greetings @ all

for those who love literary works and for those reading it for exams,let's edify ourselves

we know that amongst the art subjects,this is the most challenging. Let's make it surmountable!

Focus will be on recommended areas in poetry, drama and prose

i need up to ten people to type 'aye' before we begin

hmm... Seems my target audience is not on nairaland

those art student preparing for ssce and jamb come in here lets get talking.

Is it just university students we have in education section?

Okay,am extending it to all art student. Knowledge is power, so lets talk on english,govt,lit,c.r.s,history and others.

Teachers,scholars and students are welcome

still wondering why education section lack quality discussion thread. All i see is thread for those who applied to different universities. Hmmm..

she stoops to conquer, othello, faceless, native son, a raisin in the sun e.t.c needs to be analysed

oya the first five people to signal interest will get recharge card. #real matters

redbeans:
oya the first five people to signal interest will get recharge card. #real matters

signing in bro..
A confirm literature student with zeal an passion for literary oriented entities..
Already got a first degree but wanna opt for jamb again to study law and thus will be writing literature in next year's jamb.
My jamb combo includes English Government CRS and the almighty Literature..

4 more people to indicate interest to unlock the reward and begin the brainstorming.

probably others will join up later.

Let's look at metaphor. This figure of speech could be tricky at times. Morphologically, it would mean comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as' in a way that the object is reflective of the subject (as if one)

Example is: john is a lion. By syntax, we have a dead metaphor. One in which the metaphor becomes hard to decipher. E.g bread of life, food for thought, arrow of pain etc. 'of' could be a clue. When someone is being described, and it goes: a tiger in the forest, the stump of warriors and so on; it is found there.

What i do most times is that when a statement is made and the literary device asked, i go through other options and when none matches i go for metaphor. Other suggestions are welcomed

redbeans:
4 more people to indicate interest to unlock the reward and begin the brainstorming.

guy there's a whatsapp group o for literary candidates. Abeg whatsapp 08029532397

EternalTruth:
guy there's a whatsapp group o for literary candidates. Abeg whatsapp 08029532397

oh. Currently offline. Will reconnect when I get a good phone

Time to update something. It's been a while...

What is the difference between parody, burlesque and caricature?

Burlesque is a humorous imitation of a serious work done on stage, parody is a comical work distorting an original literature while carricature is a drawing exaggerating one's features

Imagery/Symbolism: imagery looks at the picture conjured in our minds when we examine a symbol. Symbolism on the other hand is a thing that stands for or represents another. E.g the cross which stands for christianity.

Imagery/symbolism is very common in unseen prose and unseen poetry. So, i will examine one or two.

UNSEEN POETRY
in front of the gate, the guard stands with his rifle,
above,untidy clouds are carrying away the moon,
the bedbugs are swarming around like army tanks or manoeuvers,
while the mosquitoes form squadrons,attacking like fighter planes.

1. The poem is about war or prison life? Ans is prison life [symbolism at work]

2. The imagery is predominantly......... Agricultural or military? The Ans is military