The Rainbow is a wonderful novel. The novel portrays the life of three generations of Brangwens. Tom Brangwen, the farmer of Cossethay, who marries Lydia Lensky; the Polish widow, Anna Brangwen, the daughter of Lydia Lensky, who marries Will Brangwen and Ursula Brangwen, the first child of Anna and Will Brangwen. The novel is wondrous…
There cannot be a best book because every book offers a different perspective on reading and understanding Literature. For a beginner An introduction to the study of Literature by William H Hudson is very useful. The book offers a precise introduction to the various forms of Literature, storytelling, genres, forms of expression, movements, technique, art…
The pen is mightier than the sword. When society becomes so callous as to forget the collective well being of humanity and tyranny reigns, inflicting violence; physical, emotional and intellectual, can personal expression survive? Personal expression has to address the pressing problems of the day and Literature with social obligation will emerge. A writer cannot…
Ranking works of art is always a difficult task and novels is not exempted since everyone has his or her favorites. My list will be Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, I Claudius by Robert Graves, To Kill a…
A feeling of mystery, excitement and remoteness away from everyday life is one of the descriptions for the word Romantic. The Romantic imagination is the vision of the poet to see the world from an entirely different perspective: The faculty which has been blunted by the coldness of reason is sought to be recaptured by…
Though not unputdownable, Mansfield Park has the stamp and class of Jane Austen. Like all other Austen novels, the principal events concern the fortunes of a family;Mr Bertrand’s four children and his niece Fanny Price. Fanny Price stands out from all the other characters. She is sensible and intelligent,compassionate and caring. She is pretty,though in…
Santiago Nasar is murdered or rather butchered in public by Pablo and Pedro Vicario. This is to answer for violating the honor of their sister Angelico Vicario, who is wedded by the town’s glamour boy Baynardo Roman. On the very night of the wedding day, Baynardo Roman discovers that Angelico Vicario is not a virgin…
Can stories spring up from somewhere? Literature is a reflection of life and living. Before it took the form of books, Literature was there among the people in their stories, songs, ballads, myths and folktales. In fact it is said that the richest and perennial source of imagination for poets and authors alike has been…
Is there something called perfection about anything? When the world around is constantly evolving and Language and Literature which are the mirror to this world are forever dynamic, perfection is a distant dream. Rather assuming such a state is itself a fallacy. A real student will rather apply to the task with sincerity and dedication.
This is an assignment I wrote for my PGDES classes in EFLU. Some of the points appear to be still relevant. It is interesting to note how the various schools of literary criticism have dealt with the problem of intention. Impressionistic Criticism or Romantic criticism, a practice which appreciated the author’s fidelity to his experience,…