English literature

R.K. Narayan is the foremost name in contemporary Indian English literature. He is essentially ironic and realistic in his vision of life. His stories and novels, including the present work, The Vendor of Sweets, reflect his awareness about the fundamental disharmonies and absurdities which Life and World constantly throw in our way. Narayan accepts the realities of life ungrudgingly, taking things as they come to him – and so do his characters. Nowhere does he seem to be writing with an idea of…

The role of women has oscillated over time, and affected their status in society and control they have over their own lives. Throughout history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Motherhood is regarded as women's most significant professions but in the 20th century, women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities. During the 40s women's roles and expectations in society were changing rapidly. Previously…

Clark British Literature 12B 9 May 2016 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe In the 18th century England, anybody talked about novel. No one in anybody disagreed that Robinson Crusoe, the art of Daniel Defoe, made the trend of having anybody be interested in the novel. From this point, books were not the exclusive property of the privileged class, but what many citizens enjoyed in their daily lives. The lifetime of Daniel Defoe was not only shared as the popular English…

too impressive, I noticed that out of the fifty total works, only approximately three or four appeared to be written by authors of color. The story that caught my attention was “Fiesta 1980” by Junot Diaz. I have not read many stories, written in English, by authors of Dominican descent. Getting a different perspective piqued my interest. In addition…

Night’s Dream Shakespeare explores the themes of courtly love and pastoral romance once again (see As You Like It) and with more comic effect. As a dramatist Shakespeare chose his stories from diverse sources, and then fitted it into the Elizabethan English stage. His main aim was…

The Prosperity of Carlos Drummond de Andrade There are many admirable poets in this world that deserve recognition, and one of these fascinating poets is named Carlos Drummond De Andrade. He’s considered to be one of the most accomplished and influential poets of the mid-20th-century in Brazil (Drummond). He’s connected to many readers all around the world and quickly became one of the best known modernists in the country of Brazil. Drummond’s realistic themes reflected his concern with modern…

McKenzie 1 Brittany McKenzie Kanu Period 6 Author Essay Biography Robert Burns was born January 25, 1759 according to the Poetry Foundation. He was the Bard of Ayrshire and was a scottish poet. His early life was that of a humble one his father was a tenant farmer who personally educated his children. When his father died Burns was bankrupt so he and his brother took over the farm. When he was fifteen he was inspired to write his first known poem because he fell in love. Since then he…

Lolita, the novel that recounts the “intense and obsessive involvement of a middle-aged man with a sexually precocious young girl.” (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. "Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.") In the present-day, Lolita is considered Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous and controversial novel that implies obsessive desires, heartbreak, and transformation among other sensitive subjects. However, the Russian’s masterpiece was not always categorized as a favorite. The book itself had a resilient…

How can someone be so accomplished and yet maintain humility? To look at their hard work and always see room for improvement? Professor Carlos Nicolas Flores has had a prosperous career, and as a result, he has been published numerous times. His most recent work has received excellent literary reviews, and Flores was even asked to undergo interviews to discuss it and what inspired him to complete it. This novel, a product of some of the authors life experiences and imagination, provided me with…

There are countless examples of such sexism and misogyny throughout American, English, and numerous other literary forms. From authors like Ernest Hemingway and his novel, A Farewell to Arms, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, sexism within literature was something that had been explored before. Chopin’s depiction of sexism and chauvinism within her short story is not too different. It is not anything…