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Comparison between Novel 'The Scarlet letter' and movie 'Kya Kehna' review

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Screening  Kya Kehna in the context of The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne. 1.What are the names of the protagonists in both the works? In the 'The Scarlet letter' novel protagonist character is Hester and 'Kya Kehna' movie protagonist character is Priya. 2.Write their story in brief. Both story related to done adultery. The Scarlt Letter story :- In the novel Hester is protagonist character. Hester is married woman. Her husband is outside at few years. So Hester lived without her husband and her parents. Then she fall in love on priest Dimmesdale and Dimmesdale also loved her. And both are doing adultery. After Hester become pregnant and Dimmesdale didn’t accept publically. At end of the novel he had accepted he is father of Hester child and immediately he was died. Then again Hester live alone with her daughter. Kya Kehna movie story :- In this movie Priya is protagonist character. Priya is clever student, during her schooling she lived alon...

Mooc platform - Online course on Critical thinking review

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Maharaja Krishnakumarsinghji Bhavanagar University Department of English Successful completed online course on Mooc Teaching Critical thinking I learnt - - What is Interculture ? - Monochronic culture VS Polychronic Culture - Collectivism VS Individualism - High culture VS Low Culture - Critical thinking for examines assumption - Micro Culture - Active listening techniques - Raising cultural Awareness in the English language classroom - Tips for creating Rubrics - Identify Description VS Interpretation - What is Depth of reflection - 7 level through developing depth of reflection - Elements of a good lesson plan -  Objectives, Sequencing, Timing, Differentiation, Assessment, Material Thank you Dilip Barad sir for suggesting such benefit course.

Vinod Joshi's poem - Sairandhri review

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Vinod Joshi's poem - Sairandhri review Brief Introduction                 - Vinod Joshi is a Gujarati poet, writer and critic from Gujarat in India. His notable work  Zalar Vage Zoothadi  most loved and sought-after collection of poems, his long narrative poem Tundil-tundika and  Shikhandi poem based on Mahabharata characters Bhishma and Shikhadi, Sairandhri poem based on Dropadi, she is one of the character in Mahabharata. Shikhadi and Sairandhri both of the work it like retelling myth. Vinod Joshi's recent publications “Sairandhri” poem composed in prabhandh form with seven Cantos, 49 chapters and 1800 lines. And based on Dropadi character of Mahabharata. Lost identity-  Vinod Joshi create imaginary character of Dropadi or Sairandhri in his poem. Poet talk about Sairandhri had losted her real identity . And poet described Sairandhri, she wants to marry with Karna, because Karna also lost his real identity ...

Registered and Sub- Registered word

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Information about-  Registered word –                                      Sub- Registered word Explain with example - Registered word – Poem Sub- Registered word – 1) Sonnet - A short rhyming poem with 14 lines Example – 2) Limerick - A five-line witty poem with a distinctive rhythm Example – 3) Haiku - This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. Example- 4) Narrative - A narrative poem tells the story of an event in the form of a poem. Example – 5) Epic - lengthy narrative poem in grand language celebrating the adventures Example – The Waste land another poem image 6) Couplet- Two lines of verse which rhyme and form a unit alone or as part of a poem. Example – 7) Free verse - A Free Verse Poem does not follow any rules. Example ...

Oneness of Literature review

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Oneness of literature Perhaps good reader can criticized any arts as oneness because most of artists follow oneness of literature but Most novel story may be like same but author use of style is different. Through this observation reader may be said oneness of literature. Structuralist also defind structure of literary text, it can be possible for them because most story its like follow same structure so it is easily to defined structure of literature. However Genette Genard gave essay Narrative Discourse in this essay he done practical study of novel structure. We studied in Eliot’s Tradition and Individual Talent: “what happens when a new work of art is created is something that happens simultaneously to all the works of art which preceded it. While Northrop Frye defined architypal criticism in literature, it can be possible if every architype arrange like oneness of literature without that things it can difficult to defined anything in literature. He developed theory of Arch...

The waste land poem on critical thinking activity

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According to this task my review https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2014/10/presentations-on-ts-eliots-waste-land.html The waste land is a poem written by T.S.Eliot. 'The waste land' poem is remarkable work of T.S.Eliot. The poem published in 1922 and it is such long poem of the modern time. A poem divided in five parts. 1) The Burial of the Dead 2) A Game of chess 3) The fire sermon 4) Death by water 5) What the thunder said Poem divided in five part but its central theme is not change. And if we can say author follow frequency in the poem. The poem follow this theme • The contrast is between two kinds of life and two kinds of death. Life devoid of meaning is death; sacrifice, even the sacrificial death, may be life-giving, an awakening to life. • Western society had exhausted its spiritual and cultural legacy. The socio-cultural malaise that affected Western Society in the 1920’s is very effectively projected by Eliot in his poem The Waste Land. • this po...

The Great Dictator movie review

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The Great Dictator movie review In the Department of English MKBU on 3/7/2019 we have movie screening of "The Great Dictator" written and produced by Charlie Chaplin. Through the movie Chaplin show Adolf Hitler behaviour when Hitler was leader in German. Chaplin looked a little like Adolf Hitler. But both life were full of different. Chaplin tried to show which kind Hilter became Dictator leader in German. The movie is kind of tragic -comic.      Exploiting that same things Chaplin devised a satire in which the dictator and a Jewish barber from the Ghetto would be mistaken for each other. And direct  satire on political leader. In the movie use word Ghetto for Jews living place. Ghetto means For example one community people making rule like they couldn't allow for living who belonging other community it is called Ghetto. But in the something different they may be focusfilly live that type of Ghetto. During movie screening our Professor introduced fascis...

The Modern Age poetry interpretation

Modern age poetry interpretation  The Modern Age (1910-2000) In the 1901 end of the Victorage and the beginning of the modern age, for it is the year of Queen Victorian's death. The modern age is the most complex, complicated and revolutionary age in the history of the world. Many of the poets, dramatists, novelists and prose writers were famous in nowadays also. At that time two world war happened. This world war effects on English literature. Modern poet deals new ideas to write poem like poet use different type of symbol, myth, image, subject, concept etc. Modernist poetry Features of Modernist poetry - Use of allusion and myth, often from non- western traditions - Symbolism used in some case - Use collage images - Effect of various movements like vorticism, surrealism and objectivism - Use of mysterism - Explores subjective consciousness - Obsession with the ruined civilization of the twentieth century - Some political poetry - Experiment with form and style :- ...

Article 15 Movie review

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Maharaja Krishnakumarsinghji Bhavanagar University Department of English On 5/7/2019 film screening comittee and Dr.Dilip Barad sir organised film screening of Article -15 movie for academic purposes. And I am again thankful to Tanishq Jewels for sponsoring this event. Article -15 Movie As we know literature is the mirror of society. And movie also part of literature. But it is equally difficult to present reality to the society. So most of film maker avoid that kind of film. Article 15 film director Anubhavsinha presents the issue of casteism in the(Indian)society very well. I can't say it is new problem for our or other countries. Because if we study history of most of countries then we know that every where class and caste conflict present in nowadays. Article 15 is bollywood film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film is written by Gaurav Solanki and Anubhav Sinha. And protagonist role play by film star Ayushmann Khurrana. The film is based on Article 15 of the In...