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Romance (heroic literature) As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a style of heroic prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest. Popular literature also drew on themes of romance, but with ironic, satiric or burlesque intent. Romances reworked legends, fairy tales, and history to suit…

The purpose of this recommendation report is to sort out the existing problems of West Indies Yacht Club Resort and to suggest some feasible solutions to improve the current situation. This report is going to identify the key issues in the resort, list and discuss the main findings, outline the conclusions based on the findings…

English literatureI. INTRODUCTIONEnglish literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. II. The Tudors and the Elizabethan AgeThe beginning of the Tudor dynasty coincided with the first dissemination of printed matter. William Caxton’s…

Arabic Language is spoken natively by over 190 million people; it functions as a “liturgical language for the hundreds of millions of Muslims throughout the world” (Bishop).  Modern Arabic is a form of the Arabo-Canaaite. A subdivision of the central group of the western Semitic language.  It’s a Proto-Semitic language, or more commonly classified by…

Beginning from the middle of fifteenth century, borders of the known world had expanded continually and actively due to intensive explorations of European traders and travelers. Discovery of Americas on the west and active explorations of the lands of Asia on the east provided certain countries with possibilities of expanding their territorial possessions. Conditions for…

Abstract Theater, once a form of entertainment, is also a profitable industry today. Innovations such as special effects made theater performances more realistic and appealing to audiences. Furthermore, it widened the genres within the scope of the theater. Although performances became costlier to produce, audiences were so impressed that they willing to pay to be…

Last week, James Lull’s “Hegemony” and Stuart Hall’s “Deconstructing the Popular”. Discussed how dominance is asserted over other cultures, both actively and passively. As I mentioned in my response last week. Lull tends to favor a more passive model of hegemony, while Hall describes the process as “active marginalization.” This combination of active and passive…

In this text, I will review the period of making the assignment and reflect on how I developed professionally and personally. The first chapter gives a reappraisal of the group assignment and presentation. We chose DHL Call Centre as the development topic and analyzed the importance of setting up a new call centre based on…

This guide will walk you through the basic steps of writing a college compare and contrast essay, from choosing the topic and drawing the outline to checking facts and polishing style. Writing a compare and contrast essay is not much harder than comparing anything in your life. Actually, it is just an extended list of pros…

Various reasons and accumulative events account for the withdrawal of the French from Indochina by 1954. Since the beginning of the French Colonisation of Indochina by 1893, tension existed by both parties which were only intensified by the series of events and ideas that followed. The aftermath of WWII France significantly weakened the country and…