Wasan Hashim Ibrahim, PhD, currently works an instructor of English Language at the College of law and political science, Aliraqia University. Wasan does research in English Literature, comparative literature, and Modern American Poetry, and she also writes her own poetry. Her current projects are her studies on law and literature, and writing her poetry. She is a researcher at scholar.google.com .
To read John Dryden's Mac Flecknoe one may get the impression that the poem has been written spon... more To read John Dryden's Mac Flecknoe one may get the impression that the poem has been written spontaneously or quickly. This impression comes from the fact that the poem is very clear in its language and consequently easy to understand. This easiness is misleading. What seems easy and simple at the surface hides very hard work and a complex web of relationships at the bottom. The allusions represent an obstacle in front of one's full understanding of the poem. Therefore, the poem requires a literate reader to understand the poem since some historical, religious, and mythological allusions cannot be understood unless one has been acquainted with their meaning. Thus, the seeming easiness and simplicity hide a lot of difficulties and skillful work. Dryden had worked hard to conceal art with art. He used all his artistic skillfulness to hide the hard work and the great effort he had exerted in writing the poem. He used his mastery of the art of poetry to make the poem seem simple and easy in terms of tight construction and sound language, elegant diction, and the great ability which made him accurate and precise in his expressions. Here, the power of the poet's tools and the extent of his superiority appear. This study aims at showing Dryden's great effort in writing the poem despite the apparent simplicity, this can be seen through the poet's use of various stylistic aspects and his adherence to neoclassical elements.
This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V... more This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V. (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). Readers of Pynchon can follow the traces of the mysterious V. character in V. and be tuned with Oedipa Maas, the protagonist of The Crying of Lot 49 with greater ease if they understand the techniques of surrealism.
This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V... more This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V. (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). Readers of Pynchon can follow the traces of the mysterious V. character in V. and be tuned with Oedipa Maas, the protagonist of The Crying of Lot 49 with greater ease if they understand the techniques of surrealism.
This study deals with the struggle of Ellison's Invisible Man for existence through creating his ... more This study deals with the struggle of Ellison's Invisible Man for existence through creating his second personality. His masquerade life is the result of other people's hatred and prejudice in a society that fails to provide his citizens with active principles. Thus, the Invisible Man masks his true self to disable his chaotic and torturing world.
This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V... more This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V. (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). Readers of Pynchon can follow the traces of the mysterious V. character in V. and be tuned with Oedipa Maas, the protagonist of The Crying of Lot 49 with greater ease if they understand the techniques of surrealism.
To read John Dryden's Mac Flecknoe one may get the impression that the poem has been written spon... more To read John Dryden's Mac Flecknoe one may get the impression that the poem has been written spontaneously or quickly. This impression comes from the fact that the poem is very clear in its language and consequently easy to understand. This easiness is misleading. What seems easy and simple at the surface hides very hard work and a complex web of relationships at the bottom. The allusions represent an obstacle in front of one's full understanding of the poem. Therefore, the poem requires a literate reader to understand the poem since some historical, religious, and mythological allusions cannot be understood unless one has been acquainted with their meaning. Thus, the seeming easiness and simplicity hide a lot of difficulties and skillful work. Dryden had worked hard to conceal art with art. He used all his artistic skillfulness to hide the hard work and the great effort he had exerted in writing the poem. He used his mastery of the art of poetry to make the poem seem simple and easy in terms of tight construction and sound language, elegant diction, and the great ability which made him accurate and precise in his expressions. Here, the power of the poet's tools and the extent of his superiority appear. This study aims at showing Dryden's great effort in writing the poem despite the apparent simplicity, this can be seen through the poet's use of various stylistic aspects and his adherence to neoclassical elements.
This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V... more This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V. (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). Readers of Pynchon can follow the traces of the mysterious V. character in V. and be tuned with Oedipa Maas, the protagonist of The Crying of Lot 49 with greater ease if they understand the techniques of surrealism.
This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V... more This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V. (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). Readers of Pynchon can follow the traces of the mysterious V. character in V. and be tuned with Oedipa Maas, the protagonist of The Crying of Lot 49 with greater ease if they understand the techniques of surrealism.
This study deals with the struggle of Ellison's Invisible Man for existence through creating his ... more This study deals with the struggle of Ellison's Invisible Man for existence through creating his second personality. His masquerade life is the result of other people's hatred and prejudice in a society that fails to provide his citizens with active principles. Thus, the Invisible Man masks his true self to disable his chaotic and torturing world.
This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V... more This study is designated to trace the techniques of surrealism in two novels by Thomas Pynchon: V. (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). Readers of Pynchon can follow the traces of the mysterious V. character in V. and be tuned with Oedipa Maas, the protagonist of The Crying of Lot 49 with greater ease if they understand the techniques of surrealism.
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