1915 in literature

Have you ever been reading a book and a very interesting word has jumped out at you? The novella The Pearl has many meaningful word and has a deep impact on how you feel when you read the story. In the first three chapters in the book we are introduced to a family, Kino, Juana, and Coyotito. They are a poor family living in brush houses, struggling to provide for their son. Kino is a pearl diver and one day he finds the pearl of the world! The news of the pearl travels fast and the whole town…

Book report Ivo Schols (5v1) of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 1 Essentials a) Title of the work. The Hobbit (Fifth edition) b) Author(s) J.R.R. Tolkien c) First date of publication. In 1991 by HarperCollinsPublishers 2 Setting a) When does the story take place? How can you tell? The story took place 6000 years ago, I could not tell by reading the book ( I looked it up after I read the book because I was curious). When I was done with the book I thought it took place around…

“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.”- Rita Dove. The art of poetry shows to be a powerful way to convey a message, emotion, or story, and the artistic elements involved depict the characteristics of the poet. Poems come in different sizes and shape each having its own distinct features. Haikus, sonnets and odes are few examples of the different types of poems and their unique style of expressing their themes. Haikus are most notable for being sweet and short, hence…

The objective of analysis or close reading of prose is to determine what the author is saying, how it is said and why (Levey et al 2015:13). This essay will attempt to discuss a close reading of the extracts from Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice. This will be done taking the historical context of the novel into consideration. Pride and Prejudice was published in 1809. During this period in time, women looked for self-improvement through the acquisition of wealth. This could only be…

The way this book begins is curious to me because it starts, well rather the introduction starts, at the end. It’s curious because the book gives away its own ending at the beginning; of course, this book isn’t really one that requires much mystery because it’s just the retelling of someones life, but it is still pequliar. What’s even more strange than that is that I always read the last paragraph of a book before I begin reading chapter one, but with My Antonia I didn’t feel the need since the…

In this context Swift was much inspired by Lucian as can be understood from the style of writing that he adopted for the book. Lucian’s story was highly popular with Swift and that accounted for the influence. True Story by Lucian Samosata is a satirical travelogue. For centuries his format has been copied. The facts in this book like journey to our moon inspired later science fiction writers. Lucian criticized everything through his writings; no one was spared, whether they were national heroes…

Novels by Ilana Tan is one of the novel the season 4 for me. His first novel is titled Summer in Seoul, a novel entitled Autumn in Paris, his third novel, entitled Winter in Tokyo and his fourth novel titled Spring in London. The reason I chose it is because the title ' little ' pull my heart, a synopsis of the book very soon made me want to go home and read this book in my room. In this article, I will review some of the things I love about this novel. The main character in this novel there are…

This theory is known as the pragmatic theory. According to this theory, a work of literature should have an impact on the audience. Sir Philip Sidney, in his essay “An Apology for Poetry” says that the main function of poetry is to teach and to delight. He distinguishes poets from the historians and philosophers by saying that poets has…

FF vs SF: Is FF Really the Ultimate Loser? Science fiction and fantasy fiction are both popular and loved genres of popular culture. While some people enjoy both of them, an online blogger called Ryan Somma made a comparison between two genres, favoring science fiction. Although one can agree with a few of his arguments, they still have some flawed and non-accurate points. He claims that FF is less epic than SF, therefore it is inferior to SF. He also claims FF romantizes past and uses…

MPhil English Literature Supervisor: Shamshad Rasool Department of English, University of Gujrat Table of Contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………… a. Introduction to the writer…………………………. b. Introduction to postcolonial theory……………….. 2. Research objective(s)…………………………………… 3. Research problem………………………………………. 4. Literature review……………………………………….. 5. Theoretical…