Lirim Neziroski

Month: July 2020

  • The Byronic Hero in David Ball’s Empires of Sand

    The “Byronic hero” is a character type that appeared in Lord Byron’s poetry between 1812 and 1819, and it influenced literary characters throughout the 19th century. In this post, I will describe the Byronic hero and its legacy, and I will argue that it influenced David Ball’s depiction of the Tuareg in his novel Empires…

  • Image Analysis – Part 2

    Image analysis is the process of creating meaning out of an image. The viewer examines components of the image – such as subject, color, placement – and makes a conclusion about the “dominant impression” or overall idea or mood the image is portraying. In my previous post, I showed how an image can be analyzed…

  • Image Analysis – Part 1

    Image analysis is the process of creating meaning out of an image. The viewer examines components of the image – such as subject, color, placement – and makes a conclusion about the “dominant impression” or overall idea or mood the image is portraying. I taught image analysis in my writing courses, and students really enjoyed…