Wednesday, December 10, 2014

EN: 1205 American & British Literature - 1208

Poetry

Sylvia Plath	Mirror, Morning Song
T.S Eliot	Morning at the Window
Robert Frost	Mending Wall / Stopping by Woods in a snowy Evening
H.W. Longfellow	Slave’s Dream
Shakespeare	My Mistress’ Eyes
William Blake	Chimney Sweepers 1 / 2
John Keats	Ode to Grecian Urn
Wilfred Owen	DulceEt Decorum Est
Rupert Brooke	Soldier

Short story

Ernest Hemmingway	The old man at the Bridge
James Joyce	The Dead

Drama

Shakespeare

King Lear or Tempest

Monday, October 20, 2014

Hello guys hope your semester started ....

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

EN 1105 : Portrait of Zimri by John Dryden : Notes

Portrait of Zimri by John Dryden

PORTRAIT OF ZIMRI

Monday, July 21, 2014

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

The Romantic Era

Taken from https://www.facebook.com/OldEnglishLiterature

By the late 18th century in France and Germany, literary taste began to turn from classical and neoclassical

Rainbow / My heart leaps up when I behold

Rainbow or My heart leaps up when I behold

In this very short poem consisting of only 9 lines, the speaker begins by declaring that he is moved by nature, and especially by nature's beauty: "My heart leaps up when I behold / A Rainbow in the sky." He goes on to

Rainbow by William Wordsworth

Rainbow

Rose-cheeked Laura Short notes from the web resource.

Rose-cheeked Laura

Rose-cheeked Laura is written by Campion to illustrate his theories of versification in Observations in the Art

The Open Window : Analysis

Analyzing Saki's "The Open Window"

Taken form

http://shelisat.blogspot.com/2011/08/analyzing-sakis-open-window.html

“The Open Window” by Hector Hugh Munro, who is better known by the pseudonym Saki, is an

Entertainment

http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/7326/9/09_chapter%205.pdf

‘Entertainment’ shows an authentic Indian ness. It is a faithful description of a monkey-show which one can witness in any street corner of India. The reactions of the audiences are tellingly noted. They have an intuitive

First Year : Literary Era

British Literary History Chart. Literary Era

Medieval Literature vs. Renaissance Literature

Metaphysical-poetry

Elizabethan literature

Modernism in Literature

Augustan literature

Sunday, July 6, 2014

First Year: Class Practice Exam- 2014

Practice Exam- 2014

First Year

01. (i) ) Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with

Lord of the Flies - Themes

Lord of the Flies - Questions

Lord of the Flies - Characters

Lord of the Flies - Introduction

Lord of the Flies - Summary

EN : 1105 Lord Of The Flies[1990]full movie

Friday, July 4, 2014

EN 1105 : Novel : LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding Notes

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Second Year first Semi Model paper 2014

01. (i) Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with

EN 1105 : Uncle Ernest Notes

Uncle Ernest

Sillitoe effectively criticises the legal system in "Uncle Ernest." Uncle Ernest is a working-class lonely man who lives an isolated, despondent existence. Joan and Alma, whom he befriends, are very poor and in need

EN 1105 Outline for Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel"

Outline for Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel"

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://desdemonaliterarism.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/absalom-and-achitophel-as-a-political-satire/

http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanpoetry/absalom-and-achitophel.html

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Symbolism in Literature :

What is symbolism in literature? If your students struggle to understand what constitutes symbolism in

The New Historicism :

The new historicism developed during the 1980s, largely in reaction to the text-only approach pursued by

Anthropomorphism :

Anthropomorphism can be understood to be the act of lending a human quality, emotion or ambition to a

STRUCTURE and POETRY :

An important method of analyzing a poem is to look at the stanza structure or style of a poem. Generally
speaking, structure has to do with the overall organization of lines and/or the conventional patterns of sound.

ANGLO-SAXON POETRY.

THE NORTHUMBRIAN PERIOD.

The Anglo-Saxons were for a long time fully occupied with the work of conquest and settlement, and their

Alliteration.

Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Whether it is the consonant sound or a specific vowel group, the alliteration involves creating a repetition of similar sounds in the sentence. Alliterations are also created when the words all begin with the same letter. Alliterations are used to add character to the writing and often add an element of ‘fun’ to the piece..

Example:
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. (The ‘W’ sound is highlighted and repeated throughout the sentence.)

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Jacobean Age

Jacobean age, period of visual and literary arts during the reign of James I of England (1603–25). The distinctions between the early Jacobean and the preceding Elizabethan styles are subtle ones, often merely a

Literary Elements of Plot.

