universal or personal, and all point in between. The Chinese believe that the natural order of things regarding man and natural can be seen
This paper describes the study which tried to explore the relationship between self-esteem and writing performance of EFL learners in Iran. Data of this study were collected by administering a questionnaire of Rosenberg's self-esteem, a language proficiency test and a writing performance in two different genres, descriptive and narrative, administered twice each. The sample consisted of 50 English intermediate male learners took part at Nourelahi Language Institute in Tabriz. Pearson Correlation
Ruggles Gere, the act of writing outside academic settings and its importance to literacy development and achievement is explored. Gere examines how extracurricular writing helps inexperienced writers enhance their self-esteem, help them gain confidence, and help them “begin to think of themselves as writers.” (76). Writing outside of classrooms gives people the freedom to write what they want, whereas classrooms limit writing through the boundaries set by the institutions and educators. Gere questions
and his enviable skills as a narrator, coupled with his first hand narratives and his abundant knowledge of the subject
This research explores the positive and negative effects of memoirs on their writers to determine whether or not the risks are worth the rewards. One such risk is the potential for legal troubles. Writer and
woman for much of the book and has experiences reflective of being such in a poor black community in the early 1900s. However, the most contention comes from the narrative’s noticeable lack of a heavy political tone, something expected among black writers when it came out in 1937. While Watching God certainly isn’t a fluffy romance novel of any kind, it feels like a stark contrast to black literature of the same period, which tended to depict mostly
that we have been told not to do we have been marked down points for doing so. It is impossible to write without having yourself in the writing. In an article by Donald Murray, he talks about how everything we write is autobiography. This well-known writer believes that this is unavoidable. So if this is the case why are we told to write completely objectively even though this is unavoidable? All
his reputation in society. Thus, the indulgences of Dr. Jekyll expands beyond the personal areas of his – and Mr. Hyde’s – life, symbolizing the inner struggles, the threats to the respectful gentlemen’s society and their professional world, and looking at a greater perspective, the social anxieties of late 19th century England. Considering that the Victorian era was being shaken by new changes and expectations, writers found in literature an alternative to address the public fears. In
descriptions of ordinary objects as well as memories they correspond to. For both authors, the collections serve as a sort of authentication of the identity they have ascribed to themselves in the past, ultimately contributing to their current sense of self. In terms of approach, Liz Rohan offers a more technical analysis of the influence of mnemonic artifacts on identity, citing numerous dichotomies and presenting a handful of relevant terms. Although not explicitly stated, many of Rohan’s themes may
the 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