Objective Criticism
Objective criticism is a significant approach in literary theory that emerged in the early 20th century, primarily associated with the New Criticism movement. It emphasises analysing a work of literat...
Road Literature
Road literature, also known as travel literature or road trip literature, refers to a genre of writing that focuses on characters' stories, experiences and adventures while journeying on the road. It ...
Romantic Comedy
The romantic comedy, often abbreviated as rom-com, is a subgenre of comedy that focuses on developing a romantic relationship. It typically focuses on the romantic relationships between two central ch...
Studying Classics
Classic literature is an expression of life, truth, and beauty. In classic literature, work is usually considered to be a representation of the period in which it was written and it merits lasting rec...
The Satire
Satire is a literary and artistic genre that uses humour, irony, exaggeration, and ridicule to criticise and expose the flaws, vices, and follies of individuals, societies, institutions, or even entir...
The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation refers to a literary and cultural movement that blossomed in the United States in the post-World War II era. It reached its peak in the 1950s. The Beats were a diverse group of wri...
World Literature
World literature is used to refer to the total of the world's national literature and the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. In the past, it primarily referred t...
Dramatic Monologue
Monologue refers to a speech or a verbal presentation that a character gives to exhibit his ideas and thoughts in a loud manner. Through monologue, the character shares his thoughts with the audience ...
Homer
T S Eliot said that genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. Homer is perhaps the greatest of all epic poets and his legendary status was well established by the time of Classical Athen...
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is one of the most celebrated and influential works in world literature, written between 1308 and 1321. This epic poem is a profound spiritual and allegorical jour...