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What is Apocalyptic Literature?
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Apocalyptic literature is a type of writing that reveals or uncovers hidden truths about the end of the world, the future, or divine plans. The word "apocalypse" comes from the Greek word apokalypsis, meaning "revelation" or "unveiling." This type of literature often uses vivid imagery, symbolism, and dramatic visions to describe events that lead to the destruction of the world and the ultimate victory of good over evil.

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Characteristics of Apocalyptic Literature
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1. Symbolism
Apocalyptic writings often use symbols to convey deeper meanings. For example, beasts, numbers, and natural disasters might represent nations, powers, or divine judgments. These symbols are often not meant to be taken literally but understood as metaphors or allegories.

2. Dualism
Apocalyptic literature typically presents a stark contrast between good and evil, light and darkness, or God and Satan. The focus is on the cosmic struggle between these opposing forces, often culminating in the triumph of good.

3. Visions and Dreams
The content is often based on visions or dreams experienced by a prophet or author. These visions reveal future events or divine mysteries, often delivered by an angel or a heavenly figure.

4. Eschatology
The primary theme is eschatology, which refers to the study of the "end times." It describes how the current world will end and a new, perfect world will be established, often under divine rule.
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Purpose of Apocalyptic Literature
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The main purpose is to provide hope and encouragement to people facing persecution, suffering, or uncertainty. It reassures them that despite the current struggles, divine justice will prevail, and they will be rewarded for their faithfulness. It also serves as a warning to those who oppose divine will, urging them to repent before it is too late.
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Examples of Apocalyptic Literature
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1. Religious Texts

The Book of Revelation in the Bible is a well-known example. It describes visions of the end times, the final battle between good and evil, and the creation of a new heaven and earth.

The Book of Daniel in the Old Testament also contains apocalyptic elements, such as visions of four beasts symbolizing empires.

2. Non-Religious Works
Apocalyptic themes are not limited to religious texts. Many modern novels, movies, and TV shows explore apocalyptic scenarios, such as global pandemics, alien invasions, or environmental disasters. Examples include The Road by Cormac McCarthy and movies like Mad Max.

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Conclusion
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Apocalyptic literature reflects humanity's fascination with the unknown and the ultimate fate of the world. It combines imaginative storytelling with deep moral and spiritual lessons, urging readers to reflect on their lives, values, and the forces shaping their world. Whether ancient or modern, it continues to captivate and inspire audiences by addressing universal themes of hope, justice, and renewal.

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1. The Children of Men – P.D. James (1992)


2. The Reckoning – Ann Jellicoe (1978)


3. Hysteria – Terry Johnson (1993)


4. Rose in the Afternoon – Joseph Jenny (1974)


5. The Book of God – Gabriel Josipovici (1988)


6. Short of Glory – Alan Judd (1988)


7. An Immaculate Mistake – Paul Bailey (1990)


8. Every Man for Himself – Beryl Bainbridge (1996)


9. Rushing to Paradise – J.G. Ballard (1994)


10. One More River – Lynne Reid Banks (1973)


11. The Untouchable – John Banville (1997)


12. Anno Domini – Granville Barker (1983)


13. The Ghost Road – Pat Barker (1995)


14. Regeneration – Pat Barker (1991)


15. Before She Met Me – Patrick Barnes (1982)


16. Cross Channel – Patrick Barnes (1996)


17. Empire of Signs – Stanley Barstow (1970)


18. In My Own Time – Nina Mary Bowden (1994)


19. Alice – John Bayley (1994)


20. Breath – Samuel Beckett (1969)


21. Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education – Sybille Bedford (1991)

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Today's Plan: Focus on revising the following key areas:

1. Pen Names of authors.

2. Major Awards such as the Nobel Prize, Booker Prize, and Sahitya Akademi Award.

3. Subtitles of important literary works.

4. Literary Movements and the groups associated with them.

5. Publication Dates of All Major Works Works.

6. Literary Terms and Devices, along with Magazine,Bible, Dictionary and Periodical.

7. Terms and Concepts in literary theory and cultural studies, along with the scholars who coined them.

8. Research Methodology, including:

Citation guidelines (MLA 9th Edition).

Chronological order of citations.

Ethics and morals in research.

Types and characteristics of research.


9. Practice Mock Tests (Set 2) and Previous Year Question Papers (2022-2024). Analyze your mistakes to identify areas of focus and improve accuracy.

