English Literature & Theology

 All of Eliot’s early poetry converges on “The Waste Land”. Here he is attempting a task of enormous difficulty and the remarkable measure of success which he achieves is one of the chief testimonies to his genius. The Waste Land is an essay, in creating a poem on a grand scale out of a vision of a devitalized world, a world that has denied or ignored the spiritual life. In The Waste Land the problem was to create a myth that would give adequate expression to pity and terror of a comprehensive view of a devitalized society. For this purpose Eliot makes use of the two typically modern sciences of psychology and anthropology.  The central conception of The Waste Land is ‘sexual impotence’ which is used as a symbol for the spiritual malady of the modern world. This symbol is developed by means of a myth which had been much studied by contemporary anthropologists. The specific example of the myth which he selects is derived from the theory Miss J. L. Weston expounded in several of...

 Dadabhai Naoroji was the first man to say that internal factors were not the reasons of poverty in India but poverty was caused by the colonial rule that was draining the wealth and prosperity of India. In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the ‘drain of wealth’ theory in which he stated that the Britain was completely draining India. He mentioned this theory in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.  During the last quarter of the 19th century, a great controversy arose over the question of ‘The Drain’ between the nationalist leaders of India and the Protagonists of Britain. Indian nationalist thinkers developed the theory of Drain mainly for analysing main cause of poverty in India. During the late 19th and early 20th century, ‘the drain theory’ came to be seen as the symbol of Indian economic nationalism. Its message was that financial mechanisms by which British rule in India was maintained led to a transfer of wealth and income from India to Britain, imposing a ‘...

 As far as A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White is concerned, his postcolonial novel is set in 19th century and deals with shipwreck of Ellen Roxburgh. The story itself is based on a real event that involved Eliza Fraser.  Undoubtedly, White’s novel is marked by complexity; he deals with numerous topics that are crucial to Australian identity as well as those that are universal: repressed sexuality, the role of nature and culture in human life, colonialism or the structure of the society.  The latter topic may be perceived as profoundly important, since in A Fringe of Leaves White presents the reader a wide range of social groups as well as human behavior that is conditioned by the social status.  The reader is able to decipher all kinds of interactions between members of main groups presented in the novel: English middle class, Irish emancipates or Aborigines. Interestingly, White refrains from giving ready-made opinions and statements; as a merely observer, he gives...

 It has been over two centuries since Indians first adopted a new language English as a medium of their creative expression. But it is only in the last few decades that this new writing or literature in English has witnessed a flourishing phase with a spurt in the number of publications . The Anxiety of Indianness written by Meenakshi Mukherjee begins the essay with a reference to Raja Rao's preface in Kanthapura which was written in 1938, when he was in Paris. In the preface , Raja Rao tries to notify the puzzle between the language, dialect and culture in producing new work in India in English.   Raja Rao's Foreword in Kanthapura Raja Rao states that - "Indian cannot write like British and they should not……English is language of Intellectual makeup not emotional makeup." This puzzled circumstance is dominating and inflicting conflict in the minds of Indian English writers to write in English because , the language English is  acquired by us but not owned or inherit...

"The Freaks"  by Kamaladas  Title : "The freaking distracted love " The theme of patriarchal dominance in the poem 'The Freaks' This is one of the famous poem written by Indian poet Kamala Das. In this poem the poet has tried to explain how the insecure and sluggish love brings uneasyness in one's life , especially in women's life.  In the poem, Kamala Das describes how in a male-dominated  society, a woman should submit to her husband though he may be ugly, older, lustful and problematic. She is supposed to satisfy him in all the ways without thinking about herself, her sexual needs and desires.  The poem begins with the description of a man as : ' sun-stained Cheek ,  a dark Cavern mouth ,and stalactites of Uneven teeth gleam.With this facial images we can understand that the man in the poem is an old man.  In Freaks, poet depicts the disappointment, senselessness and the torment of a woman who longs for true love but it is denied by her husban...

 "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.