Indian Writing in English

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The document outlines the structure of a village, with an upper class and lower class. Within the lower class are specific castes including pariah, potter, weaver and sudra. The document provides a basic overview of the social hierarchy within a village.

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Pariah Potter Weaver Sudra

Robinson Crusoe struggles with survival on a deserted island, questioning whether his humanity will endure or give way to savagery without society. The document analyzes Crusoe's psychological development as he transforms his thinking, discovers a mysterious footprint, gains self-awareness, and forms a loyal bond with Friday. It argues the story protests that morality comes from faith in God rather than society alone.

34 development of poetryshitalitalia

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This document summarizes the development of poetry in the Neo-Classical period. It lists major Neo-Classical poets such as Alexander Pope, Mathew Prior, and James Thomson. It also outlines some of the major themes of Neo-Classical poetry, including gender roles and the deterioration of heroic ideas. Finally, it discusses characteristics of Neo-Classical poetry such as its intellectual and didactic nature, as well as common literary forms including lyric poetry, odes, satires, and pastoral poems.

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Sujata Bhatt writes about her experience with having a dual identity as an Indian writer writing in English and her struggle to find her voice between her native Gujarati tongue and adopted English language. This document discusses how Bhatt experimented with new literary forms and structures in her work to resolve her dilemma of maintaining her Indianness while writing in English and fear of being de-Gujaratified. It also briefly introduces the prepared by section which provides details of the student who compiled this information on Bhatt's writing.

E C 202 Indian Writing in Englishnamratavyas17

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The document discusses Indian writing in English and issues related to culture, identity, and displacement. It references poets who explore paradoxical situations and the pain of losing their native culture and memories of home while adopting global languages like English. Mythological references are made to Hindu gods like Lord Shiva and Hanuman. The growth of language across countries and generations is noted, questioning which languages have been oppressive versus which have been tools of murder versus which may be loved by future unborn grandchildren.

tom jones as a realistic novelPoojaba Jadeja

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The document is a paper presented by Jadeja Poojaba G. to the Department of English at M. K. Bhavnagar University about Tom Jones being considered a realistic novel. The paper discusses how the novel uses a middle class society as its subject matter and depicts characters with vices and virtues. It also examines how Tom Jones functions as a mirror of society, depicts the nature of human beings, delivers social satire through realism, and conveys a moral message.

The Neo-Classical Literaturepandyadharmishtha510

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This document provides biographical information about Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, and critic. It notes that Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1667 to English parents. After studying at Dublin University, Swift went on to write several major literary works, including A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, Gulliver's Travels, and A Modest Proposal. The document discusses Swift's early life, education, and career as a writer, during which he achieved success with works like A Tale of a Tub and came into contact with other prominent writers of the time.

The role of readers in tom jonesNamrata Gohil

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This document summarizes a student paper analyzing the role of the reader in Henry Fielding's novel "Tom Jones". The student argues that the reader acts as a judge, observing the relationships between characters and their actions to clarify the plot. However, the novel also creates ambiguity through its plot, language, and characters. For example, Fielding draws on two different literary traditions - one emphasizing a unified plot, the other the picaresque - creating multiplicity. The characters are also ambiguous, with their true natures left unclear. The student examines how Fielding develops characters through their actions and the author's descriptions.

What are the Deathly Hallows and what do each of them signify.bhumivajani88

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The document discusses the history of the "Deathly Hallows" from the Harry Potter series. It mentions that Antioch Peverell and Ignotus Peverell were the original owners of the three powerful magical objects known as the Deathly Hallows - the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility. The document appears to have been submitted to Dr. Dilip Barad at the Department of English at M.K. Bhavnagar University in Gujarat.

A Grain of Wheat as a National Epic of Anticolonial Strugglebhumivajani88

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Introduction to Journalism and Role of Pressbhumivajani88

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T.S.Eliot's use of Symbolism in Waste Landbhumivajani88

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Communicative Approach (ELT)bhumivajani88

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The document discusses the communicative approach to language teaching. It emerged in the 1970s due to criticisms of prevalent linguistic theories' inability to explain real communication. The approach emphasizes interaction as both the means and goal of study. It gives five key features outlined by David Nunan in 1991, including learning through interaction and using authentic texts. Classroom activities under this approach include pair work, language exchanges, surveys, games, and information gaps. The approach also provides a framework for analyzing communicative tasks.