The plot is the sequence of events in the story from the beginning to the end (timeline). Usually the order of

EN 1105 : Online Exams Starts at 8 pm today [31.05.2014]

Those who had given your names for online exam can check your mail ids for the user name and pass word to do your exams. Online exam opens at 8 pm today. All the best :)

Thursday, May 22, 2014

EN 1105 : Features of Romanticism

http://www.odessa.edu/dept/english/dsmith/rom.lit.char.pdf

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticism-characteristics-of-romanticism.html

EN 1105 : Uncle Earnest

Uncle Earnest Notes

Uncle Ernest by Alan Sillitoe

http://www.enotes.com/topics/alan-sillitoe/critical-essays

http://books.google.lk/books?id=Px9s1oIjj88C&pg=PA439&lpg=PA439&dq=uncle+ernest+alan+sillitoe+short+story+analysis&source=bl&ots=upcD8Qo3-o&sig=NyA3ejklrt4pWhOSCQBXt2bIdXk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E4J9U42xDqfO0AWyuYGQAQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=uncle%20ernest%20alan%20sillitoe%20short%20story%20analysis&f=false

EN 1105 : Romantic Period

Romantic period

Politically the Romantic period was characterized firstly by the American Revolution and the French

Second Year : Far Cry From Africa [ Updated ]

http://www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/walcott/bradley2.html

http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanpoetry/a-far-cry-from-africa.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22790037#site-nav

Far Cry From Africa

Derek Walcott, a poet and Dramatist, was born in 1930 in Saint Lucia. As he was belong to both African

Third Year : Ode To Autumn by John Keats

Ode To Autumn - John Keats

Romantic Poetry #29 Ode to Autumn Lecture

EN 1105 : Romantic Poetry

Romantic Poetry Preface Video

Introduction to William Wordsworth

Romantic Poetry #8 My Heart Leaps Up / Rainbow

Third Year : MCMXIV

MCMXIV

MCMXIV line by line analysis

Friday, May 16, 2014

Dear students if you like to upload your presentations in blog do contact me tomorrow. [17.5.2014]

Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Modern Short Story

http://www.scholarspark.com/the-modern-short-story.html

EN 1105 : To His Coy Mistress PPT

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Second Year 2014 : Elements of the detective story

http://www.slideshare.net/kbbandrowski/introduction-to-a-detective-story-2007

The traditional elements of the detective story are:

(1) the seemingly perfect crime;

(2) the wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points;

(3) the bungling of dim-witted police;

(4) the greater powers of observation and superior mind of the detective; and

(5) the startling and unexpected denouement, in which the detective reveals how the identity of the culprit was ascertained. Detective stories frequently operate on the principle that superficially convincing evidence is ultimately irrelevant. Usually it is also axiomatic that the clues from which a logical solution to the problem can be reached be fairly presented to the reader at exactly the same time that the sleuth receives them and that the sleuth deduce the solution to the puzzle from a logical interpretation of these clues.

EN 1105 : Dear students

Dear students I had updated the notes for novel and the poem To his coy mistress. Do read the poem and come to next class. If any clarification to send a mail through the contact form .

EN 1105 : To His Coy Mistress : Notes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetryrelationships/tohiscoymistressrev3.shtml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gmaKW5uvls

http://www.gradesaver.com/andrew-marvell-poems/study-guide/section1/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_His_Coy_Mistress

http://thepoetrypundit.blogspot.com/2012/09/to-his-coy-mistress-translation-and.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetryrelationships/tohiscoymistressrev3.shtml

Line by line summary :

http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/iacd_2000S/intro_lit/LitLab/AM.htm#4

EN 1105 : To His Coy Mistress: Video Lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gmaKW5uvls

EN 1105 : Great Expectation Novel Chapter summary

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/great-expectations/great-expectations-at-a-glance

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gex/

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/

http://www.penguin.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/greatexp.pdf

http://www.novelguide.com/great-expectations/novel-summary

Saturday, May 3, 2014

EN 1105 : Great Expectation Notes

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/dickens-great-expectations-plot-characters-and-social-class.html#lesson

EN 1105: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | Characters | 60second Recap®

EN 1105 : Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | Summary/Overview | 60second Recap®

EN 1105: Short Story : The Rocking-Horse Winner

The Rocking-Horse Winner By
D.H. Lawrence

There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She

EN 1105 : Great Expectation Movie

http://ffilms.org/great-expectations-2012/

EN1105 : Great Expectations Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Helena Bonham Carter Mov...

Friday, April 11, 2014

On Life

Some times when you sit and think of life, things seems so strange. Certain things on this planet are beyond our detection. Many a times i wonder how things are created and why certain things are created. My thoughts regarding the above ended with the mirroring concept of Maya. Beauty, wealth, pride, birth, life, death and so on.... nothing is permanent on this materialistic world. It is so funny to see people fight with his fellow human being with ego, pride, jealousy, arrogance, and cruelty for the sake of competing them on this temporary world. Life itself is not permanent yet we strive and struggle much to yearn for the so called permanent positions of life. It is indeed an illusion which blinds the realities of life. Funny and pathetic isn’t it? Had the so called humans realized this we could have long tasted the power of peace and happiness.

- Crystelin

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

1105: Great Expectation Video Lecture

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/dickens-great-expectations-plot-characters-and-social-class.html#lesson

1105: Great Expectation

http://www.slideshare.net/charlie44/great-expectations-4647602

1105 : Short Story

The plot is the sequence of events that occur in the story. The plot begins with a narrative hook; must involve a problem, or conflict, that the main character faces; builds to a climax, or point of highest interest; and then shows the main character solving the problem and learning something about life.