But when viewed from both a critical and emotional standpoint, children's literature occupies a very dense subgroup of the Literary Canon. ... Such is the complexity of children's literature. ... The critic Isabelle Jan contends that a child making such a flight into another, dreamlike world is no easy task: Peter, like all children, "require a sponsor and a guide- (68). ... I would argue that he did not have this guide, as his relationships with the other children in the book are far from overwhelmingly cordial. ... So while unimaginative critics can dump children's literat...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The English Literary Canon is perceived as the paradigm of exquisite literature bound with key concepts fundamental to our understanding and exploration of societal and political values, rendering it to be widely admired by all. ... The English Canon acts as a guide for scholars as it provides a diverse range of sophisticated texts that are guaranteed to satisfy and enhance cultivated thinking. ... The English Canon is often seen as an authoritative list bearing handfuls of treasured literature renowned by all. ... Ultimately the English Canon supports treasured literature for many centur...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

In nineteenth century literature, women writers were essentially not permitted to achieve true authorship. Authors such as Jane Austen had to conform to patriarchal standards set not only in literature, but society as well. ... Doing so would only further enhance the oddity of a woman's literature work that already exists according to Gubar and Gilbert. ... Austen parodies the patriarchal view that women should not have influence over literature when showing the freedom acquired by Frank Churchill and Mr. ... Churchill, independent of his wife, was feared by nobody; an easy, guidable...

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Throughout the ages, literature has revolved around the personal relationships between people. ... The relationship between Jane and Helen is often a shelter for the characters, a place away from the rest of the world away from their problems, something that I have noticed across literature that explores female relationships. ... The conversation between Jane and Helen (pg. 69-70) has a life-long effect on Jane's values and guides her behaviour as an adult. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Without a doubt, the novel is one of the bloodiest in American literature and the tragic bloodshed stems from the fact that in general historic background and dramatic fictional foreground, human beings are involved in the concept of progress that inevitability pushes the frontier westward. ... Part III: Overall Critique Guided by the displaced Huron warrior Magua, four people--Major Duncan Heyward, Psalmodist David Gamut, and Alice and Cora Munro--strike through the wilderness forest for Fort William Henry, which is tormented by the French near Lake George. ...

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• Grade Level: High School