HE ESSAY QUESTION IS : ”MODERN AUTHORS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE GLOOMIER ASPECTS OF LIFE.” CRITICALLY EXAMINE THIS STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO TWO OR MORE TEXTS YOU HAVE STUDIED ON THE COURSE AND IDENTIFY ANY SIGNS OF HOPE IN MODERN LITERATURE. THE TEXTS ARE HERAT OF DARKNESS BY JOSEPH CONRAD, THE WASTE LAND BY T.S ELIOT, JUDE THE OBSCURE BY THOMAS HARDY AND THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. (I’M A UNDERGRADUATE, 3RD YEAR OF THE DEGREE).


