An explanation of the Id, Ego and Superego in “The Old Man and The Sea”

The Old Man And The Sea: A reflection on Hemingway’s novella by using psychoanalytic criticism (for more information, please visit Jacques Lacan readings) In literature, one of the most common themes but important is the interpretation. Interpreting the language helps the reader be able to discover different levels of understandings of the author’s works. ItContinueContinue reading “An explanation of the Id, Ego and Superego in “The Old Man and The Sea””

“The Waves” by V. Woolf & “The stream of consciousness”

A commentary: In twentieth-century literature, a range of works was given birth with innovative visions by many writers. While postmodernist’s authors were considered to have tendencies on much more artistic rather than any ideas of depth, modernist’s authors tried to see the world in various points of view and experiment forms carried many expressions thatContinueContinue reading ““The Waves” by V. Woolf & “The stream of consciousness””

“As I Lay Dying” by W. Faulkner – The Death of God (F. Nietzsche), The Death of Author (R. Barthes)

A commentary giving an account of the social issues that concern writers in a range of twentieth-century texts.     In a range of texts in the twentieth-century literature, Modernism and Postmodernism were the two terms of literary tendencies that reflected various aspects of social issues. The literary modernism was a real surge right atContinueContinue reading ““As I Lay Dying” by W. Faulkner – The Death of God (F. Nietzsche), The Death of Author (R. Barthes)”

The Self in “The Bluest Eye” and “The Complete Persepolis”

Briefly, ‘formation’ of the self is a central concern in The Bluest Eye and The Complete Persepolis. Drawing on the set critical works by Rocío Davis and Anne Salvatore, compare the ways the self is presented in the novel and the autobiography. “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But, we do theContinueContinue reading “The Self in “The Bluest Eye” and “The Complete Persepolis””

“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway

(Source: Drunken Pen Writing) It can be said that one of the most essential components of life is communication. This might be the reason that communication is accredited with a vital role in human relationship. In view of the fact that there are various ways to manifest the ideas of communication, therefore people may useContinueContinue reading ““Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway”

“A Clash of Civilisation”(./?/!)

“A Clash of Civilization is Unavoidable” – Whether or not we are witnessing the world social movements, ideas of this are standstill and to bear both of the backlashes and the positive perspectives. People often think that civilization is something related to globalization, modernization, or Westernization. Therefore, the debates among civilizations will somehow clash theseContinueContinue reading ““A Clash of Civilisation”(./?/!)”

“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (Wallace Stevens)

I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. IV A man and a woman Are one. AContinueContinue reading ““Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (Wallace Stevens)”

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! One picture but a thousand words. This very #Amygism reminds me to Ezra Pound’s “In The Station of Metro” and the work of #DesImagistes, An Anthropology. Hulme’s essay “Romanticism and Classicism”(1910): the language of poetry is a “visual concrete one … Images in verse are not mere decoration, but the very essence ofContinueContinue reading “The Journey Begins”