Aristotle’s Concept of Tragedy In his work “Poetics,” Aristotle outlines the fundamental principles of artistic composition. Among other literary forms, he particularly emphasizes on the elements of tragic composition, i.e. Tragedy, providing insights and...
Le Morte d’Arthur Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur is a medieval prose work that chronicles the legendary tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The work revolves around the...
Mulk Raj Anand: Life and Works Mulk Raj Anand is amongst the pioneer Indo-English novelists, alongwith R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. He is known for his commitment for meportraying the struggles and injustices faced...
Wife of Bath’s Tale Themes 1. Consent, Authority and Gender Dynamics Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale looks into different themes, especially the theme of consent. The story talks about power dynamics, gender roles,...
Surrealism Surrealism promised to free the mind, of rational control, by exposing the subconscious mind of man…. These philosophical forerunners of the Absurd movement preached a new psychology based on combining the dreaming state...
Introduction The Theatre of the Absurd was a short-lived yet significant theatrical movement, centred in Paris in the 1950’s. The beginning of “absurdism” lie in Avant-garde (Avant-garde refer to such works of art that...
A Defence of Poetry A Defence of Poetry is the most famous work of prose by P.B. Shelley (1792-1822). It was written in 1821 as a reaction to his friend Thomas Love Peacock’s treatise...
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