What is formalism?
FORMALISM Formalism is an objective method of analysing a text focusing on the work itself. It examines the inherent poetic devices used in a text. By using an artistically enhanced language, the writer can overcome the common and expected pattern of using a language. It renegotiate the expected patterns through various formal devices and sticks on to the…
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Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka summary
Act I As the play begins, Elesin Oba walks through a Nigerian village market at the end of the business day. Elesin, the king's horseman, dances through the market. He is eager to reach the market and assures his praise-singer that he just wants to be in the market among the women, where he is happy. The praise-singer makes sure that Elesin s…
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Detailed summary
PART TWO CHAPTER TEN Kathy recalls that after she left Hailsham, she and seven others, including Ruth and Tommy, went to the Cottages, buildings on the site of a farm that had gone out of business. They live independently for two years in rather Spartan conditions (simple without luxuries), joining a group of students who already live there and are r…
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