Beaming Notes
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Figures based on similarity: Simile: An explicit comparison made between two allied things or ideas. Example: She is red as a rose. In this sentence comparison is made between two unallied objects, she and rose and the point of similarity between them which is the color red; is made by the word as. Metaphor: An… Continue reading Rhetoric in English Language: 2022
Shakespeare’s influence and importance in English Literature: There is no individual writer who has wielded greater influence than Shakespeare over the English language. He constantly satirized linguistic and stylistic fashions among his contemporaries and experimented with all kinds of innovations, dialectical adaptations, and archaisms which enriched the English language. Shakespeare’s importance lies in his usage… Continue reading Shakespearean Influence in English Literature: 2022
American Influence in English Literature: The British colonization of America in 1600 had its effects on the English language which led to the rise of Americanism in English which had its distinct flavors both from the cultural and linguistic point of view. Several centuries have passed since the first British settlements in America and… Continue reading American Influence in English Literature:: 2022
Latin Influence in English Literature: The classical influence of Latin forms a very important phase in the history of English language. This classical influence began before the settlement of the Teutonic people in England; continued substantially after their conversion to Christianity and reached its water-mark during and after the Renaissance. The Latin Influence on the… Continue reading Latin Influence in English Literature: 2022
Greek Influence in English Literature: The Greek influence on the English language is very closely bound up with the Latin as it is through Latin or in Latinized forms that Greek words have found their way into the English language. Almost all Greek terms have found their way into English through learned technical or scientific… Continue reading Greek Influence in English Literature: 2022
Miracle Plays and Moralities and their importance in the history of English Drama: The English Drama is Catholic in origin as it is in the Church and its liturgy that we find the stimulus which led to the rapid rise of native drama in the Middle Ages. The original purpose of Christian drama was to… Continue reading Miracle Plays and Moralities and their importance in the history of English Drama: 2022
Chaucer’s contributions and importance in English Literature: Chaucer, who is hailed as one of the greatest poets of the world, derived his stimulus and example from French and Italian poetry and enriched England with a Literature that rivals to this hour the greatest productions of human genius and has confessedly influenced the likes of Shakespeare… Continue reading Chaucer’s contributions and importance in English Literature: 2022
The English Drama is catholic in origin as it is in the Church and its liturgy that we find the stimulus which led to the rapid rise of native drama in the Middle Ages. The original purpose of Christian drama was to bring forward a sort of living picture book for those to whom the… Continue reading Growth Of English Drama from the Miracle Plays to the Interludes: 2022
The metrical romances: The metrical romances began with the 12th-century revival in Literature. The old epic themes and native forms of verse were now rejected and there was a demand for a new kind of story-poem and rhyming measures which found its expression in the metrical romances of the times which brought to the public… Continue reading Introduction to the Metrical Romances and the Revival of Alliterative Literature: 2022
The world of Old English Literature underwent a radical upheaval due to the invasion of the new French Language and culture, which was an aftermath of the Norman conquest of 1066, which set into motion a very different trend of life and literature in the island of Brittany. The influence of the Norman culture, especially… Continue reading The Influence of the Norman Conquest in English Literature: 2022
