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    ‘Everyday creativity is always dialogical in Bakhtin’s sense’. To what extent do you agree or disagree wit this perspective? Traditional definitions of language have often categorised creative activity in the ‘canonical’ literary uses we see in artistic works. However, contemporary definitions no longer confine creativity with language to the work of the novelist or poet. It is a well argued point that the seeds of such literary language reside in what may be described, as the mundane, practical

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    The Franklin Road Church of Christ youth group consists of youth of all ages. The group is divided into three subgroups: Tots for Christ (TFC), Kids for Christ (KFC), and the Senior Youth Group (SYG). In particular, for this essay I will be explaining how the Senior Youth Group is a discourse community. Franklin Road’s SYG consists of the ages 11-18. Within the group we do various things such as going to youth retreats, youth conferences, and many more; just to name a few. The group has been around

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    writing Coraline (2002) for his daughter Holly because she liked scary stories. So much so, that a dominant trope of this genre is its seeming literary insignificance. Indeed, by resting chiefly on the assumption that children’s fantasy fiction is set in unrealistic secondary worlds which encourage young readers to avoid confronting real-life tensions and problems, the genre is often construed as having no higher purpose than being primarily and pejoratively escapist. It has therefore been continuously

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    In the recent year, new subgenres of movies has been created due to the exploration of new technologies and total reconstruction of the genre. One such genre that has been gaining a lot of popularity is “Observational Horror”. “Observational horror films are those that appropriate the aesthetic of observational documentary cinema’s handheld camerawork” (Raimondo, 2014, p. 66). This aesthetic of the camera playing a big part in the movie and the movie being shot by a character mimics how a video would

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    Literature constitutes the works of the Indian authors, poets and literary artists who compose their works in English language. Indian English literature has drawn the attention from every quarter of the country, making the genre magnificent in its own right. The writers of this genre have skillfully made use of their own intelligence and intellect in weaving the web of their literary works. While studying their literary works, the Indian audience finds a kind of close association with the characters

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    mythical West throughout Sergio Leone’s film, Once Upon a Time in the West, 1969. Through in depth analysis of our course materials, I attempt to highlight the films usage and portrayal of sound and music, gender roles, and incompatible desires of the main characters in order to demonstrate the importance of these themes and how they relate the stereotypical confines of the Hollywood Western genre. “When you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground.” (Once Upon a Time in the West, 1969) After

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    became a strong idea for us. We thought it would be a worthwhile piece of information if we sent letters off to institutes that were in a position to provide us with relevant information ( for example, how they tackle the thriller genre or a way of making a successful thriller movie). The information that was received from Granada followed the ’High Concept Model’ which is a ten point formula which film scholars use to make successful Hollywood films. With this in

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    Analysis “The Girl on the Train” presents the idea that women are faced with numerous challenges and events that can lead them to do certain things that may affect their lives in very positive or negative ways. Either way, this book and others try to provide excitement while also addressing the real issues that women are facing in today’s world, through the use of a few unpredictable narrators. These issues include infertility, alcoholism, infidelity, and additional thoughts that contribute to the

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    Horror Film cinematography aficionados seems more specific than the broad topic of the genre horror, which includes, books, poetry, movies, thrill rides and events. Therefore I want to take a different approach than my outline by specifying such a broad topic. To be more specific my essay would not only include the Horror film as one of my discourse communities but also will include how it relates into my major psychology. This includes excerpts/references from a book called Psychological Reflections

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    An Analysis of the Film Limitless Limitless is a United States English science fiction thriller film which was released as at March 18, 2011.The film was directed by Neil Burger and produced by; Leslie Dickson, Scott Troopf and Ryan Kavanaugh and the screenplay created by Leslie Dickson. The story in the film is based on the cult novel by Alan Glynns, The Dark Fields. Other than the stories collision of an anti-drug morality tale and an anti-hubris morality tale, which is the aforementioned Faustian

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