Category: Literature Review

Pablo Picasso, father of cubism and pioneer of neo-expressionism, immortal in his fame, once said, “Everything you can imagine is real”. To the layperson, Picasso’s notion may smack of enigmatic evasiveness; the transcendence of reality is not easy to conceptualize. To playwright Luigi Pirandello, however, these words are representative of an absolute truth. In his…

In Major Barbara (1907), George Bernard Shaw questions the prevailing ethical assumptions and attitudes of Western culture on and poverty. Like Nietzsche, he calls for the revaluation of values, as the meaning of concepts like “good,” “evil,” and “truth,” with no eternal, rigid, absolute, objective meaning, depends on an ever-shifting context of the will to…

Writing in the Germany of the 1920s, Brecht shattered the then staple notions of dramatic theatre, with his propagation of the Epic theatre. In terms of play righting, his was a move away from the Isben model of the “well made” play; in terms of acting as well he led a departure from the Stanislavsky…

During the modernist era, artists gradually moved away from realism towards themes of illusion, consciousness, and imagination. In the visual arts, realism evolved into cubism and expressionism. This movement is paralleled in literature, as illusions and a feeling of flux replaced the realist themes of moral truth and intimacy. What, we must ask, was the…

Modern Theatre is a revolutionary period in theatrical history in which different theorists and practitioners of theatre experimented with ideas that were hitherto unexplored. One of these movements, and pivotal to the anti-realistic theatre that revolted against realism and naturalism is symbolism. Symbolism was a theatrical movement that deviated from logicality and representation of life…

Earl T. Roske’s portrait of a mixed relationship in an unaccepting world is the embodiment of his 2011 short-play Zombie Love. There is a comedic tone to the dialogue that dampens the overall theme of in today’s society. Emily and Walter are a happy couple, and the fact that Walter is a zombie has no…

Federico Garcia Lorca titled his “un-performable” play that “belonged to the future” El Publico. This name could mean two things: el publico, the audience, or el publico, he who is public. Both meanings are two sides of the same coin, the beating heart of Lorca’s play– and in naming this work, Lorca points to the…

Table of contents Life and Background of William Wordsworth “Daffodils” and Its Impact Writing Style of William Wordsworth Enduring Impact of “Daffodils” Conclusion William Wordsworth is widely regarded as one of the most influential poets of the Romantic era. His works often explore themes of nature, imagination, and the power of the human mind. One…