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| what are allusions in literature: Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, 2012-09-13 Allusions are a marvelous literary shorthand. A miser is a Scrooge, a strong man a Samson, a beautiful woman a modern-day Helen of Troy. From classical mythology to modern movies and TV shows, this revised and updated third edition explains the meanings of more than 2,000 allusions in use in modern English, from Abaddon to Zorro, Tartarus to Tarzan, and Rambo to Rubens. Based on an extensive reading program that has identified the most commonly used allusions, this fascinating volume includes numerous quotations to illustrate usage, drawn from sources ranging from Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens to Bridget Jones's Diary. In addition, the dictionary includes a useful thematic index, so that readers not only can look up Medea to find out how her name is used as an allusion, but also can look up the theme of Revenge and find, alongside Medea, entries for other figures used to allude to revenge, such as The Furies or The Count of Monte Cristo. Hailed by Library Journal as wonderfully conceived and extraordinarily useful, this superb reference--now available in paperback--will appeal to anyone who enjoys language in all its variety. It is especially useful for students and writers. |
| what are allusions in literature: Literary Allusion in Harry Potter Beatrice Groves, 2017-06-14 Each chapter of Literary Allusion in Harry Potter consists of an in-depth discussion of the intersection between Potter and a canonical literary work; a discussion which aims to transform the reader’s understanding of Rowling’s literary achievement as well as to encourage wider reading and discovery of writers with who they may not be familiar. |
| what are allusions in literature: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999 A guide to references commonly used in speech and writing. Explains more than 900 allusions. Entries include examples from todays leading media. A must for serious readers, language lovers, and ESL students. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions Martin H. Manser, David Pickering, 2003 This indispensable work is a comprehensive resource offering abundant information that students and general readers of all ages will find clear and to the point. A useful companion to The Facts On File Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions explains the meanings and origins of allusions from the Bible and classical mythology, including Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and Egyptian. It features approximately 2,000 entries, from Abelard and Heloise to Zeus. It covers biblical and mythological figures (Narcissus, Athena, Daniel), places (Mount Olympus, Gesthemane, Elysian Fields), key concepts (doomsday, utopia), and other references with biblical and mythological origins (judgment of Solomon, salt of the earth, patience of Job, labors of Hercules). It also includes a pronunciation key for difficult words or terms; examples of usage; and extensive cross-references. |
| what are allusions in literature: Allusive and Elusive: Allusion and the Elihu Speeches of Job 32–37 Cooper Smith, 2022-02-14 This volume defines allusion then identifies the 23 likely allusions in the Elihu speeches (Job 32–37) to Job 1–31. The allusiveness of the unit is a compositional feature that explains the varied evaluations of Elihu throughout interpretive history. |
| what are allusions in literature: Belles and Poets Julia Nitz, 2020-11-04 In Belles and Poets, Julia Nitz analyzes the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the U.S. South, focusing specifically on how they made sense of the world around them through references to literary texts. Nitz finds that many diarists incorporated allusions to poems, plays, and novels, especially works by Shakespeare and the British Romantic poets, in moments of uncertainty and crisis. While previous studies have overlooked or neglected such literary allusions in personal writings, regarding them as mere embellishments or signs of elite social status, Nitz reveals that these references functioned as codes through which women diarists contemplated their roles in society and addressed topics related to slavery, Confederate politics, gender, and personal identity. Nitz’s innovative study of identity construction and literary intertextuality focuses on diaries written by the following women: Eliza Frances (Fanny) Andrews of Georgia (1840–1931), Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut of South Carolina (1823–1886), Malvina Sara Black Gist of South Carolina (1842–1930), Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan of Louisiana (1842–1909), Cornelia Peake McDonald of Virginia (1822–1909), Judith White Brockenbrough McGuire of Virginia (1813–1897), Sarah Katherine (Kate) Stone of Louisiana (1841–1907), and Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas of Georgia (1843–1907). These women’s diaries circulated in postwar commemoration associations, and several saw publication. The public acclaim they received helped shape the collective memory of the war and, according to Nitz, further legitimized notions of racial supremacy and segregation. Comparing and contrasting their own lives to literary precedents and fictional role models allowed the diarists to process the privations of war, the loss of family members, and the looming defeat of the Confederacy. Belles and Poets establishes the extent to which literature offered a means of exploring ideas and convictions about class, gender, and racial hierarchies in the Civil War–era South. Nitz’s work shows that literary allusions in wartime diaries expose the ways in which some white southern women coped with the war and its potential threats to their way of life. |
