Cultural Studies

Workshop  on cultural studies by Dr. Kalyani Vallath

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This blog on workshop on Cultural studies  by Kalyani Vallath from Karal. As a study party of our syllabus and UGC NET, G-SIAT it's a very fruitful for us.  Cultural Studies this task given by Dr. Dilip Barad sir It's organized at 27th December at departmentat of English Maharaj KrishnaKumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.

                                    

Cultural  studies is an innovative interdisciplinary field of research and teaching that investigates the ways in which "culture" creates and transforms individual experience, everyday life, Social relations and power.

One day workshop on cultural studies by Dr. Kalyani Vallath from Karal.
                                 

                                   
         Here in this workshop session it's fruitful to understand how can we see our as well as other cultural, of course Kalyani ma'am is very passionate and energetic throughout whole session, I like her teaching style is quite different and alive, pronunciation.
       

                                         

     

Cultural construction of Gender

The idea that gender characteristics are not inborn but rather constructed within each culture.

-All cultures recognize:-

-Two sexes:-

•Male

•Femle

Some cultures recognize a combined male/Female gender.

To say gender is 'constructed' is to say that masculine and feminine have different meanings (and associated behaviours) in different cultures.

Cultural studies is not necessarily about literature in the traditional sense or even about"art" in, their introduction to cultural studies, editors Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson and Paula Treichler emphasizes that intellectual promise of cultural studies lies in its attempts to "cut across diverse social and political interests and address many of the struggles within the current scene".

                           

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Shitya akedemic award 2019: Shashi Tharoor

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 This task given by Dr.Dilip Barad sir Department of English Maharaj Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
                                     

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician,writer and a former career international diplomat who is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Since 2009.

The Victorian era was responsible for unimaginable atrocities in India. Indian MP Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India, demonstrates how British economised its industrial revolution through plundering India, reducing the country's share of the world economy from 23 percent to 4 percent.

     Shashi Tharoor Oxford union

                                 

Shashi Tharoor and Dark Era of inglorious Empire
                             

                    

Inglorious Empire what the British did to Indian is a book by Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician and diploma. It was published in India under the title An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India.

                  

He formerly served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs (2014 to 2019) .

In 2019 Dr.Shashi Tharoor received the Sanity Academy Award for his book" An Era of Darkness" in a non-fiction  category in English language.

#His famous works:-

"An Era Of Darkness"

"Why I Am a Indian"

"The great English novel"

"The glorious empire".

Shashi Tharoor  wins Sahitya Akademi award 2019 for his book an era of Darkness: The British Empire in India on December 18,2019.

Indian politician, writer and congress party members Shashi Tharoor on the Sahitya Akademi award 2019 today. The member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram won the prestigious award for his Empire in India. The book was published in 2016.

On December 18,2019 Sahitya Akademi Shared press release announcing  it's annual Sahitya Akademi award in 23 languages. Shashi Tharoor was one of the winners non-fiction in English language.

The arguments presented by Shashi Tharoor are based in real research and facts, They are not  concocted from hearsay talks or tea -stall gossips.
Listen to Dr. Shidhanshu Trivedi Even though he is doctorate degree holder in Mechanical engineering, all his arguments are based on hearsay talks and not based on hard facts. This speech is one of the best example of misplaced postcolonial  argument. One should be proud of one's cultural identity. However, our perception of our culture shall be based on real life lived experience. The difference in Shashi Tharoor's highly academic post colonial argument and that of Dr. Shidhanshu Trivedi's fake rhetorics is very clear.


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John Keats :- Thinking activity

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This task given by Dr. Heena ma'am Zala Department of English Maharaj Krishna kumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.

"It is not death that a man 

Should fear, but he should

Fear never beginning to live".

                -Marcus Aurelius

-Realist and Romantic poet

John Keats was born in London on 31 October 1795, the eldest of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats's four children. Although he died at the age of twenty-five, Keats had perhaps the most remarkable career of any English poet. He published only fifty-four poems, in three slim volumes and a few magazines.

# poems by John Keats:-

• Ode to Nightingale  

• Ode on a Grecian Urn

• Ode to Psyche

• To Autumn

John Keats:-

ode to nightingale

 The nightingale described experiences a type of death but does not actually die. Instead, the songbird is capable of living through its song, which is a fate that humans cannot expect. The poem ends with an acceptance that pleasure cannot last and that death is an inevitable part of life.

