International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015

  • The Social Implications of Some Amharic Proverbs and Their Social Needs for Encouragement

    Yonas Adamu Chernet

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 71-74
    Received: 25 December 2014
    Accepted: 1 February 2015
    Published: 7 August 2015
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    Abstract: The purpose of this Article is to show how the Amharic proverbs use in the society’s daily life. Amhara peoples often use proverbs to express the need for people to be courage in whatever they doing in life. This research work focused on the proverbs that Ethiopian Amhara people often use to express courage in people, so as to guarantee better life... Show More
  • Postmodern Narrative Techniques in Robert Coover’s Story Collection; Pricksongs & Descants

    Hassan Abootalebi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 75-79
    Received: 27 April 2015
    Accepted: 17 May 2015
    Published: 7 September 2015
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    Abstract: The modes of narration in postmodernist fiction are not identical with those of modernists and realists. They contravene readers’ expectations, making them most often astounded and baffled. This study sets out to discuss some of the techniques used by the American writer Robert Coover in his story collection; Pricksongs & Descants (1969) which are ... Show More
  • Loss of Identity in Ayad Akhtar's American Dervish

    Ragab Selim Ali

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 80-87
    Received: 18 August 2015
    Accepted: 6 September 2015
    Published: 17 September 2015
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    Abstract: This paper focuses on the concept of the loss of identity in Ayad Akhtar's debut novel American Dervish. The novel explicates the inability of the Muslim protagonist, Hayat Shah, to assimilate himself into community as far as he still holds on his remnant tenets he has inherited from his homeland Pakistan. This theme is overtly applied to both Haya... Show More
  • The Concept of Grotesque in Harry Potter

    Ashti Anwar Muhammad, Asma Jasim Muhammad

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 98-102
    Received: 20 August 2015
    Accepted: 29 August 2015
    Published: 17 September 2015
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    Abstract: Over the last years, the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling has become popular, becoming one of the most read and most criticized pieces of literature to date. As a result of its adult success, Harry Potter has drawn the attention of several writers to follow serious literary analyses, most frequently exploring many didactic themes such as realit... Show More
  • Post-Impressionist Paintings and Parallel Structure in Mrs. Dalloway

    Wei Ding, Yan Xue, Yanyu Gao

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 103-107
    Received: 27 July 2015
    Accepted: 7 September 2015
    Published: 26 September 2015
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    Abstract: Post-impressionists put emphasis on design which is also the focus of Virginia Woolf in her literary creation. Influenced by post-impressionist paintings, Woolf reveals the meaning of life through constructing parallel structure to present the fact that people are lack of communication and that the truth in life is often achieved at important momen... Show More
  • Hamlet and Oblomov: A Comparative Study

    Javed Akhter, Shumaila Abdullah, Khair Muhammad

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 108-119
    Received: 4 August 2015
    Accepted: 14 August 2015
    Published: 10 November 2015
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    Abstract: The aim of this research paper is to explore by comparing and contrasting between the two literary characters Hamlet and Oblomov how they are in their essence indecisive that are exploited by William Shakespeare and Ivan Goncharov in different historical ages to project different visions of the human situation. Every author is influenced by his age... Show More
  • Hamlet as a Superfluous Hero

    Javed Akhter, Shumaila Abdullah, Khair Muhammad

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, September 2015
    Pages: 120-128
    Received: 5 August 2015
    Accepted: 14 August 2015
    Published: 10 November 2015
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    Abstract: The aim of this research paper is to prove William Shakespeare’s most popular literary type Hamlet as a superfluous hero, because he resembles strikingly and astonishingly in his character with the superfluous heroes of the nineteenth-century Russian, American and the other European novels. In fact, the term superfluous hero signifies an ineffectua... Show More