| what are allusions in literature: Lord of the Flies William Golding, 2012-09-20 A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home. |
| what are allusions in literature: Allusion Allan H. Pasco, 2002 Originally published in 1994, this pioneering study looks empirically at the way allusion works in specific fictions and affects the reading process. Clear, concise definitions and distinctions are illustrated by close readings of Flaubert, Stendhal, Balzac, Zola, Proust, and Robbe-Grillet. |
| what are allusions in literature: Continuing Presences Beverly Ann Schlack, 1979 |
| what are allusions in literature: Poetic Allusion and Poetic Embrace in Ovid and Virgil Alden Smith, 1997 A consideration of the allusive poetry of Ovid based on the philosophy of Martin Buber |
| what are allusions in literature: Dorothy Must Die Danielle Paige, 2014-04-01 The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige. Start at the beginning and discover your new series to binge! My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. I've been trained to fight. And I have a mission: Remove the Tin Woodman's heart. Steal the Scarecrow's brain. Take the Lion's courage. And—Dorothy must die. I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know? Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still a road of yellow brick—but even that's crumbling. What happened? Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe. |
| what are allusions in literature: Heading West Doris Betts, 1995-07 The author of Souls Raised from the Dead offers a gripping novel that combines the suspense of a thriller with the exhilarating story of a woman's bumpy journey toward liberation. A small-town librarian with big dreams is resigned to a dull vacation with her sister and brother-in-law--until a thief accosts the group and kidnaps her. |
| what are allusions in literature: From Ritual to Romance Jessie Laidlay Weston, 1920 Landmark of anthropological and mythological scholarship explores the connection between the legend of the Grail and ancient mystery cults. A major source for T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land. |
| what are allusions in literature: To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, 2014-07-08 Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. |
| what are allusions in literature: Nineteen eighty-four George Orwell, 2022-11-22 This is a dystopian social science fiction novel and morality tale. The novel is set in the year 1984, a fictional future in which most of the world has been destroyed by unending war, constant government monitoring, historical revisionism, and propaganda. The totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party and known as Airstrip One, now includes Great Britain as a province. The Party uses the Thought Police to repress individuality and critical thought. Big Brother, the tyrannical ruler of Oceania, enjoys a strong personality cult that was created by the party's overzealous brainwashing methods. Winston Smith, the main character, is a hard-working and skilled member of the Ministry of Truth's Outer Party who secretly despises the Party and harbors rebellious fantasies. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Full-knowing Reader Joseph Michael Pucci, Joseph Pucci, 1998-01-01 Literary allusions abound in Western literature, and those who study them tend to focus on the author's intentions to demonstrate erudition, embellish meaning, or exert control over tradition. Joseph Pucci contends that the key to grasping the meaning of an allusive text is in the hands of the full-knowing reader. Pucci shows how allusion authorizes the desires of such a reader - one who is active, engaged, and historically sensitive - at the expense of the author. |
| what are allusions in literature: Jasper Jones Craig Silvey, 2011-04-05 A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night. Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper's horrible discovery. With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town closing in on itself in fear and suspicion. He locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love, and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend. In the simmering summer where everything changes, Charlie learns why the truth of things is so hard to know, and even harder to hold in his heart. |