Death poems:-

# "Death Be Not Proud"-John Donne

# "Because I Could Not Stop For Death"-Emily Dickinson

# Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep-Mary Elizabeth Frye

#" Do go gentle into that good night "-

Dylan Thomas

#"Thanatopsis-"Cullen Bryant

#Death Be Not Proud:-

Death be not proud

Jonn Donne's view on this ultimate reality called "Death"

Here in this poem poet address to death saying that there is no need for death to be proud though some people call it very powerful and dangerous,it is neither powerful nor dangerous.

According to John Donne picture of death is nothing but sleep and rest.

                     

                            

Black Death

Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan Era. The Bubonic Plague, a.k.a Black Death, was highly contagious. Shakespeare is said to have had a terrible fear of the deadly disease. This is hardly surprising as it touched so many areas of his life, including his life as an actor .

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Indian Poetics: Prof.Vinod Joshi's expert lectures

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Indian poetry and In Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Hindi, Oriya,Tamil, Telugu,Kannada,Bengali and Urdu. Poetry in foreign languages such as Persian and English also has a strong influence on Indian poetry. The poetry reflects diverse spiritual traditions within India. In particular, many Indian ports have been inspired by mystical experiences. Poetry is the oldest form of literature and has a has a rich written and oral tradition.

3 December to 9 December lectures by  Vinod Joshi

           

               

   ૩ ડીસેમ્બર  ઈંગ્લીશ ડિપાટમેન્ટ વિનોદ સર lecture (Indian poetic)  આ ૭ દિવસ માં વિદ્યાર્થીઓને સરળ રીતે અને યાદ રહે એ રીતે સમજાવ્યુ હતુ.

Dr Vinod Joshi sir  lecture topic Indian poetic.

*વક્રોક્તિ

*રીતિ સંપ્રદાય

*ભામ અલંકાર સંપ્રદાય

# રસ ધ્વનિ

રસ ધ્વનિમાં અવાજ વધારે મહત્વ નો છે.

અનુભવવું

ભાષા કૃત્રિમ છે

# રસ નિષ્પત્તિ

અથૅ પહોંચાડી એ છીએ ભાષા નહીં

ઉદાહરણ:-ગુલાબ ના ફુલ અને મોગરા ના ફુલ વચ્ચે તફાવત.

# રસ સંપ્રદાય

રસ ની વ્યાખ્યા:-

કોઈભી કરુણ વાર્તા સાંભળવામાં જે રસ પડે છે તેને રસ કહેવાય છે.

સંવેદના નું વધારે મહત્વ છે

ઉદાહરણ:- સાપ અનુભવે છે તેની પાસે ભાષા નથી.

ભરતમુનિ નો રસ સિધ્ધાંત‌‌:-

विभावानुभावव्यभिचारी संयोगातृ रसनिष्पति:

વિભાવ:- જેના આધારે રસ નિષ્પન્ન થાય તે નિભાવ.

અનુભાવ:-પ્રતિક્રિયા

વ્યભિચારી ભાવ (સંચાલીત ભાવ):-અસ્થાયી

સંયોગ:-વિભાવ,અનુમાન,સંચારીભાવ નો સંયોગ થાય તે રસનિષ્પતિ થાય એવું ભરતમુનિ એ કહ્યું છે.

૯ પ્રકાર ના રસ :-

રતિ~શૃ‌ગાર

શોક~કરૂન

ઉત્સાહ~વીર

ક્રોધ~રૌદ્ર

હાસ~હાસ્ય

ભય~ભયાનક

જુગુપ્સા~વિભત્સ

વિસ્મય~અદૃભુત

શમ/ નિવૅદ~શાત

ભરતમુનિ ના લેખન મા પુરતી  કરનાર આ ચાર ટિકાકાર:-

ભટ્ટ લોલ્લટ

શ્રી શંકુક

ભટ્ટ નયક

અભિનવગુપ્ત

આ ચાર ટિકાકારો ના મંતવ્યો વિવિધ વિચારો રજૂ કરે છે

ચાર પ્રતિતિ:-

યથાથૅ પ્રતિતિ

મિથ્યા પ્રતિતિ

સંશય પ્રતિતિ

સાદૅશ્ય પ્રતિતિ

શ્રૃંગાર અને કરૂન રસ એકસાથે વ્યક્તિ માં જોવા મળે છે તેને ભાવ ઉત્પન્ન થાય છે.અભિમાન છોડી શકે તોજ ભાવ ઉત્પન્ન થાય છે.

