By Indian English Writing‚ we mean that body of literature which is written by Indians in English. It could be in the form of poetry‚ prose‚ fiction or drama. English is not our mother tongue and we are not native speakers of English‚ yet when in the early decades of the nineteenth century‚ English was introduced as the medium of instruction in our educational system‚ Indians were able to read Western literature that was available in English. They found the language
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alone with a vampire named Edward. Throughout the novel‚ he fights to save her‚ from himself and from others. Those who will enjoy this novel most are teens and adults looking for a good fantasy and adolescent romance. This is the novel that took Harry Potter’s place on the best seller’s list. The world of magic and wizards may very well be replaced with the world of vampires created by Stephenie Meyer in her Twilight Saga. In this first novel of the trilogy‚ named after the saga‚ the world of
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Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel Joseph Andrews‚ or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams‚ was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding and among the first novels in the English language. Henry Fielding along with Samuel Johnson is considered to be the founder of English novel. Henry Fielding was in fact a satirist and initially he was known for his satirical
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society are two sides of the same coin that we can’t isolate from each other. The derived parts of society: material society and non-material society have been utilized to clarify the antiquated and mankind’s history of the city. Social parts of the novel are talked about as per the determined ideal models with respect to socio-political‚ religious and verifiable parts of the life of royal city through different times. Keeping in mind the end goal to have a superior comprehension of the writings setting
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The Great Gatsby is a cynical novel To what extent do you agree with this‚ following you reading of chapters one and two? In the novel “The Great Gatsby” we see many references to cynicism. For example in the first chapter we hear from Nick Carraway the narrator of the novel who‚ himself reveals that he has a tendency to be quite cynical towards others. This is because he has “feigned sleep‚ preoccupation‚ or hostile levity”1 when he realises that for “some unmistakeable sign that an intimate revelation
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and I believe that these experiences were the catalyst of his novels. Jack London was an oyster pirate‚ a government patrolman in San Francisco Bay‚ a sailor and an agrarian reformer‚ a seal hunter in the North Pacific and a gold prospector in the frozen Klondike‚ a war correspondent and a prizefighting reporter‚ a socialist soapbox orator who later became a lecturer at universities‚ a family man and landowner‚ and of course a true American writer. A critic by the name of Alfred Kazin once said "that
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Lord of the Flies Tribe Review Make a list of the characters in the book. Then‚ try to match the character with the correct description. A character can match more than one description. Who’s who? 1. Jack’s chief assistant- 2. Predicts rescue to Piggy- 3. Offers food to Piggy- 4. Says he is the chief when the boys are rescued- 5. Boy who is killed when he crawls out of the jungle- 6. Boy who pretends to be a pig and is almost hurt- 7. Boy who is killed at Castle Rock- 8. Boy
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INTERVIEW 1 Shacochis’ new novel‚ The Woman Who Lost Her Soul‚ fuses his narrative versatility and his deep understanding of multiple cultures into what Robert Olen Butler calls hismagnum opus. Its suspense revolves around the murder in Haiti of stunningly beautiful Jackie Scott‚ but before its far-reaching web of interactions ends‚ it brilliantly unveils the darker regions of human sexuality‚ evoked inside a historical build-up of international political deceit—deceit with present-day consequences
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adventure novel‚ Treasure island‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson and a Canadian novel‚ Life of Pi‚ written by Yann Marte both talk about transformation of young teenagers through adventures. In Life of Pi‚ The adventure of the protagonist – Pi – is seeking for survival on Pacific Ocean‚ but in Treasure Island‚ the adventure of the protagonist – Jims Hawkins – is looking for treasure on a mysterious island. Although Life of Pi and Treasure Island have different types of adventures‚ both novels develop
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4. The Novel as Counter-Narrative After having shown that Ellison challenges dominant historiography by showcasing how the black individual’s experience can contest it‚ one question remains: How can historiography not only be exposed as biased but be changed to reflect reality? When the protagonist’s journey of disillusionment reaches its climax‚ he can only formulate a bitter answer to this question. In the face of Clifton’s death‚ he admits his powerlessness over changing biased historiography:
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