English Literature & Theology

 "The First Book"  by  Amrita Pritam  I was there—And perhaps you as well, Standing perhaps a breath away, Perhaps perched in the darkness of a vision, Perhaps moving on a turning point of consciousness, But that was a tale of prehistoric times. That was our existence, yours and mine, Which became the first language of the world. Words were coined to identify me, Words were coined to identify you, And they wrote in that first language, their first book. That was our tryst, yours and mine, We slept on a bed of stones, And our eyes, lips and finger tips, Became the words of your body and mine. They then made translations of this first book. The Rig Veda was compiled much later. Summary and analysis  Amrita Pritam was an Indian novelist essayist and poet who wrote in Punjabi and in Hindi. She is considered the first prominent female Punjabi poet, novelist and the leading twentieth century essayist of the Hindi language . She produced over hundred books of poetry, f...

  Introduction Technology has the power to affect not only education but also culture, religion and personal thoughts and beliefs. While the world population is continually growing, our global world seems to be getting smaller as we are able to connect to people in a way that was never imagined. Radio and television were among the early contributors to this new form of mass media and played a role in affecting world political views and religious beliefs as well as changing how we view literacy in an educational setting. While these technologies started off as a form of entertainment, people quickly began to see the advancements and benefits that these technologies could bring to an educational setting. As with any new technology, the use of radio and television in the classroom faced resistance and limitations that set a pattern for inclusion of advancements even in today’s educational world. Radio. 📻   Radio broadcasting is one of the greatest educational tools which ha...

 Belinda the queen of contradictions  Alexander Pope is one of the representative satirist and literary figure of 18th century Augustan age in England .The Rape of the Lock, perhaps the poet's most famous poem, appeared first in 1712 with two cantos, followed by a revised and enlarged version in 1714 with five cantos.  Literature of the Restoration and Augustan ages strongly reflects the social functions of satirical exposing the limitations of contemporary society . When Lord Petre forcibly snipped off a lock from Miss Arabella Fermor's hair (the "Belinda" of the poem), the incident gave rise to a high-society quarrel between the families. At that time John Caryll, a friend of Pope and of the two families that had become estranged over the incident the poem relates. It was Caryll who suggested that Pope encourage a reconciliation by writing a humorous poem. With the idea of allaying this, Pope treated the subject in a playful and witty mock-heroic epic.  In the poem...

Dr Faustus is a 16th century play written by English playwright Christopher marlowe . About author -  Christopher Marlowe  Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of theElizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe’s mysterious early death. Marlowe’s plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists. After 1587, Christopher Marlowe was in London, writing for the theater and probably also engaging himself occasionally in government service. What is thought to be his first play, Dido, Queen of Carthage, was not published until 1594, but it is generally thought to have been written while he was still a student at Cambridge. According to records, the play was performed by the Children of the Chape...

The rationale of the Victorian novel.  Development of the novel in Victorian era.                Critical essay by  -Lionel Stevenson. The Victorian period can be considered the ' Golden age' of the novel, which has become the art form most capable of reflecting the complexity of the modern world and the main source of entertainment of the middle classes . It should never be forgotten that prose fiction in the 19th Century provided the whole range of popular pastime that is now occupied with television, radio, mobile phones ,videos and etc .Like as we using social media the Victorian period people read  novels to experience with vicarious fields of adventure suspense and horror . Victorian people had no mobile culture to pass their time as we have, there was no Telephone by which one could gossip with neighbours and friends at all distances, there were no automobiles like car and bike by which one could avoid boredom by 'goi...

Coincidence in the Victorian novel By David Goldknof. Summary. Bringing  coincidence in the Victorian novel came to practice in the Victorian era ,for this was the time when the pressure of scientific expansionism and violent social economic dislocations had severely strained the English man's traditional attitude towards God - and people started questioning against God . So the English writers decided to bring coincidence in the Victorian novel to illustrate the efforts to reconceptualize God and to bring transparency in the society . Novelist brought new concept of circumstances knit themselves, fitted themselves, shot into orders ,incidents linked to each other and was given the perfect connection and novelists called it as the coincidence . The writers of the Victorian novel brought coincidence in the natural manner by saying 'God did this ' . An author chooses coincidence in preference to a naturalistic motivation . To a greater or lesser extent, for a longer ...

Walk towards Jesus Christ and believe in his words ,He will not let us down. We are in end time, Jesus is coming soon to judge everything what we have done in this world. "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." - Jesus in Matthew 7:13-14   Victory in the blood of Jesus.