English literature

Learning Activity 4: Listening, Responding to Literature, Examining Literature, Comprehension: Fiction Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others (ACELT1609) Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses (ACELT1610) (a) The class novel (the exempler text) ‘I am Jack’ will be introduced and read daily for…

Abstract This article, by examining and analysing Indira Bai (one of the early novels in Kannada literature), argues that the native intellectual class of India employed the medium of novel not only to critically interrogate their socio-cultural practices in the backdrop of a new consciousness and experiences ushered in by colonial transactions but also to refashion their idea of ‘tradition’ and modernity. Thus, their response to the colonial ‘modernity’ was not merely an act of ‘civilizing…

Evaluating the Intertwining of First Native Culture and Indigenous Literature: Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse In English literature a formalist movement in the mid 20th century that emphasized the relationship between a text’s idea and its form - known as New Criticism - continues to strongly influence modern academic writing. New Criticism specifies that the object of study ought to be the text itself, not the response or the motivation of its author or readers. Rarely do New Criticism texts…

The ideas are left for the reader to form, without having the writer place it on the page. A dance is performed when both the reader and the writer understand each other through a work of literature. The creative mind of the reader and the brilliant work of the writer take part in the impact the piece of literature holds. This brings a deeper, more personal relationship between the reader and the material being read. Stephen Crane implements symbolism in, An Episode of War and Red Badge of…

university after the completion of my English Honors and I rejoined the university from the second semester of the Masters Linguistics. Therefore, it was the first time I studied TESL as my course. I had reviews from my classmates about the subject and the course instructor before I found my way back to the university. They told me that like we were used to analyse novels and various others texts in linguistics, tesl is very different from the courses we took in literature. It is very…

Literature is a very powerful tool that can be easily accessed. Literature captures all sorts of moments throughout the years. It allows for me to travel through space and time with the skillful use of strategically placed words. Literature holds such spectacular and strong emotions within its powerful words. Those powerful words, that the author writes, allow me to feel the emotional vibration of the words I have read or heard. literature grants me the gifts of understanding and experiencing…

Well written literature has the power to withstand centuries, indicating that it is embraced by the audiences of the past and the present. This is a certain feature that allows for the author to raise controversial and arguable points as well honour the sparks of alluring positivity. These flashes and catches throughout literature enable the reader to recognise their own emotions, experiences or opinions that they hold. These moments of beauty and the controversy that follow allow the reader to…

writing. As a child I thought literacy had to deal with English class, although it does relate, there is much more to literacy than we think. Being young, I wasn’t aware of the definition of literacy, and if you are anything like me, you would eventually have to just learn on your own. Growing up I rarely thought about what literacy truly meant, but I can say that it was a question I was curious about. As I matured as a student and took more English classes, my knowledge of literacy, reading and…

Review of Howard’s “Students as Storytellers: Teaching Rhetorical Strategies through Folktales” In the NCTE journal, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, PhD student Jeffrey Howard published a fascinating article titled “Students as Storytellers: Teaching Rhetorical Strategies through Folktales.” In the article, Howard explains how he was able to captivate students with an assignment that gave them the creative license to reinvent a popular fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood, all while…

to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster says, “…there is no such thing as a wholly original work of literature.” At least one element in each work of literature derives from somewhere. The story of Beowulf is an old English epic poem with an unknown author that originated between the seventh and tenth century Anno Domini. The epic poem clearly proves Foster’s assertion because elements of Beowulf have been used to create other stories since the magnificent piece of literature was…