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  • Primitiveness To Frederic Henry And Meursault
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    Once we knew that literature was about life and criticism was about fiction-and everything was simple. Now we know that fiction is about other fiction, is criticism in fact, or metaphor. And we know that criticism is about the impossibility of anything being about life, really, or even about fiction, or finally about anything. Criticism has taken the very idea of "aboutness" away from us. It has taught us that language is tautological, if it is not nonsense, and to the extent that it is about an...
  • Novel The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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    The novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin tells the story of a woman who is married and has an awaking of her true feelings. The situation is very complex and Edna cannot handle the complexity of it. In the end she commits suicide. The novel The Awakening by Edna is described as a woman who is strong and able to per sue her dreams. The novel also shows how people should live their lives for themselves instead of other people. Chopin uses characterization and symbolism to develop the meaning of the ...
  • Kundera Relinquishes The Novel
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    The Intrusive Author in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being In an interview he gave after the reprinting of one of his later novels, Milan Kundera said, most eloquently, that "the stupidity of the world comes from having an answer for everything... the wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything" (qt d. in O'Brien 4). This statement is one most indicative of the unique authorial style found in all of Kundera's works, particularly his most famous novel The Unbear...
  • Jakob
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    Review: Searing the mind with stunning images while seducing with radiant prose, this brilliant first novel is a story of damaged lives and the indestructibility of the human spirit. It speaks about loss, about the urgency, pain and ultimate healing power of memory, and about the redemptive power of love. Its characters come to understand the implacability of the natural world, the impartial perfection of science, the heartbreak of history. The narrative is permeated with insights about language...
  • Symbols And Meaning
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    Symbolism in White Fang "Classic" - a word misunderstood by many people around the world, mostly those of a younger generation. It is surprising how many people believe that the word "classic" means "old" or "boring". This is just not the case. In actual fact, the label "classic" given to books means "of the highest quality", or "of enduring interest and value". Books with this label are the best there is. Every word is carefully thought out and made interesting for the reader. Symbolism, meanin...
  • Signals Full Of Meaning
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    A paper delivered at the CALIFORNIA JOYCE conference (6/30/93) To quote the opening of Norbert Wiener's address on Cybernetics to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in March of 1950, The word cybernetics has been taken from the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis) meaning steersman. It has been invented because there is not in the literature any adequate term describing the general study of communication and the related study of control in both machines and in living beings. In this pap...
  • Rain Throughout The Novel
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    There are many different things that are repetitively evident throughout ErnestHemingway's A Farewell To Arms. Such things as rain, alcohol, and food are talked about over and over as the novel progresses. At first glance, these reoccurring item shave no real meaning, but after further research and complete dissection of the novel, there are hidden meanings behind each one. These meanings may vary from person topers on because they are personal opinions, but the items which contain these meaning...

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