Wednesday, June 18, 2014

EN 1105 : Uncle Ernest Notes


Uncle Ernest

Sillitoe effectively criticises the legal system in "Uncle Ernest." Uncle Ernest is a working-class lonely man who lives an isolated, despondent existence. Joan and Alma, whom he befriends, are very poor and in need

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Symbolism in Literature :

What is symbolism in literature? If your students struggle to understand what constitutes symbolism in

The New Historicism :

The new historicism developed during the 1980s, largely in reaction to the text-only approach pursued by

Anthropomorphism :

Anthropomorphism can be understood to be the act of lending a human quality, emotion or ambition to a

STRUCTURE and POETRY :


An important method of analyzing a poem is to look at the stanza structure or style of a poem. Generally
speaking, structure has to do with the overall organization of lines and/or the conventional patterns of sound.

ANGLO-SAXON POETRY.

THE NORTHUMBRIAN PERIOD.

The Anglo-Saxons were for a long time fully occupied with the work of conquest and settlement, and their

Alliteration.



Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Whether it is the consonant sound or a specific vowel group, the alliteration involves creating a repetition of similar sounds in the sentence. Alliterations are also created when the words all begin with the same letter. Alliterations are used to add character to the writing and often add an element of ‘fun’ to the piece..

Example:
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. (The ‘W’ sound is highlighted and repeated throughout the sentence.)


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Jacobean Age



Jacobean age, period of visual and literary arts during the reign of James I of England (1603–25). The distinctions between the early Jacobean and the preceding Elizabethan styles are subtle ones, often merely a

Literary Elements of Plot.


The plot is the sequence of events in the story from the beginning to the end (timeline). Usually the order of