Ruchita Kankrecha's Assignment

Onenees of literature : This Blog is a part of classroom activities in which we have to interpret two works one is T.S.Eliot's 'Wasteland' and another is the story ' The Joke' by Anton Chekhov. As we believe that all literature is one literature and connected with each other. When we read one literature for example if you are reading one literary text at that time you may find some elements or may same text or them in others literary texts. But we have to read all the work of art. If you are good reader than you may find difference as well as similarly in other literature. In one literature you can apply many theories or terms. For example if you are aware of Northrop Frye's Archetypal literature , you may apply it in different literature. As we know that T. S. Eliot wrote one of the best easy 'Tradition and Individual talent'. In the easy he said that you have to understand everything like if you want to write about current issues than first you ha

Modern poetry : What is imagination? Why we are imagining something? What is the purpose behind it? What image in your mind? When you read something like you are going to read the novel or the poem. So when you read which types of images come in your mind? First, read and try to imagine something. If it is happening with you then you can write your creative ideas that are your ideas not given by authors or poets. As T.S Eliot says in his essay "Tradition and Individual Talent" that writer or author is not important but your view about that work or your understanding about the work is important. When you read the work, forget the author and first try to understand what you see in the work,  What is your understanding? T.S Eliot gives the theory of "Depersonalization".      " Appreciate the poetry rather than the poet or author". So when you read some kind of pictures come in your mind, some metaphors come in your mind. Your imagination maybe ugly als

About Girish Karnad : Girish Karnad was an Indian Actor, Film director and Kannada Writer. His Notable works are,  1. Tughalak 1964 2. Taledanda  He had Predominantly worked in South India and also in Cinema. He was a recipient of 1998 Jananpith Award and this was the highest literary honour conferred in India. He also conferred the Padma Bhushan and the Bagged several accolades for Kannda cinema. He started his acting with 1970 Kannada film Samskara. After that, he worked in other popular Kannada Movies like Tabbaliyu , Ondanondu Kaladalli , Cheluvi etc. He was known for his role as Swami's Father in the Doordarshan adaptation of "Mlgudi Days".   He also worked in Hindi Movies like Nishaant, Manthan, Swami and Pukar etc and also seen in "Ek Tha Tiger and "Tiger Zinda Hai". He also resists against wrong ideas. He was a firm voice protesting writers and Journalists in India. Karnad wrote his first play "Yayati" in 1961 while studying at

Edgar Allan Poe : Edgar Allan Poe was 1809 and he was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. He was best known by his tales of mystery and the macabre. If we read his life then we come to know that his life was very difficult because they faced financial problems. He struggled a lot in his life.  He studied at the University of Virginia for one semester but he had to leave due to financial scarcity. His anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems’ (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". He was a good observer because in his story we can find the real world. In most of the story, we can find supernatural elements like Ghost, witches etc. His famous stories are # The Black Cat # The tell-tale heart # The fall of the house of Usher # The gold Bug etc. Our task is to read two following Gujarati short stories 1. Pankor Doshi by Jhaverchand Meghani 2. Mansangh by Dr Jayant Khatri Among the two short stories, Pankor is a very interesting story. In

Hello readers, this blog is part of my thinking activity of the play 'The Birthday Party' by Harold Pinter. The play directed by William Friedkin. Click here to see the link.  1. Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie? We always think that reading is important and it is true. If you think that this particular play is based on a particular literary play so you can watch and get the ideas but first you have to read. In the play, there were two scenes of Lulu. When you read you come to know that my Lulu's character is not a good character. Director has to show you the all the scene which we find in the real play. So in the play, we can find both the scenes. 2. Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading the text? Yes, Movie is successful in giving us the effect of menace. As we know that when we read, at that time we may not able to think certain think but while watching the play you may get the idea t

"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's oweful." Hello readers, this Blog is part of thinking activity. We had a movie screening of the movie "Waiting For Godot" written by Samuel Beckett. The movie "Waiting for Godot" is directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Our task is to observe the point which is given by sir and to think. Click here if you want to see the point. In this movie, Vladimir's role performed by Barry McGovern and Estragon's role performed by Johnny Murphy. Other two important characters are Pozzo -sadistic master and Lucky - submissive slave. So Pozzo's role performed by Alan Standford and Lucky's role performed by Stephan Brennan. 1. What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road, A tree Evening”) of the play and these paintings? In all play, first, we see the setting of the play or Author may first think about setting. So the setting of the play is inspired by two paintings by Cas

Hello readers, This Blog is a part of thinking activity given by professor in which students have to watch the video and give one idea which he or she like. Click here to see the blog. Video 1: What is Existentialism? I like following thoughts from this video. We can apply this term existentialist to many great thinker such as # Søren Kierkegaard # Friedrich Nietzsche # Franz Kafka # Martin Heidegger # Jean-Paul Sartre #Simone de Beauvoir A first person who referred to himself as an existentialist and founded the whole moment was John Paul Sartre but start with Kierkegaard. When we read all the thinkers, we comes to know that their views are different from each other. But all are philosophical thinkers and they think individual. All believe that individual thinking is more convenient then group thinking and yes it's true. Your own thinking matters a lot. If you are talking about existentialism, than you have to remember two main points that are 1. Passion 2.

K. R. S. Iyengar writes in Indian English writing : "Freedom had come indeed, but it was not exactly the freedom that our writers of yesterday had dreamed or sung about or the freedom that generations of patriot had visualised and striven for. It was flawed freedom born in the hour of communal disturbances of unprecedented ferocity and unbelievable bestiality." This is a very interesting quote and maybe the reality of our nation. There are many writers who took part in Indian's freedom struggle. Rabindranath Tagore - remembered for his Bengali patriotic song 'Ekla Cholo Re' 1905 Bankim Chandra - composed 'Vande Mataram' Munshi Premchand - The novel king of Hindi language Subhramani Bharti - known as "Mahakavi Bharati" Sarojini Naydu - The Nightingale of India. There are a few female writers. As we know, in India, there were many festivals as well as some Indian ritual. When We think about other countries festiv