Some useful hints about correct English and tips on literary analysis by Barbara Daniels (Doc Barbara) an ex-teacher with an Oxford M.A. in English Language and Literature and a London Ph. D
Single inverted commas
Although it is usual to enclose a word under discussion in single inverted commas, I have chosen instead to emphasise it in red to prevent confusion with apostrophes.
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Defamiliarisation
This is a function of some literature, particularly poetry, as a general mode but more specifically when the mundane is suddenly made to seem strange or magical and no longer familiar. It makes us see the everyday with new eyes. It may be connected to an epiphany (see next post).
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