English-language novels

Writing novel has been my hobby since I was in ninth grade. I would spend both day and night plotting and creating stories. By seeing my enthusiasm for writing, a teacher recommended me to write for my high school magazine. This opportunity brought me to another level; I discovered myself as someone who loves to leave a short message or advice for my article readers. Moreover, I was also taught how to write different types of essays in my own language, as a Cambodian who uses English as her…

Unity in diversity’ is the motto of our nation. India is a diversified country with many languages with many cultures and the people also different from one state to another. India’s is called as ‘Hindustan’ as it was full of Hindus once upon a time. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni employs myth in her novels to show the people how culture, tradition, religion and ecology play an important role in the lives of man. Myths are the stories that are based on tradition, culture and religion. They are not…

continuing appeal because of the unheard voices presented in the novel. Ondaatje allows his audience to have individualised responses to the unheard voices by rejecting the role of a typical omnipresent narrator, who would tell the story from one point of view. By doing this, Ondaatje allows his audience to take control over the way they interpret the text, allowing them to have unique opinions regarding the issues raised throughout the novel. Ondaatje’s purpose was to awaken his responders to…

Radiance of Tomorrow marks a striking transition in Beah’s style, moving from an autobiographical and often prosaic style in A Long Way Gone to a lyrical, expansive style in Radiance of Tomorrow that draws from both English and Mende modes of expression. Yet despite his use of Sierra-Leonean phraseology, Beah manages to convey complex ideas seamlessly and without confusing his largely American readership. That is, although his phrasing is abnormal and, at times, clunky, he seldom leaves the…

Associate Professor, Professor Department of English, Department of English, S.V Engineering College for Women, K.L University, Tirupati. Guntur. E-mail: vanisrinivas14@rediffmail.com E-mail: gmcharyulu@kluniversity.in “I want a story to be entertaining, enjoyable and illuminating in some way” R.K.Narayan Rasipuram Krishna Swami Narayan is a versatile writer and one of the foremost novelists of Indian writing in English. He is contemplated as one of the…

speak an English Vernacular that is phonetically presented to the audience throughout the novel. The distinct spelling and grammatical changes made to the English language by Hurston creates a false sense of southern authenticity and preserves the broken English almost exclusively for the black characters. Antiquated and inappropriate, Hurston’s strong use of the dialect completely obscures what she is attempting to convey to her readers. The superficial reality portrayed throughout the novel…

Charlotte Brontë, writer of the novel ‘Jane Eyre’, was a born in a typical British family. She was one of six children, of which three survived into adulthood. Except for her time spent at a boarding school in Brussels, she stayed most of her life in England. In ‘Jane Eyre’ though, a variety of foreign countries are talked about. India, France and Jamaica play an important role in the novel. The novel shows us the relationship between England and a handful of other places. Jane is the main…

of the usual progression found in most novels. The author uses contrast in the…

In Vocabulary Instruction Goes “Old School”, Suzanne Kail shares her experiences and trials as she is forced by her school’s English department to have all of her students “learn and memorize Latin or Greek roots and their definitions as a technique to enhance vocabulary skills” (Kail, 63). I will first address Kail’s initial reluctance to teach the Latin roots to her students, followed by the experiences that changed her feelings about the activity. I will then apply content from our unit on…

Burton’s version had credibility for his audience because he was a renown English explorer, linguist, diplomat, translator, and Orientalist. He was famous for his expeditions and his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. His version of the tales offered more than a mere translation, but a vast explanation about the Oriental lifestyle for his European audience. He divided the tales per day according to the frame tale and how the original storyteller Shahrazad told the stories to the…