Since the literary birth of biblical versions of utopian and dystopian societies, there has always been a gender dynamic presented in the text between men and women and what constitutes a perfect or imperfect relationship between the two. An analysis of multiple books through a period of the 20th century were the best sources in which to compare the most recent forms of social constructions of gender and how that influences fictional writing. For this reason, the historical context in which each
representative of The Roaring Twenties and a “New Woman” of a modern era: Flapper represented a new philosophy of romantic individualism, rebellion, and liberation patriarchal society did not know how to deal with. Therefore, flapper in Fitzgerald’s works embodied
interpretations of people from other cultures, as well as people of another gender, or social position. These damaging discourses can serve to negatively affect sections of society by almost demonizing them by creating an ‘othering’ in which that section of society is thought of as less important, or undeserving. These sections of society are problematized minorities who may for example, be poor, homeless, mentally ill, ex-prisoners,
para.1), and stylistics appears in the second half of the 20th century. Stylistics has a great importance in language for instance, Stylistic researches are based on language style especially the literary works, and it becomes known for literary stylistics. In other words the meaning of stylistics in the dictionary is "the study of the style and methods used in written language" (oxford
In the last seventy-five years, there have been three major paradigm shifts in the field of conflict resolution. John Burton's paper focuses mainly on the first two. The first major shift was from dispute resolution to conflict resolution with a focus on interpersonal conflict. The second was from state politics to identity politics. Burton advocates the use of conflict prevention over dispute resolution. Historically nations and the institutions within those nations are set up as power
This essay will provide a critical analysis of an extract from George Eliot’s essay ‘Silly Novels by Lady Novelists’. The passage under consideration is the passage in which Eliot discusses the epithet ‘Silly’ and the women novelists have not used their positions in society to the best of their abilities. Eliot believed that in the 19th century there was an enormous difference in the writing of men and women and so she wrote this essay in order to highlight the reasons for this and in order to show
focus of comparative literature in the 20th century gave rise to a new form of analysis of the discipline. In presenting a comparative cultural analysis the researcher will follow the theoretical convictions observed by Totosy de Zepetnek in his writings. Totosy de Zepetnek has proposed a union of the literary with the cultural and has nominated a comprehensive framework and methodology for a comparative cultural analysis in his works. He mainly favors what he calls a “systemic and empirical approach”
Critical discourse analysis is important for deconstructing ideologies. To Widdowson (2000), CDA is a device for uncovering implicit ideologies in texts. It unveils the underlying ideological prejudices and therefore the exercise of power in texts. Little wonder then, Ayoola (2008) opines that most linguistic investigations on power and ideology fall under the aegis of CDA. Further, Jimoh (2012) claims that in CDA, the notions of ideology, power, hierarchy, gender and so on, are considered relevant
Sparta in the late 390s, Xenophon was exiled by the Athenians and given a home by the Spartans. Among Xenophon's works that deal with Spartan society are his Hellenica, a work dealing with the conflicts between Sparta, Athens and Thebes in the period 411–362 BC. Another is his Consitution of the Lacedaemonians which was not intended to be a political analysis of the Spartan constitution and its workings, but rather designed as a pamphlet in praise of Sparta and her customs as established by Lycurgus
that I will bring would be a short synopsis on the Fourth Wave of terrorism accounting the analysis of David C. Rapoport. Secondly, I will answer on how Al-Qaeda has spread out in so many worldwide countries; analyse the network created by Osama bin Laden that has lead to countless deaths of innocent civilians targeted by this terrorist organisation. Rapoport’s Wave Theory According to David Rapoport’s analysis on terrorism there are four main waves of terrorism. He suggests that each wave belongs to