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In 1960 the French novelist and critic Phillipe Sollers (1936-) founded the literary periodical Tel Quel, and later he outlined its objectives in his discourse Logiques (1968). The aims are basically ideological and…

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Apr 2025

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Discuss the term Ideology: Definition, Meaning and Its Significance

The term ‘Ideology’ was coined by the French philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy, who conceived it in 1796 as the “science of ideas” to develop a rational system of ideas…

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Discuss the figure of speech Hyperbaton: Definition, Features and Examples

Definition: Hyperbaton is a figure in which there is an inversion of the regular grammatical order of words in a sentence for the purpose of emphasizing an idea or fact.…

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A short note on Prague Linguistic Circle

The Prague Linguistic Circle (PLC) was a group of linguists and scholars founded in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) in 1926. It was initially formed by a group of…

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Summary and Analysis of the poem The Dream of the Rood

The Dream of the Rood is one of the famous Anglo-Saxon Christian poems. This poem is short and contains 146 lines only. It is generally attributed to the greatest Anglo-Saxon…

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The Complaint of Deor (or Deor’s Lament) Summary and Analysis

“The Complaint of Deor,” also known as “Deor’s Lament,” is an Old English poem that dates back to the 10th century. It is a short poem and contains only 52…

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Comment on Somerset Maugham’s narrative method and prose style in “The Lotus Eater”

In the English literature of the present century, Somerset Maugham is a big name. As a novelist, dramatist, and storyteller, his genius remains indisputable. His stories exhibit remarkably his inexhaustible…

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Tragi-Comedy; Definition, Characteristics and Example

Definition: ‘Tragi-Comedy’, as the very name signifies, is a mingling of the seriousness of tragedy and the pleasantry of comedy. It is both tragedy and comedy, padded together into one new…

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What is one act play; definition, characteristics and examples

The one-act play, as the name suggests, is a play performed in a single act, and that distinguishes it from regular plays that are typically divided into multiple acts. This…

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A short note on the Narrative Technique of the novel Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

In the novel Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, two narrative innovations are worth particular mention: Atwood’s unreliable narrator and her use of poetry in a work of prose fiction. Most of Atwood’s…

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A short note on the periodical Tel Quel by Phillipe Sollers

Discuss the term Ideology: Definition, Meaning and Its Significance

Discuss the figure of speech Hyperbaton: Definition, Features and Examples

A short note on Prague Linguistic Circle

Summary and Analysis of the poem The Dream of the Rood

The Complaint of Deor (or Deor’s Lament) Summary and Analysis

Comment on Somerset Maugham’s narrative method and prose style in “The Lotus Eater”

Tragi-Comedy; Definition, Characteristics and Example

What is one act play; definition, characteristics and examples

A short note on the Narrative Technique of the novel Surfacing by Margaret Atwood