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This study presents a survey of the development of fiction from realism to modernism and post modernism. It also, introduces the dramatic change of novels to be written in verse rather than in prose. This new form of narrative has roots in history. The verse novel of the late 20th century is inspired by the long poems of the past. The verse novels have different technique in writing away from the conventional style of the 19th century novels. This paper gives examples of Anthony Burgess's Byrne 1995. It is a verse novel about a defeated person who has high inspirations. The second example is Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate 1986. It describes the experiences of a group of friends living in California. It is a masterpiece verse novel written in sonnets.

This article explores the need for rethinking literary theory in general and the queer theory in particular. This paper examines the queer theory and its developmental phases. A historical approach is adapted to trace the changes of this literary theory. Also, the article presents the sociological background of queer theory and its relation to psychology. This research presents the queer of color theory as a contemporary change of this literary theory. The paper in general has employed biographical and historical approaches to trace the changes of queer theory. Queer reading of some classical and modern literary texts is surveyed. For example, Shakespeare’s works are seen from a queer point of view and Harry Potter is analyzed from the same point of view.

Derek Walcott is a West-Indian poet, dramatist, and a writer who writes mainly in English. His famous poem Omeros is an adaptation of Homer and a creative imaginary journey to his homeland in the Caribbean away from the American Western civilization. Walcott uses poetry to highlight the linguistic precision of the Caribbean people. He describes the deep psychological problems of the colonial period of his native homeland under the western imperialism. This paper focuses on Walcott's racial and cultural clash of identity. Walcott explains that his island has been called ‘‘Helen of the West Indies’’ because of the challenge between England and France to control this territory. This study aims at studying Walcott’s epic poem and his use of symbolism to convey his points of view.

This study is a theoretical investigation of radical feminism theory. First, the study aims at presenting feminism as a literary critical approach and elaborates through the works of some feminist writers. The patriarchal society and female reality is examined to explain the difference between the world as men have constructed and the reality that is lived, imagined and expressed by women. This explanation will help to generate a critical background to come up to the fictional world of Alice Walker. The idea of radical feminist theory is defined and developed with reference to patriarchal society. Then, the aspects of radical feminism in Walker’s novels are examined as an example of post-modern literary criticism of the 21st century.

برزت في الآونة الأخيرة موجة جديدة من التقنيات ولاسيما في بيئة الشبكة العالمية لدعم الوعي المعلوماتي وتنمية مهارات البحث في البيئة الرقمية وتلبية الاحتياجات المتنامية للمستخدمين. وقد تبنت الدراسة تطبيق منهج البحث التجريبي لقياس مدى تأثير البرامج التأهيلية وورش العمل الأكاديمية على تطوير سلوكيات وكفاءة إجراء البحث المعلوماتي لدى منسوبي جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية، والعمل على الخروج بمؤشرات دلالية يمكن أن يكون لها قيمة مضافة للمؤسسات المهتمة بتعزيز الوعي المعلوماتي للعاملين بها من مختلف القطاعات والتخصصات.

V. S. Naipaul is thought of as a master of the English prose of the twentieth century. He is an important modernist who represents the colonialism and the post-colonialism periods. This study is interested in his narrative perspectives to find out the features of his narrative technique. Does Naipaul have a special narrative style? The study explains the importance of Naipaul as a theorist against Eurocentrism of the 21st century. The fact that he places himself as an investigator of the role of imperialism in The Third World takes him too far in relation to the narrative perspective that is considered as a tradition of the European novelists. Naipaul uses his characters to narrate their own stories and to have their own perspectives. This technique allows him to be in a position above the events to comment and to convey his political views.

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