Essays on Literary Genre

The theme of a written work is known as the moral or lesson meant to be learned from that certain work. That varies from every written work to the next one, so themes often rely on the literary techniques that the author’s use. Authors can use any literary techniques such as similes and onomatopoeia to...

“The Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker and “The Test” by Angelica Gibbs are short stories describing the struggles of being segregated because of diversity. In “The Stolen Party” the protagonist, Rosaura, a nine year-old Latina girl, goes to a party thinking she’s a guest but ends up being worked by her mother’s employer, Senora Ines,...

H.G Wells is known for his wide variety of political writings, his novels and stories, and his very committed stance as a socialist. John Partington wrote about Wells’s political stance as a socialist and how it helped with the “abolition of class barriers’,” and helped “free competition between individuals in society regardless of their social...

Everybody likes to escape from the real world. Some find it difficult while others live in their imagination. This imaginative dreamworld lifestyle is best escaped to within the fantasy genre. Another description of fantasy, is any work that contains magic or unrealistic settings, normally set in an alternate universe, or involving mythical creatures and supernatural...

The root of English dramatization appears dubious. There’s no certain prove demonstrating its root. It can be followed back from century of succeeding Norman Victory to Britain. Many students of history accept that dramatization came to Britain alongside them. Dramatization is the shape of structure plan for execution within the theater, where the performing artists...

American scientist, Robert Neville, is a lone human survivor living in the ruins of New York City three years after an initially promising cancer cure turns into a virus that wipes out humanity. Faithfully sending out radio messages every day and wandering the streets for food and supplies with family dog, Samantha, Robert is desperate...

The Price of Pride Allen Edgar Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is short story of two friends, where one murders the other to avenge himself. To start with the beginning, Poe makes the opening of the story interesting by starting it with a hyperbole. Montresor says, “Fortunato had hurt me a thousand times” (Poe, 68)....

Abstract Badal Sircar is a unique figure as a dramatist. He never compromised with the existing theatre models. He tried genuinely to create of his own model called ‘Third Theatre’. Dissatisfied with the proscenium style, because of its high paraphernalia and commercialisation, he crafted Third Theatre model to perform his plays. This model is absolutely...

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is a classic piece of literature that has been translated in over 300...

The story Borders by Thomas King is about a mother who struggles to not only cross the border to see her daughter but also maintaining her identity. In my opinion, the author used the text to connect with people, real-world issues and how society reacts to give the story significance. The story deals with real-world...