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51.Thewordwhichbestdescribesthetoneofthepoem?WhenWeTwoParted?is___. A、sentimental B、ironic C、paradoxical D、realistic 答案:A解析:《当我们俩分手时》是一首由乔治·戈登·拜伦创作的诗歌,这首诗主要回忆了作者与爱人分别的情景和感受以及后来的心情。故选A。 52.Therearethreemainpartiesrepresentedinthe...
Nevertheless, widely publicized organizing drives and a growing militancy are fueling hope for a labor revival following decades of attacks on unions that has led to the long-term downward spiral in membership and contributed to a worsening of inequality, an erosion of workplace benefits like tradit...
The Last Book of the Harlem Renaissance Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term? What State Is Washington, D.C. In? 14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” Discover...
Although much has been written about the Harlem Renaissance as an “American” literary movement, little has been said regarding its relation to the concurrent literary movements in the Third World, which are usually referred to as the anti-colonial movements. It is not the interest of this ...
The novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison depicts the journey of a young African American man finding his way in the world during the Harlem Renaissance. The unnamed protagonist encounters many obstacles, such as the varying ideas of others, that skew his view of how things are supposed to be...
Though “Passing” is a faithful adaptation of Harlem Renaissance figure Nella Larsen’s 1929 novella of the same name, it gains modern resonance from actress-turned-filmmaker Rebecca Hall drawing upon her own family history to make her feature debut. Leads Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga do wonder...
the word of the year is a word or expression reflecting the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past twelve months, one that has potential as a term of lasting cultural significance. If data-driven, the word of the year is selected based on the highest number of dictionary lookups (inc...
Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay (September 15, 1889 – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican writer and poet, who was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote four novels: Home to Harlem (1928), a best-seller that won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, Banjo (1929), Banana Bott...
Using the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the UK, as an example, this paper selects the representative terraced house (the British term for townhouse) as the research subject for examining the relationship between gendered spaces. At the Community Scale and Urban Scale, this paper ...