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1、http:/ 留学生论文专业定制代写网站留学生Essay写作文学作为一种艺术和表达形式INTRODUCTIONThe purpose of this essay is to examine literary creativity within the context that views all sides of the coin.This being said general and broad assumptions could be made about literary art and creative thought separately.These are concepts wit
2、hin society,which are explored,as it is human nature to understand human behaviour and the products of such behaviour.Literature and creativity are entirely in the eye of the beholder and subjective with in a set frame of reference.Unfortunately we live in a world where creativity and art are not al
3、ways valuable strengths and commodities.Within the philosophical framework,people who are labelled artistically creative from the conservative viewpoint,they are not understood,often seen unstable and unproductive members of society.From this conservative viewpoint,creative people do not use the log
4、ical part of his or her brain and this leads to difficulty seeing the enlightened view where the self is valued as a freethinking body.There is flexibility for exploring ones ideas and dreams.Artists have often been called dreamers.Artistic people live by a different credo,sometimes starving but alw
5、ays determined to stay true to his or her art form.Once again because society has difficulty valuing art and creativity;artists live with the conflict of expectation;what society expects and what the artists need to remain true.While the purpose of this paper is to examine the nature literary creati
6、vity for the sake of expression,it is also important to compare and contrast two English language texts to show how they are similar and different in terms of creativity.The two chosen works were:(1)Stevie Wonders Happy Birthday and(2)Robert K.Kennedys speech paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jun
7、ior upon his assassination.With this in mind because of such a stark difference in content of the juxtaposition,it can also be argued that while both exhibit social identity to the time and a certain amount thoughtfulness with word selection and placement for creating moving pieces,one will stand al
8、one as more literary and creative.Both are powerful in creating a vision and paying homage to a great American but Happy Birthday exhibits more creative traits than the speech.Still it should be mentioned that any rating of creativity is subjective and in the eye of the beholder and their distinctiv
9、e taste.For this purpose,Stevie Wonders Happy Birthday has more literary style,true to ones idea toward poetry and expressionism.It fits the cultural norm more than a speech mainly because a speech is in the moment and while powerful,visionary can never recapture that moment in time the same way a s
10、ong can.This brings up the notion of interpretation.Modern times ask for art,literary or otherwise to stand up to a test of many truths.It asks for man to apply the action of interpretation,analysis that in of it self has many drawbacks.Susan Sontag writes,“Interpretation is not(as most people assum
11、e)an absolute value,a gesture of mind situated in some timeless realm of capabilities.Interpretation must itself be evaluated,within a historical view of human consciousness.”1Still societys view is slowly changing to include flexibility of multicultural understanding.Suddenly artists have a valued
12、identity.Mark Freeman discusses the nature of understanding ones muse with knowing ones character with this quote:Rather than there simply existing those who paint or sculptalongside the other productive activities with human beings might become engaged,there arosepaintersandsculptors,who came to de
13、fine their very existence through their identitiesCreative activities would be woven into the fabric of life itself.2The paragraphs below serve to define creativity within the frame of reference of modern times and the age of enlightenment lends to the self-actualising open-mindedness and freedom to
14、 embrace creative thought.With this in place,literary art and creativity can result and thrive within the model context.CREATIVITYAt the bare bones level of literary creativity,one finds inspiration in words and sounds inherent in how at the fundamental level these connections offer a richness and d
15、uality of meaning.These meanings are enhanced by simple creative choices made by the writer or artist.It has been discussed how change is important and also memory,not only of a collective socio-cultural history and consciousness,but also of how the creative process is fostered at the root of words.
16、This is Maybins inherency model where the key focus remains on words.This essay strives for deeper analysis at the socio-cultural level where history suggests impact and resonates across the many divisions found within the global multi-culture of modern times.3Numerous definitions of creativity are recorded in the literature.Creativity is often defined by use of synonyms.These include productive thinking,diver
