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Elements of Short Stories: A Short story A short story is a short work of prose fiction which usually depicts one character’s inner conflict or conflict with others. It is a work of fiction in prose writing about imagined events and characters. A short story, unlike a poem, does not …

Lesson Plan Format for English: Teaching A Case of The Dumb Waiter LESSON PLAN Level: Secondary                       Duration: 45 Minutes Title: The Dumb Waiter (Drama) Specific Objectives: – Complete the dialogue between Gus and Ben; – Write a summary of the drama. Teaching Materials: – Pictures showing different scenes in …

A Raisin in the Sun: An Analysis Dramatist:      Lorraine Hansberry (1930-                         1965) Characters:      Walter Lee Younger (Lena’s son)                         Ruth (Walter’s wife)                         Lena (Mama)                         Beneatha (Walter’s sister)                         Asagai (African boy)                         George (Rich white man) Critically analyze the drama. Hansberry, born in USA, is a …

Analysis of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter Dramatist:         Pinter (b.1930) Characters:       BEN                                Gus Critically analyze The Dumb Waiter The drama ‘The Dumb Waiter’ is written by Harold Pinter in 1957. He has …

Analysis of Alan Ayckbourn’s Mother Figure: Dramatist:                Alan Ayckbourn Characters:       Lucy (Mother Figure)                         Rosemary (Terry’s wife)                         Terry                         Harry (Lucy’s husband) Critically analyze the drama ‘Mother Figure’. Mother Figure is a drama which is written by the American dramatist, Alan Ayckbourn. He spent his early days studying …

Five fold structure of Drama Dramatic structure refers to the form of drama and the way the story is told, the way the characters play their parts, and/or the way the themes are explored. It involves the overall framework or method which the playwright employs to organize the dramatic material …

Dramatic Conventions Explained Dramatic conventions stand for a set of rules shared by both the audience and actors. They are briefly explained below. Dialogue Dialogue is thought of the characters. It is the utterance of characters in any kind of narrative story or play. Dialogue is core to drama, for …

Types of Drama: Broadly, dramas are divided into three types: tragedy, comedy and tragicomedy. Nowadays, farce is also discussed as a kind of drama. Tragedy Cuddon (1991) defines tragedy as “a kind of protest, it is a cry of terror or complaint or rage or a anguish to and against …

Elements of Drama: Generally, drama is a work of literature written to be performed on a stage by actors in which they take the role of characters, perform the indicated action, and utter the written dialogue. According to Jacobs (2001), drama is the art of representing the pleasure of others, …

Sample Lesson Plan in English: Teaching I am Becoming My Mother A lesson plan to teach the above poem is as follows: Teacher’s name: Ramesh Gopal Shrestha Class : 10 No. of Students: 40             Time : 45 minutes Topic: ‘I am Becoming My Mother’ (Poem) Specific Objectives The students …

Interpretation of Prakash Subedi’s At the Temple Writer:          Prakash Subedi Education:     M.A. in English Literature Nationality: Nepali Place:            Temple Time:             Mostly in the Morning The poem moves around the activities of worshippers and the priest in the location of the temple. Temple is the holy place …

Summary of Gopi Sapkota’s Visiting a Country Churchyard Writer:         Gopi Sapkota Born:            1972 Education:    M.A. in English Literature Nationality: Nepali (Now in London) The speaker has gone to the graveyard in order to mourn in the death of Mr. Gray. Out of homage or tribute he has …

Summary of Homraj Acharya’s The Kerosene Stove Writer:          Homraj Acharya Education:     A graduate of the University of Colorado (USA) Nationality: Nepali In this poem, a miserable life that faces a number of hurdles has been very wittily illustrated. Despondency, extreme poverty, unemployment, repression and struggle for survival have been …

Krishna Bhusan Bal’s The Wind of Chaitra: Interpretation Writer:          Krishna Bhusan Bal Born:             2004 B.S. Nationality: Nepali Education:    B.A. Awards:        Pratibha Puraskar,                     Byathit Kabya Puraskar, etc. ‘The Wind of Chaitra’ analogically stands for the revolution of the people. The revolution destroys the established order of …

Theme of Siegfried Loraine’s Memory Writer:             Siegfried Loraine Born:                8 September, 1886 Nationality:     English Write the theme of the poem “Memory”. In this poem, the speaker is comparing his bygone days and the present days. To him, bygone days were very sweeter, happier and joyous than those …