From the following quote, decide whether the statement is more progressive or traditional. There is no 'essence' of literature w
hatsoever . . . any writing may be read 'poetically'. If I pore over the railway timetable not to discover a train connection but to stimulate in myself general reflections on the speed and complexity of modern existence, then I might be said to be reading it as literature. (Terry Eagleton) traditional progressive
This is a clearly progressive statement because it departs significantly from traditional notions, i.e., conceptions established at a previous time that persist historically through repetition, in this case, about what makes a piece of writing count as literature. The author rejects the traditional and broadly accepted idea that there is an intrinsic essence to literary texts that differentiate them from non-literary texts.
<h2><em>It's a developed country with elaborate infrastructure, high quality of life, and technological innovation. Japanese learned to work and build efficiently and to focus on mental capital rather than material wealth. Japanese relied on economic liberalism and private industry to make the necessary technological leaps.</em></h2>
The Ring of Fire is a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean that result from subduction of oceanic plates beneath lighter continental plates. Good luck hopefully this helps! Please mark brain if so!:)
