Novel is one division of small general body of literature called narrative. This includes autobiography, material from history, ordinary or extraordinary events, short story, and play. In all of these we are interested in what happens in a sequence of events. This event may work climax that is to very high degree of interest, crisis of principle social conflict or turning point in the main situation and thus have complication of plot as in the novel, “The Adventure of...
The Elements of Novel: Conflicts
Conflict is what the reader involves emotionally in what is happening. Meanwhile, Jones says that a conflict consists of three categories: social conflict, psychological conflict, and physical conflict.
There are three kinds of conflicts as follows:
1. Social conflict is a conflict between one person to another. In other words, the conflict occurs between man and man. For example: Huckleberry wants to escape from his widow Douglas’s house and his father.
2. Physical conflict...
Points of View
Point of view is the relationship of the storyteller or narrator to the story. There are three kinds of point of view:
1. Omniscience point of view: the story is told by the author using the third person, and his knowledge and prerogative are unlimited.
2. Third person point of view: the author tells the story in a third person, but he tells it from the view point of one character in the story.
3. First person point of view: the author disappears into one of the characters who tells the story in...
Subject Matter and Theme
Subject matter is not what the work contains, but what the work refers to. Subject matter is the main idea of the story which consists of one or two phrases. Theme is the central idea or meaning of a story.
From this explanation it can be concluded that theme and subject matter are different. Theme is an idea which the author presents and is usually written in a full sentence. However, subject matter is a specific topic that is written in a phrase....
The Elements of Novel: Setting
Setting is the context in which the action of a story occurs. The major elements of setting are time, place, and social environment that frame the characters.
The element of setting is divided into four headings.
The first is the actual geographical location, such as topography and scenery.
The second is the occupations and modes of day to day existence of the characters.
The third is the time in which the action takes place, e. g. historical period, season of the year.
The fourth is the...
Character and Characterization
Character
Character is the important part in the story. Characters are not only persons, but also the elements of nature such as wind, waves, grasses, or even animals. The story will exist only because these things will be treated as if they were human rather than as what we know they are in nature, with exception of stories with animals as characters.
Fictional characters as either flat or round. A flat character is built around a single trait, quality, or idea. This type...
Elements of Novel:Plot
Plot is the sequence of events in a story. Plot is a series of events that leads from the beginning to the end. The events are related to the conflict or the struggle which the main character undergoes.
In the beginning of the story, the exposition, the author introduces the story’s character, setting and situation to the readers in order to enjoy the story. The narrative hook is the point at which the author catches our attention. It is beginning of the rising action...
Kinds of Novel
There are six kinds of novel. They are: adventure, psychological, detective, sociological, political, and collective novels.
1 Adventure novel
An adventure novel tells about an exiting and dangerous journey. And also, it talks about experiences and is full with many events. In adventure novels, the most dominant role is man because the content of this story involves man’s problems. If women are mentioned in this novel, they are only minor characters in the story.
2 Psychological...
Poetry Analysis: Content Elements
DESERT MOON (by Dr. Antoinette Voget)
Desert moon, moon of Carthage and
Nineveh,
I stand in your shadow, oh desert moon,
as your wind.
I am Egypt. I am Carthage. I am Sumeria
and Mesopotamia.
A divine mother of...
The Functions of Literature
Literature reflects the various experiences, ideas, passions of human beings in their daily life that express on several forms and styles of literary works. Since literature directly derives from human life, it can increase our knowledge and experiences about human problems included values, morals, cultures, and human interests.
After reading a literary work, the readers may get a certain impression of what he/she has read.
Literature as a product of human culture has its own functions. Literature...
Bilingualism
The ability to speak two languages is often seen as something of a remarkable achievement, particularly in the English-speaking countries. However, over 70% of the earth population are thought to be bilingual or multilingual (able to speak three or more languages) and there is a good reason to believe that bilingualism or multilingualism has been the norm for most human beings at least for the last few millennia.
Bilingualism is" the condition in which two living languages exist side by side in...
