2.7.3 Jhaverchand Meghani (1897-1947) Jhaverchand Meghani‚ popularly known as a poet of powerful sentiments‚ tried his hand at writing historical novels too. He wrote historical novels like Samarangan (1938)‚ Sorath Taran Vahetan Pani‚ Ra Gangajaliyo (1939) and Gujarat-no Jay (Part I (1939)‚ Part II (1942)). Comparing Meghani with Munshi‚ Mansukhlal Jhaveri comments: “If Munshi’s major women characters are much-pampered adolescent daughters and Ramanlal Desai’s are charming beloveds‚ then Meghani’s
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Charles Dicken’s Novels: Literary Criticism Something about Charles Dickens and his ability to take his reader to unbelievable places with his imaginative powers allows him the honor of being the most popular English novelist of the 19th century. Dickens has thrilled his readers for many years with his down-to-earth stories about real people forced into real situations. Charles Dickens has the ability to tell his stories from personal experiences. He fine-tuned his ability to tell his own story
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University : DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY Broad Field of Research : Fiction (Indian English Literature) Title : The Theme of Alienation in the Novels of Arun Joshi. Name of the Supervisor: Dr. R. Gandhi Subramanian. M.A.‚ M. Phil.‚ Ph.D.‚ THE THEME OF ALIENATION IN THE NOVELS OF ARUN JOSHI INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE: AN INTRODUCTION Literature has said something always fascinating. It is to man’s advantage that he has always
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John Gardner’s novel‚ Grendel‚ takes place in the fourth century A.D. in Denmark. The novel is about Grendel‚ a monster that lives in a cave with his mother who is unable to communicate with him due to her lack of ability to speak‚ and fails to fit in among humans‚ causing him to live a secluded life. Grendel was written in order to help people understand the very nature of mankind. Summary: In the very first chapter of the novel‚ Grendel is being introduced as any ordinary monster you could imagine
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Turning the first page into this novel‚ Not Wanted on the Voyage by author Timothy Findley‚ I noticed all the religious excepts from the King James version of the Bible. This mere detail fascinated me‚ and gave an excellent leap into the chapters that so fourth proceeded. The novel commences with a very slow passing of events.. We‚ as the reader‚ are introduced into his figment imagination: the exaggerated setting and characterization of the bible. Though the use to re-read many of the passages
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Throughout the novel‚ there are many events that question Pangloss’s philosophy‚ these various events help contribute to the Bildungsroman plotline by having Candide mature through his journey. Candide realizes that the world is more than Westphalia‚ and that Westphalia is not the best place in the world. Candide begins to apprehend that if he wants to live in the best world he must construct it. In the novel Candide by Voltaire‚ the characters Pangloss‚Cacambo‚ and Martin help contribute to Candide’s
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different narratives to present Robert Ross sympathetically in the novel: • Marion Turner- she could look down on him for his mutiny‚ however she describes him as a hero- his action was in fact was brave and he acted to according to him what was right- tried to assert life in the face of death. Pg 12/13 “I guess you saw them all as beautiful because you couldn’t see them as broken…” – theme of how delicate life is End of novel- Marion describes the circumstances and when Robert Ross’ body
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THEME OF ALIENATION IN ANITA DESAI’S NOVELS WITH REFERENCE TO ‘CRY‚ THE PEACOCK’‚ ‘VOICES IN THE CITY’ AND ‘FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN’ Alienation is one of the greatest problems confronting modern man. The 20th century Especially the postwar period has been called the ‘Age of Alienation’. Edmund Fuller remarks that in our age man suffers not only from war persecution ‚ famine and ruin‚ but from inner problem a conviction on isolation ‚ randomness ‚ meaninglessness in his way of existence. There are
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Epiphany The experience of one being awakened to unforeseen thoughts or ideas is generally known as an epiphany. Many of Flannery O’Conner’s writings which comprises of tragic events that eventually lead his characters into appalling situations‚ ultimately serves as an example of some sort of revelation or epiphany to the character. One example of O’Conner’s writing that depicts such theme is the short story‚ “Everything That Rises Must Converge‚” which tells of the story of a recent college student
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Fade is an interesting novel‚ and can be quite confusing at times. The book starts off with the main character‚ Paul Moreaux living in his hometown "Frenchtown" he always called it‚ in Massachusetts. The book takes place somewhere in the 1920’s. Paul lives a normal but poor life‚ when he finds out that he has the ability to "fade"‚ which is the ability to disappear or become invisible. The ability is passed on from an uncle in the family to a nephew‚ and Paul’s uncle Abelard teaches it to him. Once
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