Jorges P. Lopez
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This book examines the THEMES of Bertolt Brecht's famous play THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE. It also looks at the ELEMENTS OF STYLE with a special focus on MODERN DRAMA, BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL and European drama that departs from traditional styles. The books departs from other comprehensive guide books in recognition of the fact that college students will often have one or two elements to focus on and not necessarily a complete book or the the author....
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Africa has had a myriad of problems mostly caused by foreigners - from slavery to modern interference in governance through copu d' etats to intereference in government admistrations. For years, African writers have added their voices to the criticism of this. Paul B Vitta adds to these voices in his modern novel Fathers of Nations. This book, Plot Analysis and characters atempts to make the reader of this novel understand the conflicts(s) in the...
4) Jimmy Karda
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Growing up has its myriad of problem which few tend to notice apart from the child growing up. Or maybe this is because of the child's point of view? Anyhow, all of us have fond memories of what was and what might have been - life with brothers, sisters, parents, neighbors (and often, with grandparents). Children have little understanding of what is happening around them and we get entertained as they tell us from their own point of view. Many of...
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John Lara's The Samaritan is an interesting play about modern politics in the caribbean and the so called third world. It adds a voice to the general criticism of corrupption and maladministration in these areas. This book aims at helping the reader understand the crafting of this play in terms of conflict and sub-conflicts and how they build the plot as well as the logic behind the characters, whow and what they are, and the role they play. This...
6) Amy
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We have all got to that point where we are about to engage in something new...and we are not sure how to continue. We have all had that chance when we go to a new school or a new class and we are afraid of the reception. Some of our parents have dotted on us in basic or primary school...until it gets to a point when we have to leave them and manage on our own...AMY is a COMING OF AGE novella in which a teenage girl gets to that point where she has...
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This book examines the PLOT of the play and the CHARACTERS in Jhenrik Ibsen's famous play A DOLL'S HOUSE. This allows the critic of the play to have a comprehensive view of what the play is about, how it is crafted, who the players are and what underlies the CONFLICT of the play. This should prepare any student of henrik ibsen in general or of this play in particular, to answer any questions about the writer and his work, his world view and his general...
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Kazuo Ishiguro is an award winning British writer of Japanese descent. he has written many novels and won several awards. An Artist of the Floating World, published in 1986 was short listed for the Booker Prize and was rated one of the best 100 books ever written. It examines the nature of memory and denial and the interplay between the two in determining people's characters. Plot and Chacters here examines the storyline from a literary point of view...
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Although this is generally a storybook for children, JIMMY AND THE DODGER, like ALL its counterparts in the JIMMY DIARIES SERIES also go out to do a number of things. First, they have been made humorous enough to pull kids away from the TV. Second, they attempt to teach morals to children by examining a number of issues affecting children from parenting to bullying and the like to teach kids one or two home truths about growing up. Third, they are...
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This book is book is the third in a series that examines the novel, Fathers of Nations, by Paul B Vitta. The first booklet analyzes the plot and examines the characters and their roles. The second examines the important themes and the elements of style. This book looks at how to deal with questions set on this novel. It begins with how to interpret question words, recognizing that this is often the first hurdle standing in the way of a student's performance....
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Poetry is one of the most challenging subjects. It has been a big challenge both to study it and even to write it because it has inherent rules that determine how it works. To interpret it, understand it or even write it, one needs to understand these rules. Any good poetry enthusiast, critic or writer begins here. This book tries to make the reader understand the bulk of these rules. It uses some of the most exciting and popular poetry through time...
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This book draws its inspiration from the age-old conflict between the sexes. Men have forever been in conflict with women over who can do what, who should do what, and probably to put it more succintly, who can do what better than the other. This conflict is even sharper in the youth with young women going for careers formerly meant for the male gender, such as politics - and most science based careers. This novella focuses on games. In the story,...
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This book examines the plot and the characters of Adipo Sidang's play Parliament of Owls. It is a crucial study in modern African drama and a complimentary to comedic and satirical political allegories of the rest of the world. It is especially complimentary to the likes of George Orwel;s Animal Farm, and therefore, crucial to the study of comparative literature. This critical book analyzes the plot and the characters in a peculiar way which helps...
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In November/December 2007, a violent eruption of hatred and crime burst out in Kenya. Many, especially the international community claimed it had been set off by the elections which had been held that December. The International community then brought the combatants together in the names of the contending presidential candidates in that election. Finally, a coalition government was established. It went on to rule for five years. A prosecutor from...
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The study of the Afican novel is often challenging to both the teacher and the student in high schools and colleges. This is because, apart from many modern African novels being multi-faceted, many teachers and students still use the traditional methods of analysis. Often, such methods leave the reader with a lot of knowledge about the particular text, but with few literary skills that can be used on other literary texts or even other genres. This...
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There aren't many stories which focus wholly at teaching kids to improve their spoeaking and writing skills, especially those kids learning English as a second language. Even the ones available are just stiries which sometimes focus on morality and good behavior. The JIMMY DIARIES SERIES combines all three. It aims at telling kids stories that are muromour enough to pull them away from the TV and the mobile phone. The series also focuses on improving...
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The Caribbean has had its fair share of Literary critics over the last two centuries - but they can never be enough. John Lara is a fiarly modern writer whose play The Samaritan is an appropriate criticism of modern governments in the Caribbean. This book aims at giving a better insight into the concerns of John Lara in this modern play as well as examining the style of the play. It will be found crucial to the reader of caribbean literature and especially...
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Africa has been bedevilled by many evils over the last few cunturies. The latest stem from colonialism and the resultant control of African nations and the way they govern themselves in post-independent Africa. This hass seen control through coups initiated by the West and economic exploitation through the control of not only the governments but also their mode of finance. The latter is Paul B Vitta's focus in his novel FATHERS OF NATIONS. This critique...
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The study of the modern African novel has been quite a challenge both at the high school and at the university level. This is especially so for novels that address traditional tenets of the African society. These novels, however, form a good corpus as a basis for comparative literature, especially looking at the African novel as compared to its European or the American counterpart. Still, the odinary critic is used to earlier African writers including...
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Modern Literature has diversified into comparative literature and African Literature has become quite important in this field. This is because it not only tries to rewrite a lot about Africa which was biased according to Eurocentric writers but also because it incorporates a lot of issues uniquely African. These may have to do with the traditional African Societies as well as the evolution of new so-called modern African societies, more oriented to...