...“one book by Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn” and that there was no American Literature before the book. Hemingway was wrong because, American Literature is written works that are created by utilizing the English language and based off of the culture and history of America. It is true that in the period before Huckleberry Finn, British and European writers influenced the majority of the literature produced. But, as America found its identity while settling in the new found land, so where the early American writers. Moreover, some of the literature produced before Huckleberry Finn is American Literature because it does contain the essential elements...
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...industrial north. It was considered a Renaissance because the liberal arts like, music, literature and art were uplifted independently for African American culture. This in turn created a social change for African Americans to have more freedom and liberty. Social change associated with freedom in the Harlem Renaissance can be attributed to three different reasons, literature, art and music. Literature played a gargantuan role in the...
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...What makes American literature American? America has long been fans of the superior writers, such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald for their various works including “The Great Gatsby” and “The Old Man in the Sea”, America has been known for its fondness of short stories. American literature aims to embody the values and morals of the American culture. The foundation of American values include the rights to liberty, justice, freedom, equality, love, and family, American literature usually will be centered in one or more of these ideals. American literature incorporates the story of an American character and their encounters with the land and the people, exemplifying the human need to control and understand their environment. “Whitman emerges here both as an exemplar of the dominant literary theory and as a precursor of our contemporary value schema, with its enshrinement of the "me" (San Francisco Chronicle (Pre-1997 Fulltext)). Whitman was known for his fresh perspectives of the past and domination of literary theories. What is literary canon? How does literary canon relate to what is going on in society? Literary canons are the classifications of books and their influence upon the culture and society of a specific region or country. Literary canons outline the influential literature of a culture, society, country, or secular community. Society looks to literary canons to understand cultural influence and to research the issues that are most important to the people of the country...
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...outside with bones and offers the puppy them, but Sharik declines them and asks for his freedom instead. In the story The Dog and The wolf by Aesop you learn about a wolf that is wild and is starving to death. The wolf’s cousin, a house dog comes by and sees the the state the wolf is in and offers the wolf a life filled with food. She agrees, when she gets to the place she realizes that she would be chained up and decided she wanted freedom more than food. Literature today draws themes from traditional stories by word choice and universal themes. The two passages present the same universal...
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...Through this women’s literature course I not only learned about remarkable women but I also learned who I really am as a person as well and I was given reasons to cherish the life I have today. Women are the back bones of this world and they are the motivation for one woman to another. Over the years women have created hope for many and through that hope freedom was gained, because it’s mind over matter! I was asked the question How does power, freedom, and choices relate to Women’s Literature? Well power, freedom and choices relate to woman literature physically and emotionally in many ways. The women that I have had the opportunity to learn about in Women’s Literature 150 are extraordinary women. The choices that they have made in their lives were dramatic ones, which led to the power and the freedom that women today have. Women such as Margery Kempe, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Isabella Baumfree, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jane Austen, Harriet Jacobs, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Books, Sylvia Plath, Jamaica Kincaid, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Adrienne Rich, all played a significant role in why most women no longer visualize themselves less valuable than men in our societies, and I will give reasons through words from some of the women above to explain how power, freedom and choices relate to women’s literature from the past and today. In the time that these women were growing up men were superiors...
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...Malcom X: Learning to Read conveys the message that literature can provide one with inner freedom through escaping from the harsh realities of life. This is exhibited as Malcom X proclaims “months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life.” Through literature, he was able to forget his struggles of being imprisoned. Malcom X was an illiterate prisoner and was frustrated for being unable to articulate himself clearly through his letters. To resolve his frustrations, he learned to read and write by copying pages from the dictionary onto his tablet. With every page he copied he learned about people, historical events and broadened his word-base, which enabled him to...
