Introduction Almost omnipresent in each of Hemingway’s works, the central characters of the story possess an all enduring human, preferably a man, who strives to correctly, who follows the ideals of honor and courage, perseverance and endurance in a world that is extremely disorganized, most stressful, and plainly morbid and painful. What is Hemingway’s Code … Read more
From visually stimulating to sophisticated and literary refined, Comedy as a genre has numerous different forms of types. With the passage of time, some forms become less popular as the acceptance and popularity of some new form goes up. Therefore, when classifying comedies we start with the classical forms of it: Types of Comedy Low … Read more
What is Comedy? Having roots in the Latin word ‘Comedia’ which means to reveal some information while singing. Well to most people the definition of comedy is a lot different. Even though the element so revelation and song may be included, they are not fundamental to every piece of comic work. In fact, today comedy is … Read more
What constitutes a Satire? Satire in literature is a form of writing that provides a critique of the existing conditions in society, people, economy, governance etc. It highlights the flaws, hypocrisy, corruption, immorality, vices etc to help provide a passage for the betterment of society. It uses humour, scathing assessments, analogy, irony etc to produce … Read more
Introduction Fiction employs inventive ways to present any tale as a portal to a created reality and asks the reader to indulge in it without questioning its veracity. It can be anything from writing like novels, short stories, plays, comics, animations, games, etc. In this article, we will discuss 6 Elements of Fiction Theme The theme is the controlling idea or purpose behind a fiction story. It is the threads of all the characters … Read more
History The genre of tragedy is quite well theorized, unlike many other genres. The theory of tragedy is as old as 5th Century BC. It was the age of Greek philosopher Aristotle who wrote his treatise called, ‘Poetics’. According to the Aristotelian view, tragedy represents a somber and serious reality that is complete in itself. The tragedy is thus included over the top and stimulating … Read more
Introduction Apart from histories and tragedies, comedies were the three main forms that Shakespeare wrote. Comedy of present-day is quite different from a Shakespearean comedy which had humor, light-hearted play some immensely gripping drama. Characteristically it has marriage as a happy ending. Every Shakespearean comedy has a range of human emotions and experiences from joy … Read more
Introduction Drama is the act of portraying a story in front of an audience. It involves the characters and events of the story being brought to life on a stage by actors and their interactions (verbal and non-verbal) through its events. Of various forms of drama, plays are the most popular. Some other formats are … Read more
Introduction The origins of the word can be traced to the Latin phrase prosa oratio or “straight and unembellished speech“). Some people also refer to the earlier phrase pro versusm or “turned forward” when discussing the etymology of the word. The prose is a lot more normal as it uses a language that is ordinarily … Read more
Introduction Poetry engenders certain expectations in the readers like hidden messages, metaphors, flowery language and symbolic words that carry deeper connotations. Often the language used is indirect, descriptive and subjective in the way it is experienced by different people. Thus, poetry is often regarded as more exhaustive and demanding than other forms of literature like … Read more
