This thesis argues that reading Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eureka” (1848) in light of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Dionysian philosophy can reveal Poe’s shared worldview and his contribution to the postmodern age and to post-structuralist concepts of truth, genre and beauty. Each of these concepts will be examined in “Eureka” to reveal the relevance of Poe’s philosophy to ways of thinking later popularized by Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida, and Richard Rorty. A careful examination of major ideas discussed in “Eureka,” such as the mutability of truths, the opposition between philosophy and poetry, and the unity ...

There are many language mistakes known as common mistakes, which have become part of everyday language use, in native speakers' language use as well as non-native speakers'. One of the most common mistakes in the use of object pronouns in the place of subject pronouns. As EFL teachers come across the frequent occurrences of such common mistakes in learners' oral and written language, appropriate grammar teaching techniques should be implemented. Hence, this study focuses on an innovative technique that will motivate learners to engage in the learners to engage in the learning task, by personalizing ...

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