Lillian Faderman Reflection

Literature of the English Restoration offers the example of a number of writers who wrote for a courtly audience: literary production, particularly in learned imitation of classical models, was part of the court culture of King Charles II. The fact of a shared model explains the remarkable similarities between “The Imperfect Enjoyment” by the Earl of Rochester and “The Disappointment” by Aphra Behn—remarkable only because readers are surprised to read one poem about male sexual impotence from the late seventeenth century, let alone two examples of this genre by well-known courtly writers. In fact, Richard Quaintance presents ten more examples by lesser-known poets as he defines the literary sub-genre of the neo-Classical “imperfect

     In Hawthorne's revered novel The Scarlet Letter, the use of Romanticism plays an important role in the development of his characters. He effectively demonstrates individualism in Hester to further our understanding of the difficulties of living in the stern, joyless world of Puritan New England.  It is all gloom and doom.  If the sun ever shines, one could hardly notice.  The entire place seems to be shrouded in black.  The people of this society were stern, and repressed natural human impulses and emotions than any society before or since.  But for this reason specifically, emotions began bubbling and eventually boiled over, passions a novelist

The Letters of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Influence of Letter Writing Manuals, Gender, and Rhetorical Space on 19th Century Correspondence

Wall first discusses the obstacles that female writers of the 16th century faced when seeking publication. One major obstacle was the gender stereotypes of this period. Women were expected remain in the home, while caring for her children and husband. It was considered unacceptable for a woman of this period to have a career or economic prospects of her own, since men were in complete control. In addition to the gender barriers, female and male writers alike each faced publication obstacles due to social class conflicts. Writing was seen as a lower class activity, Wall writes, so it was considered beneath one’s social class to participate in it. As a result, “the female writer could become a ‘fallen’ woman in a double sense: branded as a harlot or a member of the un-elite” (Wall 36). Such a negative stigma surely constricted female writers even further, so they sought other ways to publish their work.

On Tuesday, March 1st I had the honor of attending Toni Preckwinkle’s discussion on Cook County’s progress towards improving public safety and health. Toni Preckwinkle is the Cook County board president and had much knowledge to share with Benedictine faculty and students. She started off talking about public safety and information about cook counties jail. I was shocked to hear that there are ten thousand inmates in cook counties jail as of 2013. Out of the ten thousand many of them are held for nonviolent crimes. She claimed the reason for there being a large amount of inmates is because people do not have enough money to bail themselves out of jail before their hearing. Due to some of them not having enough bail money, they spend many unnecessary

M. H. Abrams defines romantic themes in prominent writers of this school in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as being five in number: (1) innovations in the materials, forms and style; (2) that the work involve a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”; (3) that external nature be a persistent subject with a “sensuous nuance” and accuracy in its description; (4) that the reader be invited to identify the protagonist with the author himself; and (5) that this be an age of “new beginnings and high possibilities” for the person (177-79).

The content and construction of texts are intrinsically linked with the social factors inherent in a composer’s context. Accordingly, a comparative study of Jane Austen’s social satire Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Fey Weldon’s epistolary text Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen (Letters to Alice) (1984) demonstrates how a transition in context from Austen’s Regency Era to the late 20th century illuminates the divided nature of societal values and attitudes. Universal themes of marriage, education and feminism are explored in both novels however comparative reappraisal in Letters to Alice elucidates new insights of the role of women. Thus broadening responders understanding of Pride and Prejudice.

Rock ‘n’ Roll started out as a combination of white hillbilly music and black rhythm and blues with an incorporation of new instruments such as the “solid-body guitar”. Rock combined both African-American communities and White communities socially and musically. With recorded music being established long before Rock ‘n’ Roll, it flourished with the radio and was created around the same time as other modern technologies. Some of Rock’s effects included the integration of completely different music styles and also the beginning of Rock radio.

In the 18th century, letter writing took on great importance as a new mode of communication. (Studying the Novel 2001) In Pamela by Richardson, letters between Pamela and her family are used to tell the story of Pamela’s resistance to seduction by her employer. The reader is puzzled by the sudden cessation of Pamela’s family’s replies to her letters, only to find that this is because Pamela’s employer has insisted on

Q7. Each gender group handles problems differently in order to deal with them. Women who share their issues are given a comforting response to establish a connection. For example women will ask questions, or try to understand the situation by comparing each others

Abigail Lewandowski-This weekend for mother’s day I am going to my grandma’s house. On Saturday we are uncovering the pool so we can go swimming. We are also Having a big bonfire with my family. On Sunday we will go to church. Then we go back to my grandma’s house. We give gifts to my mom my aunt and my grandma. Then it turns into a work day. Even though it’s mother’s day we still work because my grandpa want’s to get things out for summer. He’s more of the go go go type he can’t just sit around. Then we get the paddle boat out so we can go fishing in the pound. We also ride four wheelers and the side by side. Next we go to my great-grandma’s to mow the lawn and weed whip the yard. Even though the weekend is mostly working we still

Within the first series of the show, Maura Pfefferman comes out as a woman to her children, Sarah Pfefferman and the daughter of Maura abandons her heterosexual marriage to peruse her relationship with Tammy Cashman. In all of these instances, the characters’ many flaws and self-centered nature is heavily underscored and the characters’ interaction with each other and those around them helps to highlight the flaws that lie in every individual. Through the flaws and struggles of characters depicted in her television show, Transparent, Jill Soloway highlights the plight of the queer individuals in society. This blunt reflection raises awareness of the self-centered nature of humans and the hatred, insensitivity, and bigotry that these

In his poems, “The Bishop Orders His Tomb”, “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister”, and “My Last Duchess”, Browning explores a few sins that link to Victorian ideas yet continue to be compelling commentary on some of the modernity’s biggest contradictions. These characters process the world according to their own selfish ideologies, filtering into dramatic monologues that challenge and comment on the time’s social norms and growing institutions. The narrator of “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” is resentful and irrationally petty contrary to the monolithic idea of a monk. In “My Last Duchess” charm thinly veils the tyrannical nature of a respected Duke. Lastly, the bishop of “The Bishop Orders His Tomb” is sour with greed, jealousy, vanity, and resentment. These characters act out of their socially-prescribed nature and this, I think, is ultimately a critique of Victorian ideals of order, structure, poise, domesticity and perfection. These ideas of people and institutions rarely reflect the reality.

Romanticism is a style of art and literature that was popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries where the main focal points are on imagination and emotion. There is an emphasis on beauty and the individual. This style of writing is reflected in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The purpose of the introductory chapter is to introduce the narrator of the rest of the story. It shows the narrator's value in cultures and family history. This chapter also provides the reader with background history of the narrator. As for the connection between Hawthorne’s family history and his attitude toward The Custom House, Hawthorne expresses that he believes that his Puritan background is both a positive and a negative thing. He states that

Through the late 1700s and early 1800s, the period of Romanticism blossomed. “Romanticism” very loosely describes the era in which modern culture began to take shape. During the Romantic era, many advancements were made in all aspects of people’s lives and cultures. One aspect in particular has held great value even to this day. That aspect being the expansive amount of literature created during the era. The era of Romanticism had its name for a reason. It can be greatly attributed to the romantic style or genre of literature that defined the period. Romantic writers wove many tales of admiration, longing, and aspirations. They were fantastical, in a sense, and almost the antithesis of realism, even. Amidst the great breadth of literature