Where is this mystical land where it is acceptable to answer statements with: "So?"
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posted by 256
on Apr 5, 2013 -
40 answers
Hi Mefites!
So I'm wondering if anyone can help me in finding something to argue in a 5-6 page paper regarding 'cultural contact zones' in Orwell's essay ' A Passage to India'.
Specifically, "the concept of a “contact zone” emphasizes how subjects are constituted in and by their relations to each other, usually involving conditions of coercion, inequality, and conflict. It treats the relations among colonizers and colonized not in terms of separateness but in terms of interaction and interlocking understandings and practices, often within radically asymmetrical relations of power." ( this is part of the prompt). Any suggestions? I'm usually a fairly competent writer but am having trouble here.
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posted by marsbar77
on Mar 2, 2013 -
15 answers
I've read a poem that has intrigued me and piqued my curiosity but unfortunately it also confused me. It would be great if someone here could elucidate its meaning for me. The poem is
The Curse by John Donne.
posted by gregb1007
on Sep 19, 2011 -
6 answers
Do you honestly enjoy reading free verse? Can you explain to me why I should enjoy it, too?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 24, 2011 -
27 answers
Foreign Literature filter: Non-depressing but non-dumb novel/other literature in written English, written Spanish and Audiobook (either/both languages).
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posted by lalochezia
on Mar 7, 2011 -
5 answers
How do you go about the thought process to make an argument (as opposed to a theme, statement, or observation) about a work of literature for AP English Literature?
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posted by elaine
on Nov 20, 2010 -
3 answers
I'm currently finishing my last English Literature Honors paper and aim to continue academic study. My dilemma is that I am unsure of whether to apply for an English Literature MA or a Creative Writing MA.
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posted by New England Cultist
on Aug 12, 2010 -
18 answers
I'm trying to make a list of epics that kill most people in college Lit - the really great ones that for many people are impossible to get through, but can be so worthwhile if they do. Here's a rough list so far:
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posted by soulbarn
on Jul 28, 2010 -
65 answers
I'm writing a postgrad research paper on Michael Ende's
The Neverending Story. I'm keen to hear from anyone who has done any academic work on the novel, or those who have a personal interest in understanding aspects of the novel.
Very little in terms of scholarly research exists on the topic to date . My particular focus is a Jungian analysis of archetypes within the novel. It's an introduction of sorts, a quick overview (10 000 words) of a topic I have the potential of working onto a longer thesis.
posted by New England Cultist
on Apr 6, 2010 -
12 answers
What novel, published in the last five years, will keep my interest and be not-too-overly-verbose as to make my job harder (I have to write a paper discussing it's literary merits)?
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posted by makethemost
on Feb 23, 2010 -
24 answers
Where can I publish some old literary crit essays that are burning a hole in my pocket?
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posted by duncecap
on Nov 1, 2009 -
6 answers
I'm trying to recall where I read of (most likely fictional) characters comparing their "favorite" Virgin Mary.
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posted by dicetumbler
on Jul 26, 2008 -
4 answers
How does an aspiring graduate student in English traverse the confusion of the graduate school application process?
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posted by fictionalcara
on Jul 22, 2008 -
17 answers
EnglishMajorFilter: Why can't I stand much of the canon? How can I learn to appreciate it?
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posted by SansPoint
on Apr 3, 2007 -
35 answers
Next year I'm teaching a course on science and literature after 1945. What should I put on the syllabus?
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posted by josh
on Jul 5, 2006 -
28 answers
Okay, I have realised that for my English Literature exam on Monday I have spent most of my time revising Blake (1/2 of the exam) and next to no time with Hamlet (the other 1/2 of the exam) learning quotes, key themes etc - we have read the play in class twice, the last time being about 4 weeks ago. Any help to make this exam go as painlessly as possible? I realise I may already be a lost cause.
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posted by philsi
on Jun 8, 2006 -
29 answers
Bookworm MeFites: I'm looking for novels, short stories, and plays by white authors where their non-white characters speak in a dialect. For instance, the slave Jim in Twain's
Huckleberry Finn.
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posted by rossination
on May 25, 2006 -
45 answers
Can anyone recommend a dictionary or guide to 17th-century English that would help my teenage daughter understand the words she comes across when reading Milton and the boys?
posted by GoatCactus
on Jul 20, 2005 -
10 answers
I would like to go to school (for a PhD in English Literature) in New Zealand and would very much like some advice. [more inside]
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posted by lumiere
on Oct 20, 2004 -
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