Top Research Papers on English Literature

William Shakespeare English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, Vladimir Nabokov was Russian. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels departments and programmes practising English studies in secondary and tert...

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Michael Gardiner [1] 17 December 2010 This essay traces the cultural embodiment of the British state in ‘English Literature’ in the period from 1790 to 1810, its uses and abuses, and the demise of this seminal metaphor for the ‘nationless nation’ which began in the 1970’s. The latter period saw a post-imperial unravelling of the culture of the unwritten British constitution, where the former had seen its settlement.

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In the English-speaking countries you can earn a degree in English literature despite knowing almost nothing about the language as such. You scarcely need to know what nouns or verbs are. Worse, although some educated people have a degree of familiarity with English grammar, their acquaintance with it reflects what was understood more than 200 years ago. Hardly anything about the way English grammar is presented to the general public has changed since Lindley Murray’s million-selling grammar of English in 1795. The problem with this is not simply that modes of presentation and terminology are ...

What do we understand nowadays by the traditional phrase ‘English literature’? Is it the literature of England and England alone, or of the whole British Isles when English is used, or does it cover the literature of all the world when that literature is cast in English?

A reference guide to periodicals and newspapers that deal significantly with Canadian literature. The project indexes over one hundred English and French language Canadian sources and two foreign publications (Times literary supplement and New York review of books) that cover Canadian literature. The subject index provides a title approach so that all the critical articles and the reviews on a particular work are found together. Includes entries for criticism, reviews, bibliographical essays, and interviews. Un guide aux périodiques et journaux qui recensent la littérature canadienne. Le proje...

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The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, Vladimir Nabokov was Russian. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels departments and programmes practising English studies in secondar...

OBJECTIVES The examination will assess: (a) candidates’ familiarity with the background and content of literary texts as well as literary techniques employed by the writers; (b) candidates’ ability to articulate an informed personal response; (c) candidates’ ability to write clear, succinct answers which demonstrate critical and analytical skills; and (d) candidates’ ability to express themselves more freely, informally and imaginatively in portfolio work which relates topics of chosen literary significance to issues of importance in our contemporary culture.

This reference book includes an A-Z section with over 5000 detailed entries, 12 essays on the historical and social context of English literature, contemporary critical approaches to literature, medieval literature, and the history and development of main genres.

The integration of literature and literary works has always played an undeniable role in language education. Despite the existence of a wealth of literature in non-native English-speaking countries, in the majority of the coursebooks, the entire attention is devoted to literary works of the native English-speaking countries. In this study, five coursebooks claiming to be based on English as an international language (EIL) were randomly selected and analysed to investigate to what extent they have incorporated the literatures of native and non-native English-speaking countries. The criteria for...

This study critically investigates the role that a text of English literature plays, in comparison with the local literary text in English, in the learning of English as a second language. To provide data for this research, two literary texts are selected and targeted: 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'The New Constitution' by Sadat Hassan Manto, a Pakistani short story writer. This analysis is based upon the perceptions and prescriptions of Piaget's world known schema theory which reads that to comprehend and understand a social product fully, the langue ( mental lexicon of a speech community) and ...

: This paper examines the notion ‘Nigerian English,’ using examples drawn from the novels of two prominent Nigerian authors, Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. With particular emphasis on the polylectal speech situation in Nigeria, Nigerian English is discussed under three main headings: basilect, mesolect and acrolect. It is argued that notions of ‘inappropriateness’ are inadequate to explain Nigerian English. It is suggested that an analysis of the use of Nigerian English, especially in literary contexts, can provide deep insight into the principles underlying the linguistic behavior of Nigeria...

Teaching English has become a major necessity for developing areas in Asian countries due to globalization. The general purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems related with the novel tendency of teaching English for Asian educational system. This paper discusses the requirements of educational system in Asia for teaching English as well as on the mode of training English applicable skills. It also discusses the qualification and improvement of teachers? ability to teach literature which helps them change the educational system ensuring that studies are more enjoyable. The current stud...

This essay introduces an approach to teach electronic literature in English Studies students; first introduces to the students what electronic literature is, that is, its main features, goals and genres. Secondly, it provides examples of women writers and their importance in the development of this kind of literature. Thirdly, it shows two electronic literary works written by women that may be part of the course’s core readings. This article dives into and breaks apart these literary texts through an introduction and a close reading of them.

