This spring semester of 2017 I took the course Introduction to Literature 2341-16 with Dr. Rivera. This was a challenging course for me at the beginning, since reading and writing has never been my favorite things to do. However, with effort and preparation I could overcome my weaknesses and be able to succeed. Reading is one the hardest things for me, but surprisingly this class changed my appreciation for reading. I used to not read the assigned reading in view of them being boring and also when
Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea (Abdulhamid Alansary, Dept., of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University) ABSTRACT This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically, namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature, which had been previously harmonized, has changed
3. Significance of the Problem This project has various reasons to justify itself as an original research 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
I was a bit sceptical when choosing Burton G. Malkiel’s “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” as my book for my literature review assignment. This book consisted of four hundred and sixty one pages; my life was over, or so I thought. Nevertheless, I began reading it and surprisingly the book was very interesting. I must say that the book was very easy to read, it almost felt like I was in a classroom setting learning new investment terms, concepts and practices. Although there is a lot to talk about
Archibald Monteith, a nineteenth-century Jamaican slave, has had a strange and interesting publishing history” (Costanzo). This report seeks to give the reader a deeper understanding and insight into the biography of Archibald Monteath through a critical analysis which analyze the strengths and weakness of the book by looking at the purpose, contextualization, style and the sources of the book. Hopefully after reading one gets a deeper composition of the book. The central themes of the book are Slavery,
INTRODUCTION Motivation I’ve always interested in psychology. I like to watch TV shows or movies concerning similar themes, or read related books, or enroll a course on MOOC; I enjoy the feeling of little thrill time to time by knowing some interesting psychological facts about people. Sometimes I use these little facts to analyze myself just for fun, but more importantly, these knowledges made me understand the world better, and the people among the world. Now culture, in my understanding, is
American 1930s. Examining a wide range of popular fiction produced during the 1930s, Hapke looks at the literary and cultural depictions of homemakers and wage-earning women. She looks at the works of radical and leftist writers as well as generally read
This study sets out to zero in on and delve into the works of Sadeq Chuback, Iranian naturalist writer, the late past master in the field of literature and translation studies. Chuback’s works, from rise to his demise, is introduced and the aesthetic and stylistic nature of his writing is scoured in detail. Literarily, discursive practices in his writing will especially be dealt with and ideological and kaleidoscopic panoramas of his writing brought into focus. Keywords: Discursive practices, language
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Ever since home computers were sold in 1970, it keeps on innovating and changing the world. People have always been drawn to technology ever since it became a very important part of every home. Together with technology, publishing was intensely changed because of the Internet. From hard copy newspapers, magazines, textbooks, and periodicals to digitalized soft copies of these articles to be published in the internet where it would be convenient, affordable and environmentally
Faculty of Literature and Humanities Department of English Language and Literature Master’s Thesis Developing a Critical Classroom Discourse Analysis (CCDA) Framework for Interaction Analysis in an Iranian EFL Context By: Amin Davoodi Supervisor: Mostafa Hasrati, PhD Advisor: Nouroddin Yousofi, PhD February, 2015 Acknowledgment I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to all those who contributed to this thesis. First of all, I would like to express my immense gratitude