AD's English Literature

Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is of the pain that accompanies a young girl's loss of innocence and a powerful autobiographical work that explores the life of a young Black girl growing up in the American South during the 1930s and 40s. The book begins in 1931 with Maya's earliest childhood memories and proceeds through the end of World War II. In the book, Angelou highlights the ways in which Black women face unique challenges and struggles as a result of their gender and race. Angelou notes that "The black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate, and black lack of power."(Chapter 34) Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" explores the theme of oppression and the intersectionality of race, gender, and class. In this article, we will explore Maya's encounter with e...

Biography: A Very Difficult From of Art It is almost an axiomatic truth that biography is a very difficult from of art. A biographer, unlike a historian, has to collect all the relevant and necessary documents and facts. He should construct his biography in such a way that it ultimately assumes the status of an art-form. Johnson has very pertinently observed: “ History  can be formed from permanent monuments and records: but lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing everyday less, and in short time is lost forever.” Writing A Biography: Historical Survey It is a strenuous and uphill task, indeed to collect all the requisite materials for a biography. Again, compared to other genres of Literature i.e. drama, fiction, etc, biography is too young. Its origin dates back to 18 th century. The simple reason for this belated origin of biography is that until 18 th century, there was a death of genuine interest in and a becoming curiosity about the private lives...