Rabbinic literature Essays

“Family- like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.” This famous quote describes a theme in Chaim Potok’s book, The Chosen. Although the friendship between Reuven and Danny showed apparently, the family relationships also had a very strong say in the book. Loyalty displayed by both boys towards their fathers is evinced throughout the book. Although each family had their ups and downs, in the end, family became the most important thing. Danny even defended

Open a celebrity mag and sooner or later you are bound to come across the word 'Kabbalah' but what does this unusual word actually mean? The word 'Kabbalah' in its simplest sense refers to Jewish esoteric knowledge and practices. The literature which served as the basis of the Kabbalah developed from ancient times and is comprised from a complex set of ideas which require a lifetime's study, however, here is a short guide to this ancient tradition. According to Kabbalistic tradition, knowledge was

century Jewish literature in its main branches has produced a number of novels. It has been from the last few years that the first truly established presentation of the whole literature was made. Investigations of the history of Jewish literature have been possible, only during the last fifty years but in the course of this half –century, painstaking research has so actively been done that we can now gain at least a bird’s-eye view of the whole course of our literature. Jewish literature has developed

The New Literary Criticism is a literary method of analysis that is centered on the text itself. In Robert Alter’s article entitled “Literature”, explains that the framers of rabbinic Midrash did not concentrate on recurring motifs as much as the modern world and it was not until Genesis Rabbah that the framers began to recognize connections linked between different passages. Unlike the old forms of literary criticism, New Literary Criticism seeks to understand the structure and function of a biblical

Introduction Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta is a graphic novel, it contains comparatively fewer words and primarily relies on visual cues and allusions. Allusions are a significant aspect of this novel, with a multitude of functions. In this specific work, allusions have a great influence on readers and are responsible for giving the work its value; providing readers with the freedom to explore the text on their own, to shape it in accordance with the literary, cultural and historical references concealed

Gabriel García Márquez’ Chronicle of a Death Foretold is written in a narrative style that is an amalgam of the journalistic and the fictional style. It is written in the form of the traditional ‘chronicle’, a style particularly popular in Latin America for the purpose of historiography. Márquez takes on the journalistic narration of the chronicle, and adds to it his flair for the artistic elements of magical realism. The objective of this paper is to study the and unearth Márquez’

Poetry Analysis All over the world there are diverse authors who want to represent their feeling in the various types of writings. One of the most frequently used classifications of writing can include poetry; a composition that represents a feeling on a specific topic that is meant to be read or listened to. As stated before, there are hundreds of different poems, yet two of my favorite poems can include “The Tyranny of a Nice or Suburban Girl” by Sarah J. Liebman and “Autobiography in Five Short

Being one of Virginia Woolf’s first novels, Jacob’s Room is an example of how Woolf incorporated modernism to distinguish herself from other writers and novels. She conveys this theme of modernism with her disjointed syntax. The recollections of Jacob’s mother and closest friends in his life are ambiguous narrations that resemble her theme of humanity, how the readers have a lesson to learn from Jacob’s life. In addition, she uses the the symbolism of the character’s letters to embody her theme of

said that, "We think in generalities but we live in detail." To live in details we have to be knowledgeable, critique what the poets present to us, have information about the history of things to comprehend the context of poetry or any other literature. Many poems are open to interpretation. However, a lot of poems are not and are overtly political. A reader is likely to profit from some knowledge of the poet’s previous days and epoch. The quantity of knowledge required to clearly comprehend

civilization (Woodson, 2001:3) In literature, writers occasionally refer to novels and poems of previous writers for inspiration. In the novel Catch 22 written by Joseph Heller, Heller uses the epic of Gilgamesh as a base for his novel. As proof, the similarities and differences in the plot, characters and themes will be discussed. Firstly, the archetypal plot of the two novels will be identified and discussed as well as the effect of using an archetypes in literature. Thereafter the character of Yossarian

Throughout his Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Pablo Neruda uses many different patterns of imagery to convey emotions in a mystical, indirect way that adds to the reader’s experience. Images related to the sea, flowers, war, and to nature in general are common in most of the poems in this collection. However, there is an additional pattern of imagery that, while not as common as the others, still has a profound effect on the interpretation of Neruda’s work. Insect imagery, especially images

lived at the end of the lane, in the Hempstocks’ farmhouse, with her mother and grandmother. Lettie used to claim that the pond behind her house was an ocean. She was his only friend. The Hempstocks are recurring characters in most of Gaiman’s literature. The scene then changes to the narrator’s childhood, a lonely one at it. “I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories,” he says, “I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.” The main narrative starts as he recalls a

opposed to the above genres, Marvelous realism now known as Magical Realism is marked by an acceptance of magic in the rational world. In the context of fables, myths and allegory it is often called Fabulism. Italian Massimo Bontempelli, said that “literature could be a means to create a collective consciousness by opening new mythical and magical perspectives on reality" “The Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier originated the term

In this chapter, the analysis in the previous chapter will be concluded. The narrator is the main character in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk entitled Fight Club. The name of the narrator itself is unknown. In the previous chapter the characteristics of the narrator is analyzed. The existence of Tyler Durden and things that affecting the existence of Tyler are also analyzed The first conclusion is about the narrator’s characters. In the story the narrator is described as a cynical person. The

This paper points out what Nathaniel Hawthorn portrays in Scarlet Letter relating to Emersonian’s self-Reliance. The movement to self-reliance in which it started in the 19th century by Emerson has grasped many writers’ attentions. Hawthorn, as one of the admirers of the idea, views a great endorsement to it in Scarlet Letter. Readers observe how significantly Hawthorn devotes characters, theme, and setting of the text in serve to the idea. Scarlet Letter provides a clear depiction regarding the

INTRODUCTION In this essay I will be discussing and referring to Hannah Arendt’s essay On Violence (1969), Zizek 's essay Violence (2008) and Walter Benjamin’s essay Critique on violence (n.d.) in order to look at the notion of violence in Antigone written by Sophocles through theatrical terms. I will be focusing on the dramatization of some of the “events” that lead to the “ends” and the “means” and refer to the interruptions of these events (Arendt: 1969:4). BODY Concept of Violence in reference

respond to the same sociopolitical issues: the necessity of redefining American identity in the nineteenth century, the serious problem of slavery, and the increasing industrialization of American society. The author works on the connection between literature and social and political issues. Walker (2003) juxtaposes Whitman and Li-Young Lee (1957), an American poet born in Jakarta to Chinese parents. The author analyzes “Song of Myself” and “The City in Which I Love You” (1990). According to the author

At the articulation of G. G. Marquez’s name the term which immediately crosses the readers’ mind is magical realism. In his much acclaimed “Strange Pilgrims” Marquez perfectly embodies magical realism as a technique of revamping the marvelous into actual existence. Incorporating the elements of macabre and fantastic, the stories of the anthology reverberate with apparently familiar events that take on magical and strange implications as the Latin American characters attempt to come to terms with

Some of the characters in the fictional world evolves to relate to the ever-changing situations and lose their ability to connect with civilization, however, there are a few who remain their inner selves. However, there are a few who exist in the middle in this universe. One of theses boys is Jack Merridew, a leader of the choir. Jack is depicted as an evil leader, one who undergoes a change from a civilized person to being an aggressive savage who loses touch with humanity, and his capability to

Lois Lowry, an American writer who wrote more than twenty inspiring books for children and the most famous books she ever wrote was the giver and gathering blue. Each book has a different protagonist but both of them have been written in the future era. She wanted to write books as it was her passion and she has taught many young readers on how to deal with social and political life. She is best known for writing books on expressing realistic life experience. The two books I read were The giver and