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More than any other art , literature reflects or comments on actual experience ; social , philosophical , psychological and moral concerns are inescapable . Areas of Critical Judgement Because both form and meaning are essential to ...
More than any other art , literature reflects or comments on actual experience ; social , philosophical , psychological and moral concerns are inescapable . Areas of Critical Judgement Because both form and meaning are essential to ...
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especially concerned with moral behaviour and tended to incorporate a good deal of social satire . The forms then in fashion were epistolary on the one hand , and picaresque on the other . In the first the plot unfolded through a series ...
especially concerned with moral behaviour and tended to incorporate a good deal of social satire . The forms then in fashion were epistolary on the one hand , and picaresque on the other . In the first the plot unfolded through a series ...
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If used in a social rather than medical or administrative context , the effect is degrading or dismissive . The whole woman is reduced to a sexual object , dehumanised and depersonalised . In some , but not all contexts ...
If used in a social rather than medical or administrative context , the effect is degrading or dismissive . The whole woman is reduced to a sexual object , dehumanised and depersonalised . In some , but not all contexts ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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