Literary Genres : Literary Differences And Characteristics In Literature

Myths are one of the most important elements included in the history of not only African-American lives but also the lives of each and every one of us. Myths are inevitable human resources at times when no other idea justifies our being. As Barthes posits, for it is human history which converts reality into speech, and it alone rules the life and the death of mythical language. Ancient or not, mythology can only have an historical foundation, for myth is a type of speech chosen by history: it cannot possibly evolve from the 'nature ' of things. This study looks into the significance of "Myths" and their determining roles as semiological systems in August Wilson 's dramatic twentieth century cycle plays; Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Piano Lesson. In these plays, myths take the forms of individuals, rituals and even ancestral objects. It can be observed that each one of these elements performs the most important role in conveying the significance of the African-American psyche and delicately portrays the eminent influence of ancestral backgrounds in shaping the lives of each character. The works of scholars such as Roland Barthes, Henry Gates, as well as many more, have been employed to better grasp this matter.

Literatures work has always played an important role in our society throughout the history. Each works serves with different purposes and provide the readers with great benefits. It does not only give the audience enjoyments from the works, but it is also another way to teach the others in many different ways. Most work from the Native Americans that we learned from the lecture are to teach and persuade other people of strong values of life, such as “Iktomi and the Dancing Duck” and “Origin of the Sun Shower.” Literature is one of the most important ways to preserve wide range of knowledge and to pass down to each generation, which can also help the audience understand different things from the past. There are many literature works that were

Part of the course to which the task refers: Part 4- Literature, a critical study

During this time period literature had a dominance of black women writers. Their writings focused on five major traits: dominance of black women writers, intertextuality, revisiting the past, reoccurrence of historiography, and broadening of horizons. Among the major writers only one was a male. The intertextuality circled around repeat writing, the response and revision of earlier themes and motifs. Each period adds to the existing one by utilizing new contexts to literature, themes and style.

Many authors, in both general literature and Black artists alike have many questions when crafting their arguments and stories. Why am I writing this? What am I hoping to accomplish from writing? And most importantly, Who am I writing for? When it comes down to who a writer’s intended audience is, it comes across as one of the most vital questions one can ask. With audience choice comes a plethora of other choice. What medium should I use to make

Considering the importance of the literature work, in the following writing. Two literary attempts will be made to make a comparison and to highlight

In her words, Smith explores black travel writing from colonization, imperialism and from a genre called slave narrative, which is referred to written narratives on African Americans in slavery. She records history from those

will explore the different ideas and thoughts of the authors and how they got influenced by the

There are different forms of literature which can include essays, poems, novels, reports and more. The one thing all forms of literature have in common is that they all have meaning, purpose and form, but how it is expressed is all different, the question is how. Most of the times authors have a reason to convey such messages, and how the messages are delivered is up to the author as well. The author uses the form, it’s aesthetics to send the readers an image; what kind of literature it is. The authors also send the readers a blatant message, the message is sent through the text of the literature. Through the text on the literature the author portrays purpose, and with the form of the

While reading literature, we manage to forget that they have true origins to what is being written and what they actually represent. When looking at the similarities of how literature is represented it obvious to see that there are certain socially constructed groups presented. Although these socially constructed groups do vary throughout literature, they still tend to be very similar. In Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use,” Lorraine Hansberry play “A Raisin in the Sun,” and Langston Hughes’s poems “Harlem” and “Theme for English B” they evaluate the social construction of African Americans. What makes these authors so alike is the similarities that they share; being that they were all born in the early 1900s, are all of African American

African American essayists have controlled the story content to mirror their artistic legacy: oral custom. Toni Morrison skillfully appropriated the customarily Anglo-American scholarly gadget in her novel 'Sula,' by barring from the dialect she utilized what isn't discovered, formed or educated by the subtleties of the Black and female voice. Morrison's dialect isn't recently authentic. It has gotten the substance of music that she was making progress toward when she made

How have notions of story telling or marginalization informed and challenged audiences? In your answer, you must refer to at least TWO set texts, at least ONE of which has been studied since the half yearly.

The aim of this article is to analyze the reflection of the women empowerment in the Indian Diaspora novel The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri. It is rightly said by Alfred North Whitehead- "It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression." Literature is not only a reflection of the society but also serves as a corrective mirror in which members of the society can look at themselves and find the need for positive change. It is necessary to take a close look at some works of literature, in order to understand how literature actually reflects the society. Literature as a whole grows and changes from generation to generation. It is not static but dynamic. It means that each age has its own particular point of interest and its own particular way of thinking and feeling about things. So the literature which it produces is governed by certain prevailing tastes. These tastes last for a time only. The influence of literature on society is felt directly or indirectly. Women Empowerment is a burning issue of this modern age. So, an effort is done in this paper to reflect the traditional roles which women, especially, Indian women are expected to follow and the role which the women choose in context to a novel the Lowland.

Comparative Literature is recognized interdisciplinary discourse has a theoretical basis that makes it possible to undertake comparative assessment of any two literature of any ages, milues and cultures. Archibald Lampman and Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor, despite the visible difference of language and culture, have many things in common to study them under the canvass of comparative literature. As Henry Remark states that comparative literature should not be regarded as a discipline on its own but rather as a connecting link between subjects or subject areas. A comparison thus can be made between two or more different literatures and between literature of different languages.

Themes, myths, social and religious movements are some of the major areas to be encompassed by the scholars. The field of comparative literature is bombarded with the terms of regional literatures, national literatures, international literatures and world literatures. Every region, every nation has its own culture and practice which in turn is reflected in the significant literary texts facilitating to comprehend the nuances of a culture and