| what are allusions in literature: Allusion to the Poets Christopher Ricks, 2002 Christopher Ricks is among the best known living critics. His third collection of essays, several newly written for this book, is strongly focused on the theme of how writers--especially but not exclusively poets--make use of other writers' work: from the subtle courtesies of different kinds of allusion to the extreme discourtesy of plagiarism. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Language of the American South Cleanth Brooks, 2007-11-01 In this volume Cleanth Brooks pays tribute to the language and literature of the American South. He writes of the language's unique syntax and its celebrated languorous rhythms; of the classical allusions and Addisonian locutions once favored by the gentry; and of the more earthbound eloquence, rooted in the dialect of England's southern lowlands, that is still heard in the speech of the region's plain folk. It is this rich spoken language, Brooks suggests, that has always been the life blood of southern writing. The strong tradition of storytelling in the South is reflected in the tales told by Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus and in the obsessive retellings that structure William Faulkner's novels and stories. But even more crucially, the language of the South--firmly rooted in the land but with a tendency to reach for the heavens above--has shaped the literary concerns and molded the complex visions to be found in the poetry of Robert Penn Warren and John Crowe Ransom; the stories of Flannery O'Connor, Peter Taylor, and Eudora Welty; and the novels of Warren, Allen Tate, and Walker Percy. |
| what are allusions in literature: Everyday Biblical Literacy J Stephen Lang, 2007-02-27 What do we mean when we call a woman a Jezebel? Where did go the extra mile originate? What exactly was a scapegoat? Why was a fast-and-furious driver called Jehu? Where did the phrase hocus pocus come from? &break;&break;In a different age, most people knew the source of these and hundreds of other names, phrases, and images. The Bible was common knowledge, and everyday language was saturated with references to the Bible. Today, some meanings are lost, some impact is diminished by the lack of knowledge people have about the historical aspects of the Bible. &break;&break;This book is a comprehensive compilation of the most important phrases, people and places mentioned in the Bible. Author J. Stephen Lang has written a book that contains not only concise explanations of important terms, but how that person or thing has been presented culturally–common phrases in art, literature, and song. You'll get a guided tour of biblical history, but also a renewed appreciation for all the cultural significance the Bible has lent to modern society. &break;&break;Lang explains, Understanding the Bible can help you appreciate movies, literature, art, and music more. You can understand Christmas (and composer George Frideric Handel) better if you know just what the word Messiah means. You can appreciate a movie like Raiders of the Lost Ark better if you know a little more about the real ark in the Bible.... You can even understand the mindset of Saddam Hussein if you know a little about the ancient Babylonian empire (something Saddam hoped to re-create). |
| what are allusions in literature: Poems and Plays William Shakespeare, 1821 |
| what are allusions in literature: Arts of Allusion Margaret S. Graves, 2018-07-31 The art of the object reached unparalleled heights in the medieval Islamic world, yet the intellectual dimensions of ceramics, metalwares, and other plastic arts in this milieu have not always been acknowledged. Arts of Allusion reveals the object as a crucial site where pre-modern craftsmen of the eastern Mediterranean and Persianate realms engaged in fertile dialogue with poetry, literature, painting, and, perhaps most strikingly, architecture. Lanterns fashioned after miniature shrines, incense burners in the form of domed monuments, earthenware jars articulated with arches and windows, inkwells that allude to tents: through close studies of objects from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, this book reveals that allusions to architecture abound across media in the portable arts of the medieval Islamic world. Arts of Allusion draws upon a broad range of material evidence as well as medieval texts to locate its subjects in a cultural landscape where the material, visual, and verbal realms were intertwined. Moving far beyond the initial identification of architectural types with their miniature counterparts in the plastic arts, Margaret Graves develops a series of new frameworks for exploring the intelligent art of the allusive object. These address materiality, representation, and perception, and examine contemporary literary and poetic paradigms of metaphor, description, and indirect reference as tools for approaching the plastic arts. Arguing for the role of the intellect in the applied arts and for the communicative potential of ornament, Arts of Allusion asserts the reinstatement of craftsmanship into Islamic intellectual history. |
| what are allusions in literature: Allusions in Omeros Maria McGarrity, 2015 Omeros is considered the masterwork of Caribbean-born poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. McGarrity, an expert on Joyce and Caribbean literature, has written a definitive and needed high-quality reading guide for this important piece of postcolonial Caribbean literature. |
