Literature can only ever hope to hold chaos together, perhaps only by a comma,” said Laszlo Krasznahorkai in his acceptance ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meaning comes to emancipate us. The absolute absence of meaning can cause madness. But what kind of meaning can turn out to be our liberator? The urge for meaning is the strongest one. We have been ...

Two hundred years from now, when subjects for Ph. D. theses will be even further to seek than they are to-day, when there will hardly be a minor poet, an obscure essayist, or an obscene fiction writer ...

New Literary History (NLH) focuses on theory and interpretation – the reasons for literary change, the definitions of periods, and the evolution of styles, conventions, and genres. Throughout its ...

Exploring the Ambiguity of Life, Love, and Death,’ SBLJ hosts an event at Tecolote Books for their new edition on Oct. 18.

Cli-fi literary theory does not exist yet. It is that new. We are flying by the seat of our pants. The future beckons. • If cli-fi is to serve any real purpose, it must soar above distractions and ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: some great songs with prominent literary references. Kendrick Lamar is known for his dense lyrics, which can be ...