ધ્વનિ સંપ્રદાય

ધ્વનિ નો અર્થ વ્યંજના થાય.

ભાષા ન હોય ત્યા વ્યંજના હોય.

શબ્દ શક્તિ:- સાહિત્ય માં સહિત, શબ્દ અને અર્થ.

શબ્દ અને અર્થ વિના સાહિત્ય હોય નહીં.

ધ્વનિ કાવ્ય નો આત્મા છે

ધ્વનિ નાં ત્રણ પ્રકાર છે

વસ્તુ ધ્વનિ

અંધકાર ધ્વનિ

રસ ધ્વનિ

 ભારતીય ની શબ્દશકિત‌ ત્રણ છે

અભિધા

લક્ષણા

વ્યંજના

મમ્મત આ ત્રણ‌ શબ્દશકિત પર લખે છે

ભાષા ને અર્થ હોતો નથી : ભાષા ને અર્થ હોતો નથી એ બાબત પર ક્યારેય વિચાર્યુ પણ નહોતુ.

વાણી અને અર્થ ને જુદા પાડા ભવભૂતિ એ જ્યારે વાણી  અને  અર્થ ને કાલિદાસ ભેગા ગણાવે છે.

"મેં નથી ને જીવવાની રીત પૂછી થી

તે બોલી નહિ ખળખળ વહેતી રહી".

આ પંક્તિ માં નદી ને જીવવાની રીત પૂછી તેનો જવાબ આ જ પંક્તિ માં છે અને તે છે ખળખળ વહેતી રહી. કવિ નાની વાતો પર આપણી નજર પહોંચાડવા ના પ્રયત્નો કરે છે.

"એક છોકરી ન હોય ત્યારે

કેટલાક અરીસા ઓ સામટા ગરીબ બની જાય છે".

વક્રોક્તિ:-

વક્રોક્તિ નો અર્થ વળાંક (આચાર્ય કુન્તક)

કવિ વિનોદ જોશી સરે વક્રોક્તિ ની ખુબ સરસ વાત કરી કે જ્યાં જ્યાં વળાંક છે ત્યાં સૌંદર્યતા છે.

 શબ્દ અને અર્થ માં વક્રોક્તિ હોય છે

શબ્દ અને અર્થ ના આધારે જ કાવ્ય માં સૌંદર્યતા નો અનુભવ થાય.

કુન્તકે વક્રોક્તિ ના છ પ્રકાર આપ્યા છે

વણૅવિન્યાસ વક્રોક્તિ

પદપૂવૉધૅ વક્રોક્તિ

પદપરાધૅ વક્રોક્તિ

વાક્ય વક્રોક્તિ

પ્રકરણ વક્રોક્તિ

પ્રબંધ વક્રોક્તિ

આ બધા પ્રકાર ભાષા ને લાગુ પડે છે.

કવિ વિનોદ જોશી સર તેમની કવિતા સૈરન્ધી વિશે તેમણે જણાવ્યું હતું તેમને સૈરન્ધી વિશે લખ્યું તેને આ કવિતા માં એક સ્ત્રી ની વ્યથા વિશે લખ્યું છે.આ કવિતા માં કરુણતા જોવા મળે છે.સૈરન્ધી એ દ્રોપદી નું નામ છે.
 કવિ વિનોદ જોશી ની સૈરન્ધી

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi

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This task given by Dr.Dilip Barad sir Department of English MKBU.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi born 15 September 1977 is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short story to nonfiction. She was described in The Times Literary Supplement as "the most prominent" of a "processional of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors is succeeding in attracting a new generation of Readers to African literature".

Novelist, short story, , non fiction writer.

                     

Notable works:-

Purple Hibiscus (2003)

Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)

Americanah (2013)

We Should All Be Feminists (2014)

Notable awards:- MacArthur Fellowship (2008)

[Interview]

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi :-'Can people please stop telling me feminism is hot?'

