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A Short Summary of English Literature from 1783-1965

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Traditionally 'Literature' has been defined as "Literature is a term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material. Derived from the Latin word literature meaning "writing formed with letters," literature most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and in some instances, journalism, and song." ( Esther Lombardi ). But there is another important dimension to Literature that seems almost more relevant today than the fact that literature relies upon Language. Culture is an important consideration when we consider "What is Literature?" Culture is the multidimensional system by which we understand societies (and in turn ourselves as members of a society). How we dress, what we eat, how we meet other people, what we do for work, what Education instructs us to know, how we live in our homes, who we love, what we listen to for music, what we read about, what the broadcast news covers and...

First Second Third Person

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First, second, and third person are ways of describing points of view. First person  is the  I/we  perspective. Second person  is the  you  perspective. Third person  is the  he/she/it/they  perspective. More information here

Colonialism and English

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  History Of Britain - 11. The Wrong Empire 1750-1800. The series is the exhilarating and terrible story of how the British Empire came into being through its… www.myvideo.ge Colonialism does not occupy a single time frame or set of events or practices. In many situations it   is discussed as the representatives of one country taking over, occupying or imposing ideas over another nation or group of people. Such a situation has been part of human history for a very long time.  The earliest period of modern European colonial expansion was undertaken by the  Portuguese  and Spanish (1400–1500s), closely followed by the Dutch and the English. The great rival of England for colonial power was France and throughout the history of the British Empire it has been France that has been the foil or enemy in so many battles and discoveries. Other European countries did not expand colonially or create colonies until later, such as Italy and Germany, which both took possession...