Rudrika Gohel's Blog

Review of the Movie On 24th September, Our Heena Madam arranged the movie screening of 'Mourning becomes Electra', the play written by Eugene O'Neill. The film was directed by Dudley Nicholas. The film was helped in many ways to better understanding of the play. We are thankful to ma'am, for arranged the screening. The film was very faithful to the play we can find same kind of plot, or we say there was nothing changes from the play.  The play and the film has trilogy, The Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted When film begins Seth Beckwith, the gardener and trustworthy of Mennon family, he converses with the visitors, about Brigadier General Ezra Mennon's journey from judge to brigadier. Beckwith called him 'gossip monger', and we can find these kind of people in our surroundings also. After that Lavinia who was the daughter of Ezra Mennon and Christian Mennon, showed her mother with the cousin of her, Edam Brant. Her mother has extra...

learning experience of E. A. Poe's Stories by Dr. Jay Mehta. On 19 to 22 September I have expert lecture on A. E. Poe's Short stories. The expertise was Dr. Jay Mehta, who has excellence in Poe's fictions. Dr. Mehta has also deep knowledge of poetry, gazal, which makes him unique. He has deep impact of Edger Allan Poe, that's why he has much interest in Poe's fictions. Edgar Allan Poe was the Pioneer of short stories, his writing style was different from other writers. His stories deals with horror, gothic elements, suspense, and detective fictions, we can find in today's serials and movies like, crime patrol, CID, Bobby Jasoos, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, etc.  He discussed about Poe's stories as well as the psychological terms. So we can get the idea that he has wast knowledge of literature and also about theories.  On the very first day he taught about major ideas of the stories, horrible but very different kind of story The tell tale He...

'Breath' a shortest play by Samuel Beckett Recently we have studied about 'Waiting for Godot', which is also written by Samuel Beckett. It is a absurd kind of play, or we can say theatre of the ansuab. It deals with theory of existentialism. His another play 'Breath' it also based on this theory.  Absurd means nothing and his play 'Breath' it has nothingness because it is just about thirty seconds, so it bit difficult to understand or interpret. The play has no characters, no plot and sense of nothingness.  #The script of the play:- CURTAIN  Up 1. Faint light on stage littered with miscellaneous rubbish. Hold about five seconds. 2. Faint brief cry and immediately inspiration and slow increase of light together reaching maximum - together in about ten seconds. Silence and hold for about five seconds. 3. Expiration and slow decrease of light together reaching minimum together (light as in 1) in about ten seconds and immediately cry ...

Learning experience.. Recently I have attended the expert lecture on postcolonial theory. The expert lecture was organised by our head of the department, Dr. Dilip Barad sir. I'm very glad to attend the lectures on postcolonialism. Prof. Ranganathan is specialist in postcolonialism, sow me and my classmates were got the chance to learn from his knowledge. His style was very unique, he was given us various examples, and through the examples we all are understand in a better way.  We have another session on NET/SLET. In that lecture he taught us different formula to remember the history, criticism etc. Here I'm giving more information about the teachings of Prof. Ranganathan, from which we all are get influenced. Four units 1. The Black skin White mask by Frantz Fanon 2. Orientalism by Edward Said 3. A Tempest by Aime Cesaire and 4. Imaginary Homeland by Salman Rushdie Each of the units are clear in our minds, because he has the fluency in the theory. #Expert...

Postcolonial perspective and Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor is member of parliament, he given postcolonial argument. He written a book on that 'An Era of Darkness'. He asserts that Britishers are not developers of any colonies. According to him real Thugs Of Hindustan were Britishers, in the name of free trade they are looting the Indians. In a way the word loot is a Hindi word and they taking the word in their dictionary. This is how Shashi Tharoor make a satire on British Empire. #Shashi Tharoor make claims that, when the Britishers were left in 1947 from India, 90% of the population living below the poverty line. The growth rate of India from 1900 to 1947 was 0.001%. Britishers imposed taxes on the import of Indian textile. In real sense they make fool of Indians in the name of business and achieved captive market at the point of gun. #Economic situation of the colonies were worst by the experience of british colonialism. They started exporting raw materials fro...

