What is the difference between story and plot? What is the difference between plot summary and plot interpretation? How do you analyze the relationship between the main plot and a subplot? What are the purposes of literary elements and literary techniques? What are the writer’s literary devices and reader’s literary devices? How do you recognize and appreciate ways in which writer use language, structure and style to achieve his intended effects on the reader? How do you shift from mere appreciation of a literary text to critical literary appreciation? How do you engage in literary analysis & what is the purpose? What is the difference between topic and theme and how do you arrive at the theme? How do you compare the theme and the moral message? How do you develop an interpretation of a work of literature (drama, poetry and prose) and what is the purpose? How do you present critical appreciations or your individual responses to literary texts composed in different forms and in different periods and cultures? How do you know your individual response is valid? What are the differences between Critical Literary Appreciation, Literary Criticism, and Literary Theory? Why should there be a Literary theory at all?
ZENBUN GRAMMAR TOOLKIT FOR SUPERIOR ESSAYS IN CAMBRIDGE OL/AL ENGLISH by bunpeiris Tool 1: colon and semi colon In the backdrop of the dexterity in which competent writers in English language making use of colon and semi colon to its very limits, I have often wondered why the students have failed to follow suit: instead, all we see is overdependence of […]
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Stand Out Among The Literary Elite: Study English Language & Literature with bunpeiris High quality intensive English language classes grade 6 onwards to OL & AL at Kandana Stand Out Among The Literary Elite: Study English Language & Literature with bunpeiris The students are supported with an outstanding private library of language study course books of all levels, Classics, literature, […]
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Cambridge OL English Essays 2 by bunpeiris RAISE YOUR COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO GLOBALLY OPERATIONAL LEVEL [Your day-to-day chit chat English doesn’t get you anywhere up: let your words flow on the paper & ring in the ears.] “Criticize everything that moves” [Now, take it easy: don’t be nasty or negative about everything. All you have to do is, instead […]
Read moreAdrian Doff Language in Use A popular and highly acclaimed four level course which both interests and stretches learners. Authors: Adrian Doff, Christopher Jones English Type: British English CEF Level: A1 Beginner/Starter – B2 Upper Intermediate Publication date: 21/11/1991 English Unlimited English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares […]
Read more23 maps and charts on language by Dylan Matthews on April 15, 2015 Source: http://www.vox.com/2014/11/17/7082317/language-maps-charts “The limits of my language,” the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once posited, “mean the limits of my world.” Explaining everything within the limits of the world is probably too ambitious a goal for a list like this. But here are 23 maps and charts that can hopefully […]
Read moreCeltic and the History of the English Language By Jonathon Owen Source: Celtic and the History of the English Language A little while ago a link to this list of 23 maps and charts on languagewent around on Twitter. It’s full of interesting stuff on linguistic diversity and the genetic relationships among languages, but there was one chart that bothered […]
Read moreSource: A Hero’s Hero – Alexander and Achilles A Hero’s Hero – Alexander and Achilles OCTOBER 28, 20112 COMMENTS Alexander Alexander conquered most of the known world of his time. His empire stretched from Macedonia to Persia to Egypt to the North-Western border of India. He was a legend even during his time. There was speculation about whether he was god […]
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Literary Criticism: Aristotle onwards by bunpeiris I bumped into a pile of second-hand books causing one of the books to be swept off the pile. It was a dusty, discoloured & dog-eared book titled “Classical criticism“. I wasn’t interested in literary criticism at all then. I was too young to digest the serious stuff; furthermore I felt falling short of the […]
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Rise of English 1: Liberal Humanism Written by bunpeiris Rise of English 1: Liberal Humanism is the first article of a series of articles titled “Rise of English“. It has dual purposes: to enlighten the readers of the value of English language in the global stage; to bring in the Literature in English closer to your sense of humanity. A Pan […]
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The Death of the Author A Series of Literary Criticism : Article 2 by bunpeiris Roland Barthes’s 1967 revolutionary essay titled “The Death of the Author”, a landmark in literary criticism, a move from structuralism to post-structuralism, argues against traditional literary criticism‘s practice of incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author in an interpretation of a text. Furthermore, it goes on to argue that writing […]
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Sri Lanka, the Singhalese Buddhist Country Where is it written? It is written in water: in the lifeline of Sri Lanka, the network of thousands of rainwater reservoirs built by the ancient kings of Sri Lanka. Where is it written? It is writen in stone: in the numerous rock craved colossal buddha statues of Sri Lanka. Where is it written? […]
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Shall We Dance? I will love to. Will or Shall Bobby: Is it the will of the god to make us suffer with will and shall? bun: No, of course not, the god is forever merciful, but you can be very stylish with both will and shall in your pocket. See, would you ever imagine inviting a lady “Will we dance?” Bobby: Oh!, no you are kidding. bun: Exactly, now you […]
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The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list Robert McCrum http://www.theguardian.com/ Sunday 12 October 200315.27 BST 1. Don Quixote Miguel De Cervantes The story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza has entranced readers for centuries. • Harold Bloom on Don Quixote – the first modern novel 2. Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan The one with the […]
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100 Best Novels: modernlibrary.com Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the Modern Library, an American publishing company owned by Random House. The Board’s List of 100 Best Novels ULYSSES by James Joyce THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James […]
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Antigone by Sophocles bunpeiris Like Hamlet, Joan of Arc, Galileo and Sir Thomas More, Antigone inspires us with her courage, fortitude and impenetrable strength of conscience. She stands against the monolith and brings her society to a reckoning it sorely needs. What’s Antigone Antigone [c. 429 B.C], the most celebrated drama in Greek literature & one of the most consistently popular plays […]
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