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Wordsworth's Preface Thinking activity

Thinking Activity:  Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads The  Preface to the Lyrical Ballads  is an essay, composed by William  Wordsworth , for the second edition (published in January 1801, and often referred to as the "1800 Edition") of the poetry collection  Lyrical Ballads, and then greatly expanded in the third edition of 1802. It has come to be seen as a de facto manifesto of the romantic  movement. William Wordsworth : William  Wordsworth  (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).  a key figure of Romanticism, and the author of the most famous  poem  ever written about daffodils. Born in 1770, Wordsworth  and his friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge invented a new  style of poetry in which nature and the diction of the common man trumped formal, stylized language. ➤ 

Post-Truth

05, November Definition of Post-Truth according, to Oxford dictionary   Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.  According to   Oxford Dictionaries , the term  post-truth  was first used in a 1992 essay by the late Serbian-American playwright   Steve Tesich  in  The Nation .   Post-truth  differs from traditional contesting and falsifying of  truth  by rendering it of "secondary" importance. While this has been described as a contemporary problem, there is a possibility that it has long been a part of political life, but was less notable before the advent of the Internet.  Major social change does not happen within the space of a year. Yet, to a   large number of observers   around the world, the “ post-truth ” phenomenon seemed to emerge from nowhere in 2016. Two key events of 2016 shaped our understanding of the post-truth world: one wa

Paper no 4 IWE

Assignment of Paper no. 4: Henry Derozio as a Social Reformer Respected sir,                       To Evaluate my Assignment click here Name: Rudrika Gohel Course: M.A. English Sem: 1 Batch: 2017-2019 Roll No: 38 Enrollment No: 2069108420180015 Submitted to: Smt.S.B.Gardi Department of English MKBU Email Id: rudrikagohel97@gmail.com Paper no: 4 IWE Topic: Henry Derozio as a Social Reformer Introduction:                         Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was a social reformist. Derozio was charismatic educator, incorrigible rationalist. He was the initiator of the Bengal Renaissance and reformer of a conservative Hindu society. His influence on the social and intellectual life of Bengal. Amongst many Bengali intellectuals he is regarded as a Columbus who sailed the dark seas of antiquated knowledge and brought the spirit of critical inquiar to the youth of Bengal. Henry Derozio as a Social Reformer: ➢ Early life                        

Paper no 2 Neo Classical Age

Assignment of Paper no. 2: Themes, Motifs and Symbols in Gulliver's Travels Respected sir,                        To Evaluate my Assignment click here Name: Rudrika Gohel Course: M.A. English Sem: 1 Batch: 2017-2019 Roll No: 38 Enrollment No: 2069108420180015 Submitted to: Smt.S.B.Gardi Department of English MKBU Email Id: rudrikagohel97@gmail.com Paper no: 2 Neo Classical Age Topic: Themes, Motifs and Symbols in Gulliver's Travels Introduction of Jonathan Swift:                       Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, political pamphleter, essayist and poet. He was born on 30 November, 1667 in Dublin, Irland and he was came of age at the height of the Glorious Revolution. He was a great literary figure in his time unfortunately his father died before his birth and they had to depend on the financial aid, they received from relatives. He was worked for several years as a private secretary of Sir William Templeton.        

Paper no.1 Renaissance Literature

Assignment of Paper no. 1: The Non-Dramatic Poets of Elizabethan Age Respected Sir,                        To Evaluate my Assignment click here Name: Rudrika Gohel Course: M.A. English Sem: 1 Batch: 2017-2019 Roll No: 38 Enrollment No: 2069108420180015 Submitted to: Smt.S.B.Gardi Department of English MKBU Email Id: rudrikagohel97@gmail.com Paper No: 1 Topic: The Non-Dramatic Poets of Elizabethan age Background of Elizabethan age:                The Elizabethan age considered as 'Golden age' in English literature. Many of the great works of English literature were produced during these years: art, poetry and drama etc. Elizabeth's reign saw playwright like Christopher Marlowe, Poets like Edmund Spenser and men of science and letters like Francis Bacon.  Characteristics of Elizabethan age: 1. Religious Tolerance 2. Social Contentment 3. Enthusiasm 4. The Dram a The Non-Dramatic Poets of the Elizab