all have unique viewpoints, they influenced one another in many ways, such as nature, emotions, and individualism. Comparing romanticism, transcendentalism, and industrialism, one can see that these three movements had different out takes on the purpose of nature.
In both of these stories the authors use imagery to help drive home their main points, although in a somewhat different manner. In “Desiree’s Baby" Chopin uses imagery to hint at the “truth” and lead up to the ironic ending. While in Carver’s “Cathedral” imagery is used to reinforce his main theme of don’t judge a book by its cover. Now we will take a closer look at imagery, and examine the intricacies of how these great authors use it in their works. So what is imagery?
Through any and every writing, an author has a point hidden within literary elements. With literary elements authors develop a style to their writing to prove the point they intended from the beginning. There are many various literary elements to make up a rhetorical situation, to develop a side of ideas, some very commonly used in especially rhetorical situations. Like allusion, hyperbole, rhetorical questions, hypophora, and commonly simile. Mohandas K. Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau speak of and develop similar government opinions and points, through their interpretations of Civil Disobedience through literary elements; they prove similar points of civil disobedience but with their own style of writing and use of rhetorical devices.
During our lives we will have to take many journeys some happy, some sad, and some tougher than others. I was asked to read Gilgamesh written by Stephen Mitchell and Beowulf transcribed by Seamus Heaney. There are many differences and critical comparisons that can be drawn between the epics of Beowulf and Gilgamesh. Both are historical poems which shape their respected culture and both have major social, cultural, and political impacts on the development of western civilization literature and writing. Before any analysis is made, it is vital that some kind of a foundation be established so that a further, in-depth exploration of the complex nature of both narratives can be accomplished.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1981) are both a representation of their composer’s contextual anxieties. By developing a deeper understanding of the composer’s context, the (underlying messages in the text is met.) The comparison also shows that despite being separated by over a century, the interpretations of the authors on the paradigms of nature, science and humanity (meet on similar lines, creating a timeless effect). Frankenstein, composed during the 19th century, a period of revolt, the French Revolution being an iconic event heavily influenced the theme of ‘usurpation of power’ that (frolics in the novel). The 19th century also saw a time of great scientific breaches such as Galvani and his Galvanism,