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
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The reasons why he ranks highest as a American fiction writer
① A skillful writer with an impressive sense of form.
All stories are tightly constructed.
Master of a classic literary style. (directness, clarity, firmness)
② Moral insight.
He looked more deeply and honestly into life and find
a power of love.
③ Mastery of symbolism.
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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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1) Meaning of veil
A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face. One view is that as a religious item, it is intended to show honor to an object or space.
Use: For centuries, women have worn sheer veils, but only under certain circumstances. They would have been used, as an alternative to a mask, as a simp