text could be a neighbour, was challenging and fascinating for the readers, and thus, the new genre was considered distinct from the earlier literary works. Daniel Defoe was the first in England to combine all these new changes in the form of writing and to give life to the first English novel, Robinson Crusoe. Yet, the first to feel the rift between the real life and literature’s direction towards idealism was not Defoe, but Cervantes. Cervantes created a character who confronts these two…
Bapsi Sidhwa is a Pakistani well-acclaimed diasporic writer. The novels she has written in English reveal her individual understanding of the Indian subcontinent’s Partition, socio-political aspects, abuse against women, immigration to the US, and membership in the Parsi or Zoroastrian community. Born on August 11, 1938 in Karachi in the country of Pakistan, she subsequently migrated to Lahore. Bapsi Sidhwa saw with her own eyes the blood-spattered Partition of India when she was a young girl in…
Reflective Statement Before the interactive oral on the impact of translations in the understanding of novels, I never regarded the influence of a translation on my understanding. While reading The Stranger, I knew the book had been translated from French, but disregarded that the translation might lead to alterations of words or ideas based on the style of the translation. With books originally written in one’s own language, it becomes easier to derive meaning closer to the author’s…
Stoker’s novel, the theme of religion is presented through objects and characters. There are two main holy symbols used in Dracula to reflect the presence of religion which are the crucifix and the Host or the “Catholic communion wafer” (Stoker 324). In their articles, Bowels and Starrs show that Van Helsing represents Catholicism while Dr. Seward and Harker represent Protestantism who later start to believe in Catholicism. Starrs also claims that Renfield, although not directly stated in the…
A Passage to India is a novel written by E.M. Foster. It is located in the middle of the British Raj in India, when it was under the effective control of the British Empire for a long time, which developed a powerful economic control of the natural resources of the country, exploiting and exporting them to the most diverse places of the empire king George V and thereby creating a flourishing trade that benefited most the undisputed power in Britain grade. During this time, the population of…
amelioration. The establishment of novel in the world of literature manifests itself multifariously encompassing almost every facet of social life, which is regarded as Social Realism. Realism is considered to be introduced during literary movement in 19th century France, though we cannot restrict it to any one century or group of writers; it is often linked with the French novelists Flaubert and Balzac. George Eliot introduced realism into…
Mary, Marie, and Maria is a novel about a year-in-the life of three beautiful, stunning, and witty women who live exciting and interesting lives. Mary is an escort/corporate trouble shooter, Marie is a brilliant detective, Maria is a much loved local radio talk show host. Mary is white, Marie is African-American, Maria is Mexican-American. Mary and Maria are straight, Marie is gay. Why will readers care about them? The women have an enchanting mix of beauty, talent, and vulnerability. Readers…
As Tan was growing up she had to use and learn different types of English. In the very first sentence, she states that “I am not a scholar of English or literature” (Frost, 118). By this, she means that she’s not so great in the English and literature. When Tan was in grade school her English wasn’t all so great but in college she switched to an English major from pre-med. English was tans second language so she wasn’t so encouraged to become a writer since she thought she…
The Scarlet Letter a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the nineteen centuries the age of reason, while written about the seventeen centuries. Nathaniel Hawthorne used his perception of the age of reasoning to give his audience a new view of the seventeen centuries. Nonetheless during that time the settlers wanted to be pure under the eye of God they also wanted to have all sorts of benefits. That is not only in the novel like that but it is also implemented in the actual time period.…
up moving them to several different areas until she decided to stay in one place for the next six years. Stephen king later graduated in 1966 from high school then went to college were he graduated in 1770. After college king accepted a job as a english teacher, during this time he would write after his classes or on the weekends. stephen king published over 104 books as a few of them have been turned into very famous movies. (Frazier 1) Stephen edward king is the second son of Nellie Ruth…