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A busybody, meddler, nosey parker, or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others. An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters , "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid."
Probably prompted by Panyutin's comparison of the Diary of a Writer to Gogol's Diary (Запискам, zapiskam) of a Madman, Dostoevsky gave "Bobok" the subtitle "Notes (Записки, zapiski) of a Certain Person". At the top of the article he wrote: On this occasion I shall include "The Notes of a Certain Person."
The famous 'dumb scene' ensues. Sir George tries to address Miranda, but she refuses to speak. He tells her to speak using sign-language, but she deliberately uses the wrong signs. He then impersonates her, pretending to answer his questions on her behalf. As she does not speak, he fails to realise that Miranda is the same person as his ...
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Modernismo is a distinct literary movement that can be identified through its characteristics. The main characteristics of modernismo are: [2] Giving an idea of the culture and time that we live within, cultural maturity. Pride in nationality (pride in Latin American identity) Search for a deeper understanding of beauty and art within the rhetoric.
Psychoanalytic literary criticism is a method of reading and analysing texts through the lens of psychoanalytic principles. [3] It is largely informed by Freudian psychoanalysis, but has since grown into its own field in literary theory, influenced by the work of psychoanalysts such as Carl Jung, Melanie Klein, and Jacques Lacan.
Under the inspiration drawn from the book series specializing in publishing classical texts exclusively in the original languages, such as the Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849 or the Oxford Classical Texts book series, founded in 1894, [2] the Loeb Classical Library was conceived and initially funded by the Jewish-German-American banker and philanthropist James Loeb (1867–1933).
Literature can be described as all of the following: Communication – activity of conveying information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space.