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Cultural Tradition Literate Society
1,209 words... f of talk: "It was the time to hear things and talk. " Janey ends the novel with a comment on this talk: "Talking don't amount to a hill of beans when yuh can't do nothin' else. " The bulk of the novel itself is composed of Janey's dialogue. The book addresses the role of language, oral ity and speaking in society and inner growth. Why the emphasis on language, and it's opposite, silence? Without the silence in Janey's earlier years, could she have asked questions? How could she have found q...
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Life And Death Cultural Tradition
804 wordsThings Fall Apart, a novel by China Achebe where he tells two different stories at the same time. One is of Okonkwo, the villager whose rise to power is halted because of all of his misfortunes. The other is of Okonkwo's village, Umuofia, and its struggle to hold on to its cultural tradition while facing colonialism from the West. The title, Things Fall Apart, describes perfectly what happens to both Okonkwo and his village. Okonkwo's life falls apart and as a result, he commits suicide by hangi...
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Spanish Tragedy Cultural Tradition
1,476 wordsThomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587) is generally considered the first of the English Renaissance revenge-plays. A rich genre that includes, among others, Hamlet. These plays tend to be soaked in blood and steeped in madness. The genre is not original to the period, deriving from a revival of interest in the revenge tragedies of the Roman playwright Seneca. Nor is it exclusive to the past, as anyone who has seen the Death Wish or Lethal Weapon films can attest. The revenge-play satisfied a...
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Male Female Relationship Eyes Were Watching God
2,440 wordsI enjoyed Their Eyes Were Watching Gods grasp on imagination, imagery and phrasing. Janie's dialogue and vernacular managed to carry me along, slipping pieces of wisdom to me in such a manner that I hardly realize they are ingesting something deep and true. Their Eyes Were Watching God recognizes that there are problems to the human condition, such as the need to possess, the fear of the unknown and resulting stagnation. The book does not leave us with the hopelessness of Fitzgerald or Hemingway...
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Avant Garde Mass Culture
827 wordsIs Popular Culture Subservient To High Culture Is Popular Culture Subservient To High Culture And If So, Why? Is High Culture Superior to Popular Culture, and if so Why? For about a century, Western Culture has really been divided into two cultures, the traditional type of high culture and a mass culture manufactured wholesale for the market. High culture is the arts that require some form of intellect to comprehend, so therefore can only reach a tiny segment of the population, whilst levelling ...
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