The Brazilian author, who constantly travelled to Europe, was in Paris when Marinetti announced the commitment of literature with the new technical civilisation and fights against academism. On the contrary of what Oswald observed in Brazil, where we had a very academic and Europeanised influence in art, literature and poetry with the strong presence of *Parnasianismo. Brazilian literature has always had an identity crisis, as have many literatures from countries that have been colonized, because they do not feel they belong to the natives or to the colonizers. O Abaporu then became the symbol of the Movimento Antropofágico and initiated the anthropophagi phase of Tarsila do Amaral from 1928 and 1930. It is possible to identify characteristic elements of the artist’s, such as the strong use of colours and the inclusion of imaginary thematic and the alteration of the reality.
Criminology developed as a natural result of the evolution of theoretical ideas about crime and practical approaches to its prevention in the 19th century (Kerner, 1998). With the emergence of the Enlightenment and rationalism scientists employed knowledge to discover causes of crime and tried to
If Frankenstein is a book of its age, it also looks ahead to its century 's end when interest in the human psyche uncovered the unconscious mind. The idea of the Doppleganger, the double who shadows us, had been around since the origins of the Gothic novel in the 1760s. By the end of the nineteenth century, works such as Stevenson 's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made the idea that we had more than one self common. Capable of both great good and evil, we had, it seemed, a "monster" always potentially within us and not always under our control. Freud 's splitting of the psyche put the monster-like id at the core of our persons.
The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that highlights the American Experiment, which depicts the power that the individual’s choice over their lives. Gatsby does a good job at showing us a story archetype that reminds one of the ancient Greek tragedies, such as Antigone, or the more recent Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed mortals, doomed to die. But oh, do they leave such a good story for those with a bit more time left on our clocks. Romance, mystery, death, murder, wealth, power, and more.
Corelli 's Mandolin was written by Louis de Bernieres, a British novelist who lets his wild imagination shine through his writing. This fiction novel was originally published during 1994 and was later published during 1995 by Vintage. Readers are met with an enthralling story of love and war during the 1900s, involving a clash between Greece, Italy, and Germany. An interesting love affair develops between Captain Antonio Corelli, a sophisticated army officer, and Pelagia Iannis, an intelligent woman practicing medicine alongside her father. Unfortunately, they find it difficult to manage their love affair in the mist of World War II, in addition to maintaining political allegiances.
Intro: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s fictional short story “The Birthmark” and The Twilight Zone’s darkly romantic episode “Eye of the Beholder” both use gothic elements and delve into the realm of science to explore concepts of beauty and perfection. Through their contrasting characterizations of the scientist and employments of irony and allusions, each work comes to its own conclusions about how to define and treat beauty. Body #1: The Birthmark From the very first paragraph, Hawthorne’s story revolves around Aylmer, a scientist who supposedly gives up his career to marry the beautiful woman of his dreams, Georgiana.
The rise of the modern discipline of history occurred in the 19th century, largely due to the work of Leopold von Ranke. In his book The History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations, Ranke emphasized a “scientific” sort of history, and therefore early history relied on a very specific set of primary sources, focused on “[showing] what actually happened” (Ranke 58) and presenting only facts, and was told “from above” in that it emphasized the role of high politics and key figures in historical events (lecture 9/29). Recently, the features of the study of history have begun to shift; as evidenced by the study of the French and Haitian Revolutions and the rise of cultural, gender, and social history, the discipline of history has become much more
GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THE BOOK The strange case of Dr.Jakyll and Mr.Hyde is a famous novel by a well-known Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson which was first published in 1886. It is likewise known as jakyll and hyde, the tale of a health practitioner who attempts a test with the intention of finding out his evil nature. But he becomes fascinated by the evil facet of his nature. He will reach a factor in which he'll not be capable of controlling Mr Hyde, the person he has created.
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray depicts the depraved and patriarchal society of the nineteenth century England, but also the narcissistic, Faustian and hedonistic moral views that Dorian Gray, the eponymous character, goes throughout the novel. This essay seeks to demonstrate that various views on morality are present and paramount to the integrity of the narration that is The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde’s novel encapsulates the dysfunctional and perilous life that a young man begins to experience after he had his portrait taken. In the very beginning, Dorian Gray is described to be the embodiment of what, during the Victorian era, was seen as the ideal young man “...this young Adonis, who looks as if he was made of ivory and rose-leaves. Why, my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus”.
The interwar period was the age of the Lost Generation. Exhibiting the decayed and frivolous lifestyle of the upper class, literary works in this period shared a common theme of the corruption of the American Dream. One of the most representative literary works that discusses this theme is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, in which Gatsby’s love with Daisy Fay in his youth promoted him to be a pursuer of the upper-class lifestyle to marry her. Gatsby’s accidental encounter with Daisy in his past frames his character’s development and thus the overall development of the plot. Utilizing symbolism and motif, F. Scott Fitzgerald exhibits the degeneration of Gatsby’s dreams and values to denounce the emptiness of materialism and the death of the American Dream.
These influences translate to the corruption of new or young innocence by an old and experienced iniquity. Particularly as to why Henry James favored writing fiction focused on ghosts was due to the unbridled interest in them during the time. To note, his father was interested in spiritualism and things of the nature. Not to mention his brother, William, who was ardently researching and active in the world of apparitions, so far as to be a member of the American branch of the Society for Physical Research, and president of its parent society in Britain in the few years prior to the release of “Turn of The
Why has Machiavelli name synonymous with evil? There are several reasons and all can be found in the book, The Prince, by Machiavelli. The Prince is an interpretation of how Machiavelli believes one should live their lives and accomplish their goals. One can achieve their answer to the question through the evaluation of Machiavelli on the religion of Christianity and Machiavelli on Classical Thought. Some often perceived Machiavelli’s teachings as evil, but Machiavelli thought otherwise.