In order to create a sense of authenticity, Nam Le abides by verisimilitude in his short stories “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” and “Tehran Calling” in his collection The Boat. His short story narratives utilise compression, poetics and sentence structure which are artifices to create mood and meaning. In this sense this type of fiction is realistic, but untrue. Readers are aware of this from the outset of the novel with Le’s first short story, which overtly illustrates that the stories in the collection are works of fiction. The autobiographical nature of the first passage in “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” introduces the reader to the apparent truth and reality of the story, signalling also what is to be expected in the rest of the collection.
The realist of the two would be Nathaniel Hawthorne, his intentions for writing was to eliminate degradation and to retain morality. Hawthorne and Poe use a wide range of symbolism in their writings. Hawthorne often made use of items such as scarlet letters, black veils, poison bushes, and haunted houses to symbolize for secret sin. However, Poe employed many symbols such as black cats, ravens, vulture eyes, harlequin costumes, catacombs,
January 31, 2007 “I tend to like things that already exist.” Jasper Johns Famous American painter Anxieties of an Artist Chatterton, a story about the mysteries of art, is one of Peter Ackroyd’s most famous and complex novel. Every character in this novel encounters art, at one part or another in their lives; therefore, to the concepts of originality, forgery, imitation and plagiarism. What they show us throughout the novel is that it is impossible to run away from art, to be truthfully genuine, because all art influences other art; art communicates with other art and art in general is part of a verbal universe. This paper will bring up situations and examples that will prove that it is in fact impossible to not be influenced by what one has seen, heard, or read relating art, whether unconsciously or deliberately. The concepts of originality and forgery, the backbone of the novel, are purposely introduced at the very beginning of the story.
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850, was just what America was needing in his time. He composed a both beautiful and tragic story while still creating a deep symbolic novel that few could forget. He captivated his readers with his allegorical novel, depending on symbolism and characters heavily, in the style of true dark romanticism. The novel deals with many issues that were prominent at the time, such as the importance of society versus nature, human temptation versus society’s influence, and many others. In Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, he focuses on the conflicting views of society and nature in the Puritan society and uses contrast, symbolism, and imagery to convey his beliefs.
CUSTOMS AND BONDS A piece of writing, as in every form of art, is a manifestation of its creator. Authors include fragments of themselves, their history, and their experiences for either personal motive or simply to establish a moral connection with the reader. In The Custom House, Nathaniel Hawthorne's introduction to his novel The Scarlet Letter, an unnamed narrator establishes a connection with the reader through personal anecdote, history, and emotion. This anonymous customs officer is not Hawthorne himself, rather an idealized figment of the author's imagination, a vehicle to deliver personal motives and apprehensions. It can then be said that the purpose of this piece is to act as a bond to Hawthorne's past, present, and views toward his strong familial ties to an area so rich with religious fervor, giving a glimpse into the realities caused by his own family and past.
John Mackey Mrs. White Honors English 10/ 4th period 4 March 2012 Ironic Downfall into the Catacombs The literary devices irony and foreshadowing are used to accent one another. Edgar Allan Poe craftily uses both of these devices in order to make his stories tricky and deceitful to the characters but obvious to the reader. As the devices intertwine they allow for stories to become more complex and meaningful. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uses irony to foreshadow Fortunato’s downfall through the Montresor coat of arms, the origin of the characters’ names, and the use of the Free Masons. The Montresor family crest, the human foot d’or, accompanied by its motto, Nemo me impune lacesit (No one insults me with impunity),
James Alesi Mrs. Bailey English 11, Period 3 March 21, 2012 Gatsby’s True Colors Authors not only write books, they know how to use the power of the pen to place ideas inside your mind without you even knowing it. In the novel, The Great Gatsby the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald is a master of this art; he uses color connotation in his writing to give the readers a better understanding of the characters he creates. He achieves this by describing something as a certain color and that object described will have some significance or ownership of the character he wants that color to correspond with. Fitzgerald does not pick just any color, he picks a color to give the reader an emotional response. This response can be dissected by the reader in which they can figure out themselves what might be going on inside a character's head rather than being told in a cut-and-dry manner.
Specific topics of interest include the point of view of the narrator, how this influences the way we perceive the stories, and why the authors chose these ways of telling their stories. A good way to begin is by considering the general effects of the point of view of the narration on literature. Ignoring the very rare second person point of view, novels are either first or third person. First person viewpoints tell the story as the lead character sees it. This may introduce a question of reliability, since their perception of reality may be tainted or their knowledge may be limited.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written by an anonymous writer and then translated by Marie Borroff. The poetic story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Romance Mythos story. The tale from the Middle Ages is a Romance Mythos story because it consists of a hero (with a flaw), a quest, and a final showdown (that ends with the recognition of the hero) which are key ingredients of a Romance Mythos story. And the use of the literary techniques symbol, metaphor and irony by the anonymous writer helps readers understand the message of the story. The story Sir Gawain and the Green Knight consists of a hero named Gawain.
Written by Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American poet, short story writer and critic, similar literary elements were used in both stories of “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1842) and “The Black Cat” (1843). With his talent on writing horror and mystery story, he was generally considered the father of detective fiction genre. Rather than descripting a certain cruel actions directly, he tried to use characterization to create the feeling of horror. Through characterization, the psychotic personality, as well as the obsession of the protagonist was shown. Besides, symbolism was widely used to show his point of views on human nature, which can be expressed in his own words, “I have no faith in human perfectibility.