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assignment one:
Edgar Allen Poe has had an enduring effect on American and international literature and cinema. His work spans poetry, horror, science fiction, and he is largely credited as the inventor of the detective genre. For this assignment, I would like you to pick a couple of Poe's works and discuss their possible religious significance.
assignment two:
Before there was "Lost," before there was "The Twilight Zone," before Salvidor Dali met Pablo Picasso or collaborated with Luis Buñuel, there was Kafka. Kafka is at once an icon of "the surreal," a prophet of "the Absurd," a quintessential existentialist, and a prepondernt master of the tragi-comic ironic. He is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest modern, if not post-modern, writers. His novel The Trial is considered in close contention with James Joyce's Ulysses as a candidate for the greatest novel of the 20th Century. His work draws from many influences including such eclectic sources as the Bible, Hassidic tales, Flaubert, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens, Goethe, and, albeit critically, Kierkegaard.For this assignment I want you to explore the writings of Kafka. I strongly recommend you read "The Metamorphosis," "In The Penal Colony," "Before the Law," and "The Judgement," but feel free to pick your own favorite Kafka story to comment upon. I suggest you take advantage of the videos I have included on the "video" page. Don't forget to post your thoughts here, unless you experience a metmorphosis that transforms your ability to do so...
please write 3 or more paragraphs for each assignment.
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Assignment One.
Edger Allen Poe.
Edger Poe has written great pieces of art that have been of substantial impact on human
life. This is to the religion and the entire social life. In his article, “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Poe shows substantial contact and interaction with the Roman Catholic Church. Even though he
does not show his religious stand, he seems to embrace the morals and the teachings. Many people
more so the Christians view him as a pillar of good morals and inspiration in religious life.
However, through a character in his article, he claims Catholicism as Insufferable. This serves to
reveal that the church as well has got its weakness and people ought to be cautious in the way they
associate with it.
Through his poem the Raven, Poe became ...
