English Literature

OUR MAIN LITERARY ARTICLES ON ENGLISH LITERATURE

Background to English literature

What is literature?

History of English literature

Different types of literature

What is literary English?

Figurative language in English literature

What is a sonnet?

What is metaphysical poetry?

Definition and types of irony

Literary terms used in English drama

How to answer a literary question?

Shakespearean Tragedy

Greek tragedy versus Shakespearean tragedy

Sophocles: Oedipus the King

What is Greek Tragedy?

Introduction to Oedipus Trilogy

Summary of Oedipus the King

Introduction to Characters in Oedipus the king

Characters analysis of Oedipus: A tragic Hero

Role of Fate in Oedipus the King

Difference Between Greek Tragedies and Shakespearian Tragedy

Sir Geoffrey Chaucer: Prologue to Canterbury Tales

Introduction to the life of Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer as realist

Introduction to the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Summary of General prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Short introduction to 29 pilgrims in Canterbury Tales

Chaucer’s attitude towards religion

Religious characters in Canterbury Tales

Female characters in Canterbury Tales

William Shakespeare: Othello

Introduction to Othello

Introduction to characters in Othello

Act wise summary of Othello

Major themes in Othello

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy

Greek tragedy versus Shakespearean tragedy

Alexander Pope: The rape of the lock

Introduction to rape of the lock

Major themes in rape of the lock

Rape of the lock as a social satire

Rape of the lock as a mock heroic epic

Pope’s use of heroic couplet

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice

Introduction and background to Pride and Prejudice

Introduction to main characters in Pride and Prejudice

Summary of Pride and Prejudice

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities

Introduction to “A Tale of Two Cities”

Introduction to Main Characters in A Tale Of Two Cities

Long Summary of A Tale of Two Cities
Major Themes in A Tale of Two Cities

Old Man and the Sea

Introduction and summary of “The Old Man and the Sea”

Main characters and their analysis in “The Old Man and the sea”

Theme of the novel “The Old man and the sea”

Symbolism in “The old man and the sea”

Quotations used in the novel “The old man and the sea”

Arthur Miller: The Crucible

Introduction and Historical Background to The Crucible

Main characters in the Play The Crucible

Summary of the Play The Crucible

Character Analysis of Abigail Williams

Character Analysis of John Proctor

John Donne: Metaphysical Poetry

John Donne as a metaphysical poet

What is metaphysical poetry?

William Words worth

William Wordsworth as a romantic poet of nature

Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Poems

The poem Leisure by William Davies