Malaysia has become one of the epitomes of multiculturalism in Southeast Asia due to its richness of diversity. Colonised by multiple European countries and Japan for centuries, the country, formerly known as Malaya, achieved its independence on 31st August 1957. The emergence of inspiring words by Malaya writers and poets during the colonial era became the beacons of hope amongst the Malaya people in forging a new future for their newly independent country. Furthermore, the revival of Malaysian literature in English in the postcolonial era can strengthen the trust, understanding, acceptance, ...

A guide to the British, French, German, Spanish, and U.S. literature collections on microform at McKeldin Library.

Resources for undergraduate English Language and Literature courses Literature as it has developed from ancient times until today

Notes that for whatever market – educational or general – low price paperback classic series have continued to expand rapidly and in the UK the market is dominated by Penguin and the Oxford University Press. States that the classic anthology remains one of the most influential forms of publishing poetry and that Oxford has been dominant in issuing throughout the twentieth century a series of magisterial anthologies which have gone a long way to establishing the canon of English poetry. Concludes that neither student nor general reader has ever been so well provided with such a wide range of tr...

Os Estudos Poscoloniais surgiram no cenario internacional em meados dos anos 1970 e analisam, dentre outros pontos, as complicadas relacoes entre Metropole e Colonia, entre Colonizador e Colonizado, nos contextos colonial e\ou imperial, descortinando aspectos obscuros que envolvem tais relacoes e suas construcoes historicas. Este artigo objetiva discutir elementos importantes dentro dos debates acerca do poscolonialismo, tais como, identidade, diferenca, discurso, poder, as controversias acerca do termo “poscolonialismo” e seus diferentes significados, dentre outros. Alem disso, aborda a repre...

This book is a reader of English world literature and socalled 'world literature' in translations of the English language. As a reader of classical English literature and English translations from literature across the world it comprises works of authors from various times, countries, and cultures preserved in the English language, which allow us to see how the English language was a tool for the awareness of other cultures in the process of translation.

Virtually all of Bennett's chapter on Gower (pp. 407-29) is devoted to "Confessio Amantis," and it is for the most part an expanded version of the introduction to his "Selections from John Gower" (1968): one will find very much the same characterizations of Gower's relationship with Chaucer, of his narrative style, of his poetic achievement, of his general themes, and of the roles of the various characters in his poem, fleshed out with considerably more explanation and illustration. Bennett's Gower is a skilled poet and storyteller who is underestimated because of the unobtrusiveness of his ar...

Some of the most compelling and innovative writing in the English language over the past eighty years or so has emanated from far beyond the British and Irish Isles – from, for example, Australia, Barbados, Canada, the Indian subcontinent, Jamaica, Kenya, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Trinidad and Zimbabwe. The literature from these and other English-speaking countries is now commonly referred to as ‘postcolonial literature’, a term which clearly announces a connection to the history of British colonialism, which (among other things) established English as a principal language in these c...

Courses CWRI 271 Writing the City Units: 3.00 This course is designed to enhance the craft of writing through the study of literature; it will consist of 50% literary analysis and 50% creative writing. Using the city as our point of departure we will examine and produce diverse portrayals of the urban environment in such varied forms as short stories, blogs, podcasts, fan fiction and poetry. LEARNING HOURS 120 (36S;84P) Requirements: Prerequisite Level 2 or above. Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science

About the book: What distinguishes some texts as 'art'? This book critically examines texts which can be considered 'literary', ranging from poetry, drama and fiction to performance art and online literature. It provides a lively and accessible introduction to stylistic, semiotic and multimodal analysis, drawing on literature, performance and linguistic studies

Навчальний посібник з історії англійської літератури знайомить студентів вищих навчальних закладів з найбільш важливими явищами літературного життя Англії, починаючи з виникнення англійської літератури та закінчуючи її теперішнім станом. Простежуються головні тенденціїї розвитку літературного процесу, аналізуються літературні напрямки та течії на різних історичних етапах, приділяється увага персоналіям окремих літературних діячів та визначним літературним творам. Матеріал посібника базується на сучасних світових здобутках теорії і практики викладання літератури і поєднує кращі традиції вітчизн...

The short pieces of English devotional literature recently printed in the LIFE OF THE SPIRIT are examples from a class of writing not yet fully investigated either by the students of Middle English literature or by the lovers of Middle English devotion. Before the days of printing priests were obliged to write, translate or copy matter for the instruction of their penitents, where the possibilities of preaching were insufficient. Thus it comes about that the MSS of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are full of long and short pieces, often without attribution of authorship or with fictitio...

