Arts & Humanities
Discussions of the quality craftsmanship or practice of trade, expressions of beauty and appeal, and the study of the human arts. From classic theater to Greek philosophy. Debate on great literature, talks of museums holding the collected works of the greatest artists, and analysis of the great moments of history. All can be found in the Arts & Humanities channel.
Teaching English as a second language
Over 400 million English speakers worldwide are native, and still another 400-500 million are non-native speakers who are learning English as a second or even third language. The ELT (English Language Training) field is a booming one, and the TEFL job market is absolutely flourishing in some countries, especially Asian ones, namely Korea, Japan, and China. Job prospects for EFL (English as a Foreign
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Superman
by Serena lee
DEBATE: SUPERMAN STRENGTH OR BATMAN BRAINS: WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT?
Although I am an avid devotee of
Batman
by Eugene G.
Superman vs. Batman is a dream match-up for any comic book fan. A battle between two of the greatest
British Authors
- Biography: George Eliot, nee: Mary Anne Evans
- Book reviews: The Picture Of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
- Biography: Charles Dickens
- Book reviews: Who Could Ask for More, Reclaiming the Beatles, by Chris Gregory
- Biography: John Boynton Priestley
- Biography: William Morris
- Camus in Hotpants? An Interview with Gwendoline Riley
British Literature
- Plot summary: The Spire, by William Golding
- Literary analysis: Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot
- The Canterbury Tales: Summary and analysis of The Physician's Tale
- Book reviews: The Viceroy of Ouidah, by Bruce Chatwin
- Triumph, tragedy, and neoclassical symbolism in Jane Austen's works
- Book reviews: Festival, by David Belbin
- Book reviews: Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh
Classical Literature & Mythology
- Political issues in ancient Greek writing
- Greek mythology: Notus
- How women heroes are portrayed in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad
- References to The Odyssey, by Homer, in popular culture and film
- Book reviews: Heroes & Monsters of Greek Myth, by Evslin, Evslin, and Hoopes
- Book reviews: Morte Darthur, by Sir Thomas Malory
- Roman mythology: Dido, Queen of Carthage
Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Where science fiction and the future collide
- The main characters in The Thief Queen's Daughter, by Elizabeth Haydon
- Book reviews: Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov
- Book reviews: Elegy for a Lost Star, by Elizabeth Haydon
- Literary characters: Rosalie Hale, New Moon
- Book reviews: The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! by Harry Harrison
- Book reviews: The Witch of Portobello, by Paulo Coelho
How Do We Know that We Exist?
An answer to the question 'How do we know that we exist?' is not easy to articulate. Existence is one
by Irrira Rikki
FIRST STEP
It seems that how we come into this world, we do not arrive with a text book on how to find the meaning of Life. Every
There was a Pilot movie made for television in 1972 called Kung Fu starring David Carradine playing the character Kwai Chang Caine,
There are two objections that I frequently hear to the idea of a perfect world. The first is that the world is not or cannot be perfect,
Writing Assignments
- Middle Ages
- Book Reviews: The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture by Mary Carruthers
- Monastic orders of the Middle Ages
- Arts & Humanities (Other)
- Book reviews: The Victorian Visitors, by Rupert Christiansen
- Book reviews: Montana, by Debbie Macombe
- Book reviews: The Woman Who Had Two Navels, by Nick Joaquin
- Book Review: Payne Hollow by Harlan Hubbard
- Theater & Drama
- Evaluating the Palace Theater, Syracuse, NY
- Evaluating the Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
- Theater reviews: The Seafarer
- Theater reviews: Walking with Dinosaurs, Rose Garden, Portland, OR
- Enjoying Boston's Berklee Performance Center
- Theater reviews: Colonial Theater, Boston
- The last of America's drive-in theaters
- Shakespeare in modern day South Africa
- History Mysteries
- History mystery: Southern Wisconsin's Mound Man
- History mystery: Was the Philadelphia Experiment real?
- History mystery: New Zealand's Kaimanawa Wall
- History mystery: The submerged walls of the Pescadores Islands
- History mystery: The Pacific Triangle
- History (Other)
- Touring historical sites: American Civil War battlefields
- The history of international prosecution of genocide
- The history of the Evenk people of Siberia
- A history of the Turkic people of Siberia
- A history of the Tungu people of Siberia
- A history of the Amur people of Siberia
- Freemasons role in the French, American and Mexican Revolutions
- Clothing: Native American peoples of the northwest coast
- The World Wars
- The forgotten cavalry charge of the Royal Savoia
- Movie reviews: Shoah
- American Authors
- The expression of sexuality in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey
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- Business of Writing (Other)
- Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?
- Should faculty sell complementary copies to book resellers?
- Are used textbooks the solution to the high cost of textbooks?
- Which is better for writers: Finding a print or online publisher?
- Ethics
- Do German reparations as restitution for the Holocaust place a burden on the wrong generation?
- Is taking the easy way out cowardly or smart?
