this short essay my goal is to venture into the role of story-telling and narratives in anthropological discipline and give one take on how it is possible to understand the given role. By drawing on Tim Ingold`s understanding of the processes of getting to know phenomena existing in the world around us I shortly discuss the idea of fieldwork as a cognitive journey defined by reflexivity. When doing fieldwork the anthropologist inevitably joins the stories shared with her with personal stories, meaning
Australia. His writing expresses local history on the global level. By combining the factual events with the fictional, he has set new and interesting trends of writing historical fiction, in the literary world. He is passionate about his research and creative writing. He skillfully employs poetic language to uncover the history of the Noongar community in the form of stories. All this aspect of Scott’s writing has increased readers interest. As John Fielder writes: Scott’s writing appeals to readers
INTRODUCTION Multicultural literature is a tool that should be utilized within the classroom in order to help students see themselves and their own family structures reflected within the writings. When readers express their interactions with literature though authentic dialogue and written reflections, beliefs and ideas about their own identities are often brought out (Rosenblatt, 1978). Culturally responsive children’s literature can be an effective vehicle for getting students to connect with rich
can be useful when conducting research. Not every paper may thought with a developed thesis but come to a realization of a thesis after conducting necessary research. Jay Holmquist’s essay “An Experience with Acronyms” approaches his topic with a narrative interest that leads to a question to start his exploration. This implemented his process of discovery going from his story to researching the questions he had about his story. I would see this discovery essay similar to an informative essay. Even
to live with Shug and owns her own business, that she signs her letter to Nettie with complete assurance: “Amen, / Your Sister, Celie / Folkspants, Unlimited. / Sugar Avery Drive / Memphis, Tennessee” (214). It is a signature suggestive of Celie’s personal identity, financial security, and social
Rohan’s themes may be found in Amy Tan’s writing. This recurrence of themes validates Rohan’s analysis and emphasizes the fact that identity exists as an amalgam of past, present, and future. Amy Tan guides us through her experience as she is reunited with a series of mnemonic artifacts originally accumulated by her late parents. She describes
into writing a story in meeting a potential psychopath, I realized that it categorizes itself as a thriller. I presented a character that seems similar to a horror icon from a popular Japanese novel known as The Ring by Koji Suzuki. In doing so, I felt the need to reflect on my rhetorical choices, analyze how I presented certain aspects, and evaluate how successful I was in achieving my goals in making of this story. Explaining these topics will show how I accomplished creating a narrative involving
In writing women’s history, researchers have been exceptionally profound to find personal documents written by women—autobiographies, memoirs, diaries and journals, and family correspondence. In Myriam Warner-Vieyra’s, Juletane, the Caribbean frame story captures woman's alienation and the of the central characters, Juletane and Helene, through marriage and tragedy. When Helene, the most empowered woman in the novel who also holds an advanced degree from Paris, reads the diary of Juletane, she finds
error, a journey of to find a new sense of self. The journey to seek a new sense of self is long and labyrinthine ordeal of self-reflection and self-discovery that results in a transformation of identity. In the poems Theme for English B by Langston Hughes and Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, each author describes a pilgrimage of descent into introspection, an existential narrative into a state of error from which each character ascends with
which is prominent in many of the narratives of that time. Early American Literature can be seen as a reflection of the religious values followed by the early settlers and the colonists. The profound role of religion in Early America is best understood in the two earliest religions of this country. The puritans had one goal when crossing the Atlantic: “to spread their faith by writing to lay down expectations for their new life” (Literature). The puritans writing consisted mainly of sermons, hymns