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... judgement . The story itself often shifts to an immediate and dramatic presentation of action which no housekeeper could have known about as it involves very private and intimate conversations , etc. The combination of very different ...
... judgement . The story itself often shifts to an immediate and dramatic presentation of action which no housekeeper could have known about as it involves very private and intimate conversations , etc. The combination of very different ...
Page 81
... judgements on action , characters and setting . The language used by the narrator or ascribed to him or her is as effec- tive as the tone and moral judgement implied by the point of view . A work of literature is made up of language ...
... judgements on action , characters and setting . The language used by the narrator or ascribed to him or her is as effec- tive as the tone and moral judgement implied by the point of view . A work of literature is made up of language ...
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... judgement is needed in deter- mining whether a statement or situation is to be taken at face value or whether it suggests its opposite by contrast . For example , if one reads a letter to the editor of a newspaper saying that the people ...
... judgement is needed in deter- mining whether a statement or situation is to be taken at face value or whether it suggests its opposite by contrast . For example , if one reads a letter to the editor of a newspaper saying that the people ...
Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Drama and the Theatre | 101 |
Copyright | |
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