“Mine Boy” by Peter Abrahams is a 1946 novel centered on the prevailing social and racial discriminations that occurred in a post-independence South Africa which had begun introducing a new Apartheid policy which brought about unfavorable and discriminatory treatments towards the...
Peter Abraham’s “Mine Boy” is a bold fusion of marxism, racial, and colour segregation, set against the backdrop of the Apartheid South Africa. Written in 1946, the era when the situation in South Africa is deplorable, as racial segregation dominates the...
“Save us from the night From bleak open highways Without end, and the fluorescent Oases of gas stations from the gunning of immortal engines past midnight when time has no meaning, from all night cafes, their ghoulish slices of pie…”...
Different approaches to literary criticism, with definitions and examples ( I used books you can relate with, mind you, it’s an unseen they’d give in the exam ) 1. Biographical Criticism: Analyzes a literary work in relation to the author’s life...
Conflict theory The Conflict perspective is an approach to analyzing social behavior which is based on the assumption that social behavior is best explained and understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups. When applied to religion, conflict analysis...
Summary and Analysisof Tewfik Al -Hakim’s Fate of a Cockroach. Fate of a Cockroach is an absurdist play that centres on events on two different realms of existence. The first realm is the insect realm or insect kingdom while the second...
RELIGION AND PEACE We can’t ignore the fact that Religion, next to family, is the second oldest institution. It governs the social as well as personal behavior of man by providing guidelines, laws and principles relating to his interaction with...
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION Positive functions of Religion Religion provides mental peace: Human life is uncertain. He struggles for his survival amidst the uncertainties, insecurities and dangers, Some-times he feels helplessness. It is the religion which consoles and encourages him in all...
MEASURES OF RELIGIOSITY In sociology, Religiosity is a term used to describe the level of religious participation and internalization of belief systems within a particular society. Studies of religiosity are often undertaken to measure several things, including frequency of prayer, biblical...
THEORIES OF RELIGION Psychoanalytic Theory The Psychoanalytic Theory is the personality theory, which is based on the notion that an individual gets motivated more by unseen forces that are controlled by the conscious and the rational thought. Sigmund Freud is closely...