The work of the Neapolitan writer Elena Ferrante has received much attention in recent years, becoming the subject of countless articles, not only in the Italian press, but also in many of the world’s most prestigious publications. Paolo di Paolo, writing for La Stampa, provides us with a succinct description of the “caso Ferrante”: “Merita perciò di essere studiato il fenomeno-Ferrante: un’autrice di cui tuttora si ignora l’identità salutata qualche settimana fa dal New Yorker come una grande artista
students to become inspired by Canadian culture, encouraging them to promote along with establishing more Canadian writing. Due to Canada's proximity to the United States of America, Canadians are often swamped by the surrounding American culture. Unfortunately, this is relatively common in Canadian history as Canada has always been a "branch plant" of another country; starting with England and France. Canada being a "branch plant" is unfortunate as Canadian culture has not been able to develop. Likewise
tourism industry. The research conducted by Kivela and Crotts (2006) showed that 21% of the respondents were travelling to Hong Kong for the food. This implies that food is one of the prime attributes for the prosperity of Hong Kong tourism. In this essay, the cuisines that Hong Kong are offering now would be analyzed, followed by the new directions for Hong Kong to make further improvement and ways to promote Hong Kong as a gourmet city. Hong Kong is now offering both local and international cuisines
A comparison of song types within the Irish Singing Tradition The singing tradition is a vibrant and essential facet of Irish culture. From lullabies to lays, keens to laments; all combine to generate a truly versatile genre. All of these song types feature several similar traits; they all stem from an oral tradition, all boast a fruitful history in Ireland and all reflect the emotions of the communities in which they were created. Further to it intrigued me to notice that nods to paganism and supernatural
superpower, dominating the Mediterranean world. On the other hand, the Empire was remarkable not only for its vast territory, but also for the noticeable influence the Roman culture had on the seized lands. At the early stages of its development, Rome shared the Italian peninsula with a number of ethical groups who had their own culture and traditions; about forty separate Italic languages and dialects existed in the peninsula at the early years of Rome. Nevertheless, as far as the Roman Empire grew, its
literature is only non-factual works of writing but I believe that is not true. In the journal Naming Nonfiction, Robert L. Root says, “‘Literary nonfiction,’ ‘creative nonfiction,’ and ‘lyric essay’ are some of the makeshift semantic hybrids current use.” The term non-fiction is fact based work which are essays, memoirs, biographies, histories, and journalism. An example of nonfiction literature is A Narrative of the captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (127) this short story is about
works of imagination characterized by excellence of style and expression and by themes of general or enduring interest. 2. the body of written work of a particular culture or people: Scandinavian literature. 3. written or printed matter of a particular type or on a particular subject: scientific literature; the literature of the violin. 4. printed material giving a particular type of information: sales literature. 5
1-4. (bib) Ethnic Food “Ethnic foods are defined as foods originating from a heritage and culture of an ethnic group who use their knowledge of local ingredients of plants and/or animal sources.” (Kwon, 2015) http://www.journalofethnicfoods.net/article/S2352-6181(15)00002-5/fulltext
The elephant in the Art room The mother the other Addressing the elephant in the Art room Linda Nochlin posed the question in her 1971 article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Arguing it was necessary to question “the unstated domination of white male subjectivity” that shaped the art historical canon; the article explored the reasons for the severe asymmetry of female to male artists throughout the course of art history. When examining western art as viewed through the canon one must
Ilija Kovachevich and Ilona Vuori 9T Research question: How has the Somali integration in Finland changed from the 90’s to nowadays? CONTENTS: Introduction History and Background The Somali Diaspora Somali Integration in Finland Somali Culture and Assimilation Discrimination and Racism Somalis in the Finnish Society Conclusion Sources Introduction The Somalis are currently the third biggest group of foreign-speaking people in Finland after the Russians and Estonians. The ongoing