The term ‘foregrounding’is borrowed by stylisticians from art criticism, which distinguishes between the foreground and the background of a painting. The theory of foregrounding is probably the most important theory within stylistic analysis, and foregrounding analysis is arguably the most important part of the stylistic analysis in poetry. And it is realized through linguistic deviation and linguistic parallelism.This paper aims at exploring the aspects foregrounding inE.E.Cummings' " Love is a
A memento of love is something that is given willingly. A trophy is something that is more or less taken. Through the study of Pope’s poem, a story is presented providing an example of what can happen when someone treats love as an inappropriate trophy. In the case of the Rape of the Lock, the baron cuts a piece of Belinda’s hair, keeping it as a trophy. His actions were wrong. His obsession with this beautiful maiden has a lasting effect on him. He may have admired her, and thought she was beautiful
For this assignment, I chose to review chapter 21 from the Global Politics handbook, written by Naeem Inayatullah. The chapter talks about the question: Why do some know what’s good for others? In the first sentence of the chapter Inayatullah states that “Some people think they know what is good for others because they believe they know something crucial denied to others.” In this opening sentence, Inayatullah immediately tries to give an answer to the main question asked, at first this answer
The Babylonian Captivity began in 1309 when Pope Clement V moved to the Avignon region in Southeastern France. He was the first of seven popes to live in the Avignon region, and did so due to an onset of pressure from Philip the Fair of France, who wanted the papal court to relocate from Rome to France so that he would gain more political and
The theory of eco-criticism is broad, comprehensive and apt enough to lend its application to all sorts of nature writings of all ages and times. It is not a method of analysis or interpretation but a redefined area of research and rediscovery. Most of the work in the theory’s jurisdiction has been pursued in the USA, where a special emphasis has been given to Native American folklore and literature; but much eco-critical work has also been devoted to the English Romantic tradition notably by the
that can bring new light to the significant subject of comparative literature. Iranian scholars have already exhausted different aspects of the life and works of Sa‘di and encyclopedic publications have been devoted to him. In a similar vein, Alexander Pope has been the subject of innumerous studies with different approaches; however, it is for the first time that a student well acquainted with the two poets and their respective cultures is investigating deeply into the wise optimism of their philosophy
stresses that Shelley has been judged partially. She insists that if he were judged impartially by critics “his character would stand in fairer and brighter light than that of any of his contemporary”. She stresses that without the negative and partial criticism, the exalted nature of Shelley’s “soul would have raised him into something divine” (ix). It is on this account that Mary Shelley seeks to re-establish what she terms “the truth” about her husband’s poetic vision and philosophical thought. She draws
Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin of nonsense. Whatever Almighty