transcendent vision of the Supreme Form is of abiding importance in a mystic’s
(1533153) Prof. Renu Elizabeth Abraham Reading Children's Literature (ENGH 404) 16 November, 2016. Why We Should Study Children's Literature There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.- Philip Pullman Defining Children's Literature has been a task undertaken by many in the passage of time, very few having succeeded at it. The crux of the matter is that it is the literature that caters primarily to children but can be read
Fantasy fiction also has the freedom to travel from one place to another, from one world to another in fraction of time. The mind and imaginations are pushed in such a direction to come up with one connecting thread to another. It is possible for the protagonists to change forms and find new way of fighting and taking revenge. Ged for example, from Ursila Le.Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, takes the form of dragon to fight the dragon at Pendor island. He used the spell of change to change himself into
is conservative in nature and is incontrovertibly flawed. Moreover, it poses great dangers as it challenges the post-Enlightenment idea of the progressive nature of time, seeing instead the present as inferior to an idealised past. This type of literature, perhaps reflective of nostalgia’s early days as a disease, tends to see the sentiment as something that should be scrutinised and approached cautiously. Yet, while nostalgia could occasionally be seen merely as an attempt to bring the past back
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become… C. S. Lewis In this ever developing world, education particularly literature education plays as a fundamental necessity for each and every one of us in order to constantly be abreast and equipped with wider range of knowledge regarding the aspects of life and have the access to other
undertakes the symbolic journey to Kahani, the representation of his psyche. Whereas in the light of the conscious land of Gup one is at peace with his shadows (the unconscious part of the mind), rendering it a proper environment for the development of imagination and creativity, in the darkness of Chup feelings and frustrations are being suppressed and the artistic urge obstructed, remaining in a stagnant nature. “Something, or somebody, has been putting filth into the Ocean. And obviously if filth gets
Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction African literature has tended to reflect the cultural and political phases of the continent because African fiction has been very much influenced by culture and politics. Beginning from the colonial days, African fiction spans the succession of cultural clashes and political crises which have beset the continent. For the countries in Africa, the experience of colonialism plays an important role in the process of understanding their history. Postcolonial studies
INTRODUCTION One of an essential preliminary task, when you undertake a research study, is to go through the existing literature in order to familiarize yourself with the available information and knowledge in your area of interests. According to Anderson, (1994), the Literature review is an integral part of the research process and makes a valuable contribution to almost every operational step. It has value even before the first step which is merely thinking of a research question that must be answered
Aristotle is the name that has survived the years, owing to the meritorious services he has rendered in the field of literature. Numerous centuries back, he wrote a book, titled the Poetics, which contains all the fundamentals and directions to write a play. In order to confirm the aptitude of a certain play, one can refer to the parameters laid down by this great teacher of Alexander the Great. The book, which has been followed by some as religiously as the Bible and rejected by others like poor
trace the shifts in their concerns from compliance to retaliation to acceptance of their womanhood. The chapter would introduce the key concept of the Quest for identity in the fiction of South Asian Women novelists. Appraising the fact that this literature is written by women belonging to a conventionally proudly patriarchal society where women have been primarily servile and compliant, one crucial issue in the research is how the women protagonists assert, fight against being ‘Othered’ and gradually