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The novel, published in 1984, won for Barnes a nomination for the Man Booker Prize in fiction in the same year.... Postmodernism in fiction Postmodernism literature, as a literary trend, is characterized with the breaking down of literary structures, frameworks, and standards.... The paper tells that the manner in which Flaubert's Parrot is written gives the reader insights on the concepts and theories of literature in Postmodernism.... For instance, the genre combination, intertextuality, anti-from, and language disintegration are common characteristics of postmodern literature....
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The british men have lived for more than a century in many African regions and they have influenced the people in many ways.... e can see that as the british ruled many parts of the world for centuries they established their Mother tongue as a universal language.... The English language now cannot be considered as the language of british but it is the language spoken by all people in the world.... The main focus of the paper "Influence of Colonialist Idea on contemporary World" is on examining in what ways do colonialist ideas continue to influence contemporary culture?...
8 Pages
(2000 words)
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What is British about contemporary british fiction Discuss with reference to any two authors from the second half of the course.... he question of "what is British about contemporary british fiction" is an interesting one in a number of ways.... First of all, the nature of what it means to be "british" needs to be considered, or even whether the term is so generic as to render it meaningless.... Second, are there common features to be found within very contrasting works of literature that can be said to be normative If the first two questions are answered satisfactorily, can the term british be applied to the works being considered This essay will analyze Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and The Caretaker....
8 Pages
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An identifiable British working class fiction is still identifiable but society has changed perceptively since the World War One which considerably altered definitions and perceptions of this status.... Through the texts Lucky Jim (1954) by Kinsley Amis, The Girls of Slender Means (1963) by Muriel Spark, Money (1984) by Martin Amis and Regeneration (1991) by Pat Barker, I will illustrate the differences in perception and characteristics authors use to clarify definitions through their main protagonists, as well as show other examples of working class fiction....
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(1000 words)
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Victorian Age is one of the most influential eras in the history of english literature, which produced wonderful writers, poets, philosophers, scholars, and theories.... A history of english literature, according to Arthur Compton-Rickett, needs to be lined on a background of its social activities, in order to be clearly seen.... The essay analyzes the Victorianism and modernism impact on the history of literature.... This essay explores the influence of Victorianism and modernism on the literature....
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It had its beginnings in ancient Greece when erudite men like Epistolary novel flourished in Greece because traditions and culture encouraged the genre which cannot be said of the Islamic Turkish culture, which discouraged letter writing and fiction and thus the novel.... This essay shows an overview of Turkish and Greek epistolary novels and explains that an epistolary novel is a long narrative that is composed of correspondence such as letters, journal entries, diary entries, newspaper clippings, or electronic documents....
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Although Sherlock Holmes is not one of the first private detectives who came into the fiction world, the fame he attained after his literary origin dwarfed his fictional ancestors and started his way to eternity.... He is a musician as plays the violin well and has a good realistic acquaintance of british law.... Differences: In the novel, Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as a musician because he plays the violin so well, he his knowledgeable in many fields like literature, politics, botany, geology, chemistry, british law and anatomy....
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(500 words)
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In Canada, the principal cultures were initially French and british.... This paper 'Canadian Literature in English' will discuss contemporary literature in Canada based on the ways in which it has influenced the personal and national identity in the country.... Furthermore, Canadian literature has had a deep influence in the country's discernment of history, social-cultural environment, and the manner in which other nations around the world perceive it....
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(2750 words)
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