10. Time Management: Create a practical and efficient study plan to secure high marks.

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20th C -100 best Fiction

PEN NAMES

Poets Timeline.pdf

Forms And Types of Poem

21. 1916 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
22. 1919 - Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
23. 1920 - Women in Love - D. H. Lawrence
24. 1923 - Cane - Jean Toomer
25. 1924 - A Passage to India - E. M. Forster
26. 1925 - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
27. 1925 - The Making of Americans - Gertrude Stein
28. 1925 - An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
29. 1926 - The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
30. 1927 - To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

1. 1919 - Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
2. 1925 - An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
3. 1929 - Look Homeward, Angel - Thomas Wolfe
4. 1948 - The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer
5. 1949 - The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
6. 1953 - More Than Human - Theodore Sturgeon
7. 1962 - The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
8. 1962 - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
9. 1966 - Tlooth - Harry Mathews
10. 1966 - Omensetter's Luck - William H. Gass
11. 1968 - The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. - Robert Coover
12. 1968 - Up - Ronald Sukenick
13. 1969 - Pricksongs and Descants - Robert Coover
14. 1969 - Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down - Ishmael Reed
15. 1969 - The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
16. 1970 - Creamy and Delicious - Steve Katz
17. 1975 - Albany Cycle (Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, Ironweed) - William Kennedy
18. 1979 - Mulligan Stew - Gilbert Sorrentino
19. 1980 - Waiting for the Barbarians - J. M. Coetzee
20. 1980 - Darconville's Cat - Alexander Theroux
21. 1981 - The Book of the New Sun Tetralogy (The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch) - Gene Wolfe
22. 1981 - Easy Travel to Other Planets - Ted Mooney
23. 1987 - You Bright and Risen Angels - William T. Vollmann
24. 1989 - Tours of the Black Clock - Steve Erickson
25. 1990 - In Memoriam to Identity - Kathy Acker
26. 1991 - American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis
27. 1995 - Hogg - Samuel R. Delany
28. 1995 - The Tunnel - William H. Gass
29. 1995 - The Age of Wire and String - Ben Marcus
30. 1996 - Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

20th Century Works...


1. 1902 - Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad


2. 1903 - The Ambassadors - Henry James


3. 1905 - The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton


4. 1914 - Dubliners - James Joyce


5. 1916 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce


6. 1919 - Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson


7. 1920 - Women in Love - D. H. Lawrence


8. 1923 - Cane - Jean Toomer


9. 1924 - A Passage to India - E. M. Forster


10. 1925 - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald


11. 1925 - The Making of Americans - Gertrude Stein


12. 1925 - An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser


13. 1926 - The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway


14. 1927 - To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf


15. 1929 - The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner


16. 1929 - Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett


17. 1929 - Look Homeward, Angel - Thomas Wolfe


18. 1932 - Brave New World - Aldous Huxley


19. 1934 - Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller


20. 1936 - Nightwood - Djuna Barnes


21. 1936 - Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner


22. 1937 - Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston


23. 1939 - Finnegans Wake - James Joyce


24. 1939 - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck


25. 1939 - The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West


26. 1939 - At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien


27. 1940 - Native Son - Richard Wright


28. 1947 - Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry


29. 1948 - The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer


30. 1949 - Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell


31. 1949 - The Cannibal - John Hawkes


32. 1949 - The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles


33. 1951 - The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger


34. 1952 - Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison


35. 1952 - Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor


36. 1953 - More Than Human - Theodore Sturgeon


37. 1955 - Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov


38. 1955 - The Recognitions - William Gaddis


39. 1955, 1956, 1958 - The Trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable) - Samuel Beckett


40. 1956, 1958, 1963 - The Checkerboard Trilogy (Go in Beauty, The Bronc People, Portrait of the Artist with 26 Horses) - William Eastlake


41. 1957 - On the Road - Jack Kerouac


42. 1959 - The Sot-Weed Factor - John Barth


43. 1960 - The Sot-Weed Factor - John Barth


44. 1961 - Catch-22 - Joseph Heller


45. 1961, 1962, 1964 - The Nova Trilogy (The Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded, Nova Express) - William S. Burroughs


46. 1962 - Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov


47. 1962 - The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick


48. 1962 - The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing


49. 1966 - Omensetter's Luck - William H. Gass


50. 1966 - Tlooth - Harry Mathews


51. 1968 - In the Heart of the Heart of the Country - William H. Gass


52. 1968 - The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. - Robert Coover


53. 1968 - Up - Ronald Sukenick


54. 1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut


55. 1969 - Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down - Ishmael Reed


56. 1969 - Pricksongs and Descants - Robert Coover


57. 1970 - Creamy and Delicious - Steve Katz


58. 1972 - Double or Nothing - Raymond Federman


59. 1973 - Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon


60. 1973 - Crash - J. G. Ballard


61. 1974 - Lookout Cartridge - Joseph McElroy


62. 1975 - J R - William Gaddis


63. 1975 - Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany


64. 1976 - Take It or Leave It - Raymond Federman


65. 1976 - The Franchiser - Stanley Elkin


66. 1977 - The Public Burning - Robert Coover


67. 1978 - Always Coming Home - Ursula K. Le Guin


68. 1980 - Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson


69. 1980 - Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban


70. 1980 - Waiting for the Barbarians - J. M. Coetzee


71. 1981 - Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie


72. 1981 - Darconville's Cat - Alexander Theroux


73. 1984 - Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy


74. 1984 - The Tunnel - William H. Gass

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CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR WORKS - LAST MIN REVISION

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Both poems express my personal feelings and emotions and have been published in a respected magazine as well as featured in newspapers. They hold a special place in my heart, as they capture the essence of my journey, blending my experiences, challenges, and insights during my preparation.Through these poems, I have woven together elements of reality and imagination, offering a glimpse into the depth of my thoughts and reflections. I hope they resonate with you and leave a meaningful impression.Wishing you all a wonderful day ahead!

