CLUES Discipline is the backbone of character…..comes from the word ‘disciple’…..plays important role in family…..in school….in playground…..in office…..soldiers follow whatever is commanded….even objects of nature follow discipline PARAGRAPH ON DISCIPLINE Discipline is the backbone of character. The word discipline comes from the word disciple. It means to fix incorrect behaviour and do things in a … Read more
CLUES India………….known for festivals…………..Diwali……Hindu festival………..Lord Rama’s return from exile…….people clean their houses and shops…………..light their houses………send greetings……presents…worship Goddess Laxmi……….children explode crackers……..some people gamble……… AN INDIAN FESTIVAL India is known for festivals. Diwali is an important Hindu festival. It is celebrated in the memory of Lord Rama’s return from exile. People clean their house and shops. … Read more
The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) By Laila Azzam & Aisha Gouverneur In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful NO Copyrights!!! This content can be printed or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, … Read more
It is generally accepted that Renaissance tragedy is more akin to Greek tragedy than to the modern era (Bush 1965, 92). Aristotle’s concept of tragedy as an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and possessing magnitude…in the mode of action; not narrated; and effecting pity, fear and catharsis of emotions, lies true to both Greek and Renaissance tragedies. Alongside these conventional notions of tragedy, we come to see certain aspects of these plays which are unique in discussing themes of power, pride, individual suffering, misogyny, fate, destiny and human action. It is interesting to note how such themes have permeated the tragedies of both these eras, accounting for a remarkable similarity in the concerns of men of the two ages.
Any criticism of a literary work is a juxtaposition of individual perceptions and prevalent cultural or social values. When Virginia Woolf published A Room of One’s Own, Bennett (1929) expressed a viewpoint that it could hardly be regarded as a feminist work.
Nirad C Chaudhuri’s The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the autobiography of a writer from India, Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Written when he was around 50, it documents his life in Kishoreganj, a small town in present-day Bangladesh, from his birth in 1897. The book relates his mental and … Read more
Sartre and His Philosophy The great French literary critic Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris in 1905. This French Philosopher studied at the École Normale Superieure from 1924 till the year of 1929. He became the Professor of Philosophy at Le Havre in 1931. Based on a stipend from the Institute Francais he studied in … Read more
Postmodernism – The present continuous age Postmodernism has no conventional definition, or rather; it is beyond such definition. Time and again, scholars and avid students have tried to bind the concept in a structured definition, but every time it has managed to escape such confines. Postmodernism is a free-spirited movement that has come to represent … Read more
A Jest of God – Tithonus by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tenets of Tenneyson in Tithonus “Tithonus†was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem’s setting is the ancient story of Tithonus. Tithonus fell in love with Eos, goddess of the dawn, and asked her for immortality. Unfortunately for Tithonus he did not ask for eternal … Read more
Victorian Sexuality in Literature Despite the familiar air of propriety so commonly associated with the Victorian Age, sex and sexuality were overtly portrayed and unofficially endorsed by many of the era’s most prominent writers. Novels like Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure depicted the two aforementioned taboos as sources of legitimate happiness as well as catalysts … Read more
Miscegenation in the Novels of James Fenimore Cooper and Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Introduction Racial issues occupy the principal place in American Literature due to the prolonged racial relations between Native Americans and European colonizers. The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast the issue of miscegenation through the principal characters of James Fenimore … Read more