First novel in English

I have read the murder mystery novel And Then There Were None, that is written by English writer Agatha Christie, publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, year of the first publication: 1939 (as Ten Little Niggers), number of pages: 252. This novel is known as her masterpiece and said to be the most difficult and popular of her books. In this excellent book by narrative techniques she describes the Soldier Island’s landscape, the weather that sometimes seems gloomy and threatening, each of the…

The novel The Stranger by Albert Camus was published in 1946, first was written in English hen was translated from the French by Matthew Ward. The film based off of the novel was released in 1967. The screenwriter and also director of the movie was Luchino Visconti. There were many small differences in the film compared to the novel. Most of the differences were to emphasize a specific part within the movie that the book necessarily didn't specify. One of the differences was how the…

A Critique on the Identity and Racial Discrimination in Toni Morrison Novels Ms. Yamuna J.KirubaSharmila Research Scholar Assistant Professor Department of English Department of English Vels University, Chennai – 600 117 Vels University,Chennai –600 117 yamuna.s076@gmail.com kiru.sharmi@gmail.com Abstract This paper attempts to focus on how the black people in America suffered for getting their identity and to overcome…

change a person’s habits, also can capture the reminiscence scene during reading the book and lastly able to learn new information. Because the power to read and write is a present, people can learn new information and imagination through reading. The first time I read a book was a Korean book called “The Story of the Little Mole Who knew it was none of his Business” by Werner Holzwarth. I was 4 years old when I read this book. This book is about a mole comes up to ground…

The Restoration Period was a time that English citizens and much of Europe began turning away from religion and started looking towards science and reason to learn and make new discoveries. Many scientists focused on astronomy, mathematics, and anatomy which allowed for the increase in technology, the improvement of medicine, and education. Literature also started becoming more modern as authors wanted to make a change to the old way of writing in forms of plays. Many writers started using…

Visual Learning and Literature Throughout history, literature has always been a gateway for people to expand their knowledge and their imaginations. However, some pieces of literature are hard to understand, no matter how high your reading comprehension, there are important pieces that may be missing from their understanding. Meaning, one could only just be scratching the surface of a piece of literature. Therefore, one cannot simply read something, one has to immerse themselves in the…

As a first generation Vietnamese American whose parents migrated from Vietnam, I have been exposed to different types of spoken English whether it were grammatically correct or incorrect and broken down. My experience is similar to the experience written about in the essay, “Mother Tongue,” by Amy Tan, whose author points out her passion for language and discusses the different “Englishes” she grew up with and their advantages and limitations on her life. In the essay, Tan points out the several…

characterizations, settings and language in his definition of novel. These major ideas have become classic tools in literary criticism. These tools are the key concepts in the terms of discussion of the Jane Eyre with the Bakhtin’s theory. Initially, I am going to explain Bakhtin’s ‘’epic and novel’’. Then, I am going to talk about summary of Jane Eyre. Finally, after I mention information about Bakhtin’s theory and story of Jane Eyre, I am going to discuss this novel in the light of Bakhtin’s…

As a Mexican-American reading the novel The House on Mango Street brought interest, along with some traits one can relate to. Readers can see how a young Mexican-American girl name Esperanza, who isn't pleased with the name she has been given, wants to leave from mango street to have her own house, only because Esperanza is not pleased with the home her parents have recently moved into. Esperanza states how it is not the house, she has dreamed of, because it is run-down and small. Sandra…

For whom the Bell Tolls than in the early novels. It is obvious that results support critics’ claims about the beginning of change in this novel. If we look at the openings of the three novels; The Sun also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For whom the Bell Tolls, it is obvious that, although words are concrete, simple, colloquial, and belong to our common-core vocabulary, they are longer in the third novel. The words are simple in the first two novels, but they are compounds in For whom…