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Why study literature?

Studying literature offers a wide range of intellectual, emotional, and cultural benefits. While individual motivations for studying literature may vary, here is discussed why study of literature is singularly important.

What is Literature?

George Orwell

Arundhati Roy

Featured Image: Vikramjit Kakati, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Arundhati Roy is an Indian author, activist, and essayist who gained international fame with her debut novel, The God of Small Things, which won the Booker...

The White Tiger (Adiga novel)

Title: The White TigerAuthor: Aravind AdigaType: FictionPublished: 2008Pages: 328TW: Violence, Death, Poverty, Car Crash, Murder “Go to Old Delhi, and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored...

“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.Whatever I see I swallow immediatelyJust as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.I am not cruel, only truthful‚The eye of a little god,...

“Lot’s Wife” by Anna Akhmatova

Lot’s Wife The just man followed then his angel guideWhere he strode on the black highway, hulking and bright;But a wild grief in his wife’s bosom cried,Look back, it is not too...

Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova, born Anna Andreyevna Gorenko on June 23, 1889, in Bolshoy Fontan near Odessa, Ukraine, was one of the most prominent and influential Russian poets of the 20th century. Her life...

What is Literary Theory?

Whenever we try to comprehend a work/piece of literature, we do so with certain pre-conceived notions and ideas, we may or may not be aware of. There exists no neutral or objective...

Anand Neelakantan

Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author known for his retellings of mythological and historical stories. Born in Thripunithura, Kerala, Neelakantan has carved a niche for himself by offering fresh perspectives on well-known...