An Introduction of Orientalism (Post Colonialism Literature)bhumivajani88

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The document is an introduction to Orientalism that was submitted by Bhumi Vajani for their MA course. It discusses Edward Said's concept of Orientalism as a style of thought based on distinguishing the Orient from the Occident. Said contends that Orientalism is fundamentally a political doctrine exercised over the Orient, eliding the Orient's differences through constructs of weakness. Orientalism operates as a cultural apparatus and exercises an orientalist will to truth and knowledge through supporting institutions, vocabulary, scholarship, imagery, doctrines, and colonial bureaucracies and styles to exert power, domination, and hegemony.

Howthrone's use of Symbolism in scarlet letter (American Literature)bhumivajani88

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This document is a paper about the use of symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter". It was written by Bhumi Vajani for an American Literature class at M.K. Bhavnagar University in 2013. The paper discusses various symbols used in the novel like the letter "A" on Hester's bosom, the scaffold, the forest, light and darkness, the sun, nature, characters like Hester, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth, and the contrast between nature and the rigid Puritan community.

T.S. Eliot's symbolism in waste land (Modern literature)bhumivajani88

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Child labor in oliver twistbhumivajani88

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The document is a paper submitted in 2013 by Bhumi Vajani, an MA student, on the topic of child labor as depicted in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. The paper discusses industrialization, urbanization, class differences, and capitalism during the Victorian Age in England. It also examines Dickens' portrayal of child labor and children as victims, as well as orphanages, within the novel and compares it to the issue of child labor in contemporary India.

Language & discoure of cultural studiesbhumivajani88

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This document appears to be a student paper submitted for a cultural studies course. It includes the student's name, academic information, paper details, and a quote by Raymond Williams on the relationship between communication and community. The rest of the document consists of diagrams mapping concepts like experience, representation, discourse, language, and their relationships to thought, meaning, and identity.

Gerard genette's structuralism & literary criticismbhumivajani88

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This document discusses Gerard Genette's structuralism and its application to literary criticism. It introduces key concepts of structuralist criticism like langue and parole, and examines how structuralism views literature as a sign system that can be analyzed using linguistic models. It outlines some of the major structuralist critics like Roland Barthes, Gerard Genette, and Tzvetan Todorov and how structuralism opposes expressive and mimetic criticism by examining the systematic dimensions of a text rather than its actual meaning. The document also discusses concepts from narratology like story versus narrative, narrating versus narration, and techniques like analepsis, prolepsis, diegesis, and mimesis.

Child Labor in Oliver Twistbhumivajani88

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The document is a paper submitted in 2013 by Bhumi Vajani, an MA student, on the topic of child labor as depicted in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. The paper discusses industrialization, urbanization, class differences, and capitalism during the Victorian Age in England and examines how Dickens portrayed the harsh conditions faced by child laborers, especially orphans, who were often victims of exploitation.

Keats & his Odesbhumivajani88

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The NeoClassical Literaturebhumivajani88

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The document discusses various themes in the novel Tom Jones including virtue, hypocrisy, journey, romance, love, stereotypes, marriage for love versus money, and connections between Tom Jones and the Bible. It explores these themes in sections on introduction, virtue as action, hypocrisy, journey, romance, love, contemporary scenario, stereotypes, art as a theme, marriage for love vs. money, Tom Jones and the Bible, and conclusion.

Renaisance Literaturebhumivajani88

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This 3 sentence summary provides the essential information about the document: The document is a paper submitted to the Department of English at Maharaja Krishanakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University titled "Doctor Faustus As a Tragedy" written by Bhumi N. Vajani for their Renaissance Literature course. The paper discusses Doctor Faustus as a tragedy, exploring themes of ambition, religious disbelief, disobedience to God, and Faustus' free will and dilemma in offering his soul to Lucifer for 24 years of power.

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