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...WEIGHING AGAINST HISTORY: REVOLUTION VERSUS PROPAGANDA Introduction: The Philippine literature that we are using nowadays rooted merely from the revolutionary period during the Spanish colonization. At those times, Revolutionists emerged and wrote independence-based literary works that were brought by the misunderstanding of the aims of the propagandists and revolutionists. The propaganda movement only aimed for equality and reform of the Spanish constitution in the Philippines and not for total independence from Spain’s influence, which later on became the aim of the Revolutionists. In accordance to this, the study aimed to make a comparison: the Philippine Literature and History that that brought independence; and the Philippine Literature and History that never undergo Revolution. The study will detail each of the situation’s benefits and non-benefits to the society and the culture of the Philippines under the Spanish period. I. The Philippine Literature and History that Brought Independence “And so, Farewell, this is our final cry.” The line was taken from the famous literary work of Andres Bonifacio, “The Final Cry of the Filipinas”. Ka- Andres was one of the renowned heroes of the Filipino revolution during the Spanish regime. Bonifacio manifested his aim for freedom, not only in how he fought bravely during the war, but in his literary works as well. In his work, “What The Filipinos Should Know” in 1986, Bonifacio enlightened the sleeping hearts of...
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...Katrina Bryant ENG/301 American literature is any written work of art that is created in the United States. American literature is like all literature, it has literary experiences and contextual history of America. It depicts how America has changed is still changing today. American literature has changed over time just like most canons of literary works. The uniqueness of American literature is that America from its beginning had a special philosophy of life and freedom. The special philosophy of life and freedom that made American literature so unique was reflected in its writings. Americans believed and had faith that God was and is the given of all our rights and freedom. We as Americans had faith in ourselves that we could succeed in anything that we try doing. The literature that we Americans wrote made life worth living because it was displayed for the world to read and understand that life was what we made it. Also by Americans having the ability to spring back from diversity made life worth living and George Washington was a perfect example of this. Literary canon is basically a suggested list of readings that belongs to a country or a certain period in time. Literary canon contains literary works that is mainly by authors who are accepted as an authority in their field and their writings constituting a serious body of literature in any given language. The works that are collected that is included in a literary canon is approved largely by cultural and...
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...which made it very powerful and controlling. Since the church was so powerful and controlling, people had faith in it and were willing to devote time and money to the church. Throughout the Renaissance the power of the church began to decline rapidly. Although the role of the church changed throughout the Renaissance it was the base to everything in this time period, such as art, literature, poetry, and government, etc. Since the role of the church changed during the Renaissance everything the church was involved in also changed. Art was being controlled by the church during and before the Italian Renaissance. Every piece...
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...American literature is literature expressed through American’s going through American history. Thomas Jefferson, for example, wrote the Declaration of Independence. During his time of writing it, the congress was going through a debate for independence and freedom. John Adams pretty much forced the Declaration of Independence on Jefferson, so it really was written as an excuse to hold up the decision of independence. Adams wanted it written so they could have something to clarify the freedom humans rightfully deserved. All Jefferson wanted was everyone to be treated equally. We are all men and women, we are all Americans, and skin color shouldn’t define who we are. We all have equal rights as citizens and deserve the same freedom...
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...power of the church began to decline rapidly. Although the role of the church changed throughout the Renaissance it was the base to everything in this time period, such as art, literature, poetry, science, and philosophy. Art was being controlled by the church during and before the Italian Renaissance. Every piece of art had to go through the church and be approved. A lot of the art from the 16th century has the bible or something religious in it because the church was controlling the art. As the church began to lose power, the style of art began...
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...an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or miserable. Therefore, Uglies is an example of dystopian literature because society is controlled by technology through computers, robots, and scientific means, citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance, and information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. First, an element of dystopian literature portrayed in Uglies occurs when society is controlled by technology through computers, robots, and scientific means. For example, its states on page 23 “Elevator requested,” said the elevator. “Up or down?” This shows that the elevator is a robot and can talk because the government builds it and can control the talking elevator. Also, the elevator asks her what floor she wants to go. According to the text on page 170 “ Her fingers fumbled, looking for a clasp. She wished she had her interface ring to give her instructions.” This clearly proves, the interface ring can help Tally and give her information. This indicates that the interface ring can obey her and is a robot. It is also controlled by technology because it can tell her where to go. To sum it up, Society is controlled by technology through computers robots and scientific means because the elevator is a robot that talks and the interface ring can help her with directions. Furthermore, an element of dystopian literature portrayed in Uglies occurs when citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance when they had trackers and interface...