Metaphor
Many authors credit Aristotle with being the first to outline a theory of metaphor, and note its influence on subsequent writing on the topic; others criticize him for precisely the same reason. Aristotle is responsible for initiating a pernicious and all-encompassing Western tradition that treats metaphor not only as based on similarity, but also as deviant from literal language, and as a matter of language rather than thought. Aristotle generically defines metaphor as a ‘transfer of a name...
List of novels to read
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1. Twilight
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. Crime and Punishment
4. Angels and Demons
5. The Iliad
6. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
7.Treasure Island&nb...
Final Project (Extensive Reading)
Task
Make a blog, either in blogspot or wordpress;
Do not forget to show your identity;
Write down at least 20 articles (must concern with literature), poems, or short stories, etc. during the semester (must be in English);
Your blog will have at least 350 visitors by the end of the semester (use non blogspot pageview counter).
Assessment
to ease me to check leave comment in this below post by showing your blog address;
to recognize that you are really my student, copy and paste...
Assigment: Final Project (ITL)
Task
Make a blog, either in blogspot or wordpress;
Do not forget to show your identity;
Write down at least 20 articles (must concern with literature), poems, or short stories, etc. during the semester (must be in English);
Your blog will have at least 500 visitors by the end of the semester (use non blogspot pageview counter).
Assessment
to ease me to check leave comment in this below post by showing your blog address;
to recognize that you are really my student, copy and paste...
5 Richest Young Men
Washington DC: The wealth gains from the hard work that pioneered the business, or family heritage. At least, the above logic explains the origin of the wealth of the world's youngest rich according to Economics and Business Magazine, Forbes. Here is a list of five young men at the top...
Profile: "Souls" of The Orange Netherlands
The Netherlands has players with pretty good attack characteristic. Total Football philosophy followed by the Dutch is supported by the best midfielders they have.
Strength
Have sharp strikers. Both Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Robin van Persie are top scorers in the German Bundesliga and the Premier League. Many options in the middle. Free kick expert. If there's free kick near the penalty area, there are many choices to be the executors, Sneijder, Arjen Robben, or Robin van...
10 Cities Most "Hated"
The CNN ranks the cities most hated in the world in an article. Jakarta is sitting in the seventh after the city of Lima, Peru. CNN called the city's most 'hated' it does not mean the worst. But at least, when people call the 10 most hated city in the world, the name of these cities are always called.
Jakarta, CNN referred to as the "Big Durian"; fruit smelly and in need of 'struggle' to enjoy. According to CNN, a total of 8 million tourists come each year to the city before proceeding to...
Profile: The "Backbones" of Les Blues France
Though it was abandoned by Zinedine Zidane, the French national team appearance in the international arena is still awesome. Escaped from the arena of Euro 2012 qualifying as winner of group is indisputable evidence.
Strength
Many "pillars" of France squad play in three elite leagues in Europe, Premier League, England, La Liga, Spain and Bundesliga, Germany.
Therefore, more or less they know and learn the style of those countries...
Profile: The Pillars of El Matador Spain
In UEFA EURO 2012, Spain becomes the favorite candidate to win the game.
Strength
El Matador, the nickname of Spain, has great players, who mostly have skills on the above average, in all lines. Who would doubt the mentality of the team winning last two major events, Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010. This Champion mentality owned by the Spain squad places them as one of the strongest champion candidate of this tournament.
Weaknesses
El Clasico rivalry, the disharmony of...
Profile: The "Stars" of Der Panzer Germany
As one of the strongest candidates of the EURO 2012 champion, along with Netherlands and Spain, Der Panzer, the nickname of Germany national football team, must be the member of the "hellish" group, group B. It is not too exaggerate to say "hellish" group since there are three strong and experienced countries, one of them also predicted as candidate of champion, become the other members of this group, they are: Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark.
Strength
Germany...
Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 14 December 2012
Review:
The Hobbit is a two part epic fantasy adventure movie directed and produced by Peter Jackson and based on JRR Tolkien's fantasy novel of the same name. A Jackson's prequel of trilogy of The Lord of the Rings.
Trailer:
This prequel of trilogy The Lord of the Rings tells of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, honorable "little people", on the hazardous journey with Gandalf the Grey. Along with 13 dwarves, Bilbo...
