Most students of literature, whether they call themselves scholars or critics, are ready to argue that it is possible to understand literary works as well as to enjoy them.

Most theories of film genre are borrowed from literary genre criticism.

Most biblical scholars and historians of ancient Israel today view the patriarchical narratives, including the life of Jacob, as late ( 6th and 5th centuries BCE ) literary compositions that have ideological and theological purposes but are unreliable for historical reconstruction of the presettlement period of Israel ’ s past.

Most of the early Uyghur literary works were translations of Buddhist and Manichean religious texts, but there were also narrative, poetic, and epic works apparently original to the Uyghurs.

Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages, used in Poland over the centuries, have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Yiddish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German and Esperanto.

Most scholars today regard this story as a literary tale inspired by the Romance stories that were popular at the courts by the time Heimskringla was written.

Most of her development as a literary figure was carried out by other Mythos authors, including August Derleth, Robert Bloch and Ramsey Campbell.

Most scholars consider it likely that the author was a man of literary and ecclesiastical education at the bishop's court, and that the poem's recipients were the clerics and noblemen at the same court.

* Radha by Krishna Dharabasi, a Nepali novel awarded with Madan Puraskar, Most prestigious literary award.

Most of Lyndsay's literary work, by which he secured great reputation in his own day and by which he still lives, was written during the period of prosperity at court.

Most literary critics praised the book but religious leaders took issue with the novel's subject matter.

Most historians believe that his son, William, re-opened the application following his literary and financial success in London.

Most scholars support 1607 or early 1608 as most likely, which accords well with what is known about the play's likely co-author, George Wilkins, whose extant literary career seems to span only three years, 1606 to 1608.

Most literary style guidelines ( including the Modern Language Association and the American Psychological Association ) recommend limited use of foot and endnotes.

Magazines such as Novi Plamen, Most and Sarajevske sveske are some of the more prominent publications covering cultural and literary themes.

Most critics believe that Gabriel Miró's literary maturity begins with Las cerezas del cementerio ( Cemetery cherries ) ( 1910 ), whose plot revolves around the tragic love of the super-sensitive young man Félix Valdivia for an older woman ( Beatriz ) and presents — with an atmosphere of voluptuousness and lyrical intimism -- the themes of eroticism, illness, and death.

Most of the myths and literary works of the indigenous peoples of Mexico were transmitted by oral tradition.

Most of the early literary works found in Manipuri Literature were in Poetry and Prose.

Most of the roots of modern Turkish literature were formed between the years 1896 — when the first collective literary movement arose — and 1923, when the Republic of Turkey was officially founded.

Most literary scholars reject his argument and the position of mainstream literary scholarship is that the play is by Thomas Middleton.

Most of Ponsard's plays hold a certain steady level of literary and dramatic ability, but his popularity is in the main because his appearance coincided with a certain public weariness of the extravagant and unequal style of 1830.

Most speakers also speak Georgian, the country's official language, and use it as their literary and business language.

Most of the many notable philosophical, religious and literary works of the Jews in the Orient were written in Arabic using a modified Hebrew alphabet.

Most depictions of Diana in art featured the stories of Diana and Actaeon, or Callisto, or depicted her resting after hunting.

Most fictional depictions describe a solid shell of matter enclosing a star, which is considered the least plausible variant of the idea ( see below ).

Most dreams in popular culture are, however, not symbolic, but straightforward and realistic depictions of their dreamer's fears and desires.

Most traditional depictions of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ, show her veiled.

Most previous depictions excluded Judas by placing him alone on the opposite side of the table from the other eleven disciples and Jesus or placing halos around all the disciples except Judas.

Most depictions in popular culture have portrayed him in such a light.

Most of their early repertoire featured explicit and near-pornographic ( though firmly tongue-in-cheek ) lyrical depictions of gay sex, though some songs focused on more universal, unisex topics such as loneliness, friendship and attraction.

Most famous among these is one of the earliest certain depictions of Christ's crucifixion, although other panels have also been the subjects of extensive analysis because of their importance for the study of Christian iconography.

" Most of them concern either bicycling, genial ( if shallow ) commentary on German culture from the point of view of a British tourist, or situation-comedy-like depictions of interpersonal interactions between the characters.

Most major powers repudiated Cold War assassination tactics, though many allege that this was merely a smokescreen for political benefit and that covert and illegal training of assassins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U. S., Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such operations.

Most shock sites are merely websites that openly display material some will consider as disturbing or repulsive, such as pornography and fetishes.

Most of the players who were the targets of questionable hits by the Saints, including Favre and Warner, claimed the bounties were merely part of the game.

Most minor characters are exact copies of Pokey — the various " Chicken " characters are not chickens, but ordinary penguins, and the " Bear " is merely a brown penguin ; the " Dinosaur " a green penguin.

Most media reports merely said there were negotiations ( which is highly likely, given how common plea deals are ); it was mainly Pfingst who said that Westerfield wanted the deal.

Most professional biologists support the modern evolutionary synthesis, not merely as an alternative explanation for the complexity of life but a better explanation with more supporting evidence.

Most economic studies of containerization merely assumed that shipping companies would begin to replace older forms of transportation with containerization, but did not predict that the process of containerization itself would have a more direct influence on the choice of producers and increase the total volume of trade.

Most of this humongous public debt was held by Dutch private citizens, so in a sense it merely engendered an internal money circuit in the Dutch economy.

Most navies have a standard court-martial which convenes whenever a ship is lost ; this does not presume that the captain should be suspected of wrongdoing, but merely that the circumstances surrounding the loss of the ship should be made part of the official record.

Most of the rituals turned to animal sacrifice like taurobolium or became merely symbolic.

Most likely the story is merely propaganda by Seleucus, who presumably invented the story to present himself as the natural successor of Alexander.

The Spanish Crown Jewels were destroyed in a major fire in the eighteenth century while the Irish Crown Jewels ( actually merely the Sovereign's insignia of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick ) were stolen from Dublin Castle in 1907.

Most consisted merely of a fortress and its surrounding territory, with a lesser stratēgos as a commander and about 1, 000 men as their garrison.

Most of this period coincides with the second half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, although the Chinese sovereign ( king of Zhou ) was merely a figurehead.

Most dramatically, Christianity, following the Council of Nicaea and the teachings of Paul (" And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God "), has traditionally asserted that there will be a bodily resurrection of the dead, and a physical, not merely spiritual, afterlife.

Most, therefore, agree that it is improper to classify koryū as nothing more than fighting techniques, or to classify budō as merely a show or game.

Most of the respiratory tract exists merely as a piping system for air to travel in the lungs, and alveoli are the only part of the lung that exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with the blood.

Most are merely plastic inserts, but there are also those composed of biocompatible synthetic materials that encourage tissue ingrowth into the synthetic cornea, thereby promoting biointegration.

Most of US 425 in Louisiana, for example, is merely a concurrence with LA 15.

Most of the characters have either mouths represented by lines or no mouths at all, dot eyes, and stick limbs ; those shown with lips are generally big and puffy in this area, and the lips are merely a visual cue that they are unintelligent or ignorant.

Most rural priests were married and many urban clergy and bishops had wives and children .” Then in the 12th century the Western Church declared that Holy Orders were not merely a prohibitive but a diriment canonical impediment to marriage, making a marriage by priests invalid and not merely forbidden.

Most of the roadway between Ruidoso and Hondo was merely graded as were two short segments between Acme and Kenna and between Elida and Portales.

Most earthquake insurance policies feature a high deductible, which makes this type of insurance useful if the entire home is destroyed, but not useful if the home is merely damaged.