An initial level of English of between C1 (Advanced) and C2 (Proficiency) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required for this subject. With C1, students can understand a broad range of extended and complex texts, and recognise the implicit meaning of such texts; express themselves with fluency and spontaneity without having to evidently search for words or expressions sense; use the language in a flexible and efficient way for social, academic and professional purposes; produce clear, well structured and detailed texts on complex subjects, and demonstrate a ...

Beath, Paul R. “Exit Queue.” AS, xxi (1946). 307. ---------“Air Age Talk.” AS, xxi (1946). 308. Bishop, Joseph W., Jr. “American Army Speech in the European Theater.” AS, xxi (1946). 241-252. Bloch, Bernard. “English Verb Inflection.” Lang, xxm. 399-418. Bolinger, Dwight L. “Comments on Pike’s American English Intonation.” Studies in Linguistics (Univ. of Oklahoma), v. 69-78. ---------“Visual Morphemes.” Lang, xxn (1946). 333-340. ---------“More on the Present Tense in English,” Lang, xxm. 434-436. Bonfante, G. “Additional Notes on Reconstruction.” Word, n (1946). 155-156.

A survey of the English prose, poetry and drama of Great Britain and Ireland from earliest times to the 1980s.

*This is the substance of a talk given at a Latin teachers' symposium in Grahamstown on 19 March 1982. The aim was to offer a selective survey of Virgil's reputation and influence, as a way of celebrating the second millenary of his death. Far from claiming originality, it draws heavily upon the work of Virgil scholars, particularly Elizabeth Nitchie and R.D. Williams.

2011. Gomperts, H. A. "Hunting to Live: II." XR, II, 48-57. [Modern man: art and "culture."] 2012. Grant, Isabelle F. "Bibliography of the Writings of Harris Francis Fletcher." JEGP, LX, 847-854. 2013. Haecht, L". van, "Carl Gustav J ung en de letterkunde." DWB, CVI, 634-641. 2014. Haig-Brown, Roderick L. "The Way into Books." BALA, LV, 352-357. 2015. Herrick, Marvin 1'. "Harris Francis Fletcher." JEGP, LX, 609-613. 2016. Hine, AI. "Old Friends and Reading Companions." NYTBR, 9.July, pp. 4,27. [On "good-bad" books.] 2017. Hoffman, Hester R., ed. The Reader's Adviser: A Guide to the Best in Pri...

Prerequisites Taking this subject requires having mastered the contents of the first-year subject "Història i Cultura de les Illes Britàniques". There is a further pre-requirement: having the C1 level of English (advanced) of the Common European framework of the Reference for Laguages: Learning, Teaching, and Assessment, on the basis of which the student can express him or hserself with fluidity and spontaneity, and use the language in a pratical and flexible way for social, academic and professional purposes.

IT is s t i l l not uncommon to meet the opinion that Eng l i sh literature first flourished w i t h the rise of Protestantism so that Mr Hu t ton has performed a useful service both by reminding us that ' a l l the sources of our li terature are Catholic ' and then implementing that reminder w i t h a careful survey of many of the relevant facts. W e th ink that the most valuable part of Mr Hut ton 's book is that which is concerned w i t h Eng l i sh li terature before the explici t break w i t h Catholicism, for here the difficult question of the relation between the beliefs which a wri ter...

Department Website: http://english.uchicago.edu Program of Study The undergraduate program in English Language and Literature provides students with the opportunity to intensively study works of literature originally written in English. Courses address fundamental questions about topics such as the status of literature within culture, the literary history of a period, the achievements of a major author, the defining characteristics of a genre, the politics of interpretation, the formal beauties of individual works, and the methods of literary scholarship and research.

This widely-praised book looks at the rise and fall of 'Britishness' in literature over the last three centuries. Arguing that for much of its history the subject of 'English Literature' has been bound up with an assumed English cultural centre, Devolving English Literature examines the literary construction and questioning of a British (rather than simply English) literary identity. Surveying eighteenth and nineteenth-century writers, including Robert Burns, James Boswell, Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle, Robert Crawford remaps literary history. He argues that Scottish and non-metropolitan au...

Introduction, Ashley Chantler and David Higgins 1. Studying Literature at Degree Level: 2. How to Use Studying English Literature PART 1. STUDYING SHAKESPEARE 1. Shakespeare and the Renaissance, Emma Rees 2. The Comedies, Emma Rees 3. The Tragedies, Emma Rees PART 2. STUDYING SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE 1. Literature 1600-1660, Jessica L. Malay 2. Literature 1660-1714, Derek Alsop 3. Literature 1714-1789, Derek Alsop PART 3. STUDYING ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN LITERATURE (1789-1901) 1. The Romantics, David Higgins 2. The Victorians, Deborah Wynne PART 4. STUDYING TWENTIETH-CENTU...

