Magic realism writers

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice it’s natural Size – Virginia Woolf. The topic that I’ve chosen for my essay is The Status of A Woman in South Indian or specifically Malayalam Cinema. The first question the arises in my mind while watching any Malayalam movie is why does the nationally and internationally acclaimed Malayalam Cinema fail to represent women’s experiences, Why are The Female leads

French Revolution (1789-1799) there was a new social enlightenment and opportunity for people push boundaries, break social norms and challenge morals and ideas. This massive shift in society saw the beginning of the Romantic era; a period in which writers, poets, artists and dancers had the freedom to express themselves in a way that disregarded many classical aspects of past which focused on harmony, balance and order. This provided a new era of creations that had strong sources of inspirations from

Post-revolutionary Russia is depicted in this work. The real historical characters are read in Orwell’s animals. The novel is an allegory to the whole society, regime, ideology. Religious or ethical writers usually use allegory to convey abstract ideas through characters and events and to teach the morals of their faith and beliefs. However, Animal Farm is written in the form of satire where questions of social and political nature are discussed and

and is generally considered as the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He was the first well known American writer who was known for trying to earn his living by writing, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Poe is most popularly well known for writing gothic content. His short stories are popular worldwide. He serves as an inspiration for the modern gothic writers namely, Stephen King, Joe Hill and Neil Gaiman. Out of his short stories, two of them are well known by the readers

Even more surprising, the new thoughts were acceptable, and in turn provided an alternative route for thinking that had not formerly been considered. Anti-Realism is another feature of Modernism. This element included the use of myth and allusion in writing. Description was a prominent feature in literature before the Modernist period; writers had set the scene using an exactness that left little room for a reader's imagination. With Modernism emerged the allusion, which meant that only certain aspects

Coleridge?s Hidden Journal: ?The Rime of the Ancient Mariner? Samuel Taylor Coleridge?s ?Rime of the Ancient Mariner? is a piece known to many in some vague way or another. An elderly sailor, a ghostly ship, and the killing of an albatross are all present in many people?s minds, although they may not entirely know the whole tale. Although well-known today, the most activity ?Rime? has seen was in its beginnings. It has its fair share of praise and criticism, praise given posthumously and criticism

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Dodgson, was a writer, mathematician, photographer, and a man of religion. Lewis Carroll is a well known British writer throughout the world. As a child, Carroll entertained his brothers and sister as well as the children of his best friend when he was an adult. Lewis Carroll went through many challenges as he was matured, and even though he had to overcome them, his imagination only grew in strength and never waned until near his death. His work of art in the child

Few works of literature or legend are as varied as that of King Arthur and his round table, forever retold by each generation. Without question, the defining work of Arthurian Literature is Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Morte d'Arthur is a compilation of all the King Arthur legends that existed before Malory. Malory tried to bring all the stories together into one cohesive whole. Morte d'Arthur is a trove of stories about magical encounters and various quests that is loosely centered on

Coleridge had been a neighbor, friend and collaborator of Wordsworth and their partnership remained fruitful for the growth of English literature. Their publication of “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” heralded the birth of Romanticism. Coleridge along with Wordsworth, librated 18th century’s poetry from the strict shackles and put along the road to new freedom and achievement. Compared to Wordsworth, Coleridge was subtle and comprehensive, more gifted with poetic sensibilities, but he was indolent and

Rudali is set against the exploitative system where poor people have o escape from their sufffeings. Rudali is about… “how to survive”… “bread and mouth”. It is a story about the problem of survival in a rigid patriarchal system-Mahasweta Devi exposes this curel and indifferent system. The novella explicates the various strategies of survival employed by the subaltern individually and as a community. Even the opening lines of Rudali place the main protagonist Sanichari in a socio-economic context