Bildungsroman novel originated from Germany. It is a special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological   and  moral  growth of its main  character , from his or her youth to adulthood. A bildungsroman is a story of the growing up of a sensitive person, who looks for answers to his questions through diff…

Ballad is an old English pattern of story meant for singing which is full of anecdotes conserve by memory and handed down orally. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. The term derives its name from medieval French dance songs or “Ballares”. In theme and functions they may originate from S…

Journalese is “the name of literary vice which consists in the use of silted language of journalism.” It  is an informal, often  pejorative  term for a  style  of writing and  word choice  found in many newspapers and magazines.   In English Newspaper we often find such big words and expressions probably to m…

“The Sun Rising” is a typical love poem by Donne, characterised by his usual vigour, sprightliness and freshness. This poem, like most of Donne’s love-poems is inspired by the poet’s love for his wife, Anne Moore. Donne’s love amounts to a passion. It is a perfect synthesis of the spiritual and physical love. The…

The most famous romantic poet John Keats, “the Chameleon Poet”   is the expounder of the term “Negative Capability”. Writing to his brothers, George and Thomas, in  December 1817 letter found in  Selected Letters , Keats coins the phrase “Negative Capability”: “I mean Negative Capability, that is when man is…

Classical Greek and Latin dramas were strict in form. The concept of the three unities, in relation to classical drama, derives from Aristotle's  Poetics but is not directly formulated by the Greek philosopher. He merely states that a tragedy should have unity of action. The  Poetics was unknown in Weste…

William Shakespeare, possibly the greatest of all English dramatists is to be mentioned particularly as a literary icon in English. He remains unparalleled and unrivalled in the realm of philology. No other individual writer has exercised so much influence on English language as Shakespeare has done- I) Vocabula…