| what are allusions in literature: Flaubert's Parrot Julian Barnes, 2011-06-15 BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From the internationally bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending comes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert—and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him. • “A high literary entertainment carried off with great brio.” —The New York Times Book Review Julian Barnes playfully combines a detective story with a character study of its detective, embedded in a brilliant riff on literary genius. A compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, Flaubert's Parrot is by turns moving and entertaining, witty and scholarly, and a tour de force of seductive originality. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Ransom of Red Chief O. Henry, 2008 Two men kidnap a mischievous boy and request a large ransom for his return. |
| what are allusions in literature: Allusion and Intertext Stephen Hinds, 1998-01-29 The study of the deliberate allusion by one author to the words of a previous author has long been central to Latin philology. However, literary Romanists have been diffident about situating such work within the more spacious inquiries into intertextuality now current. This 1998 book represents an attempt to find (or recover) some space for the study of allusion - as a project of continuing vitality - within an excitingly enlarged universe of intertexts. It combines traditional classical approaches with modern literary-theoretical ways of thinking, and offers attentive close readings, innovative perspectives on literary history, and theoretical sophistication of argument. Like other volumes in the series it is among the most broadly conceived short books on Roman literature to be published in recent years. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Lottery Shirley Jackson, 2008 A seemingly ordinary village participates in a yearly lottery to determine a sacrificial victim. |
| what are allusions in literature: Despair M.J. Haag, Not everything is what it seems. In a desperate bid to free her twin sister from an evil caster, Kellen flees her sheltered life under the cover of darkness. Lost and on the run from the cursed beasts lurking in the Dark Forest, she stumbles upon a clearing where seven handsome men reside. Despite their wariness towards her, Kellen finds herself drawn to them. Their laughter, camaraderie, and the way they gaze at her awaken a longing she’s never known. Her intuition whispers that she must stay, yet her loyalty to her sister compels her to find a way to leave. To plot her escape and save her sister, Kellen will need to navigate the seductive charm of the seven men and her yearning for acceptance in this darker version of Snow White that’s as spell-binding as the seven hot and endearing men who hold her captive. |
| what are allusions in literature: Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field in Six Cantos Walter Scott, 2023-09-09 Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Poetry of Allusion Rachel Jacoff, Robert Ball, 1991 A Stanford University Press classic. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Gift of the Magi O. Henry, 2021-12-22 The Gift of the Magi is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. |
| what are allusions in literature: Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, 2010-07-27 A stunning and provocative new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The Blind Assassin, winner of the Booker Prize. Margaret Atwood’s new novel is so utterly compelling, so prescient, so relevant, so terrifyingly-all-too-likely-to-be-true, that readers may find their view of the world forever changed after reading it. This is Margaret Atwood at the absolute peak of her powers. For readers of Oryx and Crake, nothing will ever look the same again. The narrator of Atwood's riveting novel calls himself Snowman. When the story opens, he is sleeping in a tree, wearing an old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. He searches for supplies in a wasteland where insects proliferate and pigoons and wolvogs ravage the pleeblands, where ordinary people once lived, and the Compounds that sheltered the extraordinary. As he tries to piece together what has taken place, the narrative shifts to decades earlier. How did everything fall apart so quickly? Why is he left with nothing but his haunting memories? Alone except for the green-eyed Children of Crake, who think of him as a kind of monster, he explores the answers to these questions in the double journey he takes - into his own past, and back to Crake's high-tech bubble-dome, where the Paradice Project unfolded and the world came to grief. With breathtaking command of her shocking material, and with her customary sharp wit and dark humour, Atwood projects us into an outlandish yet wholly believable realm populated by characters who will continue to inhabit our dreams long after the last chapter. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Illustrated Charles Dickens, 2021-04-29 The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens.[1][2], originally published in 1870.Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Facts on File Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions Sylvia Cole, Abraham Harold Lass, 2000-01 Explains more than 1,500 words and expressions from literature, art, history, politics, sports, film, and popular culture, which have transcended their original meanings to refer to other attributes or circumstances. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Books at the Wake James Stephen Atherton, 1951 |
