ABOUT COMMON LITERATURE PERIOD
COMMON ERA LITERATURE
OR COMMON LITERATURE
COMMON ERA
Common
Era is a period of
years which started from 2001 to 3000 .
It is followed by Gregorian
calendar.
COMMON ERA
LITERATURE
(2021-3000)
The
term The Common Era
Literature or Common Literature is coined
by the poet
Sourav Sarkar on 24th of October 2021.
World Common Literature Day is celebrated across the globe on 24th October every year.
Poet
Sourav Sarkar was
doing a long term
study upon ages
of world poetry. Then
observed a new genre
of literature which
is already present
in the contemporary world
but no one
has given stress
on it. While
doing a research
on writing poems,
he invented that
since the year
2001, the mentioning of the
CE (COMMON ERA) was already
in the history. He
started gaining interest
by putting it
into a literary
age that is called COMMON
ERA LITERATURE OR
COMMON LITERATURE.
Poems
of this period: Common Poems, Common Era
Poetry, Ordinary Poems, General poems.
Prose
of this period was known as Common prose.
The
story of this period was known as the Common story.
Drama
of this period was known as Common drama or common plays.
Novels
of this period were known as Common novels.
ROOTS AND
INFLUENCE OF COMMON
ERA LITERATURE IN 7
CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
It is a
study and subject of
research that Common literature
will develop it’s stages and
it will be discussed
gradually through books , articles and Magazines. This time :
ASIA
INDIA AND
COMMON LITERATURE
Indian literature was influenced by external forces. It was
inspired by the
society and it’s
reforms. The effect
of colonialism was
dominant in the
years before independence
of India. Anglo Indians
wrote lot of literary
works in the
early periods of
Indian Literature. Toru Dutt, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio marked the beginning of it. The seed
of common literature was there in the thinking of the
poets of that period. 1864 Toru Dutt
poems and common factors. Aurobindo Ghose edited
magazines on Indian freedom
struggle and most
of them got influence of
common people. Sarojini Naidu
tried to write
common poems. After 1868
Rabindranath Tagore and
his works are
based on common
people , ideas , society and humanity.
His famous works that reflects common life and
people are The Golden Boat, The Post
Office etc. His stories depict the everyday lives of common people.
Anglo Indian poets wrote common literature till 1950 by Dom Moraes ,
P.Lal, Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujan and his poetry
shows love for Indian culture. Indian cartoonist R. K. Laxman. Creator of the Common Man also presented common literature .
1966- 1970 , We find post modernism
in Indian literary
works but we can
not deny
effect of common literature. Novelists
of this period
showed power of
common literature, characters
and plots, background s were
common and close
to the hearts
of people. We can
call them Common Novels. Mulk Raj
Anand became
the voice of the common
people.
Untouchable (1935) , Coolie (1936) shows reflection
of common life in the time
of British rule in India. R.K. Narayan’s fictions were
based on common people, hard works, failure, etc. His notable works Malgudi
Days,
Swami and Friends ,The English Teacher.
1970-2000
Novelists like Anita Desai ,
Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitava
Ghosh, Arundhuti Roy, Nirad. C.
Chowdhury showed the
urge of common people, background, plots, themes like migration, agony,
pain , city life, dilemma etc.
2001-2021
All the literary personalities wrote their best.
Sourav Sarkar, Kunal Roy, Subhankar Roy Chowdhury.
NORTH AND SOUTH
AMERICA:
Roots of
Common Era Literature
is profound in
America.
Realism in
the America came
before 1900s . So the common
literature was already
there . The novels that time
showed uprising of
American art, music
and literature. The main
characteristics were
·
literature of the common place
·
literature of the common man
character
·
literature of the common life
·
literature of the everyday reality
·
literature of the common background
·
Universal appeal
·
literature of the poor and middle class
·
literature of the ordinary language
War was
the prominent criterion of recognition when we
study American Literature. Before 1900s America went
through Civil wars, colonial dominance
and many ups and downs. Naturally literature
took a great
part to promote
American life and it’s ethics.
Due to a
strong struggling attitude
to overcome obstacles, country men
pointed out lessons
from war. Americans
progressed very fast
than other countries
of the world. After
1900s, literature was
quite powerful and
people showed interest
in writing plays
and novels. Some famous
literary personalities of this period are:
William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Henry James,
Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain.
Alexander Pushkin was from
the same period and he
also believed in
common literature. He wrote
poems and plays, and novels for
the sake of common people. Pushkin’s background
reflects same agony of war
In the year 2000 that realism changed into another term Hysterical realism which may have seen as a study
of postmodernism and it also
deals with common literature.