The Interview of Edward Said on 'Orientalism' Orientalism is a philosophical discourse, according to Said it is come like exotic, which means coming from different country; different culture. It is not imagination or idea but it's a part of culture. Orient means East, and it was grow with idea of imperialism. 'Orientalism' book written by Edward Said, Professor at Columbia University. He studied the visuals of Arabic world which is related to Orientalism. 5 concepts related to Orientalism:- #Edward Said given the example that, his book was read by French poet, who actually went to East means to Orient. So, according to that poet, he find similar things in Syria which was mentioned by Said in his book. Said includes that Orients are all the same wherever we find them, whether it's in India, or in Egypt, or in Syria there are same resource.   #"the marvels of the east" - the east considered as mysterious place, full of secrets, and mons...

Pre-thinkig activity related with Poe's short stories... 01. Recollect a moment of your life when you were at the height of ferocity (anger) on someone with/without some specific reason. What did you feel like speaking to or doing with that person? We can find many types of people but, some are unbelievable, they are unlikely to be true. In my surroundings I have found, somebody who knows how to convincing people, butter polishing to teachers, because they want to become famous and we can't tell them anything. We all are doing hardwork to become successful and some are chooses this way to get success.  This is the specific reason for my infuriation. 02. Have you ever felt tremendous drive to hit or murder someone? When? Why? How? Elucidate. Yes, I feel many times, when someone tells me that you have to do this or that. They are like to take decision of others life. They are not part of my life and though they are resist me to do for whatever I want to do. F...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist As a part of academics, we have seen this movie. 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' novel written by Mohsin Hamid and directed by Mira Nair. It is about attack of 9/11, how it changes opinion towards the man, who are relatedly innocent. It symbolises the postcolonial aspects, Americans are doubted on ones dignity, morality. It also includes how market fundamentalism plays a vital role. It speaks fundamental truths. It begins with kidnapping of one American, and whole plot is based on the interview of one Pakistani citizen Changez Khan, the  interview was taken by Bobby Lincoln. Changez  Khan is main suspect of the entire fiction. It is a frame narration, 'story within story'. Changez goes to America for doing job after completing his study. Everything was very nice until the attack, he got promotion, everyone was his friend, he had one girlfriend also, it seems like everything was so good, but after attack of 9/11 everything was cha...

Midnight's Children.. 'Midnight's children'   written by Salman Rushdie and directed by Deepa Mehta. The visuals and sounds are more affects rather than reading, not only for the purpose of entertainment but it reflects some elements in such way. Movies are the part of our surroundings. Saleem Sinai is the metanarrative of the film. On 14th August, when Saleem and Shiva both were born at a midnight, when India gets its independence from the Britishers. Separation of Saleem and shiva is connected with partition of India, it parts these two children with their destiny. Mary Pereira, who changes the destiny of both the children. The story is narrated in fictional way. It is a  kind of Chattani fiction, which is connected with hybrid identities. Here spittoon is presented very symbolically, as part of Saleem's memory.  The film is narrated in many ways like, Freedom struggle, hybrid identities, magic realism. Hybrid identities The film speaks for hy...

Thinking activity on 'To The Lighthouse' Virginia Woolf is known for the term stream of consciousness, in which mind is struggling with time. As she was struggling with the time. Steam of consciousness means time travels in the past and in the future but, but we are in the present. 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?   Through the complex comp human relationships Virginia wanted to say that relationship needs support of trust. In the novel everyone wants that they are remembered by their dear ones, as Mrs. Ramsay wanted to be immortal with her art of cooking. In the novel she is chain between her children and father. According to her, spreading love is better than tell...