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S/LI/74. SECRETS: Consider a number of ways in which literary works are governed by secrecy, concealment and strategies of suspense

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4200
DATE:
2006
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49.99 GBP

This essay explores the ways in which literary texts are governed by the theoretical notion of secrets, focusing on Oedipus Rex with examples from Heart of Darkness. It examines the nature of communication and its intrinsic 'secretiveness' on a fundamentally linguistic level making reference to Saussures theories on semiotics. Analysis of Sophocles' play is coloured by theories of Kermode, Derrida, Barthes and Freud pertaining to the nature of secrets and the implications of a secret. In conclusion, it appears that texts are ensured in the theoretically dense topic of secrecy rather than governed by it.

 

KEYWORDS: Secrets, suspense, concealment, Oedipus Rex, Critical theory,

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S/LI/76. The fragmentation of the Speaking ?I?: From Imagism to Modernism

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2900
DATE:
2006
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29.99 GBP

This essay explores the speaking 'I' of poetry and how it has embarked on a process of fragmentation brought about by the post-war circumstances of the early twentieth century. The subsequent atmosphere of disillusionment prompted the Imagist movement with Ezra Pound as its main proponent, which later developed into Modernism as heralded by T.S. Eliot. Both movements are examined in an effort to explore the fragmented psychological state of modern social denizens as analogized in modern poetry.

 

KEYWORDS: Fragmentation, speaking I, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Imagism, Modernism,

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P/LI/28. Escapism in English literature

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2000
DATE:
2005
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29.99 GBP

The paper is a discourse on the subject of escapism as reflected in the English literature. Literary analysis of Jim Cartwright, Road is performed providing the characters' sketches and focusing on the ways they express their discontent with the surrounding reality.

 

KEYWORDS: li, escapism, english, literature,

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P/LI/15. The role of the canon in promoting patriarchal, racist, and imperialist values

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2500
DATE:
2004
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29.99 GBP

The paper studies social and political implications of canon in literature. Analysing the process of canon formation, the author goes into the history of the canon giving an overview of its role in the formation of literary styles and genres. The paper claims that though the canon was dominated by men up until the 18th century, it did not reinforce patriarchal attitudes to women, but reflected the values of the patriarchal society (the paper shows that a canonical female stereotype was an ideal virtuous woman). The same can be said about the racial prejudices. However, the ideas of cultural hegemony connected with the expansion of England, were indeed reflected in the canon (e.g. the need to change Irish names into English).

 

KEYWORDS: li, role, canon, promoting, patriarchal, racist, imperialist, values,

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P/LI/10. Post-modern Fictions

WORDS:
3000
DATE:
2003
PRICE:
39.99 GBP

'The philosophers of the Enlightenment subscribed to the view that there was an underlying unity or direction to human history' (Thomas Docherty). The essay discusses to what extent post-modern fictions engage with a notion of history and time as progress.

 

KEYWORDS: li, post-modern, fictions,

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