When it comes to Brazilian literature, the first name that comes to one’s mind is Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, or as he is usually called, Machado de Assis.
February 26, 2010
Gregorio de Matos: The Religiously Perverse Poet from Brazil exemplifies Baroque literature of not just Brazil but also of Portuguese literature.
February 1, 2010
Does Holden Caulfield epitomize Altruism or Misanthropic Nature? Holden Caulfield manages to bring out the altruist in him, with all the negative attributions attached to his character. Holden Caulfield is the epitome of cynics in the outer world but there is a true innocent teenager buried under the image of a cynic. Salinger crafted Holden’s character much in relevance to his own self, making the young teenager a true recluse. The world perceives Holden as a rebel and a deviant but the phoney world denies that he is a conformist.
January 29, 2010
J D Salinger seems to have lived out dream of Holden, the young protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye by making the ‘dough’ with his novel, buying a remote home in Cornish, New Hampshire and shunning the world of phonies
January 15, 2010
Anacaona is a Startling Allusion to Haiti for she was seduced and executed by the colonizers just as Haiti has been admired, pillaged and destroyed by colonizers, dictators and by Nature.
January 7, 2010
Is Patriarchy the Oppressor or the Victim of Gender Role and how has that been reflected in literature?
December 9, 2009
Pseudonym: Perhaps a Dirty Word or it could even land you in legal trouble, as it did in the case of JT Leroy aka Laura Albert.
December 3, 2009
Franz Kafka depicts, interprets and describes existential angst of sensitive souls caught in an absurd world which is beyond their comprehension and control.
October 18, 2009
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is an epic tale set in Salinas Valley and it spans through three generations exploring basic conflict and choice between good and evil.
August 11, 2009
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is a rare real non-fictional account by Gabriel Garcia Marquez of a sailor who was shipwrecked and managed to survive on a raft for 10 days without food.
July 30, 2009
Germinal, written in 1885, is considered one of Emile Zola's masterpiece. The novel is set in the back drop of a mining village in northern France.
The Fiendish
August 21, 2012
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