English Literature

INTRODUCTION: R. K. Narayan is a great writer of characters. He is praised for his art of characterization. He creates his characters with great consideration and significance. His characters are based on the psychological treatment. All his characters are real and life like. Thus his characters are immortal characters.RAJU AS THE CENTRAL FIGURE: Raju is the central figure in the novel 'The Guide'. The whole theme theme revolves round him. He dominates from the beginning to the end of this novel. He is the only source of all incidents and events in it. He appears before us in various forms before us as- a railway guide, Railway Raju, a hermit, a lover, a fraud and a criminal. Thus the novelist has named this novel after him. It is Raju who is the guide. RAJU AS A COMPLEX CHARACTER: Narayan's characters may be divided into three groups- simple characters, complex characters and minor characters. Raju belongs to the group of complex characters. It is very difficult to unde...

INTRODUCTION: Kamala Das is one of the most original Indo- Anglican poets. Her poetry is the poetry of introspection and self-analysis. She has made a mark as a female Indo- Anglican poet. She has achieved greatness as a poet not only because of the contents of her poems but also because of her technique of writing poetry. She has certainly made a name for herself by virtue of her craftsmanship. MASTERY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A command of the English language  is naturally the first requirement of an Indo- Anglican poet. Kamala Das's command over English language deserves to be admired. This command has duly been recognised by most of the scholars. She has a vast range of vocabulary. She understands the precise meanings of words. She can differentiate between the shades of meanings. We may take any poem by Kamala Das, and we shall find evidence of her command on the English language. CHOICE OF WORDS AND PHRASES: Kamala Das deserves high praise for her ch...

Dr. Hareshwar Roy INTRODUCTION : Elaine Showalter is called the champion of feminist criticism. This criticism is one of the latest trends in modern literary criticism. The main motivating force behind this movement is the Women's Liberation Movement of the late 1960's. Showalter contributed significantly to the formulation of the feminist criticism. Her book 'A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing' is an initial effort in feminist criticism. FEMINIST CRITICISM IN THE WILDERNESS : Showalter's 'Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness' is her first major work that presents the evolution of feminist criticism. In the beginning it was in a state of impasse due to male supremacy in art and literature. The feminine viewpoint was ignored. It was in a state of wilderness. But after sometime Showalter feels that the theoretical impasse was actually an evolutionary phase. A feeling of the empowerment of women prevailed...

  INTRODUCTION :   The winner of Sahitya Academy Award, R.K. Narayan is one of the greatest Indian writers in English with world fame. His novels have a universal appeal. They have been translated into most of the important languages of the world. Narayan is a simple and pure artist. He is popular as 'Crusader Scholar' and idealist missionary. He has produced more than a dozen novels and 'The Guide' is the best. NARAYAN'S REGIONALISM: MALGUDI :- Narayan is an eminent regional novelist. His novels are known as Malgudi novels. In fact, he deals with the physical features, people, life, customs, habits, manners, traditions, languages and life style of Malgudi. His treatment of it is realistic and vivid. Thus, Narayan's Malgudi is compared with Wordsworth's Lake District, Hardy's  Wessex  and Bennet's  Pottery   Town . It is very much like Hardy's Caster-bridge also. Thus Narayan's novels have regional essence. Malgudi is the real hero . By some ...

John Keats is the high priest of beauty in English poetry. He is one of the well known poets of Romantic School of Poetry. 'Ode To Autumn' is the last of the great odes of John Keats. It was composed in September 1819. Critics consider that it is the best ode of John Keats. It beautifully unites mood, meter and thought. 'Ode To Autumn' is one of the purest poems of Nature. The evocation to the beauty and bounty of nature makes this ode a thing of beauty. Its purity as an ode of Nature is refreshing for ever. This poem is a fine Hellenistic achievement of Keats. The personification is used as a poetic technique in this ode. In the first stanza of the poem the poet describes the beauty of the season. Here the Autumn has been presented as the season of mellow fruitfulness and happy content.The personification of Autumn reaches its climax in the second stanza. The Autumn has been presented in its varied forms. It has been presented as a farmer, a reaper and a gleaner....