Category: Literature

By Priya Chetty on June 13, 2017 No Comments

Edwin Austin Abbey was an American muralist, illustrator and painter. He rose to prominence during the beginning of what is now known as the “golden age” of illustration. His works had medieval, Shakespearean and Victorian subjects.

 
By Pamkhuila Shaiza on September 28, 2015 No Comments

Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895 – 1975) was a Russian literary theorist who made contributions to diverse disciples but his contribution towards literature is accounted from his The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (Bakhtin, 2010), which shows congruence to many postmodernist thoughts.

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By Priya Chetty on July 24, 2015 No Comments

Literary works on post partition India generally deal with people’s experience during the period following the partition of India and Pakistan. The period following partition was a period of great suffering, trauma, sacrifice and adjustment.

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By Priya Chetty on July 1, 2015 No Comments

Considered as a Golden Age, Indian civilisation under the Gupta rule witnessed a new epoch in its history of growth and development.

 
By Priya Chetty on February 4, 2015 No Comments

“Drinking Alone under the Moon” is one of Li Bai’s signature poetries which deal with the ancient social custom of drinking.

 
By Priya Chetty on November 27, 2014 No Comments

The most initial attempts to depict the history of women were more of a mirror image of history of men too. It was only the importance of men and their superior powers which was depicted in the early days of history. They gave importance to politics, economy and military and their own importance to it.

By Priya Chetty on August 14, 2014 1 Comment

Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) devoted her life, writing about the experiences about immigration and colonialism. Many of her novels are “emigrant’s guide” for people desiring to settle in Canada.

 
By Priya Chetty on April 17, 2014 No Comments

Aphra Behn has given much credence to the cause of female writers. Aphra Behn is credited to be one of the first professional women writers of the Restoration period of literature history.

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