Metaphysical poets revolutionized English poetry stylistically and thematically. They worked out ... more Metaphysical poets revolutionized English poetry stylistically and thematically. They worked out a new way to give expression to their thoughts. They sometimes drew their conceits from "recesses of learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry". As Sir Walter Scott said, "they played with thoughts as the Elizabethans had played with words." Metaphysical poetry is less concerned with expressing feeling than with analyzing it, with the poet exploring the recesses of his consciousness. The boldness of the literary devices usedespecially obliquity, irony, and paradox-are often reinforced by a dramatic directness of language and by rhythms derived from that of living speech. As a representative of Metaphysical poets, John Donne's poems were featured with exquisite conceit, profound meaning and unconventionality. This article sheds light on features of metaphysical poetry and explores the conceit in John Donne's selected poems. It puts forth the assumption that the conceit is a sign of novelty in English poetry and that readers of John Donne should be acquainted with science, philosophy, astronomy, geometry, law and other fields of study.
In the last two decades, postcolonial theory gained more prominence and has become one of the mos... more In the last two decades, postcolonial theory gained more prominence and has become one of the most influential approaches to literary analysis. The extensiveness of postcolonial studies, in terms of philosophical and thematic concerns, somehow disturbs the reader. In literature and literary criticism, scholars argue that being acquainted with the founding fathers of any literary movement gives the reader more chance to meet the author's expectations and the understand his/her message. Edward Said, Homi Bhaha, and Gayatri Spivak are the pillars of postcolonial studies that any postcolonialist-reader is compelled to read about before approaching postcolonial literary texts. They are considered by Robert Young as the Holy Trinity of Postcolonialism. The present study sheds light on postcolonialism as a theory of subversion and reclamation and examines the contributions of the Holy Trinity to the rise of postcolonial studies.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthen the different views. Keywords: Postcolonialism; African literature; Language; Culture; Identity; Aporia;
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Mar 1, 2021
Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if ... more Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthen the different views. Keywords: Postcolonialism; African literature; Language; Culture; Identity; Aporia;
Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization&qu... more Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthe...
Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if ... more Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthen the different views. Keywords: Postcolonialism; African literature; Language; Culture; Identity; Aporia;
Metaphysical poets revolutionized English poetry stylistically and thematically. They worked out ... more Metaphysical poets revolutionized English poetry stylistically and thematically. They worked out a new way to give expression to their thoughts. They sometimes drew their conceits from "recesses of learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry". As Sir Walter Scott said, "they played with thoughts as the Elizabethans had played with words." Metaphysical poetry is less concerned with expressing feeling than with analyzing it, with the poet exploring the recesses of his consciousness. The boldness of the literary devices usedespecially obliquity, irony, and paradox-are often reinforced by a dramatic directness of language and by rhythms derived from that of living speech. As a representative of Metaphysical poets, John Donne's poems were featured with exquisite conceit, profound meaning and unconventionality. This article sheds light on features of metaphysical poetry and explores the conceit in John Donne's selected poems. It puts forth the assumption that the conceit is a sign of novelty in English poetry and that readers of John Donne should be acquainted with science, philosophy, astronomy, geometry, law and other fields of study.
In the last two decades, postcolonial theory gained more prominence and has become one of the mos... more In the last two decades, postcolonial theory gained more prominence and has become one of the most influential approaches to literary analysis. The extensiveness of postcolonial studies, in terms of philosophical and thematic concerns, somehow disturbs the reader. In literature and literary criticism, scholars argue that being acquainted with the founding fathers of any literary movement gives the reader more chance to meet the author's expectations and the understand his/her message. Edward Said, Homi Bhaha, and Gayatri Spivak are the pillars of postcolonial studies that any postcolonialist-reader is compelled to read about before approaching postcolonial literary texts. They are considered by Robert Young as the Holy Trinity of Postcolonialism. The present study sheds light on postcolonialism as a theory of subversion and reclamation and examines the contributions of the Holy Trinity to the rise of postcolonial studies.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthen the different views. Keywords: Postcolonialism; African literature; Language; Culture; Identity; Aporia;
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Mar 1, 2021
Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if ... more Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthen the different views. Keywords: Postcolonialism; African literature; Language; Culture; Identity; Aporia;
Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization&qu... more Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthe...
Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if ... more Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.
No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than... more No critical issue has influenced so much the theory and practice of African literary studies than the issue of foreign language. Language choice is a moot and miscellaneous arena. Initially confined to the analysis of literature, culture and identity, the choice of English, French or Spanish languages has been proliferated extensively and speedily in the last two decades. The present paper sheds light on the unstable and wobbly position of the colonial language in African literature. This scrutiny explores the origins of the African debate on language choice and identifies its legitimacy. The nub of the study is the demonstration of the ongoing debate while it is hoped to argue that issue betrays a sense of aporia. The study heavily relies on the arguments of Kenya’s gifted author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe. It also captures some evidences and reasonable arguments from the literary works of contemporary Francophone writers from Algeria to strengthen the different views. Keywords: Postcolonialism; African literature; Language; Culture; Identity; Aporia;
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