William Morel is the eldest son of Gertrude and Walter Morel in D.H. Lawrence's novel “Sons and Lovers”. He was just seven when he was first introduced to us. He…
French philosopher Jacques Derrida coined the term ‘différance’. He explicitly rules out calling it a concept for the condition of possibility for meaning. As he explains in the invaluable collection…
Definition: Epanaphora is a figure of speech that consists of the reiteration of the same word or words at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or sentences.
Examples:
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The concept ‘Oedipus complex’ was introduced by Sigmund Freud in his book Die Traumdeutung (1900), translated as The Interpretation of Dreams (1913). Here, Freud relates that in his clinical experience, the child’s relationship…
The reflexive novel is a novel in which the author calls the reader’s attention to the fact that he or she is writing (or has written) a novel. Thus, what…
Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem Tithonus is a monologue of the single character of the poem, Tithonus. The mythological Trojan lover of the goddess of Dawn, Aurora, is found to speak here…
Parnassus Plays is the name given to a group of three satiric comedies produced between 1598 and 1602 by St John’s College, Cambridge students. It consists of The Pilgrimage to Parnassus, The…
Definition and Meaning:
An anecdote is a brief account of or a story about an individual or an incident. The anecdotal digression is a common feature of narrative in prose and…
Definition and Meaning of Satire:
Satire, in general, means a literary composition, in verse or prose, to expose the vices or follies of some person or persons, to ridicule or banter…
Parody (Gk meaning ‘beside, subsidiary or mock song’) is the imitative use of an author's words, style, attitude, tone, and ideas to make them ridiculous. This is usually achieved by…