Narrtive technique is one among the important aspects of literature. It deals with the facts and imagination as based on the narrator. A narrative is different to that of descriptions in a work’s quality or situations. It consists of a set of events as recounted by the author through the narrator in which the events …
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Most Indian English fictions written in the post-independence period are different from the earlier English writings that dealt mostly with social reform issues, in contrast to the present ones that deal with issues of relatively peripheral nature. The difference is clearly visible through the issues they take up based on the present discourses. The three …
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Amitav Ghosh (1956 – ), a versatile writer, is renowned for his complicated writings. His language is exuberant and rich. He constructs complex narratives, enormous research, and provides vivid descriptions. Ghosh is an expert in dealing with space and time. All his novels are rooted in strong historical backgrounds. The individuals of Ghosh are migrants …
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Indian writing in English is a broad outcome of the English Education system that prevailed in India during British colonisation. It is widespread in recent years and has been recognised as a part of “Commonwealth Literature” which possesses the writings of British colonised countries. Until recently, this attitude has taken a turn and has also …
A critic is an ideal reader, methodically trained and provides judgement. A critic analyses, classifies,evaluates, examines, inquires, subjects the text closer, scrutinises, pronounces a verdict upon the text. He demands intellectual freedom. Literary criticism is an exercise of judgement on the works of literature. History of Criticism Hellenic Criticism Fourth and fifth century Athens became …
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William Butler Yeats was a renowned Irish poet who tried to bring back the Irish Drama, the Celtic. He was ‘a man of letters’ and was one of the spiritualistic persons of the modern era. He wrote poems with reality in them. “The Second Coming” is one such poem and a spiritual one as well …
Morphology is the study of the internal structure of the words. Morphemes are the minimal meaningful unit or a grammatical function. These morphemes come under the label morphology. There are two types of morphemes – free morpheme and bound morpheme. Free Morpheme: Free morphemes are the words which can stand by themselves. Example – take, …
A.M.Klein The lamenting tone is dramatic with an abrupt beginning to captivate the attention of the readers. It means a sense of loss. Men were of different kinds like warriors and chieftains, wherein brave means warriors which has two semantic differences “where and brave”. It tells us that they are no more brave. The early …
The opening lines of Francis Bacon’s essay from his The Essays is a statement of Aristotle, which means that man is naturally gregarious and that it is unnatural to avoid the society unless he performs meditation or has a contemplation of the divine. Bacon says that living in a crowd as in a great city …
Consonants are those speech sounds in the production of which the air stream from the lungs is obstructed at some place. In describing the articulation or production of consonants, four points must be touched on, namely, – Place of articulation, the place where this obstruction takes place.Manner of articulation – i.e, what kind of obstruction …
