Drama

Short Note- Drama

 

Drama is a serious literary work usually intended for performance before an audience. It is a literary form designed for the theatre, in which the representation is by actors who impersonate the characters and perform the action and dialogue. In Poetic Drama the dialogue is written in verse instead of prose. Comedy, Tragedy, Chronicle Plays,

Epigram

Short Note- Epigram

Epigram is a rhetorical device that is a brief, sharp, witty, memorable, and surprising satirical statement. According to Prof. Bain, “The epigram is an apparent contradiction in language which, by causing a temporary shock rouses our attention to some important meaning underneath.”

Parable

Short Note- Parable

 

A parable is an allegorical story of human characters which teaches a moral or religious lesson. There are many examples of parables in religious texts, such the holy Quran and the holy Bible. The holy Quran narrates many parables in various surah. In the Bible, the parable of “The Prodigal Son” shows the importance of unconditional love and forgiveness. Even though the Prodigal Son wasted

Elegy

Short Note- Elegy

An elegy is a poem on the death of a loved one, usually written in remembrance of a lost one for a funeral or as a lament. An elegy tells the traffic story of an individual, or an individual’s loss, rather than the collective story of a people, which can be found in epic poetry. An elegy generally combines three stages of loss: first there is grief, then praise of the dead one, and finally consolation. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” was written to

Poetic Justice

Short Note- Poetic Justice

 

Poetic justice is an ideal form of justice, in which the good characters are rewarded and the bad characters are punished by an ironic twist of fate. The term was coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer in the 17^th century. It is a strong literary view that all forms of literature must convey moral lessons. Therefore, writers employ poetic justice to