What is Literature? A Definition Based on Prototypes

Meyer, Jim

doi:10.31356/silwp.vol41.03

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“…That history might be revealed through written document. Meyer (1997) also clarifies that different historical periods are reflected in literature. That is why the period of when the literature is produced is necessary to be researched.…”

Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 82%

A Comparative Study: Genetic Structuralism on Jane Eyre and the Great Gatsby

Kobis¹

2019

Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris UPB

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This study is comparative study which compares Jane Eyre and the Great Gatsby by using Genetic Structuralism. These two novels were written and published from different period. Different period commonly produces different culture, tradition, habit, work, creation, effort, and even different masterpiece. Most people claim that as the time goes by, the old ones will be replaced by the youths, and everything which had been done in the past, might not be done anymore in the present or even in the future. In fact, it is necessary to dig more about the history itself to know how the people at particular period live and how they contribute a society. This study is compiled as a research to study about the characteristic of the society when the novels has been published and the period when the author of the literary works lived while mainly discussed about how different periods create different kind of stories. It also mainly focuses to take a glance on how society impacts the authors’ thought and perception to create such literary works.

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Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 82%

A Comparative Study: Genetic Structuralism on Jane Eyre and the Great Gatsby

Kobis¹

2019

Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris UPB

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“…(3) are in a literary genre (poetry, prose, fiction, or drama); (4) are read aesthetically; ( 5) are intended by the author to be read aesthetically; and (6) contain many weak implicatures, and are deliberately somewhat open in interpretation" (Meyer, 1997).…”

Section: Literature and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Analysis of the Poem “Prison” by Krishna Sen ‘Ichchhuk’ Translated by Govinda Raj Bhattarai

Adhikari¹

2021

Nep. J. Multidisc. Res.

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Poetry is a form of art; to express emotions and feelings by the use of distinctive style, meaning, sound and rhythm. The poem presents the rebellious nature of the revolutionists to defeat the arbitrary through literature and is much privileged towards independence. The poet imagines such an awful condition that happens in the insurgency period and he is not able to equivalent the freedom of choice and action. Oligarchy creates fascism, besides it, the poet has used the literary term, ‘my friend’ in each stanza to denote all victimized citizens and inmates who are anguished from despotism. To uplift from authoritarianism regime and to live with full sovereignty the communist movement had played an appreciable role in the context of Nepal. The literary genre which is characterized by literature and cultural form of early modern England that is written while the author is confined in a location against his wills, such as a prison, jail, or house arrest is known as prison literature. Thus, the message or underlying meaning of the poem is such that the poet alerts the emperor and leaders to adopt a democratic model.

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“…Language is needed to be understood what the goals it is going to be and to convey ideas and information through oral or written (Aprianti & Parmawati, 2020). According to (Meyer, 2018) as cited in (Setiawati & Maryani, 2018) literature is a term used to describe written texts characterized by careful use of language, including features such as creative metaphors, beautiful phrase, elegant syntax, rhymes, and aesthetic alliterations. The author intends to read himself aesthetically and deliberately slightly open in interpretation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Analysis of Figurative Language in “Girl on Fire” Song Lyrics by Alicia Keys

Sopiansyah

Inayah

2021

J. PRJ

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Figurative languages are languages that use figures of speech, not literal meanings. This research analyzed the figurative language used in the lyric of Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys. The purpose of this research is to find out the types of figurative language in the lyrics of the song Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys and to analyze the contextual meaning of figurative language used in that song lyrics. It is hoped that the results of this study will be useful for readers, especially in describing what figurative language and what kind of figurative language are. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The lyrics of song is got from (Keys, 2012) entitle Girl on Fire. The result found that there are some kinds of figurative language used in Alicia Keys’ song entitle Girl on Fire, such as alliteration, cliché, hyperbole, idiom, imagery, metaphor, personification, repetition, similie, and symbol. The contextual meaning of each figurative language is also clarified. The conclusion of this research is there are some kinds of figurative language use by Alicia Keys in her song titled Girl on Fire.

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What is Literature? A Definition Based on Prototypes

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

A Comparative Study: Genetic Structuralism on Jane Eyre and the Great Gatsby

A Comparative Study: Genetic Structuralism on Jane Eyre and the Great Gatsby

An Analysis of the Poem “Prison” by Krishna Sen ‘Ichchhuk’ Translated by Govinda Raj Bhattarai

The Analysis of Figurative Language in “Girl on Fire” Song Lyrics by Alicia Keys

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