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Almahameed, Atef Adel; Almahameed, Nusaiba Adel; Rabea, Reem; Alshamare, Imad-edden Nayif M A'leade – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This paper is aimed at interpreting Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' (1842) and its portrayal of death in relation to the Holy Qur'an and Arabic literary heritage. This reading provides new insights into the understanding of the story. The paper argues that Poe's story and its depictions of death allows for a transtextual analysis…
Descriptors: Literature, Islam, Death, Semitic Languages
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Ononiwu, Mark Chitulu; Queen, Njemanze – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Major African writers have never stopped exploring the themes of corruption, radical struggles and political instability in their respective domains. One of these writers and his monumental classic, Chinua Achebe; "Anthills of the Savanna", discusses these themes expertly and with utmost dexterity. The major task of this paper is not to…
Descriptors: Crime, Political Issues, Authors, Novels
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Swear, Muna Abdulhussein – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The Appraisal Theory includes three subsystems of evaluation; Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation. This study focuses on Graduation subsystem which is used by writers to amplify or diminish the scope of these two subsystems. It consists of Focus and Force options. Focus expressions are usually non-gradable they tend to sharpen or soften the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Dialects