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Jane Austen's “Emma” is a sophisticated example of fiction employing the art of high wit, elements such as irony, subtlety, diction etc to achieve overall effect to the narrative.... Jane Austin's “Emma” is a novel about youths, who are caught in the perils of courtship, romance and marriage.... As the title of the novel clearly indicates, this novel is about the life and deals of a woman, Emma Woodhouse....
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The paper "English Literature - contemporary british fiction" discusses how in 1970, the four-serial television movie "Holocaust" was shown that made this theme so constant and general that it became a part of schools and higher educational institutions curricula.... And this couldn't but arouse interest in memory-fiction, especially when it's written by such brilliant authors as Lisa Appignanesi with her 'Losing the Dead' and GW Sebald with "The Emigrants'.... In April of 1945, the british army rescued Jews in the camp of North Germany....
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Book Report/Review
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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I will also address issues like the armed insurrection in Bengal against the british; the divide between religious and national motivations; the Hindu portrayal of God and how that has changed throughout history.... He talks about many themes such as the separation between India and Pakistan in 1947.... He talks about many themes such as the separation between India and Pakistan in 1947, the relationship between Hindus and Muslims, the alienation of a Hindu person in a Muslim country, and the ‘crises of belonging' that seems to afflict many of his characters....
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Perhaps due to lack of direct avenues to represent the situation and seeking to avoid being subjective, literal artists resorted to incorporating fiction to clearly bring out the underlying issues The aspect of silence is particularly evident in two literal works: “Reading in the Dark” by Seamus Deane and “The Heather Blazing” by Colm Toibin.... In the two works of fiction the authors use silence to highlight the eerie mysteries surrounding the tension between the warring factions....
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This essay "contemporary british Film Culture" analyzes two films that might be seen as prominent examples of British realism: This Is England and Kidulthood exploring different aspects of it is providing that social realism is extremely important to contemporary british film culture.... The first and one of the most important aspects that contribute to the significance of social realism in the contemporary british film culture focuses on the ability of such films to let different parts of the population express their views on the screen....
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The paper "Essential Qualities of Postmodern fiction" talks about the various traits of a postmodern genre of literature.... Poetry or fiction started finding refuge in the myriad iconoclasm and absurdity which became the essence of the time.... In 'The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern fiction', Bran Nicol, a Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Portsmouth expresses that Postmodern fiction is actually a kind of challenge thrown at the readers....
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Research Paper
The paper "Nature of contemporary british Soaps" describes that soap operas have been in existence since their inception during the world wars.... Since 1930, soap opera has been defined by what is not supposed to be and what it lacks rather than what it is supposed to be.... The british soap is normally designed to depict ordinary life in Britain....
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