Bhavnesh Mahyavanshi

Postcolonial studies  Postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. Post colonialism is a critical theory analysis of the history, culture, literature, and discourse of European imperial power. The name postcolonialism is modeled on postmodernism, with which it shares certain concepts and methods, and may be thought of as a reaction to or departure from colonialism in the same way postmodernism is a reaction to modernism. The term colonialism may refer either to a system of government or to an ideology or world view underlying that system—in general postcolonialism represents an ideological response to colonialist thought, rather than simply describing a system that comes after colonialism.  Professor Balaji Rangnathan In this session we could learn so many things from Professor .Balaji . First thing t

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.   Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Thinking Activity 1. Read the first Gujarati story and listen to the audio recitation of the second story. Observe how the two wordsmiths work wonders through words! (Absolute obsession of alliteration). Ans. :   The story name of “MANSANGH” is written by JAYNT KHATRI. The story started very unique way. It’s horror suspense story. The language of story is 'TALPADI GUJRATI'. The Story begins with Dark night. So  the Dark night is also symbol of macabre story. It’s very hard to write a horror scene rather than showing and listening. There are no any sound only words explain all expression. So it’s very difficult. But jayant KHATRI wrote very well readers feel that deep words and horror situation. There are no mention narrative name but story narrated by “ mastar”.        2. List out v

Girish karnad Girish karnad is famous writer in India.He wrote many plays. He believes in Marxist ideology. He many times spoke against the Power. So the Government recounted to Girish karnad and potraited him as "Urban Naxal". There are different types of views about Girish karnad positive and nagative which is right we can not say because our perspective is observe things don't be judgmental. Born on May 19, 1938, in Mathern, Maharastra, Girish Karnad has become one of India's brightest shining stars, earning international praise as a playwright, poet, actor, director, critic, and translator. As a young man studying at Karnataka University, Dharwar, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics and Statistics in 1958, Karnad dreamed of earning international literary fame, but he thought that he would do so by writing in English. Upon graduation, he went to England and studied at Oxford where he earned a Rhodes Scholarship and went on to receive

Midnight' Children Midnights children movie based on Salman Rushdie' novel.it is very famous among the class audience. Movie is narrated by Saleem who is one of the main character.He also a protagonist in this movie.Another characters are shiva and Parvati. It is talked about magic realism. In this movie all three characters are born in 14 the August so they have god gifted power.In this movie we could find that how destiny change with your identity. In this movie nurse change the two boys in Hospital so we can say that Saleem becomes shiva and Shiva becomes Saleem which is symbol of Rich and poor. In this movie main theme is rewrite the history or we could say different angle to read the history.we can see that how Indira Gandhi imposed her dictatorship on Indian people." India is Indira" so we can say that popularity of power becomes the danger for democracy. Another thing which is show in the movie that War and Freedom that is another main things. In emergency

Colonialism Post-Colonialism Imperialism Image Then and Now-Introduction and Conclusion Introduction postcolonial studies have become even more institutionalized in the Western academic .At the same time the relevance of postcolonial studies to our world continues to be questioned .the events of 11 September 2001,and the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, questions of ‘empire’ are more urgent than ever, as advocates of the ‘new American empire’ exhort the US to learn from European imperialism, while its critics warn that the murderous history of colonialism is being whitewashed all over again. Is postcolonial studies redundant in this new world? A new conclusion to this edition of Colonialism/Postcolonialism discusses this question, situating postcolonial studies in relation to globalization and new imperial formations.postcolonial studies had already become, in the words of Stuart Hall, ‘the bearer of such powerful unconscious investments – a sign o

Thinking Activity https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2018/09/shashi-tharoor-and-dark-era-of.html Shashi Tharoor:- 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. He also serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and All India Professionals Congress "An Era of Darkness" We can see in “An Era of Darkness” Shashi Tharoor gives all the arguments required to established that British colonial rule was terriblel experience for Indians and he does so with a consummate debater’s skill. His book is, in fact, an expanded take on British exploitation of India that famously carried the day for Tharoor in an Oxford debate not too long ago. According to Tharoor, there was nothing redeeming in British rule of our country. What India had to endure under them was  humiliation on a humong

Orientalism-Edward Said https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2016/07/edward-said-on-orientalism.html Edward Said:- Edward Said, in full Edward Wadie Said, sometimes Edward William Said, (born November 1, 1935, Jerusalem—died September 25, 2003, New York, New York, U.S.), Palestinian American academic, political activist, and literary critic who examined literature in light of social and cultural politics and was an outspoken proponent of the political rights of the Palestinian people and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Orientalism:- "Orientalism” is a way of seeing that imagines, emphasizes, exaggerates and distorts differences of Arab peoples and cultures as compared to that of Europe and the U.S. It often involves seeing Arab culture as exotic, backward, uncivilized, and at times dangerous. Edward W. Said, in his groundbreaking book, Orientalism, defined it as the acceptance in the West of “the basic distinction between East and West as the

Scarlett letter Transcendentalism Anti-transcendentalism #Transcendentalism Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States. It arose as a reaction, to protest against the general state of intellectualism and spirituality at the time.  #Anti-transcendentalism Transcendentalist. The Transcendentalist were writers who supported the beauty of Nature, the kindness of Humans and a distrust in government. Transcendentalism in Scarlett letter 1.self-confidence, self-reliant, dignity In the novel Hester is confident girl. 2.Transformation innate "Human goodness ". The transformation in Hester from anger or resentment to love,  is clear display of transcendentalism 3.Close to the nature In the novel Hester living on the outskirts of town with pearl surrender to nature the sea and the woods. Anti-transcendentalism 1.Human sin We know that Summerdale does not have courage to admit his sin. 2. Human as

Kya Kehna  (English: What to Say) is a  2000 Indian  Hindi   drama film  directed by  Kundan Shah . The film stars  Preity Zinta  as a single teenage mother and  Saif Ali Khan  as the father , with  Chandrachur Singh ,  Anupam Kher and  Farida Jalal  playing supporting roles. Movie Kya kehna  is Dealt with Taboo. Similar kind of story we could find in The  Scarlett letter. In this film Hester same situation or problems face in her life. In Scarlett letter. In Scarlett letter we could find that how that time of society was so much Orthodox even they gave punishment to the women. Because that time any women pregnant before marriage so that time of society called as sin. Another point is that in both movies "Scarlett letter " and "Kya Kehna " we could find that how upper class people always escape from all the people. In kya kehna movie  hero of the film.He does not face any kind of problems even he enjoyed life very well. And similar in Scarlett letter we also fin

To The Light House 1.       How can you explain that 'what' Virginia Woolf wanted to say (for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everyday battles that people are at in their relationship with near and dear ones, the struggle of a female artist against the values of middle/upper class society etc) can only be said in the way she has said? (Key: The 'How' of the narrative technique is to be discussed along with features of Stream of Consciousness technique which helps Woolf to put in effective manner what she experienced in abstractions.) Ans-: Here we could find some Complex relationship between mother and son mother with daughter mother with their guest and the relationship husband and wife how she treat with them. And also we find that the how the fighting goes on with her daughter and son and father also, but here  Virginia woolf portrait upper class family and they are visiting to the summer house its mean that it's Victorian time period s