English Language and Literature

Modernism or Modernist movement (Definition and Explanation): In the 19th Century, a new movement started to emerge that had its initial influence in the works of the people living in the European region, especially in North America. The modernist movement continued till the mid of the 20th century . This movement brought a huge change, not just in the field of literature but also in science, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, painting, and much more. According to Virginia Woolf, the nature of human beings changed and their relations shifted and as a result, we see that in that period of time there is a huge change in religion, conduct, and also politics as well. Modernism was the reaction to the Victorian era. What happened during modernism was that in this period mankind saw huge progress in science and technology and because of this, people started to lean towards reasoning so much so that they started to question their own faith. This sudden change had a lot of reasons such

In an interview with a BS-English undergraduate student Syed Asad Ali, the Chairman of PCB Rameez Raja told that in order to become a successful commentator you should focus on one thing, your Oral Communication Skills, and more specifically how to improve your oral communication skills. The Legendary Pakistani Commentator told that “Confidence” is the main key as well as the biggest obstacle for one to become a fluent speaker and as well as to become the best commentator ever. According to him, if you want to convey your feeling or your opinion on a certain matter, it is very much important for you to throw away your shyness and thoughts about how others will take what you just said. He also said that the trick that he used and still does is to use Google search to improve his vocabulary. He said that if you come across a word that most likely relates to your field of interest, try to search for that word’s meaning, its pronunciation, and how you can use that word in your own sent

 Line by line analysis of “The Second Coming”: (Stanzas and their Paraphrasing) Stanza No. 1   In the first stanza, the poet William Butler Yeats talks about the ever-increasing and stretching spiritual circles that become bigger and bigger as they move upward. Each circle in that cone-shaped coil represents the 200 years of our history. According to him, in each one of those two hundred years, there always comes a time when humanity almost comes across its extinction because of its own made-up, chaos, and destruction. The Falcon which is the man, causing all this destruction, is not being able to recognize his Creator i.e. the falconer. There also seems to be an imbalance in everything and because of this imbalance, the forces that are trying to keep everything in shape and order are now not being able to do so. They are all falling apart. The only thing that can be seen in this world is the state of disorder because there