“Like Letters in Running Water”: A Critical Review of the Curriculum Philosophies of Mary Aswell Doll
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A 4 page review of the contentions presented by this author in “Like Letters in Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum” regarding the curriculum value of fiction. This paper contends that Doll is correct in identifying fiction as a conduit to student understanding of historical circumstances and relationships. Analyzes this contention using primarily the writings of feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Concludes that while a student might recoil if only given historical detail as it is presented in the common curriculum, when provided these same messages in a fictional format they are able to forge a connection between history and reality. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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“The Key” by Vo Phien Compared with “My Old Home” and “A Small Incident” by Lu Xun
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This 5 page report discusses several short stories that address issues associated with the separation that takes place between an individual and his or her place of birth. The narrators of “exile literature” address the many details of the past that have defined the person they have become. And yet that same sense of “exile” also exists in those who long for the past and their own heartfelt reaction to the changes in the world around them currently. No additional sources listed.
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“The Obligation to Express”
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This 5 page report discusses Samuel Beckett’s idea that art expresses what there is nothing to express, whether in terms of where it comes from, its power, or its desire to express is absurd up to the point in which he admits that it is combined with “the obligation to express.” Keeping such an idea in mind, Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” and Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” are examined. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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“The Prince” and “The Courtier”: A Comparison of the works by Machievelli and Castiglione
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A 5 page comparison of these Sixteenth Century works. The author contends that despite common perception, each of these works was written with the intent of providing insight to virtuosity and morality. They differ considerably, however, as to the exact nature of this insight. Although Machievelli is often looked at as being a man for whom the end justified the means regardless of how immoral and condemnable those means may have been, he could also be contended to be a man of virtue and high morals. Castiglione’s work, on the other hand, is most often accepted without question as being one which is reflective of virtuosity and morality. This paper explores these varying viewpoints. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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