Jerz EL312 (Literary Criticism)


8 Feb 2007

Kaplan, ''Herman Melville and the American National Sin: The Meaning of 'Benito Cereno'''

In Keesey, Ch 1

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Melville Wasn't as Creative as We Thought
Excerpt: Apparently, Herman Melville was a plagarist of history. Looking at his background, and the events at the time the story was written, Melville didn't create a new tale but rather stole from the real-life dramas of the time. Good one,...
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The truth behind the mask...or story as the case may be
Excerpt: In his essay "Herman Melville and the American Nation Sin: The Meaning of 'Benito Cereno,'" Kaplan trys to convince his readers that Melville's intention was to tell of the events that happened prior to the writing of the story. He...
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american classic by accident?
Excerpt: Kaplan, ''Herman Melville and the American National Sin: The Meaning of 'Benito Cereno''' -- Jerz EL312 (Literary Criticism)...
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A Kaplan Interpretation
Excerpt: Herman Melville and the American National Sin: The Meaning of 'Benito Cereno, Kaplan Literary Criticism-- EL312...
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Like Moby Dick, Yet Not
Excerpt: Kaplan, ''Herman Melville and the American National Sin: The Meaning of 'Benito Cereno''' -- Jerz EL312 (Literary Criticism) "Shiffman maintains that the reversal of conventional black-white symbolism in Moby Dick is applied also in Benito Cereno and i...
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EL312: A Paint-by-Number by Herman Melville
Excerpt: To be honest, I didn't know that there was an actual event behind the story of Benito Cereno. Kaplan gets at how Melville "manipulated his source" (59). While I see Kaplan's point in addressing the story from a historical perspective...
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Transcending Space and Time
Excerpt: To begin with, it seems highly improbable that Melville in writing Benito Cereno was not thinking within the framework of the cultural concerns of his time as well as in a timeless region of universal truth. Sidney Kaplan "Herman Melville...
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I trackbacked this entry to the wrong assignment.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ValerieMasciarelli/019204.html

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