The Gothic Hero may not be found in literature anymore, but he continues to live and lurk in the unconscious of human minds.
March 31, 2009
In Eduardo Galeano's books history becomes a series of narrated stories and life a sad poetry, thus blurring the genre lines between fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
March 24, 2009
Voltaire’s tale of enlightenment of Candide is a realistic tale of disillusionment as well.
March 21, 2009
Gothic culture may no longer be popular but it surely isn't dead, and continues to live on in a subculture which is often elusive.
February 24, 2009
Add magic to Realism, and it takes you on a scintillating journey that borders between life and death. It takes you on a journey beyond reality while forcing you to smell dusty reality.
February 20, 2009
It certainly looks like the dream of many Blacks was achieved when Obama won the presidential elections of U.S.A. However, has Langston Hughes' dream been realized or does it continue to be deferred?
February 15, 2009
Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the World Wars in France and elsewhere in Europe, and just after it. French playwrights have often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to surface even during a Nazi occupation. Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and despair with no [...]
February 10, 2009
Irving Stone's biographies reveal the personal histories of great artists and the life they lead behind the veil of fame and publicity.
February 4, 2009
Franz Kafka and Albert Camus tried to make sense of a world that is endlessly absurd. Not much has changed to this day, and the being is still caught in a reality, or even many realities which ultimately ends up being absurd.
February 1, 2009
Was Lewis Caroll more than just a children's author? Or was he the harbringer of 'nonsense', even before absurdism came into being?
January 25, 2009
While slavery and oppression against Africans is long gone, Indian dalits with a similar condition have been languishing for nearly 2000 years. Now they seem to have found their voice in postmodernism and other literary movements in west.
The Fiendish
April 19, 2009
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