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

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

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

ECOFEMINISM PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN LITERARY WORKS

Various environmental issues begin to be discussed widely and the movement of women does. Ecologists come up with new ideas that there is a strong relationship between women and nature. Ecofeminist spreads to various sectors in life. Starting from the industrial, economic and political sector that are intensively making the issue of women's relations and the environment as a matter of discussion. Related to literary works, ecofeminist is going with new ideas based on literary works t in Indonesia. Indonesian literature that presents the relation between women and nature as a form of an image of women concerning the environment

Shoah in Marian Pankowski’s Literary Art

The article centers on the theme of the Holocaust in the literary works of Marian Pankowski: its sources, relations with the concentration camp theme, particular works and their poetics, as well as the aesthetic, social and political problems related to the theme of the Holocaust