| what are allusions in literature: Oxford Dictionary of Nicknames Andrew Delahunty, 2006-01 A reference for the general reader contains concise explanations of the origins of over 1,800 nicknames from contemporary and historical culture referring to historical figures, politicians, athletes, entertainers, places, events, and organizations. |
| what are allusions in literature: Cupid's Arrows Rudyard Kipling, 2014-10-11 Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi), the Just So Stories (1902), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting a versatile and luminous narrative gift.Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined.Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed according to the political and social climate of the age and the resulting contrasting views about him continued for much of the 20th century. George Orwell called him a prophet of British imperialism. Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: He [Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Outsiders S. E Hinton, 1967 |
| what are allusions in literature: Edith Wharton Helen Killoran, 1996 Despite the popularity of Edith Wharton's novels and stories, her artistic genius has never been fully appreciated. Accordingly, this book provides new readings of such familiar favourites as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence as well as neglected works such as Twilight Sleep and The Glimpses of the Moon. The effect of this study is to require reassessment not only of the critical possibilities of Edith Wharton's work and the private life about which she was so reticent, but also of her position in American literature. The book concludes that as a bridge between the Victorian and modern periods, Edith Wharton should stand independently as an American writer of the first rank. |
| what are allusions in literature: The Art of Pliny's Letters Ilaria Marchesi, 2008-02-21 In this book on intertextuality in Pliny the Younger, Professor Marchesi invites an alternative reading of Pliny's collection of private epistles: the letters are examined as the product of an authorial strategy controlling both the rhetorical fabric of individual units and their arrangement in the collection. By inserting recognisable fragments of canonical authors into his epistles, Pliny imports into the still fluid practice of letter-writing the principles of composition and organisation that for his contemporaries characterised other writings as literature. Allusions become the occasion for a metapoetic dialogue, especially with the collection's privileged addressee, Tacitus. An active participant in the cultural politics of his time, Pliny entrusts to the letters his views on poetry, oratory and historiography. In defining a model of epistolography alternative to Cicero's and complementing those of Horace, Ovid and Seneca, he also successfully carves a niche for his work in the Roman literary canon. |
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1. Shakespearean Allusions 2. Classical Literature Allusions 3. Contemporary Literary Allusions Literary allusions are references to well-known literary works, characters, or events in literature ...
Elusive Allusions: Shirley Jackson s Gothic Intertextuality - JSTOR
through readers e orts to trace her allusions. Hill House Hangsaand - man, her novels that most explicitly engage with higher education, sug - gest a dark side to literature s transformative potential and explore the threat of pedagogical power by playing with the knowledgeable reader s desire for mastery over a text.
3-Translation of Allusions in Fortress Besieged
allusions stands out as a big feature of Fortress Besieged, making it a unique literary masterpiece in China’s modern literature history. The application of allusions helps to depict characters, stimulate plot development, highlight the ironic effect, and deepen the theme of the novel.
The Use of Allusions in William Faulkner’s
In this essay I am going to analyze how the literary allusions used contribute to Faulkner’s story by locating and interpreting these allusions. I will discuss the different allusions found in the novel, and by mapping these allusions, I will try to account for any major influences and intertextual patterns present in the novel. I am also ...
Themes, Lexemes and Mnemes: Composite Allusions in the Gospel …
This thesis examines composite allusions to the Jewish scriptures in the Gospel of John and compares these to similar phenomena in late Second Temple Jewish literature. Composite allusions are defined in this study as allusions clustered together in a single literary unit that are best interpreted together.