(2001-2021) the realism is marked by state and system centric behavior. It is becoming politically motivated and nation centric. But
the common outlook is same as before.
1900s-1914s
: The period restored by
the common people
and they lived life again with same
compassion and eagerness. Common literature
grew up there
also with the concept
hiring from French people:
Naturalism. Human nature is a
part of common literature. Common literature can’t
develop without raw and
basic instinct of human nature. In that
time novelists tried
to portray human
behavior in their stories.
Characters of these
novels were common men
or women oppressed by
society and other
forces and deeply
influenced by heredity
like that of the common era
novels . It left readers
in a trauma. Novels in Common Era
also revolves round
uncertain end. It started by
Emile Zola that led American novelists to write
more novels. Common Era
literature that began after 2000 got similarity
with the American
Naturalism .Like Common
literature Characters are common , raw
expressions or realistic approach
of life. There is no
classification of society. Major writers include Frank Norris,
Stephen Crane showed urge
of common people of
that time. Edith Wharton’s The Age of
Innocence shows the problem of
marriage which is quite
similar in the
novels of Common Era
Literature. 21st century
which is known as
Common Era shows a
different angle of naturalism. It has turned into
common thinking . It’s practiced
now with
artistic forms like painting
,crafting, singing. In the common literary era
we have some
naturalists like Rein Arjukese, Greg Graffin.
One line
common poems
One line
poem is a
great way of
writing poems. In Common Era it
is seen as
the chief type
of writing poetry.
It is somehow
related to Micro
Poetry and Nano Poetry
which shows poet
as powerful influencer. Common literature deals with such
one line poems. Most
probably it came
from Western poets and
now it is
common in Bengali Literature as well. Sourav Sarkar
tried to inspire
poets to write
one line common poems. Certainly, now
in 2021, common poems are doing best
in the field
in the field
of literature.
English language
example:
Structure of
One line common poems
A. Line:
These poems are written in one
line.
B. Punctuations:
Poet can use these punctuations.
End
of a sentence: (full stop) (
. )question
mark ( ? )exclamation
mark ( ! )ellipsis (.
. .)
or no
punctuation at all.
To separate words : comma (
, )semicolon (
; )
To quote words : single
quotation marks ( ' ' ) double
quotation marks ( " " )
To show connection: parentheses (
), brackets [
] and braces {
} em dash ( — )
C. Stanza: There is
no stanza in
this kind of
poem.
D. Rhyme: It depends
upon poetic flow. One
line common poem
can be rhythmic
or it can
not be.
E. Theme: Pain,
Despondency, Crisis, Self Love,
Lack of identity, Search, Love, Loss, Epidemic, Dilemma, anxiety, Belief,
Anger, Suppression, Informative, Public, Digital, Suffocated life,
Aims, Cruelty, Mercy, loneliness,
Ego etc.
Characteristics of
common poems
1) Brief
2) Subject based
3) To the point
4) Powerful
5) Truth seeking
6) Personal belief
7) Multicultural and multilingual
8) External experience
9) Dwell nature of belief
10) Real
11) Factual
12) Gender equality
13) Social awareness
14) High criticism
15) Multi styles
16) Meaning less sometimes
17) Powerful expressions
Characteristics of common literature
After 2000 CE
poetry became a
choice to express
personal interests. It
became common for
others. There is no
truth or perfectness
pointed out. Everything seems
messy, fragmented ,strong imagery
of daily
words , no thought provoking
ideas or skill
of presentation can be seen. Common poems were directly
answered questions , stories were real and
sensational, serious and novels reveal
practicality of human mind
and behavior.
We don’t
debate upon faith
in this common
era literature. It turns into
personal belief which changes with
time and personality. In common
literature it is
agreed that each
of us possess
different ability. Hence we
must respect own
thoughts and others
also, no matter
what country, what
religion what caste you belong. In the
post modern period before the common literature period , people believed in
systems, values , orthodoxy, tradition, morality etc. but common literature appreciated multi cultural value which
says external experience is
everything. In fact we learn
easily from these
experiences. For instance, writing blogs
is a personal
experience that grows
with external observations.
In common
literature period 2021 to 3000 we will pursue abstract vision. This
vision will be generated by the
individuals and they will
try to imbibe the sense
of the age and put them in common poems, common
stories, common novels , common prose, common plays. We will experience a dwell
nature of belief .
Previously literature
used to be controlled and author
centric. But in common literature
period it is not only
interpretation but also
public domain literature which
means anyone can criticize
the piece of work directly. It is due
to digitalization of
literature the works now
available in websites ,blogs etc.
Looking forward to publishing poems in your emagazine . This looks fantastic.
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