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  1. PRE-INDEPENDENCE POETS
  2. Subtopics of the presentation ■Introduction ■Developmentofindo-anglianpoetry ■Backgroundofpoetry ■Pre-independencepoets ■Conclusion
  3. ■TheIndian poetry inEnglish started withVerseromances, Melody, andLyrics. ■ TheIndianpoetrymaturedinmid19th century. ■ TheystartedimitatingthewesternpoetslikeKeats,EliotandPoundetc. ■ IndianEnglishpoetryisamixtureof Africa,America,BritishandAustralian English. ■ Thepoetsbeinginfluencedbyvariousconditionshavecontributedimmensely tothefieldofEnglishLiterature. • Introduction
  4. ■TheIndianEnglishpoetrybeganwithromanticism. ■TheoriginofIndianpoetsinEnglishhaveshroudedthedim–historyof theindo-westernencountercenturiespriortothebirthofDorozio. ■Thefirstofthesetwoconditions,theIndianizationoftheEnglish Language,beganmuchbeforetheAnglicizationofIndians. ■InIndiathepoetryfirstbeganinBangal. • Development of indo-anglian poetry
  5. ■Rightfromthebeginning allmostallthepoetsofIndian originwritingin Englishwerefoundtobecontaining twostreams,foreigninfluences and Indian elementsinpoetry. ■BeforetheperiodofHenryDerozio,thepoetswroteonChristian sentiments, tradition,Nature, Indian legendsandhistory. ■ ThefirstpartofthepoetsweremainlyfromBengal. ■ Theprominentpoetsincludes ToruDutt,ManmohanGhosh,SriAurobindo Ghosh,SarojiniNaidu,Harindranathan,RabindranathTagore.
  6. • Background of poetry ■IndianEnglishpoetrywasdifferentfromthewesterncounterpartsin itstheme,language andstyleofwriting. ■ThewriteralsowrotefortheIndianandience,soitoughttohavean Indianappealwhichwaslikeabletoall,forthemthefeaturesof Indianeesmadeitexoticandgaveadeepfeelingandexperienceofreal India. ■Thenativeneesbeingtheprimefactorofliterarycommunication,an IndianwriterinadvertentlycommunicatesIndianees.
  7. • Pre-independence poets ■ TheFakeer ofJangheera:A matricaltakeandother poems. ■ ToTheMoon ■ TheGoldenvase ■ Death,MyBestFriend ■ India-MyNativeLand ■ TheHarpofIndia ■ ToThePupilsofHinduCollege 1) Henry Louis vivinan Derozio (1809-1833)
  8. ■Thecaptiveladie ■Isthisiscalledacivilisation ■Ratnavali ■Visionsofthepast 2) Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1873)
  9. 3) Toru dutt(1856-1877) ■SheafGleanedinFrenchField ■AncientBalladsandlegendsofHindustan ■OurCasuarinaTree ■Ramayana ■TheMahabharata ■Puranas
  10. 4) Manmohan Ghosh(1869-1924) ■ Primavera ■ Lovesongsand Elegies ■Persues ■TheGorgon Slayer ■Nelaand Damayanti ■ OrphicMysteries ■ ImmortalEveandAdamAlarmedIn Paradise
  11. 5) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh(1872-1950) ■Transformation ■ ADreamofSurreal Science ■ PoemsInNewMatres ■TheBirdofFire ■ ThoughtTheParaclete ■ RoseofGod • Urvasia • LoveandDeath • BajiPrabhu • Chitrangada • TheTaleofNala • TheVigil ofThailard • Savitri
  12. 6) Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) ■GoldenThreshold ■ TheBirdOfTime ■ TheBrokenwing ■ MahammadJinnah ■ TheSceptredFlute ■ TheFeatherofDawn ■PalanquinBearers ■ Indian Dancers
  13. 7) Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) ■ Gitanjali ■ TheGardener ■TheCrescentMoon • FruitGathering • StrayBirds • TheFugitive • Lover’sGift andCrossing • Fireflies • 'Poems’
  14. • Conclusion ■Inshort,wecansaythat,atthestarting,poetshasbeenwrote Verse,MelodyandLyrics. ■Aftertheinfluenceof variousconditionsandimitatingthe westernpoetstheystartedwritingpoetry’s.
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