About english literature

English literature is the study of literature that has been written in the English language. The most famous name that comes up in this area is William Shakespeare who wrote many plays and sonnets. Studying English Literature involves studying poems, essays, novels, and plays that have been written throughout history.

The subject literature has a long history, as same as communication. The historical literature started with pictures in the pre historical era. The written form started in the old English time and progressed during the middle ages of English language, after the invention of the printing press by William Caxton.

There are three genres or types in literature. Those are fiction, drama and poetry. There are plenty of books written under these three genres in many languages, throughout the world. The book lovers read these books to enhance their knowledge of literature or to study in this field. The different authors, poets and dramatists have their own styles of writing and their way of using techniques. Every writer is unique, even though they get the fundamental education under some other experienced writer.

The most popular literature genre, not only among the readers of literature but also among the common readers is fiction. The difference between the literary piece and mere story writing is vast. The authors of usual story writing do not pay much attention to the techniques such as ambiguity, similes, comparisons, the importance of the story and the development of the characters. In addition to that, the attention towards the profound thinking of the philosophy behind the story is lacking or not available. But the stories such as, 'Jane Ayer' 'Mansfield Park' 'Great Gatsby''The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe' which are pieces of literature have their own uniqueness and is free of imitation. The style depicts the individuality of the writer.

The poetry books are another genre of literature, which is very popular in studying as a subject. This is very close to human minds The poetry consists of more techniques than other two genres. The poetry books are written for different ages and different topics. There are literary pieces among the poems written in every era. The poetry of classics carries ambiguity, which intensify the value of the poem. The poetic techniques in literary pieces could be stated as; the world of the poem, repetitions, onomatopoeia, alliterations, assonance, rhyme, rhythm etc. The different poets carry their own way of presenting poems. The great poet 'William Wordsworth' wrote many poems to make the reader worship nature. He was admired as a 'nature poet'. John Dryden wrote metaphysical poems. Almost every poet wrote at least one love poem, since there is no literature without love.

The aspect of drama in the literature was enhanced during the time of 'William Shakespeare'. The dramas such as 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Hamlet' 'Macbeth' carry one story on superficies and another profound message or criticism of human weaknesses, profoundly. Thus, these plays are accepted as valuable literary pieces, classed as classics. Each drama consists or expresses an era. The printed books or E-Books of these classics are valuable sources for the students and the lovers of drama.