Literary Foundation

" On the Sublime " is a precious legacy of the Greco-Roman period. It is a critical document of great worth and significance. This work belongs to Longinus. However, the authenticity of the date and author is a matter of debate.           It has a well-marked structure. Longinus has addressed this document to a friend and a pupil- Terentianus. Its central discussion is those vices of style included in the contemporary oratory i.e. " a false Sublime ". While addressing his friend Terentian, Longinuis has said that  this essay aims to correct the faults of Caecilius's essay " Essay on Sublime "  and make some preliminary observations.           Longinus has propounded that " Sublimity is a certain loftiness and excellence in language ". It is the sublimity that the greatest poets and prose writers of any age have gained reverence and immmortility in the realm of criticism. Sublimity not only persuades us but also carries us irresistibly. Accord

Modern Education and Classic "Modern Education and Classic" is an essay by T S Eliot. In this essay, Eliot presents his views regarding the modern education system. The essay commences with a tone of dissatisfaction over the contemporary education system. He blames the unsettled and disarrangement of society as a real cause of the worsening of education in society. The vague and diverse opinions of people lead to more chaos and meaninglessness in the relation of education to the social system. Eliot says the "theory of education" must be derived from our philosophy of life . We must know what we want in education and what we want in general. This disintegration of education in society, which Eliot calls 'Crisis of Education'. While defining the reason for this crisis Eliot says, " The progress of education of several countries has been one aspect a drift, from another aspect a push; for it has tented to be dominated by the idea of getting on ". Fur

Quotes from "Preface to Shakespeare", written by Samuel Johnson Preface to Shakespeare is a critical essay by the neo-classical writer Samuel Johnson. In this essay, he has judged the merits and demerits of William Shakespeare's plays. Here are some of the defects of his plays- Defect/Demarite in Shakespeare-  " His first defect is that to which may be imputed most of the evil in books or in men. He sacrifices virtue to convenience and is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose. " [362-365] 👉 The first defect that can be attributed to Shakespeare is that there is evil in his works. His prime purpose was to entertain his audiences, not to instruct them which is why he sacrificed virtues and wrote without moral purpose. " He makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor always be careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked; he carries his persons indifferently through right and wr

Quotes from "Preface to Shakespeare", written by Samuel Johnson Preface to Shakespeare is a critical essay by the neo-classical writer Samuel Johnson. In this essay, he has judged the merits and demerits of William Shakespeare's plays. Here are some of the merits of his plays- Merits/Qualities of Shakespeare- " Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representation of general nature . " [80-81] 👉Here, Johnson says that the popularity and demand of any play lies in its true representation of human nature. " Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. " [88-90] 👉In Johnson's view Shakespeare is the greatest among all writers, particularly above all modern writers, because he presents the true nature of human beings. He faithfully presents genuine emotions- hate, love, anger, jealousy, of common people through his c

 Simon "If you change the ownership of institutions then you can change the ownership of facts, you can alter the structure of belief, what is agreed upon" "If you say one thing is another thing and you say it enough times, then it must be so, and if you keep saying it over and over people accept it as true" "Sooner or later, of course, reality reveals itself, he says, you can borrow for a time against reality but reality is always waiting, patiently, silently, to exact a price and level the scales"  Eilish Stack "All boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making  it" "All of your life you have been asleep, all of us sleeping and now the great walking begins" "The child that is born from the body remains always a part of the body"