Pride and prejudice - characters of the novel :-

Topic : Figurative Language by  I. A.Richards Name: Kumarkhaniya Diya g.                  MA   Semester :-2 ➢Paper No: 109 Literary Theory &   Criticism. Enrollment No: 5307250005 Kumarkhaniyadiya@gmail.com  ➢Submitted To: Department of English Maharanishree nadkuvrba mahila arts and commerce college.                Figurative Language                 by I. A .Richards ➢Introduction: Ivor Armstrong Richards  (26 February 1893– 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator,  literary critic , poet, and  rhetorician . His work contributed to the foundations of  New Criticism , a  formalist  movement in  literary theory  which emphasized the  close reading  of a literary text, especially  poetry , in an effort to discover how a work of...

➢Poem :-               I. The Burial of the Dead April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch. And when we were children, staying at the archduke’s, My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled, And I was frightened. He said, Marie, Marie, hold on tight. And down we went. In the mountains, there you feel free. I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter. What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken images, where ...

➢MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF 20TH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE: 》INTRODUCTION :- The 20th century in English literature witnessed a myriad of shifts and transformations. It began with the aftermath of Victorian literature and spanned through various literary movements. Notable characteristics include the impact of World Wars, the rise of modernism, the emergence of postcolonial literature, and the influence of technology. 1.MODERNISM'S IMPACT: - Experimentation: Writers embraced unconventional narrative techniques and experimented with form, challenging traditional structures. Fragmentation: Fragmented narratives, discontinuous timelines, and nonlinear storytelling became prevalent, as seen in works like T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." experiments with fragmented imagery, diverse literary references, and a nonlinear structure, reflecting the shattered post-World War I world. 2. WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH: - WWI Trauma: The devastation of World War I influenced a gener...

.....................……………............................... 》 About the charles Dickens : ➢Born   : 7 February 1812, Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom ➢Died   : 9 June 1870 (age 58 years), Gads Hill Place, United Kingdom ➢Resting place : Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, England ➢Notable works : The Pickwick PapersOliver TwistNicholas NicklebyA Christmas CarolDavid CopperfieldBleak HouseLittle DorritA Tale of Two CitiesGreat Expectations ➢Spouse :  Catherine Thomson Hogarth (m. 1836; sep. 185 ) ➢Partner : Ellen Ternan (1857–1870, his death) ➢Children : Charles Dickens Jr. Mary Dickens Kate Perugini Walter Landor Dickens Francis Dickens Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens Henry Fielding Dickens Dora Annie Dickens Edward Dickens ➢Major Works: ✿Oliver Twist (1838)  ✿A Christmas Carol (1843)  ✿David Copperfield (1850)  ✿A Tale of Two Cities (1859)  ✿Great Expectations (1861)  》  Details of the...