AQA English Literature A-Level The Handmaid’s Tale
Behemoth are all names for vehicles, all of which are allusions to the Old Testament. Law enforcement is also named for the Old Testament, the Guardian Angels and the Eyes of the Lord, providing a metaphor for the oppression of people in Gilead on religious grounds. The
The Routledge History of Literature in English
perspectives on literature, and even challenges to its dependence on the written word, are ever more important in a much more accessible, open, internetted, globally communicating world, there really are native traditions or heritages of literature. Their story needs to be properly told. Whether we ourselves are native speakers of English or
Oxford Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable [PDF]
Topics Allusions, Literature, Mythology, English language Oxford Donor cityofsausalitolibrary Edition 1. publ. External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1036803330 urn:lcp:oxforddictionary00eliz:lcpdf:e02d1b53-648c-44c1-91fd-f184377ef855 the oxford dictionary of phrase and fable (oxford paperback reference 12 Oct 2006 ·
ALLUSIONS - Baylor University
Allusions Finding Allusions The books listed here will assist you in finding many of the allusions and unknown references you come across in literature. Remember also to use such reference sources as biographical or geographical dictionaries, …
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ALLUSIONS AND SYMBOLS IN THE …
allusions are barrowed. Literature Review: Symbolism is a late 19th century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In symbolism we generally express mystical or abstract ideas through different images. The …
A On the Translation of Allutions in Ancient Poetry
mention the specific people and things in the allusions, such as “Wang Zhi” and “rotten ax”, but it flexibly conveys the meaning of the allusions, which is easy to understand across cultures. If the translator chooses literal translation without understanding the cultural background of …
Biblical Allusions in Pop Culture
Biblical Allusions in Pop Culture The King James Bible is an integral part of the Western literary canon. Many novels, plays, and poems read in western literature in high school and beyond will contain multiple biblical allusions—authors rely on your knowledge of the Bible in order to further your understanding of their messages.
The Translation of Allusions in the Light of Adaptation Theory A …
The allusions originate from quotations of the ancient writers, historical records, novels, scientific works and Buddhism scriptures etc. Sometimes Tang even combines several allusions in one lyric. The percentage of the allusions in the drama is shown in the following table: TABLE 1. ALLUSIONS IN THE PEONY PAVILION Ancient quotations Historical
Musical and Literary Allusions - JSTOR
allusions, other than Travis Bogard's O 'Neill 's Songbook, substantial critical discussion has been devoted to his deployment of literary allusions. In Forging a Language: A Study of the Plays of Eugene O 'Neill, Jean Chothia lays invaluable groundwork in …
Old Testament Allusions in the Book of Revelation - Psephizo
Allusions in the Book of Revelation Dr Ian Paul, Nottingham www.psephizo.com. 1. Intensive v extensive studies of ... (Kowalski, 2004); Zechariah (Jaihainen, 2005) ‘The prominent role of hymnic literature, such as the Psalms, has often been noted, but…extensive investigations about their identification, occurrence, and function within the ...
AQA English Literature GCSE Jekyll and Hyde: Themes - Physics
biblical allusions , such as “really like Satan” , “Cain’s heresy” and “if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend” . Stevenson references the biblical story of Cain and Abel in “I incline to Cain’s heresy”. ... Religion - Themes - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - AQA English Literature GCSE Author:
3-Translation of Allusions in Fortress Besieged
allusions stands out as a big feature of Fortress Besieged, making it a unique literary masterpiece in China’s modern literature history. The application of allusions helps to depict characters, stimulate plot development, highlight the ironic effect, and deepen the theme of the novel.
Allusion: Lesson Plan - Academy 4SC
How often do you think you encounter allusions in works (literature, poetry, movies, tv)? Activity Ideas 1. Complete corresponding worksheet 2. Have students identify allusions in a book they are currently reading 3. Have student incorporate an allusion into a piece of writing they are ...
LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION OF ALLUSIONS IN MODERN …
demonstrating the role of allusions in literature. For example, it has been found that allusions to classical au-thors, like Charles Dickens, are widely used by modern writers (6, p. 34), providing a bridge between the cultural past and present. On the other hand, significant steps have been made in studying types of allusions
Exodus Allusions in the Midsection of the Gospel of Matthew
These allusions reveal an Evangelist who either anticipated the possible need for withdrawal from hostile host communities or, equally plausibly, affirmed an ongoing ... in Society of Biblical Literature 1994 Seminar Papers, ed. E. H. Lovering (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994). Gundry proposes that Matthew’s community was neither ‘a Jewish sect
The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature
The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature By Kathryn Denise Buys, B.A. A thesis submitted to the Department of English ... “Hence frequent allusions to ancient and medieval tales of dragons, as those which watchfully guarded the Gardens of the Hesperides, those which drew
WORDSWORTH’S POETRY OF ALLUSION
suggestive of influence, Shakespeare of intertextuality. In ‘Nutting’, submerged allusions to As You Like It balance the more common reading of this poem in its Miltonic mode. In Ruth, Shakespearean allusion enacts a move towards the shared, generic language of pastoral, the anonymous voices of the ballad realm. In Chapter seven, a reading ...
