English Language and Literature Blog

Stream of consciousness is a device that acts as a mode of narration. The stream of consciousness aims to reproduce the continuous flow of a single character’s mental thoughts and processes. This is where sense perception fuses with memories, expectations, conscious thoughts and feelings. This style of writing is used throughout the thief and the dogs originally written by Naguib Mahfouz. The Thief and the Dogs was initially written in Arabic and was the start of this style of writing within the Arabic culture, which is seen in the interior monologue of Said Mahran, when we see his thoughts and emotions take over for a small period of time. This is seen at the start of the story when Said displays his internal thoughts regarding a few past events in his life. Another case where we can see Said looks back on how he feels betrayed by his past mentor Rauf Ilish, his past friend who married his wife Ilish Sidra, and finally his ex-wife Nabawiyya. as Said reflects on his emotions, he i...

Since English has become one of the most used languages used worldwide, there has been a rise in the translation of texts into the English Language. This explosion in texts being translated into English from foreign languages shows us that the world is becoming a more globalized world, combining various cultures, in order to open up to them. By translating texts into a wider used language, people are able to gain an insight into different cultures, in order to develop a level of appreciation to that culture. Although there are always going to be problems with the quality of the translation, there will always continue to be advantages to having translated texts, as they allow cultures to spread globally instead of locally. As many texts have been not been translated from the same cultures and communities but from various cultures and communities into the English and the Anglophone community. Through translation, the thoughts and ideologies of non-English speaking cultures can be lo...

In what ways could Wallace’s theory about education be applicable to the writing of Alice Munro? Justify your conclusion . In David Foster Wallace’s speech “This is Water,” he talks about how true freedom is found through education and the ability to be adjust yourself consciously and sympathetically throughout the majority of his literary piece this is water. "Control over how and what you think.” This is reached through a play on the different perspectives that are found around the world that we ignore because of the way our brains are set up, and each individuals default mode. Through “This is Water” Wallace was able to express to the reader that it is possible to control what we are thinking about and block out any other thoughts that cross our mind. We can see how Wallace’s theory of education is put into practice in Alice Munro’s short stories. When you read Munro’s texts, you are taken into a virtual world which is being experienced by the main character. Between...