English literature

The role of women in society is, to this day, ever changing in England. Women are not proportionately represented in the media, now, or in early English eras such as the Medieval Times. In early English literature, there was not a single female author to be published until the fifteenth century. This can partially explain the beginning of women’s oppression, as it stemmed from a lack of representation. Today, women are still underrepresented in the media, but not to the same degree as during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Income inequality is also a massive problem, worldwide, as it is a proven fact that women are not payed as much as men are for equal work. Women have made much progress, gaining rights and freedoms; however, it has…

Chapter 1 Introduction Jonathan Earl Franzen, an American writer, is one of the most acclaimed novelist and essayist of today’s era. Born in Western Springs, Illinois on August 17, 1959 this prolific writer has contributed greatly in the industry of literature by producing number of creative pieces of work throughout his writing career. Franzen was brought up in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1981 he graduated from Swarthmore College with a degree in German. His…

12th Grade – AP English Literature: The AP English Literature curriculum involves a rigorous reading and writing schedule designed to reflect the amount of work students would experience in a college literature class. Over the course of the first quarter students read and studied poetry and short stories. There was a test on each genre, requiring students to practice thinking critically about literature and writing analysis in a timed setting. Selected poems covered British and American authors…

Shakespeare Over the years many literary figures have come up and made an impact on the current form of the English literature. However, with more fame and value a person gets the more controversy and rumors are to be spread about them. From the many historical literary figures that have made a strong impact on English literature today is William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is known for his original way of writing plays, stories and poems. He had a way to manipulate the language in an artistic…

In all aspects of society, various themes that affect everyone in life exist. These themes include love, heartbreak, beauty, death, joy, and others. Literature often embodies these examples in ways that the audience can relate to, no matter the time period it is published in. Poems can express the themes of love and death better than many other forms of literature, as they tend to be shorter. Two poems, “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” and “Death, Be Not Proud,” are sonnets, with…

Reflective Statement Before the interactive oral on the impact of translations in the understanding of novels, I never regarded the influence of a translation on my understanding. While reading The Stranger, I knew the book had been translated from French, but disregarded that the translation might lead to alterations of words or ideas based on the style of the translation. With books originally written in one’s own language, it becomes easier to derive meaning closer to the author’s…

Gender and power are two topics that can be discussed through may of the text from early English Literature. English Literature has had a huge impact on literature today, and continues to be a growing genre. English Literature is the most notable kind of writing to this day, but what has actually become of English Literature as it progressed. Old English is the oldest English Literature, and this included many iconic text like “Beowulf” which is an epic text which is about power and masculinity.…

Modernism and postmodernism literature The 20th century can be separated into two distinct periods; one characterized by the modernism movement and the other by postmodernism. Some consider that postmodernism was a response to modernism and therefore consider them as two aspects of the same movement. The Modern Age in English Literature started from the beginning of the twentieth century, and it followed the Victorian Age. Modernism refers to cultural movements of the late nineteenth and…

The first major encounter with the theme of guilt is at the beginning of the novel. Dunny and his friend Percy Boyd Staunton, who later becomes Boy Staunton, get into a fight due to Percy’s jealousy over Dunny having a fester sled. Dunny does not want to fight with Percy so he walks away, which only intrigues Percy even more to the point that he follows Dunny and starts throwing snowballs. Both boys are already almost late for dinner so Dunny is hurrying. This is also the time that Amasa and…

In "A Latent Semantic Analysis of Gender Stereotype-Consistency and Narrowness" Alison P. Lenton, Constantine Sedikides, and Martin Bruder examine gender stereotypes in the American English language. Lenton, Sedikides, and Bruder found that "American English-speakers ' understanding of the words man, he, or him and woman, she, or her is fundamentally tied to their understanding of stereotype-relevant words" (Lenton, Sedikides, and Bruder 275). Ingrained sexism and gender roles are extremely…