This blog contains the interpretation of themes of various African poems in the syllabus of MA - Department of English, M. K. Bhavnagar University.
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Poem 1 - Vulture
Poem 2 - You Laughed, and laughed, and Laughed
Poem 3 - The Piano and The Drums
Poem - 4 Live Burial
Poem - 5 - To the Negro-American Soldiers
This presentation contains the ideal structure of the essay-type answer and how students can improve their answer-writing skills. Along with this, the presentation also includes some tips to improve writing and reading.
The Home and the World (in the original Bengali, ঘরে বাইরে Ghôre Baire or Ghare Baire, lit. "At home and outside") is a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] The book illustrates the battle Tagore had with himself, between the ideas of Western culture and revolution against the Western culture. These two ideas are portrayed in two of the main characters, Nikhilesh, who is rational and opposes violence, and Sandip, who will let nothing stand in his way from reaching his goals. These two opposing ideals are very important in understanding the history of the Bengal region and its contemporary problems. (Wikipedia)
Tyagraj Paramasiva Iyer Kailasam (Kannada: ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ಪರಮಶಿವ ಐಯ್ಯರ್ ಕೈಲಾಸಂ, 1884–1946), was a playwright and prominent writer of Kannada literature. His contribution to Kannada theatrical comedy earned him the title Prahasana Prapitamaha, "the father of humorous plays" and later he was also called "Kannadakke Obbane Kailasam" meaning "One and Only Kailasam for Kannada". (Wikipedia)
The Curse or Karna is about the life and struggle of Karna (A character in Mahabharat). Go through the PowerPoint presentation for more details.
Flipped Learning:
Three Prose Writers, the New Poets, and Conclusion: Indian Writing in English
(K R S Iyengar)
Steps to follow:
1. Read the given
material on Three Prose Writers, The New Poets, and The Conclusion.
2. To check your
understanding take the Quiz on each topic
3. Attempt some questions given in the task. You can
answer these questions in your blog and can submit the link in Google
classroom. (For the blog writing: Include all three tasks in one blog, write an introduction about all topics (divide your blog Task-wise), mention all
questions (Task 1, Task 2, and Task 3, and answer any two (per task))
Task 1: Three
Prose Writers
1. To read about
the ‘Three Prose Writers’ – Click here
2. To appear in
the quiz – Click here
3. Answer the
questions given below (Any two)
- 1 Write a
note on S. Radhakrishnan’s perspective on Hinduism.
- 2 The
Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is ‘more of a
national than personal history.’ Explain.
- 3 According to
Radhakrishnan, what is the function of philosophy?
- 4 “Change is
easy, and as dangerous as it is easy, but stagnation is no less
dangerous.” Write a note on Raghunathan’s views of
change.
- 5 Write a note
on Raghunathan’s views of Indian Culture.
Task 2: The New
Poets
1. To read about ‘The New Poets’ – Click here
2. To appear in
the quiz – Click here
3. Answer the
questions given below (Any two)
- 1 “An
Indo-Anglian poet strives for self-expression in English.” Explain.
- 2 Write a note
on how Kaikini differs from other Indian poets in his poems.
- 3 Write about
Suhrawardy’s views about the changing Indian urban culture. (Ref. The Indian
Tragedy by Suhrawardy)
- 4 Write a
critical note on the poems by Nissim Ezekiel
Task 3: The
Conclusion
1. To read about ‘The Conclusion’ – Click here
2. Answer the
questions given below (Any two)
- 1 Write a
note on the changing trends in Post-Independence Indian Writing in English.
- 2 “India is not
a country”, says Raja Rao, “India is an idea, a metaphysic.” Explain with
examples.
- 3 How do the writers of Post-Independence Indian Writing in English try to project the image of ‘Mother India’ or "national identity" in their writings? Explain with examples.
- 4 How is the quality of “Indianness'' projected by writers of Post-Independence Indian Writing in English? Explain with some examples.
- 5 What were the
reasons that writers of Post-Independence Indian Writing in English preferred
to write in English rather than their mother tongue? Explain with some
examples.
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometres (11 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where, two centuries before, an alchemist had engaged in experiments. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation for her companions, particularly for her lover and future husband Percy B. Shelley. In 1816 Mary, Percy and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein after imagining a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made.
Though Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, Brian Aldiss has argued for regarding it as the first true science-fiction story.
Solved questions bank of The Romantic period:
The Romantic Age: Click
here
Romantic Poets: Click here
Works of Romantic poets: Click here
Jane Austen and Walter Scott: Click here
Lord Byron: Click
here
Poems by Byron: Click here
other
works Byronic
hero
Shelley: Click
here
Poems by Shelley: click here
Keats: Click here
Poems by Keats: Click
here
Wordsworth: Click here
Some
facts
Poems by Wordsworth: Tintern
Abbey Ode
to Duty To
the Skylark Intimations
of Immortality To
a Daisy
Coleridge: Click
here
The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Lectures on Shakespeare: Click
here
Charles Lamb: Click here Essays
on Elia
De Quincey: Click here
Landor: Click here
Some works
Life of Pi is a 2012 adventure-drama film directed and produced by Ang Lee and written by David Magee. Based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name, it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu and Adil Hussain in lead roles. The storyline revolves around two survivors of a shipwreck. One is a sixteen-year-old Indian boy named Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) and the other is a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker that are on a lifeboat stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days.
The film began development shortly after the release of the book and would see directors M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón and Jean-Pierre Jeunet involved at various stages before the hiring of Lee. Filming was split between India, Taiwan and Montreal in 2011, with Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H) handling the visual effects work. The film had its worldwide premiere as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festival at both the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 28, 2012. (Wikipedia)
Film screening of Life of pi
– (Some notes)
Pre-viewing task:
While viewing task:
Post-viewing task:
This blog contains an overview of the Frantz Fanon’s most
important book The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
Here
I have embedded a PowerPoint presentation containing an explanation of the
text.