The literary text is born with its criticism methodology and its criticizer. The creator
stretches his hands out to the reader/criticizer to take their first step towards the text
and remove any ambiguity, symbolism, or metaphors that may be present.
He extends bridges between him and the society that produced the text, or bluff to
find the…[Read more]

While working on my recent novel, “The Bard & The Barman: An Account of Shakespeare’s Lost Years,” I endeavored to write a sequel to Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” which left the characters frozen in time. No one is going to confuse my work with the Bard’s, but I welcome any feedback on this play, written in contemporary lingo, rather than…[Read more]

While working on my recent novel, “The Bard & The Barman: An Account of Shakespeare’s Lost Years,” I endeavored to write a sequel to Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” which left the characters frozen in time. No one is going to confuse my work with the Bard’s, but I welcome any feedback on this play, written in contemporary lingo, rather than…[Read more]

This abstract discusses the differences between learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and learning English as a
second language (ESL). The EFL is when English is learned in a non-English speaking nation where it is not the
primary communication medium, often for academic or professional reasons. In contrast, ESL is when English is…[Read more]