History of English,Colonial Period ,Post independence, Evolution,Future of English ,Rabindranath Tagore,Sarojini Naidu, Malgudi Days , Swami and Friends ,K.R Srinivasa Iyengar’s Indian Writing in English

1. English in India: History
Evolution and Futures
Hema Goswami
Visiting Faculty at Maharani Shree Nandkunvarba
Mahila Arts and Commerce College
GSET Qualified

2. About this templateHistory of English
1. Lingua Franca
2. One of the six official Language ny UNO
3. The India-British Encounter
4. Trade and Commerce
5. writings about Social reforms
6. Introduction of western education
7. Thomas Macauley
8. Lord William bentick
9. ‘The Tutor’ by Johen Miller
10. The first English Newspaper in Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
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3. About this templateColonial Period
1. “Indian in blood and color but English in taste and
opinion”
2. Fit for Employment
3. University of London were established in Bombay,
Calcutta, Madras (1835-1855)
4. Common Medium of Communication
5. Creative Purposes
6. English as a tool against British Raj
7. Magna Carta of English education in India: Wood’s
Despatch
8. Hunter Commission
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4. Post independence
◉ Hindi as official language
◉ Protest from Tamil Nadu and other non-Hindi
speaking states
◉ English language Amendment Bill: Associate
language
◉ English is rich in literature humanistic, scientific
and technical
◉ International language of communication
◉ Kothari Commission (July 1964)
◉ Travelled a long distance
◉ Main key toward success
◉ Important language in India
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5. Evolution
◉ Came in 17th Century
◉ First motive is trade with India
◉ Initially they tried to learn Indian
Language
◉ When their political power increased,
some missionary institutions taught
English to Indians
◉ It is also communication language
among Indians who spoke different
Languages
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6. Future of English
1. English in Legal, Financial, educational or business
enterprises
2. Various courses for spoken English
3. Language laboratory and computer assisted
language learning (CALL)
4. Television Channels
5. Major foreign language in India
6. Global Language
7. Increasing demand of English medium school
8. Employment
9. Social and Geographical Mobility
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7. Indian English
Literature
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8. Rabindranath Tagore
◉ Versatile Genius
◉ He was much influenced by Kalidas, Dante and
Shakespeare
◉ In his childhood, he wrote ‘Banphul’, a narrative
poem, which contains 7000 lines
◉ "Bhagna Hriday” it is a poem of joy and sorrow
◉ Won noble prize for Gitanjali (a collection of short
poems)
◉ George v, the British King gave him the title of
‘Knighthood’
◉ He gave up his title in protest against Jallianwala
bagh Massacre
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9. “Where the mind is without fear and the
head is held high; where the knowledge is
free
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10. Sarojini Naidu
◉ Arthur symons wrote about Sarojini Naidu “all the life
of the tiny figure seemed to concentrate itself in th
eyes; they fused toward beauty as the sunflower turns
towards the sun
◉ During the world war I in 1914, She met Mahatma
Gandhi, this changed her whole life nad career, she
became freedom fighter
◉ Her long poem “The Lady of the Lake consisting 1300
lines
◉ Major collection of poems ”The Golden Threshold”
(1905)
◉ The Bird of time (1912)
◉ The Broken Wing (1917)
◉ Famous poems: Indian Weavers, The Palanquin
Bearers, The Gift Of India, Bangle sellers, The
Anthem of love and Village song.
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11. Let’s review some concepts
Arundhati Roy
Her first novel ‘God of Small things’
published on 4th april,1997, in Delhi
Swami Vivekanand
His main literary works are “Raja
Yog”, ‘karama Yog’ and ‘Bhakti
Yog’, ‘Kali, ‘The Mother’
Raja Rao
First novel “Kanthapura”. He was
influenced by Andre Malrux’s novels
Kamala das
Poetry was in her blood, her real
name is Madhavi Kutty. There is an
autobiographical element in her
poem “An Introduction”
Anita Desai
Her stories were published in
Children’s magazines. Her
collection of stories for children-the
Peacock Garden, Cat on a house
Boat and Village by the sea.
Girish Karnad
his first play ‘Yayati’ published in
1961, it Is the story of Hindu Myth.
Arnold king wants to exchange his
old age with the youth of one of his
sons
Some important Writers
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12. Bhabani Bhattacharya
His first novel was published in
1947 entitled “So many hungers”,
second novel in the title ‘He who
Rides a Tiger’, third novel ; ‘A
Goddess named Gold’
Amrita Pritam
She edited Nagmani, a monthly
literary magazine in Punjabi. She
was considered the first woman
Punjabi Poet, writer, novelist,
essayist and autobiographer
Khushwant Singh
He edited ‘Yojana’, an Indian
government journal, his work ‘Train
to Pakistan’ written in 1956. he
wrote political commentary and
contemporary satire.
Shashi Despande
She worked as a journalist for the
magazine ‘Onlooker’. Her first novel
‘The Dark holds no terrror (1999)
VS Naipaul
He dedicated his celebrabated
novel ‘A house for Mr Biswas’ to his
wife Patrica Anu Hale
RK Narayan
'R’ in his name represents the name
of his village ‘Rashipuram’ and ‘k’,
the name of his father ‘Krishna
Swami’. Malgudi days is his best
work
Some important writers
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13. About this templateMalgudi Days
1. The Book includes 32 stories, all
set in the fictional town of Malgudi,
located in South India (1942)
2. Every story gives moral lesson
3. Most of the stories related to poor
and middle class family
4. Each of the stories presents
everyday life with a humorous
twist
5. Author presents challenges and
conflicts that the residents of the
town of Malgudi face.
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14. Swami and Friends
1. Theme of disobedience
conflict,control, authority,
power, rebellion and
Independence
2. Protagonist : Swaminathan
3. An afraid boy
4. In the end Swaminathan
knowingly rebel against the
system
5. Swaminathan is beaten for no
good reason, just as like
indians were beaten by
Britishers
6. Authority can abuse their power
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15. About this templateOthers
1. Vijay Tendulkar
2. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Manohar Malgonkar
5. Toru dutt
6. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
7. Michael Madhusudan Dutt
8. Mulk Raj Anand
9. Sri Aurobindo
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10. Amitav Ghosh
11. Kiran Desai
12. Shobhaa De
13. T P Kailasam
14. Shashi Tharoor
15. Arun Kolatkar
16. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
17. Nissim Ezekiel
18. Vikram Seth

16. About this templateHow?
1. The questions are not about only famous personality, there
are also the names which you have never heard.
2. It is not like remembering writer and his work only, you need
to know about some famous characters, some lines, so that
you can Identify the writer.
3. Try to remember work chronologically
4. Similar choices are given for confusion
5. Translations
6. Read about some technical details of work
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17. About this templateMy views
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2. Whatever teacher is teaching, It is a kind of observation that
how you are supposed to prepare, it’s no like that whatever he
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3. Read about one writer everyday
4. Read original book of writer in your spare time
5. Write one blog daily, if not daily then once in a month.
6. Prepare for NET, then it become an easy way to qualified SET
7. No need to stress by thinking about ocean like syllabus, you are
definitely not supposed to study or remember all.
8. Hard work requires
9. Never give up, you will definitely achieve success
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28. About this templateSome important books
1. Edward Albert’s History of English Literature
2. K.R Srinivasa Iyengar’s Indian Writing in English
3. M.H Abrams’s A Glossary of Literary Terms
4. David Daiches’s A critical history of English Literature
5. Arihant Publications for NET/SET
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29. Thanks!
ANY QUESTIONS?
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30. Thank You