T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot was perhaps one of the most highly-acclaimed literary figures of the modernism movement. He (1888-1965) was an American-born, English-adopted poet, playwright, and literary critic. His career took a turn for the better after he published The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. His poems were typically centered on the disappointment […]
Romanticism is a poetic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that turned toward nature and the interior world of feeling, in antagonism to the artificial formalism and orderly scientific inquiry of the Enlightenment era that went before it. English poets such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, and Lord Byron produced […]
“Waiting for Godot” is an Absurdist Play penned by Samuel Beckett, first in French, and later in English. SETTING Beckett’s own script notes can best describe the setting of “Waiting for Godot”: “A country road. A tree“. There is an otherworldly alienation in this sparse setting. It could be anywhere, in any country of the […]
This is the third installment in my poetic series. The previous two parts expounded the necessity of poetry in the 21st century. This time, I won’t be going into depth nor giving any kind of introduction. Hopefully, you’ll still understand. I’ll be here You don’t have to say anything You don’t have to do anything […]
Outline 1.Introduction to Literature and Novel 2.Conventional novel– characteristics 3. Examples 4.Modern Novels—characteristics 5.Examples 6.Conclusion and Final Remarks Introduction to Literature and Novel Literature is polymorphous yet monofunctional. According to Culler (2007), “literature is the vehicle of ideology and is an instrument for its undoing.” Literature, which takes the form of drama, novel, poetry, etc., […]
Sophia McClennen, professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature said that Jonathan Swift and Benjamin Franklin used satire and parody to poke fun at society and politics with the agenda that humour increases awareness and propels change. She says that “What satire does is reveal the folly of the human condition and most, but not […]
The Modernist Period in English Literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the 20th century. The Modernist period was marked by a strong and international break from tradition. This break includes a strong reaction against established religious, political and social views. Moreover, the thoughts that influenced this form of literature were inspired […]
Misconceptions About Poetry Poetry has a notorious reputation for being extremely confounding and baffling. I guess I just made worse. Let’s try that again. Poetry is known for its difficult reading style. Much better, right? But, who cares about reputation in this day and age? Likewise, just because someone says it is doesn’t make it […]
We all experience reading slumps now and then. And let’s be real, once you sink in the bog, it’s hard to emerge out of it. But we’ve got you covered with these fast-paced, exhilarating reads. ‘ Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe’ by Benjamin Alire Saenz Genre: YA, Self-Discovery, Happiness, Coming of […]
