How to Write an Introduction in Literature

HOW TO WRITE AN INTRODUCTION

The first paragraph is the first thing your examiner will read. Hence, it has to be the most appealing and impressive.

THREE THINGS TO CONSIDER IN INTRODUCTION:

1.  BEGIN WITH A QUOTATION

2.  USE ORNAMENTAL LANGUAGE 

3.  INTRODUCE THE THESIS

1. BEGIN WITH A QUOTATION

• Ben Jonson sings of the greatness of Shakespeare:

“Soul of the age,

Applause, delight, the wonder of the stage.

• Brigham Young remarks:

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”

• Ransom rightly avers:

“Coleridge is perhaps the best practitioner of criticism that we have in the classics of our language.”

• Critics shower their voice of appreciation unanimously on S. T. Coleridge.

• Coruscating the genius of …. John Dryden avers / remarks / opines/ says / states /  ……. In the following manner / as under / below.

• Eulogizing John Keats, T. S. Eliot remarks ……

• Appreciating the poetic talent of Wordsworth, I. A. Richards remarks ….

2. USE ORNAMENTAL LANGUAGE / ADJECTIVES

• Shakespeare is the most outstanding dramatist of the Elizabethan age.

• Shakespeare is one of the most loved and respected dramatist of English literature.

• Edmund Spenser is a magnanimous literary personality.

• Coleridge is undoubtedly a poet of high standard.

• Spenser is the most influential and imposing poet of Renaissance.

• Marlowe’s plays are packed with power and passion.

• John Donne is the most brilliant / dazzling star in the galaxy / sky / firmament of metaphysical poetry.

• John Milton is the invincible poet of English literature.

• Shelley’s poetic genius is invincible and unassailable in English literature.

• Hemingway is a myriad-minded man.

• Alexander Pope is a poet of high stature.

• John Dryden is a volcano from whom springs the dazzles of everlasting critical theories.

• Charles Dickens is revered / respected for his most outstanding work of art ‘David Copperfield’.

• Eliot’s poetry leaves an indelible imprint on the minds and hearts of the readers.

• Bernard Shaw has secured a perpetual / permanent place in the hearts of the lovers of English literature.

• Bernard Shaw’s name has been written with golden letters in the history of English drama.

• Marlowe’s plays create the feeling of owe and wonder among the critics and scholars.

3. INTRODUCE THE THESIS

• Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus’ is indeed a ‘magnum opus’ / masterpiece of English drama.

• Hemingway’s ‘Old Man and the Sea’ is bubbling with high serious philosophies of life.

• Bernard Shaw’s ‘Candida’ is filled with fun, fervor and laughter.

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