0 Broad Notes Plays Way of the World William Congreve’s play the Way of the World as a typical Restoration Comedy of Manners or anti-sentimental comedy Somnath Sarkar 04:48:00 “The Restoration comedy of manners reached its fullest expression in The Way of the World (1700) by William Congreve, which is domi... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 British Literature Broad Notes Poetry William Blake A Comparative Study on Blake’s two “Chimney Sweeper Poems” Somnath Sarkar 03:35:00 The poem “The Chimney Sweeper” is set against the dark background of child labour, a crude horror of the Industrial Revolution tha... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 British Literature Broad Notes Poetry Analyse Hopkins' "Pied Beauty" as a Curtal Sonnet Somnath Sarkar 23:36:00 Though traditional sonnets are fourteen lines, Gerard Manley Hopkins, in his experiments with poetic form, line, and meter, altered... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 British Literature Broad Notes P B Shelley Poetry Romanticism William Wordsworth Compare and contrast Shelley's "To a Skylark" with Wordsworth's "To the Skylark". Somnath Sarkar 22:19:00 In the firmament of Romantic literature, both Wordsworth and Shelley are two dazzling luminaries. Both their Skylark poems deal with a ... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 Analyses British Literature Broad Notes Poetry Robert Browning Discuss Browning’s optimistic philosophy towards life as revealed in his poem “The Last Ride Together”. Somnath Sarkar 04:27:00 “I find earth not grey but rosy/Heaven not grim but fair of hue.” Robert Browning, a cherished poet of the Victorian era, has many... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 British Literature Broad Notes Jane Austen Novel Pride and Prejudice Discuss Jane Austen's use of irony in her novel, "Pride and Prejudice". Somnath Sarkar 04:27:00 Use of word with humorous or satirical intention, as a result of which the meaning is the exact opposite of what actually said, is call... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 African Literature Broad Notes Heart of Darkness Novel Joseph Conrad's Use of Symbolism in the Novel, "Heart of Darkness" Somnath Sarkar 03:32:00 Heart of Darkness is replete with symbols. In Heart of Darkness every person and everything means more than what we are likely to fi... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 African Literature Broad Notes Novel Things Fall Apart Okonkwo as a Tragic Hero in Chinua Achebe's Novel "Things Fall Apart" or Character of Okonkwo. Somnath Sarkar 04:41:00 Okonkwo, the protagonist of the novel, was tall and stout with bushy eyebrows and a wide nose on his face. He looked strict, severe an... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 British Literature Broad Notes Plays Restoration Era The Rivals Discuss "The Rivals" as an artificial comedy of manners mirroring the Restoration England. or Is the spirit of "The Rivals" in keeping with the reaction against the sentimental comedy prevailing in the age? Somnath Sarkar 05:21:00 The comedy of manners is a genre of play which satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class or of multiple classes, often... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+
0 American Literature Broad Notes Diaspora Indo-Anglican Literature Jhumpa Lahiri Short Stories The Picture of Indian Family in America in Jhumpa' Lahiri's Short Story "Interpreter of Maladies" or What picture of Das Family, a Bengalee family settled in America comes out in Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies"? Somnath Sarkar 02:54:00 Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies is a short story about Indo-American family. She gives in the story ample glimpses at the life... Read More Share Twitter Facebook Google+