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Triangulated Narrative Patterns in Richard Wright’s Native Son and The Outsider: Naturalism, Existentialism, and Ideology
No full textNaturalism and existentialism are two modes of representation that many twentieth-century American and European writers used. But whereas some novelists used each mode independently, others, such as the African-American writer Richard Wright, mixed both modes in the single novel for ideological reasons, thus making the novel’s narrative structure more dynamic. This paper explores both the naturalistic and existential modes of representation in two novels by Richard Wright, namely, Native Son and The Outsider. An analysis of these two novels together highlights the relationship between the author’s ideology and his narrative technique with greater clarity than if either novel were studied separately. The paper explains that the narrative pattern in both novels is inconsistent due to the author’s shift from one mode to the other. Wright starts both novels in the mode of naturalism, moves then to the mode of existentialism, and, finally, ends both novels in the mode of naturalism. The paper relates Wright’s shift to the mode of existentialism to the ideology and personality of the author himself. Richard Wright suffered from humiliation and slavery in the dominant society of white America and came to reflect on the oppression and poverty he suffered in both of his novels by using the naturalistic mode of representation. Thomas Bigger in Native Son and Damon Cross in The Outsider are represented at the outset as weak and controlled by social and economic forces which they can neither control nor understand. However, the author shifts toward the middle of each novel to the existential mode to portray his oppressed heroes—Thomas Bigger and Damon Cross—as powerful and violent figures who rebel against the moral values of the white American society. But Wright turns back again to the naturalistic mode of representation toward the ends of both novels rendering both characters as weak, especially when he describes their failure in their quest to find a meaning for their lives, a matter which suggests Wright’s frustrations regarding the realities of the experience of the African-American individual in the American society
Response of an oscillator with a Duffing parameter of the fifth power
No full textQuintic Duffing oscillator is considered. Amplitude-phase relations are derived using averaging theorem and perturbation methods. First The forced quintic system is studied. Stability regions are com-pared to the general case with quintic-qubic non-linearity. Numerical results show that Perturbationmethod and averaging are in agreement with each other for a range of frequency values. For first or-der perturbation the Lindstedt-Poincaré technique is reduced to the multiple scales method. Onlywhen both linearities are taken into account, five solutions are present. Magnitudes of non-linearityinput plays a role in observing region of unstable solutions.Applied Physic
Synthesis, Spectral and Biological Studies of Novel Schiff Base Metal Complexes Derived from Cephalexin and Sugars
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Preparation, Characterization and Physicochemical Behaviour of New Acetylated Schiff Base Ligand and its Metal Complexes
No full textProphylactic aspects of mobile prosthetic therapy
No full textProblemi vezani s gubitkom prirodnih zubi poznati su svakom stomatologu. Promjene koje nastaju nakon gubitka zubi kontinuirane su i progresivne. Progresivna resorpcija alveolne kosti i koštanog fundamenta, kao i gubitak proprioceptivnih osjeta najteže su posljedice. Primarni zadatak protetskog liječenja mora biti očuvanje preostalih zubi i oralnih tkiva. To posebno vrijedi za zube u donjoj čeljusti. Često se mogu sačuvati i zubi s oslabljenim parodontom. U slučaju nepovoljnog odnosa kliničke krune i korijena zuba, krunu zuba treba skratiti. Veliki se uspjeh postiže metodom radektomije.
Sačuvane zube, ili pojedine korjenove zubi, autor je iskoristio za retenciju djelomičnih i totalnih proteza. Nakon višegodišnjeg pozitivnog iskustva, sugerira takav način protetskog liječenja, kao alternativu često olakom vađenju prirodnih zubi.The problems related to the loss of natural teeth are known to every
dentist. The changes occurring after the teeth loss are continuous and progressive. The progressive resorption of the alveolar bone and the osteal base as well as the loss of proprioceptive sensations are the most severe consequences. The preservation of the remaining teeth and oral tissues should be the main goal of the prosthetic treatment. This particularly applies to the teeth of the lower jaws. Frequently, it is possible to preserve also the teeth with already affected periodontal tissue. In case of the unfavourable relationship between the clinical crown and the root-canal the crown must be shortened. The method of radeotomy is rather successfully applied for this purpose. For the retention of the partial and total prosthesis the author used the preserved teeth or the roots of individual teeth. After a long-term positive experience the author suggests the above mentioned prosthetic treatment as the alternative to frequent extractions of natural teeth
Onderzoek lichtbeton. Fase 3: Constructief gedrag van lichtbeton. Tekst & Figuren
No full textDeelproject 3, afschuifdraagvermogen van lichtbeton. Experimenteel onderzoek aan balken met afschuifwapening.Design & ConstructionCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Physico-Chemical Characterization and Quantification of Selected Persistent Trace Organic Pollutants Containing Wastewater Samples
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