The Voice of Truth
THE GUNFIRE AROUND us makes it hard to hear. But the human voice is different from other sounds. It can be heard over noises that bury everything else. Even when it's not shouting. Even when it's just a whisper. Even the lowest whisper can be heard - -over armies... when it's telling the truth.
BAKU TEMBAK SEKITAR kita membuat suara itu sulit untuk terdengar. Namun suara manusia itu berbeda dengan suara-suara yang lain. Suara itu bisa terdengar ditengah suara-suara bising yang menutupi semua...
Review: The Bourne Legacy (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 03 August 2012
Review:
The 4th part of the Bourne series based on the original story. As director Tony Gilroy explains, "It's not a reboot or a prequel to overhaul or replace Matt Damon .. There will be a new hero, a new chapter ... this is a stand-alone project." Jason Bourne will not be shown in this film; Jeremy Renner will play another trained killer in the same program as Bourne.
Trailer
Due to the impact of the events of The Bourne Ultimatum,...
Review: Resident Evil 5: Retribution (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 14 September 2012
Review:
Resident Evil: Retribution is the fifth episode of the Resident Evil movie series. Not much changed from the initial theme of this story. this time the T-virus that is spread by the Umbrella company has evolved to the level higher.
Trailer
Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to destroy the Earth, changing the global population into a legion of flesh-eating corpses. The last hope of the human race,...
Review: The Expendables 2 (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 17 August 2012
Review:
As in the previous Expendables, this time the movie is also filled with the faces of popular actors. Viewers will be spoiled by live action of Hollywood actors like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, and many more.
Trailer
The Expendables has been returned. Barney Ross, Lee Christmas, Yin Yang, Gunnar Jensen, Toll Road, and Hale Caesar, plus two new members Billy the Kid and Maggie - met again...
Review: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 08 June 2012
Review:
Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still struggling to find their way home, Africa. This time they were through Europe where they found the perfect cover: a traveling circus, where they found the style of Madagascar!
Trailer
dependent on chimpanzee and the penguin , their plans were missed and they were stranded in Monte Carlo, where they tried to escape from European animal...
Review: Ice Age 4 Continental Drift (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 13 July 2012
Review:
"Manny, Diego, and Sid begin another adventure after their continent was divided. Using a chunk of ice as a ship, they sail the seas, meet fascinating sea creatures and fight with pirates, they explore the new world."
Watch the Trailer
Ice Age: Continental Drift tells the story of a trio of "Manny, Diego, and Sid" who will begin their greatest adventure after a disaster that makes all the lands on earth to...
Review: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 20 July 2012
Review:
This is the last series of the trilogy of The Dark Knight, Batman faces a challenge from the brutal Bane and mysterious Catwoman.
Trailer
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotilard here shown as the descriptions of their character, as a good cop and Bruce's girlfriend. But it seems that John Blake will know who the person behind the mask. Anne Hathway looks pretty in her Catwoman costume. Many people doubted the decision of...
Review: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
In Movie Theaters: 3 July 2012
Review:
The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), a student who had been abandoned by his parents since childhood, since he was raised by Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Like most teenagers, Peter tries to find his true identity.
Trailer
Peter finds his first love in college where he studied, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and together, they fight for love, build commitments, and share secrets.
Peter...
What is Semantic: Brief Explanation
Semantics is the study of the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences. It focuses on the conventional meaning conveyed by the use of words and sentences in language, not on what a spaeker might want the words to mean in a particular occasion. It means that semantics only deals with objective and general meaning rather than subjective and local meaning.
Linguists and Philosophers invent three ways in defining meaning. First, by defining the essence of words or lexicon meaning,...
UEFA EURO Mascots from Time to Time
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UEFA EURO 2012
Year: 2012
Host country: Poland and Ukraine
Winner: Spain
The final: Spain vs. Italy
Mascot:
Slavek (Sławek) and Slavko
Once again Warner Bros. created the mascots. The twins represent two host nations, Poland and Ukraine. One twin wears Poland's national colours of red and white, the other the yellow and blue of Ukraine.
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UEFA EURO 2008
Year: 2008
Host country: Austria-Switzerland
Winner:...
