Literature is a fascinating field of learning. It is, in fact, the mother of all academic disciplines, as it relates to anything written or spoken. However, the major challenge facing students of ...

The first day of class has an immemorial feel to it, an air of familiar routines eternally renewed. It’s just about noon on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, the start of spring semester. I am standing at the ...

“Literature not only describes reality but also adds to it.” C.S. Lewis, in this quote, very nicely explains the impact that literature has on reality, as good literary works portray the thinking ...

In his introduction, Joseph Epstein offers a broad definition of literary genius: “Timelessness, grandeur of vision, originality of outlook—all these in concert and worked at a high power comprise ...

A question raised by the Indian critic Shamim Hanafi was echoed in a seminar held last week at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, under the title, ‘What is the Pakistani Public?’ At Karachi ...

As esthetic judgments are politicized, political judgements are estheticized: the striking of poses and the enjoyment of catharsis are central in the theater of victimization in academic life. All ...

There is something “primitive” in the great issues that have traditionally concerned writers, Lionel Trilling submitted in “The Meaning of a Literary Idea.” Questions about the nature of thought and ...

A. For now, the only jobs the graduates of the translation academy we run can get are as agents at a publishing company in their home country or as translators. About 80 to 90 percent of the students ...

The jury for JCB Prize for Literature 2024 included: author-translator Jerry Pinto (Chair), art historian-curator Deepthi Sashidharan, scholar-writer-translator Tridip Suhrud, filmmaker-writer Shaunak ...