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Theme (narrative)
About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.
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TL;DR: A review of some of the more important previous studies can be found in this article, where a model for understanding American pastoral literature is sketched and a short review of the most important studies is given.
Abstract: Ever since an American literary canon began to crystallize, American literature has been thought of as markedly "pastoral" in the loose sense of being preoccupied with nature and rurality as setting, theme, and value in contradistinction from society and the urban. Systematic attempts to explain this preoccupation in terms of a general theory of American culture are almost as long-standing; they effectively begin with the first thesis book about American literature to endure, D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature (1923), and they still flourish. Their best results have been impressive. Yet we have not yet arrived at a sufficiently intricate and cosmopolitan model for understanding American pastoral. After a short review of some of the more important previous studies, I shall try to sketch such a model.
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01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: In this article, a collection of Fritz Senn's essays on James Joyce since the mid-1980s is presented, focusing mainly on "Ulysses", which demonstrate his regard for Joyce's text in all its detail.
Abstract: This text includes some of Fritz Senn's essays on James Joyce since the mid-1980s. Written mainly on "Ulysses", they demonstrate his regard for Joyce's text in all its detail. Rather than attempting a broad overview of Senn's writing or illustrating a single theme, the collection is meant to show this critic's lifelong interest in the workings of language - its limitations, its disruptive energies, its allusive potential within and beyond a single work. In particular, they illustrate Senn's ongoing concern with problems of annotation as well as with the pleasurable and active participation of the reader.
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16 Aug 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present models and tools for reflective writing and discuss the role of writing in reflection in a personal and professional setting, as well as discuss the impact of values on professional work.
Abstract: Introduction And How To Use This Journal PART I: MODELS AND TOOLS FOR REFLECTION Theme 1 - Beginnings 1.1. Starting Something New 1.2. The Metaphorical Mirror 1.3. 'Begin With The End In Mind' 1.4. Learning Styles Activities And Quotes Theme 2 - Starting To Write Reflectively 2.1. What Does It Mean To Write Reflectively? 2.2. The Role Of Writing In Reflection 2.3. Reflective Writing - How Do I Start? 2.4. A Structure For Reflective Writing Activities And Quotes Theme 3 - Learning From Experience 3.1. Driscoll's 'What' Model 3.2. Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle 3.3. Do We Always Learn From Experience? Jarvis - Learning 3.4. Problematic Experiences Or Positive Ones? Activities And Quotes Theme 4 - The Practice Of Reflection 4.1. What Does It Mean To Be A Professional? 4.2. Reflection On Action And Reflection In Action 4.3. Critical Incident Analysis 4.4. Espoused Theories And Theories In Us Activities And Quotes Theme 5 - Learning From Feedback 5.1. What Makes Good Feedback? 5.2. Critical Friendship 5.3. The Johari Window 5.4. The Settings Where Feedback Can Occur Activities And Quotes Theme 6 - Feelings And Professional Practice 6.1. The Almond Effect 6.2. Transactional Analysis On Memories And Feelings 6.3. Gibbs' Reflective Cycle 6.4. Boud, Keogh And Walker On Attending To Feelings Activities And Quotes Theme 7 - Assumptions 7.1. Double Loop Learning 7.2. Reflection, Reflectivity And Reflexivity 7.3. Argyris' Ladder Of Inference 7.4. Mezirow's 7 Levels Of Reflection Activities And Quotes Theme 8 - Ethics And Values 8.1. Ethics And Values - What's The Difference? 8.2. Transactional Analysis Drivers 8.3. The Impact Of Values On Professional Work 8.4. Anti-Discriminatory Practice Activities And Quotes Theme 9 - Reflecting With Others 9.1. What Is Good Supervision? 9.2. Models Of Supervision 9.3. How To Engage Effectively With Supervision 9.4. The Reflective Conversation Activities And Quotes Theme 10 - Bringing It All Together And Moving Forward 10.1. Bassot's Integrated Reflective Cycle 10.2. Managing Change 10.3. From 'Doing Reflection' To 'Reflection As A Way Of Being' 10.4. Senge's Personal Mastery Activities And Quotes PART II: MORE SPACE FOR REFLECTION PART III: CV BUILDING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT Further Reading
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider how the real Paul and the legendary Paul illuminate each other, and also how, between them, they cast a measure of light upon an obscure period.
Abstract: The theme is one that could easily be allowed to develop into a history of the apostolic age. I hope to keep it within reasonable bounds by approaching it in the main from one angle only. Like most of the great figures of the past, Paul is known to us both as a historical and as a legendary figure, and it is my intention in this paper to consider in a small way not only how the real Paul and the legendary Paul illuminate each other, but also how, between them, they cast a measure of light upon an obscure period.
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this article, Raeder examined the religious thought and aspirations of the philosopher and showed that, contrary to the conventional view of Mill as the prototypical "secular" liberal, religious preoccupations dominated his thought and structured his endeavors throughout his life.
Abstract: "Today, I believe, one ought to keep total silence on the question of religion when writing for an English audience, though indirectly one may strike any blow one wishes at religious beliefs." - JOHN STUART MILL TO AUGUSTE COMTE (1845) John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity introduces material that requires significant reevaluation of John Stuart Mill's contribution to the development of the liberal tradition. Through his influence, the radical anti-Christianity of the French tradition was incorporated into the Anglo-American political tradition. Linda C. Raeder examines the religious thought and aspirations of the philosopher and shows that, contrary to the conventional view of Mill as the prototypical "secular" liberal, religious preoccupations dominated his thought and structured his endeavors throughout his life. Raeder explores the influence of James Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Claude-Henri Saint-Simon, and Auguste Comte on John Stuart Mill's religious thought and aims. She treats Mill's Three Essays on Religion, discusses his participation in the "Mansel Controversy," and offers a new interpretation of On Liberty and Utilitarianism. Raeder contends that the depth of Mill's animus toward traditional transcendent religion must be recognized, along with the seriousness of his intent to found a nontheological religion to serve as its replacement: the "Religion of Humanity" that he adopted, with revisions, from Comte. Mill intended his philosophical writings to assist in the realization of this aim, and they cannot adequately be comprehended without an awareness of their subterranean religious theme.
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