This article discusses the role of the child in English literature and presents a brief survey of typical representations of children.

Concepts travel (or fail to travel) within the disciplines as well as between them: The conceptual approach of any one subject can vary dramatically according to the institutional, national or historical culture of knowledge in which it is conducted, raising important questions about the role of academic context and community in influencing the aims and findings of research. The discipline of studies in English language and literature in Europe is a remarkable case in point: The increasing currency of English as an international lingua franca has – alongside the many political questions this r...

References and Abbreviations 9 Introductory Note to Volume Two 11 Part Four: Fiction 9. Laying the Foundations 15 10. Establishing a Tradition of Fiction 37 11. Creating Fictional Worlds of Wonder 62 Twenty Years After 91 Polemical Conclusion 121 Appendix (2006): A Note on 'Postmodernism', Jargon, etc. 139 Further Reading 143 Index 191

Used in a Study of the Vowels.” J AS, xxm. 148 (abstract). Siegenthaler, Bruce Monroe. “Formulation of a Diagnostic Word Test of Hearing." Microfilm Abstracts, xi: iii.770—772 (Univ. of Mich. diss.). Smith, Caldwell P. "A Phoneme Detector.” J AS, xxm.446-451. Snidecor, John C. “The Pitch and Duration Characteristics of Superior Female Speakers During Oral Reading,” JSHD, xvl.44-52. [“The data were compared to those previ­ ously reported for superior male speakers read­ ing the same material.”] Spriestersbach, Duane C., and James F. Curtis, “Misarticulation and Discrimination of Speech Sounds.”...

There is the task of studying the degree of influence of the famous works of F.M. Dostoevsky on English-language literature and culture in general. Statements are given and the opinion of the great English-speaking literary classics about the works of Dostoevsky and the Russian-language novel is described. The author considers the main critical articles, essays and theses related to the Dostoevsky and his works, written by famous English-speaking novelists and literary critics of that era and the next one. Among them: Matthew Arnold, George Gissing, George Meredith, Oscar Wilde and others. The...

Department Website: http://english.uchicago.edu Program of Study The undergraduate program in English Language and Literature provides students with the opportunity to intensively study works of literature originally written in English. Courses address fundamental questions about topics such as the status of literature within culture, the literary history of a period, the achievements of a major author, the defining characteristics of a genre, the politics of interpretation, the formal beauties of individual works, and the methods of literary scholarship and research.

Notes the possible existence of the derivative hrohung from this rare OE verb. Berrey, Lester V., and Van den Bark, Melvin. The American Thesaurus of Slang: A Complete Reference Book of Colloquial Speech. New York, 1942. Black, George F. “The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin, Meaning, and History.” Bull. New York Pub. Library, xlvii . 527-565; 595-630; 669-708; 830-851; 879-895 (to be continued). Bolinger, Dwight L. “Among the New Words.” AS, xviii . 62-65; 147-151. Brewster, Paul G. “A Note on the Epithet Hessian.” AS, xviii . 72-73. Byington, Steven T. “Two Notes ...” AS, xviii . 156-157.

arguments for the use of children’s authors and works of literature that go beyond the canon at schools. In her concluding chapter, Christiane Lütge gives a brief overview of the main focal points addressed in the book, i.e. extensive reading, visual literacy, interand transcultural learning and empowerment, and creativity, emphasising the potential that children’s and young adult literature has for the an EFL or an ESL classroom. Finally, she opens a window on the future of children’s literature research and second language education, and foresees an interest in electronic fictions for childr...

Citation: Frisbie, Isabella Russell. Humor in english literature. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1894.

Department Website: http://english.uchicago.edu Program of Study The undergraduate program in English Language and Literature provides students with the opportunity to intensively study works of literature originally written in English. Courses address fundamental questions about topics such as the status of literature within culture, the literary history of a period, the achievements of a major author, the defining characteristics of a genre, the politics of interpretation, the formal beauties of individual works, and the methods of literary scholarship and research.

Oxford University Press is delighted to be publishing the Best Words anthology for AQA Specification B GCSE English Literature. After extensive research to discover exactly what kind of resources teachers want to accompany the Specifications, we are proud to present our resources to you. The English Literature Students' Book BLCovers all the examined content for English - up to date with the new Specifications BLContains a wealth of new texts - suitable for use with mature students too BLIncludes explicit practice of skills and writing - with sample answers and comments BLSeparate books for En...