Abstract: Mysticism is a consciousness of the transcendental Reality which is infinite and eternal and which permeates, pervades and gives meaning to the finite creation. Mysticism may also be defined as the enlightened effort of the mind to transcend the barriers of the sensory world and yield itself to the ultimate Reality. Plato had suggested, in Book VI of the Republic, that the Form of the Good was supreme in the world of the Forms. Plotinus' philosophy may be seen as a set of variations on
An imaginative society consisting of oppressive squalor in which all are heavily restricted by the absolute superiority of the ruling party. A society where repression and restrictions seem boundless, while the individual liberty of the citizen seems boundlessly obstructed. A society where mental deprivation and deception is the goal of the guardian; a society where misery and poverty are thrust upon the unsuspectingly loyal citizens; a society where the well- being of the people are of imperceptible
emphasizes on giving credit to fantasy fiction, a critical and solid appreciation by academics and recognition that every other famous literature book receives and becomes part of the academic teaching and learning. She also depicts the need to break away from "mainstream" of realism. Instead of looking at fantasy novels as children's book, it must be viewed as a work of literature that is when we really learn to appreciate the manner in which it is written also how and why it stands out. One should also not
mirror the surface of reality while the profound poet will discover the interior or spiritual life. Whitman asserted over and over again the transcendent importance of what he called the religious element in poetry. Whitman was of the opinion that the true poet draws his material from nature unites the past, the present and the future in a harmonious sequence. A good poet, Whitman said, must be commensurate with his nation and must incarnate it historically, geographically and also biologically. He is
Decolonizing and Restructuring English Education in India. Abstract We have, in this paper, tried to discuss how colonization, thanks to Macaulay’s Minute has impacted the educational system in India over the past few centuries and the need to restructure the English education in India. It has been observed that introduction of Indian writings in English in addition to the original English writings to a large extent can help us learn English well. Key Words: Decolonization, English language, Indian
Consider our idea of using language to create realities in America. Discuss how your three writers do that. Walt Whitman, Williams Carlos Williams and Audre Lorde are three American poetic writers who used language in creating reality in American Literature. These writers used symbolism, metaphor, nature and imagery in their language tools of writing. Whitman, related his poet to the growth and changes that occurred in his life, thereby giving nature the room to do his work without withholding it,
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin
A critical study has been carried out in the earlier chapters to explore Flannery O'Connor's fictional works with respect to the study of human relationships and the nuances of the truth-seeking concerns exemplifying interesting realities. The study recorded in this thesis illustrates that there is a repetition of retreat patterns in human relationships on the canvas of the familial, societal and spiritual altitudes. In O’Connor’s fiction, human relationships are understood to be perverted and strange
The Dispossessed Following World War I, novels describing utopias gradually decreased in number, until the genre almost went extinct in mid-century, being replaced by dystopias like the famous Nineteen-Eighty-Four written by George Orwell. Later on, in the mid-seventies, fuelled by the upsurge of social reform that began in the late sixties and continued into the new decade, new utopias graced the scene, the most memorable ones being Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia, Samuel R. Delany's Triton, and