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Good afternoon, everyone.
This is Yogesh here. I’ve received many messages on Telegram asking for a strategy for the last 8 days before the exam. Let me clarify a few things.Firstly, we don’t have enough time to revise every unit thoroughly. These remaining days are crucial, and our focus should be on quick memorization and key takeaways. For the upcoming exam, I would describe it as a test of general knowledge about English literature.We have a very short time for revision I would strongly suggest you to revise your Notes only.

{UGC NET EXAM STRATEGY 2025}

1) Try to remember the publication dates of all major works accurately.

2) Try to cover all major authors and their significant works, including basic summaries and key characters.

3) Try to cover all major and frequently discussed poems and novels with their summaries, opening lines, and closing lines.

4)Try to remember the best quotes or lines from works of literary criticism, and in literary theory, remember who coined these terms and introduced these concepts, along with brief information.

5) Linguistics( "Noam Chomsky, Ferdinand de Saussure, Leonard Bloomfield, Edward Sapir, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Roman Jakobson, and William Labov) & Cultural studies (Richard Hoggart, Stuart hall, E P Thompson,Stephan Greenblat, Theodore Adorno,Raymond Williams,Antonio Gramsci, Louis Altrusser, Fredrick jamson their Major works,Terms and concepts

6) In Research Methodology, focus on primary and secondary data, sampling and its types, moral and ethical considerations, characteristics, and MLA 9th Edition citation guidelines (in chronological order) for citing and referencing sources.

7)Award(Nobel,Booker,Pulitzer,Sahitya Akademi)

8) Bible+ Dictionaries+ Journal+ Magazine
(chronological Order+ Founder)
Note-Pen Name + Subtitles of works

9) Try to solve recent questions paper last 4 years or go through it if it is not possible to solve .....

10) British Literature Writer List

Chaucer, Thomas More, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlow,John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, University Wits & Metaphysical Poets, William Congreve,Thomas heywood & Middleton,Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Lawrence Sterne, and Tobias Smollett,Thomas Gray,Samuel Johnson, Oscar Wilde, Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor,Charles lamb,P b Shelley, John Keats,Jane Austen,(Victorian to Post Modernism)- {Major Writers only}

11) American Major writers around 20 writers -

Fredrick douglas, Louisa May Alcot,James Cooper,Harriet beecher stowe,Herman Melville,Edgar Allen poe,Emily Dickinson, Walt whitman,Henry James, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Tenessee william,Arthur Miller,Eugene O Neil, Robert Frost,Ezra Pound,Harper Lee, Truman Capot,John Steinbeck, Edward Albee,Saul Bellow,Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath,Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, wallace Stevans

12) Don't Read extra works or writers Just revised whatever you have done so far

13) Revise my all short Notes for your fast revision of minor units (6-10) & Use pages of EnglitMantra for European and Post Colonial Literature)

14) Focus on your Time Management

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Autobiographies of Dalit writers:-

1. Annabhau Sathe - "Fakira" (1972)

2. Baburao Bagul - "Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti" (1963)

3. Bama - "Karukku" (1992)

4. Babytai Kamble - "Jina Amucha"(2009)

5. Daya Pawar - "Baluta" (1978)

6. Malika Amar Shaikh - "Mala Uddhvasta Vhaychay" (I Want To Destroy Myself: A Memoir)(2016)

7. Omprakash Valmiki - "Joothan" (1997)

8. Shantabai Kamble - "Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha"(1983)

9. Siddalingaiah - "Ooru Keri" (1995)

10. Urmila Pawar - "The Weave of my Life"(2008)

I have received many messages from students who are facing difficulties and feeling tense. Don't panic or feel anxious, and don't put too much pressure on yourself or your mind. I am always here for you. Just believe in yourself and the hard work you have put into your studies—you will definitely crack this exam. Be yourself and the best version of yourself, and avoid comparing yourself to anyone because you are unique. I hope this helps you.

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Dear NET aspirants, with the exam dates announced, I understand that many of you might be feeling the pressure of revision, doubts, and wavering confidence. Everyone wants to qualify for NET and JRF, but instead of letting the pressure get to you, focus on the essentials. Concentrate on the main topics, major writers, frequently repeated works, and concepts. Practice PYQs (Previous Year Questions) to identify recurring patterns and gain valuable insights for tackling challenging questions. Remember, the exam is tough for everyone, but smart preparation can make all the difference. I want you to know that I genuinely care about each one of you, and that’s why I’m here to share my thoughts and ideas to support your preparation. Stay positive and give it your best—you’ve got this!

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