In crafting her fantasy fiction, Nigerian-born British author Helen Oyeyemi has drawn inspiration from the classic nineteenth-century fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Her 2014 novel Boy, Snow, Bird, for instance, is a complex retelling of the story of Snow White, while her 2019 novel ______blank offers a delicious twist on the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel.

I’m working on a book on reading narratives and art in some world traditions—Pamuk’s My Name is Red, Dia Al-Azzawi’s poetry Dafatirs, among others. Narratives and poetry that have art as a major component of their structure and message have fascinated critics for centuries, and my contribution to this tradition would be writing my own narrative interpretations of art works. Still working on developing ideas, but I have sent out the book proposal to some publishers.

Which detail best develops the character of the narrator, Jane Eyre, in the excerpt?excerpt from Jane Eyreby Charlotte BrontëIn the following excerpt, the narrator, Jane Eyre, describes an interaction with her nursemaid, Bessie.Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. This book I had again and again perused with delight. I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it a vein of interest deeper than what I found in fairy tales: for as to the elves, having sought them in vain among foxglove leaves and bells, under mushrooms and beneath the ground-ivy mantling old wall-nooks, I had at length made up my mind to the sad truth, that they were all gone out of England to some savage country where the woods were wilder and thicker, and the population more scant; whereas, Lilliput and Brobdignag being, in my creed, solid parts of the earth's surface, I doubted not that I might one day, by taking a long voyage, see with my own eyes the little fields, houses, and trees, the diminutive people, the tiny cows, sheep, and birds of the one realm; and the corn-fields forest-high, the mighty mastiffs, the monster cats, the tower-like men and women, of the other. Yet, when this cherished volume was now placed in my hand—when I turned over its leaves, and sought in its marvellous pictures the charm I had, till now, never failed to find—all was eerie and dreary; the giants were gaunt goblins, the pigmies malevolent and fearful imps, Gulliver a most desolate wanderer in most dread and dangerous regions. I closed the book, which I dared no longer peruse, and put it on the table, beside the untasted tart.Bessie had now finished dusting and tidying the room, and having washed her hands, she opened a certain little drawer, full of splendid shreds of silk and satin, and began making a new bonnet for Georgiana's doll. Meantime she sang: her song was—"In the days when we went gipsying,A long time ago."I had often heard the song before, and always with lively delight; for Bessie had a sweet voice,—at least, I thought so. But now, though her voice was still sweet, I found in its melody an indescribable sadness. Sometimes, preoccupied with her work, she sang the refrain very low, very lingeringly.Reset Next

Match each story with the plot archetype that it follows. "Hansel and Gretel": young siblingswho get lost in the woods arecaptured by a witch who wants toeat them, and they later escape.The Importance of Being Earnest:after a series of mistaken identities,the love of two couples prevails.Romeo and Juliet: a feud betweentwo families spells doom for a youngcouple who fall in love despite theirfamily's animosity."Cinderella": a girl goes from beingher evil stepmother's maid to aprincess.rags to richesovercoming the monstertragedycomedy

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Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote a novel called The Tale of Genji, which depicted court life during the Heian Period. The story tells of a prince named Genji and his quest to find love. It was important because it adds support to the theory that women from the Heian Period A. had to conform to very strict gender roles. B. were not taken seriously by male scholars and writers. C. had much more social freedom than women of later periods. D. created some of the best literature of early Japan.