The Literary Scholar

Abha Bhardwaj Sharma is a Professor of English Literature with over 25 years of teaching experience. She is the founder of Miracle English Language and Literature Institute and the author of more than 50 books on literature, language, and self-development. Through The Literary Scholar, she shares insightful, witty, and deeply reflective explorations of world literature.

“Sprung Rhythm: When Poetry Got Tired of Marching and Started Skipping”

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Hopkins, Nursery Rhymes, and the Great Metrical Rebellion ABS Believes: Poetic rhythm shouldn’t behave like a parade. It should behave like a toddler on sugar: unpredictable, adorable, and terrifyingly free. The Meter That Misbehaved There are two types of rhythm in this world: The kind that walks into a room, straightens its tie, and recites […]

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“Curtain Call for Logic: A Backstage Pass to the Theatre of the Absurd”

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From Godot’s Delays to Rhinoceros Rampages—Why Drama Finally Snapped ABS The Literary Scholar Believes: That when history becomes incoherent and coffee loses meaning, theatre must step in—not to explain, but to mirror the madness back with impeccable comic timing. Welcome to the Play Where Nothing Happens—and That’s the Point Let’s begin with a confession: this

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LIT Theory 010 Psychoanalytic Theory in Literature From Oedipus to Obsession and the Unconscious Between the Lines

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How Freud, Lacan, and the Inner Drama of the Mind Changed the Way We Read Stories, Symbols, and Silences From The Professor’s Desk There’s a certain thrill in turning a page and realizing that the story knows you better than you know yourself. It’s not just that Hamlet can’t act — it’s that he reminds

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LIT Theory 009 Bakhtin and Dialogism: When Voices Collide

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How Mikhail Bakhtin Turned the Novel into a Carnival of Clashing Truths and Talking Minds From The Professor’s Desk When Voices Collide: The Rise of Dialogism In the hushed intellectual corridors of early 20th-century Russia, amid the stifling airs of Stalinist ideology and the dry certainties of Formalist criticism, a quiet yet thunderous voice began

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LIT Theory 008 Reader-Response Theory in Literature: When the Reader Walked In

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From Silent Observer to Meaning-Maker—The Rise of the Reader in Literary Theory From The Professor’s Desk When the Reader Walked In: The Rise of Reader-Response Theory For centuries, literature was a monologue—written by the author, decoded by the critic, and quietly admired by the reader. The text was sacred, the author was sovereign, and the

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LIT Theory 007 Ecocriticism in Literature: Reading Nature as Text

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From Pastoral Reverie to Planetary Grief—How Literature Listens When Nature Speaks From The Professor’s Desk The Roots Beneath the Text Literary criticism, for centuries, has walked through drawing rooms, courtrooms, battlefields, and broken hearts—but seldom through forests. While love, power, identity, and rebellion have commanded the interpretive spotlight, the rustling of leaves, the groan of

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LIT Theory 006 Queer Theory in Literature: Unraveling Gender, Identity, and the Evolution of LGBTQ+ Narratives

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Exploring the Disruption of Gender Norms, the Fluidity of Sexuality, and the Rise of Queer Narratives Across Literature and Society From The Professor’s Desk “Gender is not something we are, but something we do.” A stunning visual from RuPaul’s Drag Race, embodying the colorful world of drag culture and the power of queer self-expression. The

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LIT Theory 005 Feminism in Literature: Voices, Bodies, Power

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Challenging Patriarchy through Text and Form from Woolf to Cixous From The Professor’s Desk The Fire Within Her ORDER YOUR COPY Opening: Feminism in Literature – A Revolutionary Voice Against Patriarchy For centuries, literature has been largely shaped and controlled by male voices, with male authors dictating the narratives, moral values, and structures of storytelling.

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LIT Theory 004 : Postcolonialism in Literature: Reading from the Margins

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Empire Writes Back—And the Center Can’t Handle It From The Professor’s Desk There was a time when literature came wearing a powdered wig and spoke only in the accents of empire. Its maps were colored red, its characters were explorers and missionaries, and its readers were taught to see the world through the monocle of

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