AP English Literature and Composition
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS Question 3 (Suggested time — 40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) Many works of literature feature characters who have been given a literal or figurative gift. The gift may be an
Allusions to Know for AP Literature and Composi6on
Allusions to Know for AP Literature and Composi6on Classical and Mythological Allusions Aeneas • Son of Aphrodite (goddess of love) and Anchises, a member of Trojan royalty. Purported descendant of Romulus and Remus. • Led the Trojan survivors (of the Trojan War between Greeks and Trojans) to Italy, thus becoming the legendary founder of ...
Study of the Spread and Influence of the Allusions of Meng
Study of the Spread and Influence of the Allusions of Meng Qiu in Japan ‐‐ Take the Story of Sun Kang and Che Yin Studying Hard as an example Yuanyuan Ren1, a, Hongyan Yu1, b, * and Yanlin Wei1, c 1 School of Jiangsu University, school of literature, Jiangsu Zhenjiang, 212000, China arenyuanyuan1998@163.com, bjuhanyu06@163.com, c1050401952 ...
Literature Extended Essay The Biblical Allusions in One Hundred …
The Biblical Allusions in One Hundred Years of Solitude and Their Significance Toni Lim 000051 – 030 Antwerp International School May 2007 Word Count: 3997 ... (Márquez and Mendoza 77). Likewise in literature, the Garden of Eden is often likened to paradise, and an accepted definition of paradise is “a state of supreme happiness; bliss” ...
African Allusions in Eighteenth-Century Literature - JSTOR
WALKER- AFRICAN ALLUSIONS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE 137 ory and representation of the Igbo people in Benin. Langley's argumentation, analysis of passages and secondary sources validate that Equiano is intricately connected to the Motherland. Furthermore, Wheatley and Equiano's memories of Africa were made in their formative years.
Use of Symbols & Classical Allusions in Hamlet - IISTE
allusions, as Leppihalm (1997,p.44) puts it, seem to be well-educated ,literate and intelligent and they use allusions in order to serve their interests ,as when a central character, who is a professor with a well established reputation in the expanding field of children’s literature frequently alludes to Lewis Carroll and other children’s
AQA English Literature GCSE An Inspector Calls Context
AQA English Literature GCSE An Inspector Calls Context All photos originate from ‘commons.wikimedia.org’ https: bit.ly pmt-cc https: bit.ly pmt-cc https:bit.lypmt-edu This work by PMT Education is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Marvell’s Allusions - Open Library
McGrath: Marvell’s Allusions 5 Two possible echoes of Lycidas in The Rehearsal Transpros’d: The Second Part (1673) and A Short Historical Essay, Touching General Councils, Creeds, and Impositions in Matters of Religion (1676) conform to the previous description of echoing. In these echoes, the dynamic between revelation and concealment is directly proportional.
To Kill A Mockingbird Allusions - Welcome to Ms. duffey's homepage
Chapter 3 - Allusions man who sat on a flagpole: Flagpole sitting was one of the stranger fads of the 1930s. Chapter 4 - Allusions Indian-heads: Before the Lincoln penny, there were Indian-head pennies One Man's Family: a radio serial (like a soap opera) which began in 1932 and proved to be enormously popular for almost thirty years.
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Analyze and interpret the major themes and the kinds of literature found in The New Testament. Analyze and reflect on how understanding biblical allusions contributes to the study and enjoyment of literature, art, and music. Identify, interpret, and analyze biblical allusions in various pieces of literature, art, and music.
