English Literature – CSS Times

How to start CSS/PMS Essay Writing? (By: Saeed Wazir)

Essay writing is an academic skill .It requires holistic understanding of theoretical aspects (principles, rules, forms, methods, layout ) and continued implementation phases (writing from sentence, paragraph mini Essay to fully fledged Essay. Getting it checked and keeping catalogues of errors).

Based on my practical experiences in competitive examinations and academic teaching in different coaching academies ,I am going to explain the enigma of writing in the form of dialogue between two students of mine at the Civil Officers Academy.

Dialogue between Izzaz and Javeria about CSS Essay Writing

Javeria: Hi Izzaz!When I start Writing CSS essay, I feel it is all Greek to me? What should be the modus operandi for successfully tackling this mind boggling assignment? Is there any short cut to it ?

Izzaz: Hey Javeria! I hope you are in the best spirit. It is not difficult but only different .Practically speaking, English language is a second language, and we need to learn it mechanically by following it’s hard and fast rules like players do in sports .The salient features are as follows:

Brief Overview of English Literature

English Literature as an art consists more than a period of Six centuries approximately. Often we start reading it from the period of Chaucer but seeds of English language started to be sowed with the coming of ‘Saxons’ to England in 450 AD.

The History of English Language

The history of English Language started with the Normans (originally a Germanic Tribe) who had settled in Normandy in the north of France, and had adopted a modified French language and culture. As a result of the conquest, the refinement of French culture came to be introduced into England exerted a powerful and formative influence on its language and literature. The Norman rulers looked down upon the English as a barbarous and backward people, and despised the rude taste of their language that lacked the elegance and grace of French. Naturally under their rule French had to be the language of the Court and the Government, and those among the conquered people who had dealings with the Government thought it prudent to learn French in addition to their own language. The Conquest also tended to bring the native population together as never before, and the several dialects spoken in the different parts of the country were gradually assimilated to form a common language. English which was basically the Midland dialect, became common among people.