This book considers metaphor as a communicative phenomenon in the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney, in light of the relevance theory account of communication first developed by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson in the 1980s. The first half of the book introduces relevance theory, situating it in relation to literary criticism, and then surveys the history of metaphor i…
This study explores the characteristics and humorous elements (specifically jokes and anecdotes) in limerick poems created by Sriwijaya University's sixth-semester students. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach with content analysis within a case study design, the research leverages poetry assessment rubrics. The rubrics assess the characteristics and humour elements of jokes and anecdo…
This book describes the practice of poetic inquiry and takes the reader through the process of translating lived experience into poetry that attends to the lives of others. Using her own writing—from early drafts to published poems—Apol demonstrates elements of poetic inquiry that both give it strength and make it complicated: the importance of craft (the aesthetic); the imperative of accur…
At Last-- Hamlet in language everyone can understand For the first time, Shakespeare's tragic tale of the best- know character in world theatre unfolds in plain, everyday English. The famous story of a young prince, driven to avenge his father's murder, held back by uncertainty and horror, torn and anguished, is told in clear, modern English.
Membaca lembar - lembar Tadarus adalah bersampan - sampan dalam sungai yang berkelok - kelok . Penuh dengan tikungan dan pemandangan yang mengasikkan. Bahkan mungkin menggetarkan. Mustofa Bisri bukan lagi hanya penjaga dan pendamba kearifan" dan bukan "penjaga taman kata - kata" seperti dikatakan Sutardji Calzoum Bachri tentang kumpulan sajak Ohoi. rnSekarang dalam Tadarus