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...Salvador Ponce Lopez (May 27, 1911 – October 18, 1993), born in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, was an Ilokano writer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and statesman. He studied at the University of the Philippines and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1931 and a Master of Arts degree, also in philosophy, in 1933. During his UP days, he became a drama critic for the Philippine Collegian and was a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi. From 1933 to 1936, he taught literature and journalism at the University of Manila. He also became a daily columnist and magazine editor of the Philippine Herald until World War 2. In 1940, Lopez' essay "Literature and Society" won in the Commonwealth Literary Awards. This essay posited that art must have substance and that poet Jose Garcia Villa's adherence to "art for art's sake" is decadent. The essay provoked debates, the discussion centered on proletarian literature, i.e., engaged or committed literature versus the art for art’s sake literary orientation. He was appointed by President Diosdado Macapagal as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and was ambassador to the United Nations for six years before reassigned to France for seven years. Lopez was the president of the University of the Philippines from 1969 to 1975. And he established a system of democratic consultation in which decisions such as promotions and appointments were made through greater participation by the faculty and administrative personnel; he also reorganized U.P. into the U...
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...The reflection of The Story of an Hour ENGLISH 125: Introduction to literature Instructor: Robert Solomon Diana Walker January 21, 2013 A women’s quest for freedom The Story of an Hour is a short story written in 1894 by Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin was a women writing in a time where women were not considered equal to men. Mrs. Chopin wrote the story of an hour with a powerful message behind it. This short story was about a woman who was unhappy in her marriage. The theme of this story is freedom. When Mrs. Mallard was told her husband had perish in a train wreck it seemed as though she was stricken with grief, but as the story goes on she shows great relief that he is gone. He’s death meant that she could start anew and have a life of freedom. This story was full of symbolism. After reading the text I found many word in this piece that symbolized the theme. The author use words like sun (life source), rain (blessing or sadness), spring (new beginnings), blue (peacefulness), and rose (beauty –love). “She could see in the open square the tops of trees that were all aquiver with new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air “. (clugston R.W. (2010) Journey to Literature). At first I wasn’t able to see the symbolism in the story, but after a second read a more research in the text on what symbolism is I was able to see it. Setting and symbolisms in the story of an hour make the theme. The story was written in 1894 which is not reflected in the story as...
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...CLB 9003 Cross-cultural Studies of Children's Fantasy Literature (1st Term, 2013-14) Term Paper “Compare children’s images in Western and Chinese children’s fantasy literature” Name : So Lok Ching Student ID :4028177 Instructor : Dr Tong Man The development of Western and Chinese children’s fantasy literature varies a lot. Western children’s fantasy literature has a much earlier development process. In Ancient Greece and Rome, there was no distinction between children and adult’s literature, children and adults shared the same literature. Until the 18th century, a remarkable French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, believed that every child has a unique value and children should not be seen as immature adults. He also emphasized the importance of moral development in his writing ‘Emile’, in which he believed it could be performed by living a simple life. Rousseau’s ideas had a major influence on the development of children’s literature. People raised awareness about children and children’s fantasy literature was flourishing in the 19th century. In this Golden Age, different varieties of children’s fantasy literature were written to entertain children, such as modern fantasy stories and adventure stories. The naughty image of children could be shown in many adventure stories as well, such as ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ (1876) by Mark Twain and ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’ (1883) by Carlo Collodi. Up to the 20th century and recent decades, Naughty main...
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