BOOK REVIEW OF THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN WRITTEN BY PAULA HAWKINS

Literary works are created by the authors to entertain the reader. The authors produce literary works based on their reality or their imagination. There are several types of literary works which are novel, drama, short story and poem. One of the most interesting literary works that the writer ever read is novel. Novel is a literary work that is created by the author. Novel presents a lot of themes such as love, adventure, friendship, betrayal and etc

BOOK REVIEW OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS WRITTEN BY EMILY BRONTË

Nobody is perfect. Human being is full of characteristics. They have both good and evil characters. In this life, sometimes people meet someone with friendly, humble and good personality. However, there are also people who meet the opposite, such us sadistic, vengeful and cruel personality. These human characteristics can easily be found not only in real life, but also in literary works as reflected in novel Wuthering Heights. Wellek and Warren stated that “literature represents life and life is, in large measure, a social reality even though the natural world and the inner or subjective world of the individual have also been objects of literary imitation (1973:94).” This statement means that literary works are imitation of the real life since they include and reflect human life. There is a close relationship between the world where an author lives and the literary works which they produce. The authors will show their opinion toward reality, phenomenon and situation around them in literary works, so this is why literary works portray the life of society and the authors. The portrait may be formed in character, plot, setting, and etc

Literary works of Va. Ramasamy

Va. Ra is called V. Ramasamy Iyengar was born on 17/09/1889 in Tingalore near Thirupalanam in Thanjavur district as the first son of Varadaraja Iyengar and Ponnammal. He did his school at the age of eight in Bangalore He learned English along with Tamil. He did his post-graduation in Central High School, Tiruvaiyaru. He passed the matriculation examination in 1905. Joined St. Peter's College, Thanjavur and studied F.A. Then he failed in the FA exam. He was upset. He wanted to join Surendranath Banerjee's National College located in Calcutta. Went to Calcutta. Va. Ra returned home unable to join the college due to lack of proper recommendation. Va. Ra was involved in politics, freedom struggle, revival in politics, social reform and he was interested in literary work

BEING CRITICAL IN LITERARY WORKS

Teachers should bring literary works into the class because teachers will be able to teach literacy by introducing the kinds of literary works and having some theories about literary criticisms to promote literacy development. Teachers and students go through that process together in class, step by step, from choosing literary works to sharing responses with others by encouraging students to examine their own emotions and responses as they are reading. Thus the writer talks about how all of the above components are the vehicles for expressing and transmitting students’ responses and feelings so that it can help the teachers to teach literacy. Teachers ask students to bring her or his experience, knowledge, and feelings to the novel when she or he reads, and creates a unique relationship or a unique reality and responds to it. When students as readers talk and write about the literary works, the students further the conversation, and continue the act of creation. If class members listening to students’ report are intrigued by, or angered by, or moved by the readers’ responses, these listeners may speak out, and/or read the book themselves, with the original readers’ comments in mind, thus continuing the ongoing conversation and process.Teachers should bring literary works into the class because teachers will be able to teach literacy by introducing the kinds of literary works and having some theories about literary criticisms to promote literacy development. Teachers and students go through that process together in class, step by step, from choosing literary works to sharing responses with others by encouraging students to examine their own emotions and responses as they are reading. Thus the writer talks about how all of the above components are the vehicles for expressing and transmitting students’ responses and feelings so that it can help the teachers to teach literacy. Teachers ask students to bring her or his experience, knowledge, and feelings to the novel when she or he reads, and creates a unique relationship or a unique reality and responds to it. When students as readers talk and write about the literary works, the students further the conversation, and continue the act of creation. If class members listening to students’ report are intrigued by, or angered by, or moved by the readers’ responses, these listeners may speak out, and/or read the book themselves, with the original readers’ comments in mind, thus continuing the ongoing conversation and process

TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH LITERARY WORKS

To be successful in teaching English as a Foreign Language needs various methods and approaches. One of the methods that can be an alternative is using literary works, such as drama, prose and poetry. They can be valuable resources to teach the language aspects such as vocabularies, pronunciation, and grammar. It can also be used as an effective way to create an engineered real-life situation for learners to practice the language. And in the long run, such a way of teaching English will also create appreciation and enjoyment for the learners

DICTION IN A DRAMA ENTITLED ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A literary work is a sign symbol and communication symbol which points the reader to understand that a literary work represents an abstraction of various mechanismsbetween others which is possible to be happened. The major element of literary works is language, either oral or written. Without language, there is no literary work. Languageis a medium in literary works. In literary work, language represents the author or playwrights’ ideas, feelings, and social structure of society. On that account, there is avery wide freedom in using language to interpret the author’s or the playwright’s ideasto the readers or the audience. Language style is a major element in writing literarywork to present the aspect of aesthetics. Diction has a tightly relationship with literaryworks. In diction, the author or the playwright chooses an appropriate word and havethe strength of meaning and contains of aesthetics aspect. Drama is one of literaryworks which contains of diction written by the author or the playwright to describe thecondition of the society or environment, or to represent his or her feelings, opinionsand ideas. In drama, the reader or the audience can enjoy and give opinion, assesmentand also appreciation to the author’s or the playwright’s diction as one of aesthetic literary works that we also can see from Willam Shakespeare’s dramas

AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED ON CREED ALBUM “WEATHERED”

Language has an important role in the literary works. Literary works gives information concerning human expression, realities and problems. Literary works play a role in the revealing the truth through their language and symbols behind the works. A lyrical poetry is representation of music, which can convey ideas and emotion to the listeners. In a song there are many expressions that the composer wants to show to the listener. The writer of this thesis analyzes the figurative expression that exists in Creed’s songs. He chooses one of the Creed’s album that is released in 2001 under titled “weathered”. Two major purposes considered being the main problem in analyzing Creed’s song: (1) what kinds of figurative language are found in Creed lyric? (2) What are the detail meanings of figurative language that are found in Creed lyric?. The approach that the writer uses in this thesis is objective approach because the analysis is related to the literary works itself by analyzing the lyric that uses figurative language. The method in this study is descriptive qualitative research method. This method started by collecting research literature to provide the research data. Next, the data are carefully examined in order to analyze the lyrics that are using figurative language. The data in this study are collected from cassettes, Internet and magazines. The population in this study is eleven songs in “weathered” album, and the writer take six songs as sample. The songs are: Bullets, My sacrifice, Stand here with me, Weathered, Hide and Don’t stop dancing. The result of this study shows that there are seven figurative languages used by Creed in this album, such as hyperbole, repetition, irony, personification, litotes, metaphor and metonymy. The detail meanings that are found in figurative language cannot be understood literally. It needs deeper understanding from the listener

Literary works of Dubravka Pađen Farkaš

Ovaj je rad rezultat proučavanja problemskih slikovnica osječke autorice Dubravke Pađen Farkaš. Cilj je ovoga rada interpretirati pet autoričinih slikovnica te uočiti i analizirati problematiku s kojom se likovi u slikovnicama susreću. Analizirane su sljedeće slikovnice: Mala zvijezda (2001.), Gospodin Otto i stari naslonjači (2010.), Nije me strah (2011.), Djevojčica i ptica (2013.) te Tajna (2015.). Rad donosi i kratki teorijski osvrt na slikovnice kao književnu vrstu, biografiju navedene autorice, te osvrt na njezinu suradnju s ilustratorom Draženom Jerabekom. U radu je istraženo kako autorica Dubravka Pađen Farkaš vidi i opisuje probleme s kojima se djeca svakodnevno susreću. Autorica svojim jednostavnim stilom pisanja progovara o razvodu, strahovima i odnosima u obitelji, odnosno, na djetetu prilagođen način, progovara o izrazito važnim životnim temama. Slikovnice su ove autorice iznimno poučne te na djecu djeluju terapeutski. Budući da slikovnice progovaraju o problemima s kojima se djeca zaista često susreću, pomoći će djeci prihvatiti probleme i suočiti se s njima. Autorica kroz zanimljive priče i likove nastoji naglasiti da se o problemima ne treba šutjeti te da se svaki problem može riješiti.This thesis is the result of studying the problematic picture books of the author from Osijek, Dubravka Pađen Farkaš. The aim of this study is to interpret the author’s five picture books and to notice and analyze the problems faced by the characters in picture books. There were analyzed the following picture books: Mala zvijezda (2001.), Gospodin Otto i stari naslonjači (2010.), Nije me strah (2011.), Djevojčica i ptica (2013.) and Tajna (2015.). The paper also provides a brief theoretical review of picture books as a literary type, a biography of the author, and a review of her collaboration with an illustrator Dražen Jerabek. This thesis investigates how the author Dubravka Pađen Farkaš sees and describes the children’s everyday problems. The author uses a simple style of writing to talk about divorce, fears and family relationships. She, in a child’s adapted way, talks about very important life topics. The picture books of this author are extremely educational and they act on children therapeutically. Since these picture books talk about children’s everyday problems, they will help children to accept problems and to face with them. The author through interesting stories and characters tries to emphasize that problems should not be kept in silence and that any problem can be solved

A Project Journal Book Review of John Green and David Levithan\u27s Will Grayson Will Grayson

There are many kinds of literary works in the world. Then, there are several types of literary works which are novel, drama, short story and poem. They have their own characteristics. Many kinds of literary works can be found easily and have been read by many people as the source of knowledge. Literary works can describe feeling, thinking, and human doing. One of the most interesting literary works that the writer ever read is novel. Novel is one of the literary works in literature that tells narrative story of the characters and their habit which give sense to the readers and also gives strong effect to the readers. “Novel is longer and more complex, requiring a series of sessions for its delivery” (Stevenson,1960:3). It means that, novel tells the story more detail