African literature

called Miguel Street in which the life of ordinary, poor people in Trinidad is observed through the eyes of young, fatherless boy.he is regarded by many as one of the best writers of our time, and he is also perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in literature which he is finally won on October 11 2001. “The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. It’s not the cup that…

While the bildungsroman has an unusual name coming from the German words ‘Bildung’ and ‘Roman’ that literally means education novel, the genre has been very prominent since the 17th century. A novel in this genre focuses on the character change of the protagonist and more so their psychological and ethical growth from youth to adulthood. The novel Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell is of the bildungsroman genre as it strictly follows the maturational process of Brian from a toddler to his…

Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century who has brought about a phenomenal distinction in literature. Most of the writers have written only in a particular concept or genre, but Kurt Vonnegut has imprinted his undeniable mark in science fiction with humor, social commentary with absurdity and so on. Kurt Vonnegut has written fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction. His works are occupied with…

Negradas, Rouvinn Uy BA Communications Arts 4 2010-67914 Lit21B An Analysis on the Collection of Poems by Keith Douglas Most of Douglas’ poems are confessional and direct. While reading his poem it seems that he is taking my imagination to the precise moment when he was writing it. This precision leads the reader to examine his personal experiences and memories but at the same time it is not ever expressive of intense emotions. One of the many evidences in which he takes his…

When Keats says the poet of negative capability is “informing” and “filling some other Body,” he sounds as if directly quoting from Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments. “By the imagination . . . we enter as it were into his body, and become . . . the same person with him, and thence form some idea of sensations.” This is from Smith (11), but it can be put into Keats’s mouth without a great stretch of imagination. The only significant modifications in Keats’s portrait of the ideal poet, the…

Why Orwell Writes…. Orwell seems to write openly about his feelings about writing. First he explains what he tries to achieve in the social realm. He feels that he is a political puppeteer in many ways and that he is responsible to write about the time that we live in. Orwell explains that his writing is a product of the times, and that if he had lived in peaceful times it would be likely that his fiction would be very different than it is ow. However, he writes about what is…

n comparing George Orwell's and Joan Didion's writing pieces there are many different factors in triggering an author’s imagination to come up with what they want to write, and why they want to write it. Both authors made very descriptive points to how their minds wander on and off their writings while trying to write, concluding into two very different styles. They both often were writing about what they didn’t want to write about before they actually wrote what they wanted too .In most writers…

“After Twenty Years” by O. Henry is a story that uses foreshadowing abundantly. The way O. Henry delivers his foreshadowing to readers, really builds that suspense and the desire for more. When reading the story, it is fairly easy to notice many literary devices, but the one that sets the mood is the foreshadowing. The way O. Henry employs foreshadowing in the story greatly enhances it overall. O. Henry accomplishes this by using the foreshadowing to enhance its ending, enhance the story’s…

The act of translation is an inherently derivative act, while simultaneously giving the author a new agency over the material. The translator becomes the new works author, in this case a translation of the Psalms of David translated by Anne Locke. The piece was distributed anonymously, so the credibility of the author’s work cannot lie with reputation, but with literary talent. An author can prove their intellect and the importance of their work to the audience through alluding to classical…

Chetan Bhagat is one of the famous writers in Indian writing English in present scenario, depicts the role of language in a cultural scenario and consideration of identity in link with the contemporary generation. The modern writers focus on the present issues and problems connecting to a reformed India of recent scenario. He has created a place for himself in Indian literary field by presenting precise quality to his portrayal of the young generation of the country. He is one of those writers…