# Talk on importance of story/Literature

In this talk-Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice-and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country we risk a critical misunderstanding.

# we should All Be Feminist

                   

# Talk on importance of truth in post-turth Era

                                   

Our lives, our cultures, are Composed of many overlapping stories Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk critical misunderstanding.

1. Whether you liked or dislike the views?

2. Why you liked or disliked?

3.Which views you like or dislike?

4. Has these views helped in better 

understanding of literature and life?

I like the view of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is that, she said the marriage, if any woman who not be married in proper age then that is the big problem.
She said that her characters were white and blue-eyed (they played in the snow) my characters also drank a lot of ginger beer .

Yes, that is very important and better understanding Literary works. All the time we have to search for truth.

Arundhati Roy: Know the Author and works

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 This work given by Dr. Dilip Barad sir Department of English MKBU.

 

Full name- Suzanna Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy:- writer, essayist, activist

Arundhati Roy born in 24 November 1961 is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things 1997, Wich won the Man Booker prize for fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a nonexpatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

Arundhati Roy was born in shillong, meghalaya to a keralite Syrian Christian mother and Bengali Hindu father. She spent her childhood in Aymanam in Kerala. She left Kerala for Delhi at age 16, and emberked on bohemian lifestyle, staying in a small hut with a tin roof and making a living selling empty beer bottles. She then proceeded to study architecture at the Delhi school of Architecture. She began writing the God of Small things in 1992 and finished it in 1996. She received half-a-million pounds in advances, and rights to the book were sold in 21 countries. The book is semiautobiographical and a major part captures her Childhood experiences in Aymanam.

Arundhati Roy 'always try to negotiate freedom. The royalties are peripheral'.

The best-selling novelist on outsiders, Power and why she never wanted to write'The God of Small Things Two'.

"The radical act is utmost happiness", says Arundhati Roy. "Utmost sadness, we all know about. But the real victory is, can you come out of that with an understanding of how to be, at Least occasionally, happy? To me that's very important, extremely so."

In 2002 she was convinced of contempt of court by the supreme Court in New Delhi for accusing the Court of attempting to silence protests against the Narmada Dam project, but received only a symbolic sentence of one day in prison.

Roy was awarded the Sydney Peace prize in May 2004, for her work in social campaigns and advocacy of non-violence.

Suzanna Arundhati Roy is the child of a Christian mother from the south Indian state of Kerala and Bengali Hindu father, who was the administrator of a tea plantation. She grew up in Aymenem, Kerala, India, where she attended an unconventional school, corpus Christi, operated by her mother ,Mary  Roy.

Fantastic Dou Mary Shelley and Jane Austen

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This task given by Professor Vaidehi Hariyani Department of english MKBU. This task in Two students with dialogue  between Mary Shally and Jane Austen.

                           Jane Austen

                         Marry Shelley

   

I have first introduced the both writer Mary Shelley and Jane Austen.  There is no record or mention of one another and they were not in the same circles. Mary Shelley record most of she read in her diaries and she nothing regards anything of Jane Austen.

 Shelley's recorded interest in reading tended much more the Classical and philosophical,than the popular. and they were almost polar opposite in life experience and artistic sensibility. Austen came from a country life and wrote of Theme of obtaining a good marriage and keeping a good name, in a comedic tone.

Dialogues:-

Jane Austen:- Hello good morning

Marry Shelley:- Good morning, How are you

Jane Austen:- very well

Marry Shelley :-So, Long time later we have meet here.

Jane Austen:- Ya, of course, so would you wrote any novel in this gothic literature in related the fiction science


Marry  Shelley:-Yes, why not,
This novel Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus is a victor Frenkestein a young scientist who created a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. It is one of the great works of modern literature. This novel published in January 1818.


Jane Austen:- Say, it's novel genre horror fiction , science fiction gothic novel.

Marry Shelley:- Tell me something about your novel pride and prejudice

Jane Austen:-Pride and prejudice is an 1830 Romantic novel of manners the novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgements and eventually comes to appreciate the different between superficial goodness and actual goodness.

Marry Shelley:- it's enough information, I know this novel sense and sensibility published in 1811, language novel.

Jane Austen:-So, nice to meet you, bye

Marry Shelley:-ok, bye.




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