What makes Shakespeare the Great Literary Work?
His work contains universal values as well as social reflection of the time.
Emotions or phenomenon comes from environment or situations
> Apply to the Brave New World
Politeness principle,
Like Cooperative principle
Lakoff suggests,
Don’t impose
Give options
Make your receiver feel good
No immediate practical purpose
may be taken or left as the receiver wishes
There is no burden!
But,
literary texts
take up a great deal of time
⇒ burdensome!
Both keep and break the maxim,
‘Don’t impose
John Dryden (9 Aug 1631 – 30 April 1700), nicknamed Town-Bayes, an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England.
Born in the village rectory of Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The eldest of 14 children of Eramus Dryden and Mary Pickering – an Parliamentary supporting family with Puritan learnings.
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different, often anonymous, hands. A common goal of these poets was to make English as flexible a poetic instrument as Italian. Among the more prominent of this group were Thomas Churchyard, George Gascoigne, and Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford. An ambitious and influential work was A Mirror for Magistrates (1559), a historical verse narrative by several poets that updated the medieval view of his
I have been a student for 12 years. During this time, I have gained knowledge, met different people, and shaped my character. Teachers are an important factor. They are the guides,friends, help providers, and even the enemies. In short, they are like actors playing different roles on the platform. Some of them are so impressive and unique that they are still clear in my mind. Mr. He is a conscien