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Laurence Sterne Novels for Education.
An experiment of a radical and seminal kind is Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (1759-67), which, drawing on a tradition of learned wit from Erasmus and Rabelais to Burton and Swift, provides a brilliant comic critique of the progress of the English novel to date. The focus of attention is shifted from the fortunes of the hero himself to the nature of his family, environment, and heredity, and dealings within that family offer repeated images of human unrelatedness and disconnection. Tristram, the narrator, is isolated in his own privacy and doubts how much, if anything, he can know certainly even about himself. Sterne is explicit about the influence of Lockean psychology on his writing, and the book, fascinated with the fictive energies of the imagination, is filled with characters reinventing or mythologizing the conditions of their own lives. It also draws zestful stimulus from a concern with the limitations of language, both verbal and visual, and teases an intricate drama out of Tristram's imagining of, and playing to, the reader's likely responses. Sterne's Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768) similarly defies conventional sexpectations of what a travel book might be. An apparently random collection of scattered experiences, it mingles affecting vignettes with episodes in a heartier, comic mode, but coherence of imagination is secured by the delicate insistence with which Sterne ponders how the impulses of sentimental feeling are psychologically interdependent.
By mr salah24 days ago in Education
Big Tech Didn’t Expect This: Trump’s AI Czar and the New Unease in Silicon Valley
Intro: Something shifted in late 2025, and people inside Big Tech felt it before they fully understood it. It wasn’t announced with drama, and it didn’t crash stock prices overnight. It felt quieter than that. Conversations changed. Lobbyists paused before speaking. Executives started asking different questions.
By David John24 days ago in Education
THE MAJOR NOVELISTS FOR EDUCATION
‎Defoe was nearly sixty when he turned to writing novels. In 1719 he published his famous Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, followed by two less engrossing sequels. Based in part on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, Robinson Crusoe describes the daily life of a man marooned on a desert island. Defoe brought the diversity of enthusiasms into play in writing his novels. Defoe was one of the first to write stories about believable characters in realistic situations using simple prose. Robinson Crusoe was an immediate success at home and on the Continent, is a unique fictional blending of the traditions of Puritan spiritual autobiography with an insistent scrutiny of the nature of man as social creature and an extraordinary ability to invent a sustaining modern myth. Although there are exciting episodes in the novel-Crusoe rescuing his man Friday from cannibals-its main interest derives from the way in which Crusoe overcomes the extraordinary difficulties of life on the island while preserving his human integrity. Robinson Crusoe is considered by some critics to be the first true novel in English which gave Defoe literary immortality. A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) displays enticing powers of self-projection int Defoe can only have had experience through the narrations of others, and both Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana (1724) lure the reader into puzzling relationships with narrators the degree of whose own self-awareness is repeatedly and provocatively placed in doubt. Defoe's writing is always straightforward and vivid, with an astonishing concern for circumstantial detail. into a situation of which
By mr salah24 days ago in Education
Simple algebra concepts explained
The most terrifying object from my childhood wasn’t under my bed. It was on my desk: a simple sheet of paper filled with numbers, letters, and parentheses that whispered of my own inadequacy. Algebra. For decades, it was a locked door in my mind, and I accepted that some rooms were simply not for me to enter. That changed not in a classroom, but at a kitchen table, under the expectant gaze of my ten-year-old niece.
By Epic Vibes24 days ago in Education
The New Architecture of Creation
The skyline of the city, dominated by the shimmering glass of modern tech hubs, often feels like a preview of the future. Last week, I stepped inside one of those towers for an event that promised—and delivered—a deep dive into the most transformative force of our time: "One Day. All the AI." Hosted by Google Cloud as part of the Israel Startups Digital Hub initiative, the event was a masterclass in the "new way of building software."
By Teacher Ami - Amizur Nachshoni25 days ago in Education
Symbolism in modern poetry
‎The symbolist movement in literature originated during the 1850s in France and lasted until about 1900. Symbolism exerted a profound influence on twentieth century literature bridging the transition from Realism to Modernism. Charles Baudelaire was its founder and Arthur Rimbaud, Stephane Mallarme Paul Verlaine and Paul Valery forming a group that almost created a completely symbolic world. They were trying to evoke states of feeling or awareness often without discernable concrete meanings and suggesting things without stating them directly. The symbolists sought to convey very personal irrational and dreamlike states of consciousness relying heavily on metaphorical language.
By mr salah25 days ago in Education
How i Learned to Study for AP World History and Actually Succeed
When I first started preparing for the AP World History exam, I believed success came down to memorizing timelines, dates, and long lists of historical events. I spent hours rereading chapters and highlighting textbooks, yet my practice results didn’t reflect the effort I was putting in.
By PrepPool27 days ago in Education
The Real Reason ChatGPT 5.2 Is Trending Across the Internet
Intro: It didn’t start with an announcement banner or a flashy countdown. It started quietly — someone tried ChatGPT 5.2, shared a screenshot, and said, “This feels different.”
By David John27 days ago in Education
Best 17-Inch Laptops Under 1000
Tired of staring at that tiny laptop screen, that feels way too cramped?, Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. In today’s blogpost, we’re checking out the best seventeen-inch laptops under one thousand dollars.
By Print Frey27 days ago in Education
Why Does Time Slow Down Near Massive Objects?
The Old View: Time as Absolute Before the 20th century, scientists believed time was absolute. Newton’s Concept of Time
By shahkar jalal28 days ago in Education
Is Time an Illusion Created by the Human Brain?
What Do We Mean by “Time”? Before asking whether time is an illusion, we must define it. In everyday life, time means:
By shahkar jalal28 days ago in Education
Can Time Stop Inside a Black Hole?
What Is a Black Hole? A black hole forms when a massive star collapses under its own gravity. Key Features • Enormous mass packed into a tiny volume
By shahkar jalal28 days ago in Education