Distant reading, an empirical and quantitative approach in literary studies proposed by Franco Moretti, has raised a lively debate attracted criticisms from "traditional scholars." An important reason behind these is the need for solid theoretical foundations: distant reading perhaps first methodology that do not include specific theory of literature, ontology literary. Much work field derives ...

The project Literary Ecology in Nineteenth-Century Bengal has been investigating the representation and interpretation of relationship between humans nonhuman nature context radical transformations physical ideological landscapes that characterized nineteenth-century Bengal. We are examining diverse political, economic scientific influences shaped narrative trajectory literary ecology Bengal, w...

This paper examines an unpublished manuscript for a novel, Montel, written by editor Gladys Fornell in the mid-twentieth century. In my paper, I examine Fornell’s professional work and literary connections to surmise what influenced her lack of success publishing the novel. Specifically, I highlight Montel as a transitional novel that accentuates the differences between modern and postmodern li...

Semiotics is one of the theories of reading literary texts.  This theory systematically studies the causes and factors involved in the process of production and interpretation of the signs. One of the main topics in semiotics deals with implicit meaning wherein the scholars examine the implied significance of the signs in addition to their explicit significance. Sadegh Chubak’s Tangsir is one o...

this article attempts to see, through the structural significances of poetic language, the nature of the split between linguistic description and literary interpretation. rhythm is the most prominent means of relating form to content in poetic language. the first account of this prominence is seen through identifying its position in the two prosodic forms of metrical and non-metrical poetry. fo...