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The task on Edgar Allan Poe's short stories

Poe's short stories: Dr. Jay Mehta's task About the 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. Here I talks about short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. It teach by Dr. Jay mehta in my class at department of English. 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!  - I read the first Gujarati story and listen the audio recitation of second story. The Gujarati story ' mansangh' is horror suspenseful story. It was written by jayant khatri. It is pure Gujarati story. The story begins with dark night and the author used very horrible words. While reading the story readers feels horror situation.so we can say that the story explain in very iteinterest ing way and author created fearful situation. So I think t here are ...

Movie review of the great dictator

The Great Dictator The Great Dictator is a classic film by Charlie Chaplin.  . This movie was set in Tomainia and it was Germany. In this movie two major characters: Adenoid Hynkel and Jewish barber were played by Charlie Chaplin. About the Charlie Chaplin Charles Spencer was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer. He is considered as one of the most pivotal starts of the early days of Hollywood. He has cultivated the form of silent film which later reached at its highest pick and considered as the best art form of literature.  The great dictator The Great Dictator is an classic film by Charlie Chaplin.This controversial masterpiece offers both a cutting caricature of Hitler and sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin’s film made huge cultural waves around the world except in Germany. This movie was set in a fictitious country. It  called Tomainia and it was Germany In this movie two major characters: Adenoid Hynkel and Jewish barber. They w...

Movie review of the modern times

The modern times American comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin which was published in 1936. On the 25th June we were watching a Charlie Chaplin's film Modern times. After watching this film I realised that was very different than present time. Because in modern time peoples are suffering from many issues like,  joblessness, lack of money, homelessness etc. This movie is interesting for understanding the modern time. In those days situation is not easy live and take a job. In this  America comedy film considered many critical things in good way to understanding the thing .  In this movie use a comic way to describe the critical  things throgh comedy that is very interesting thing. Literature and movie, both are important points. I think about movie it easy to understand and feel enjoy during watching the movie. It shows expression while happening the thing. This movie is expressed many points of those days.  Thank you. ...

The blog on modernist lit & war poems

Thinking activity on the identification • symbols • metaphor • Imagery  The task given by Dilip barad sir,  https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2016/06/modernist-poems-activity-identify_25.html?m=1 What is modernism? Modernism is both a philosophical movement and an art movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Characteristics Poems:- • The Embankment   It was written by  T. E. Hulme.  He was an influential  poet and thinkar in   the first few years of the twentieth century. He left behind only a handful of short poems – our pick of which can be read  – but he revolutionised the way English poetry approached issues of rhyme, metre, and imagery. Embankment - An area for homlessh people sleeping rough Fiddle Gold heels Balnket • Darkness It was written by Joseph co...

ELT - Task on bilingualism, trilingualism and multigualism

Words: 1) Indict - formally accuse of or charge with a crime. • In Irish- Diotail, cuisigh 2) cemetery - a large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard. •In Arabic - maqbara 3) accommodate - provide lodging. • In Dutch- Accommoderen 4) conscience -  a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viwed as acting as aguide to one's behaviour. • In Italian - ospitare 5) handkerchief - a square of cotton • In French - mouchoir • In Latin - sudario:

Cultural studies and postcolonialism

Online Discussion on Sharmeen's documentary, A Girl in the River.   Sharmeen obaid Chinoy 's Got Oscar award for her documentary " A Girl in the River " has been much celebrated at home. It is about honor killing in Pakistan.  Sharmeen’s films are about truly heroic Pakistani women — women who have suffered appalling cruelty and oppression but who have refused to be silenced. In telling their stories to the world, they have fought back and exposed injustice. It is shows the true situation of women that how they suffering so by showing this reality it brings awareness in society. It is not the situation of women in Pakistan but overall in  the world. We don't know many places where women are suffering. people not easily accept this reality.   We may feel that this kind of writer wants to be famous in people by publishing this kind of work. Because to get more publicity they already knows which kind of work gives more publicity . In  the country lik...

Deconstruction and Derrida

Introduction Originated by the philosopher  Jacques Derrida ,   deconstruction  is an approach to understanding the relationship between text and meaning. Derrida's approach consisted of conducting readings of texts with an ear to what runs counter to the intended meaning or structural unity of a particular text. The purpose of deconstruction is to show that the usage of language in a given text, and language as a whole, are irreducibly complex, unstable, or impossible. Throughout his readings, Derrida hoped to show deconstruction at work. About the Jaques Derrida Jacques Derrida was an Algerian-born French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he discussed in numerous texts, and developed in the context of phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy. What do you understand by 'Deconstruction'? Deconstruction is really a bit diffi...