First novel in English

reflection of the real life. It can describe the events in our life, and also contains the stratification which indicates that literature and society is closely related because literature expresses the situations and problems existing in society. Novels tell stories, which are typically defined as a series of events described in a sequence. It has theme, plot, character, point of view, and setting. Theme is the main part of the story and setting is when or where the story takes place. Plot is…

In his novel Native Speaker, Chang-rae Lee argues that the learning English in and of itself is a method of cultural assimilation forced on immigrants and their families in the United States. This argument can be seen through the words and thoughts of Lee’s narrator. “‘The polls say people are against bilingualism,’ I said. ‘They’re against giving anything more to immigrants’” (37). Henry Park, the first-person narrator, says this in the present day to his coworker at the spy agency while…

Throughout the novel, Brooks includes accounts of known historical figures to bring a sense of historical accuracy to Bethia’s world and story. However, some of her information is imagined fiction. She mentions the story of a man who persuaded the soquem people that there was no harm in “Coatmen”, the name the natives called the Englishmen (Brooks, 2011 p. 9). The term coatmen was in fact a term the Wampanoag natives used for the English, and the English did convince the natives that they came…

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 in Indian English, who celebrates…

Richard Rodriguez is a man who moved to America knowing less than 50 words of English. He tells his story in the book Hunger of Memory where he highlights the obstacles he went through. Rodriguez does not simply write out his story, he uses methods and techniques to engage the reader and take them on an emotional rollercoaster as they read. In Hunger of Memory, Rodriguez acknowledges that his biggest obstacle in life was English. He originally spoke very…

breathing holes and contact zones: Inuit-Canadian writer Markoosie in and through translation” by Valerie Henitiuk (2017) talks about Harpoon of the Hunter, a novel written by Markoosie and published serially between 1969 and 1970 in Canada and known for being the first Inuit novel. The article also discusses the translations of the novel into English and French, the unequal translation relationship between major and minor languages that many times has a history of colonialism and oppression…

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…

paranoia and fear of persecution – two characteristics that are heavily mirrored in his Danish character of Prince Hamlet. Where Shakespeare owed his paranoia to the unsteady nature of his surroundings – tremendous religious upheaval in the wake of the English Reformation – Hamlet’s paranoia stems from the discovery that his uncle murdered Hamlet’s father, the king. Further embodying the religious confusion distinctive of Shakespeare’s era is the presence of both Protestant and Catholic motifs;…

cultural and lost identity among the characters of her stories. The purpose of the paper is to study multicultural problem and searching of identity in Namesake novel and Lowland novel, and collection of short stories in Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. Consequently, the researcher used of sociological study for analysis the characters in novels which have already been selected. In fact, Lahiri’s stories discuss a new model of American identity. It is performed on conflict culture, in border…

When rewriting classic novels, authors generally have specific agendas. Sometimes their purpose is to correct or clarify certain aspects of the original texts; another motivating factor could be to emphasize particular elements. A common literary technique authors often employ is the continuation of major themes from classic works to the rewrites. A prevalent theme in eighteenth and nineteenth-century literature is examining the effects of British presence in foreign countries from a variety of…