Experience and emptiness in Gary Snyder's "Mountains and Rivers without end"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/29/2008   |   .doc   |   20 pages
Document abstract : « from here in search of a place of healing piebald] By leaping across boundaries of language and culture re-imaging LAPIS LAZULI: Azure Old French azur Persian ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Mountains, rivers and a Wandering Poet.. Zen Buddhism and post-structural theory.. Into the mountains.. The grammatical structure of 'Raven's Beak River/At the End'. . Conclusion.....»

Take that Baudrillard: The absurdity of narrative and the possibility of meaning in Candide

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   06/30/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « of the world, to use Barthes' language, while trusting nearly every conceivable type of place: the Germanic sugar, for example, or when the French ship sinks ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Leibniz's theory is exhibited as ridiculous and indigestible from the get-go.. El Dorado offers the concession; it is as perfect as could be.. Jean Baudrillard and his concept of the ?murder of the real? .. the reader finds that the disproof of...»

Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot': Between Modernism and Postmodernism

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « Waiting for Godot was first written in French in 1948 words and the deed, which makes language lose its condition, of the importance of the place human beings ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Postmodernism.. Beckett's play.. Composition.. Fidelity to the spirit of opposition.. The contents and the topic of theor conversations.. The two tramps.. The action of deconstruction that links postmodernism to...»

Choderlos de Laclos's : Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « adaptations), and the modern one, taking place in a sex as a weapon, through explicit language in the the importance of music: indeed, the French high-pitched ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Les Liaisons Dangereuses.. An epistolary novel.. The problem of voyeurism.. A cinematic adaptation.. Creation, innovations and originality.. The adaptations of an epistolary novel.. How letters are used or replaced in the more modern...»

Critical Analysis of "Goblin Market"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   06/19/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « Barthes was a writer and French critic from Paris. Consider Rossetti s language when describing Laura s indulgence in Lost, etc.) come from a place of strength ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Barthes was a writer and French critic from Paris. . The notion of the fallen woman stems from the biblical depiction of Eve.. Is assigning an author really an imposition?. Barthes implyies that to incorporate any aspect of the author's life into...»

Phallocracy in Alan Moore's "From Hell"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   05/31/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « in the Reign of Terror shaped French society with relatively Apotheosis of Man The one place gods and demons The past is worthless and a new language must be ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Douglas Wolk's description . Performance of the narrative. Strengthening the phallocracy. Apotheosis of man. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Book Report: Romantics, Rebels & Reactionaries by Marilyn Butler

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   05/17/2007   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « of 1788-90 in England and the French proclamation of realignment on the side of authority in place of its a common medium of communication, a language, made up ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The Arts in an age of revolution: 1769-1790. Britain: Questioning the influence of its aristocracy . The emergence of discussion clubs and various societies. Writers and poets and the conservative reaction. Art for the people in the...»

Towards New Grand Narratives in Postmodern Fiction

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/07/2007   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « luck, and since he cannot seem to stay in one place for very His language is of course faux-artistic and ridiculous and the Yale French Studies 99 (2001): 77 92 ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. DeLillo's White Noise and its resemblance to Lyotard's emancipation narrative . Jack and Murray's style of speech . The hyperreferential style of life . DeLillo's structuring of the narrative. The naming of the time for which intimacy...»

Dr. Seward's blind rationalism in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897)

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « that while Dracula clearly has a place among popular the article analyses quotations of French and German Texas Studies in Literature and Language 31.2 (1989 ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Evidence paragraphs.. Seward as the radically modern scientist.. Irony in Seward's portrayal.. Van Helsing's Criticism of Seward's Blind Materialism.. Seward's rejection of Van Helsing's theories.. Consequences of Seward's...»

Fidelity and Infidelity (to Tolstoy's Novel) in Duvivier's and Zarkhi's Anna Kareninas

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Research papers   |   05/30/2008   |   .doc   |   15 pages
Document abstract : « their production and their place in recent contemporary culture (British imperial, French aristocratic) with those New York: The Modern Language Association of ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Behind the Scenes: Adaptation, censorship and production. The root of this stereotype . Literalism and interpretation. Horse racing and ballroom scenes. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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