Presentation on Pamela by Samuel Richardson

1. Comparison between Samuel Richardson’s
Pamela & Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar
Name: Jignesh K. Panchasara
Roll no:9
Enrollment No: 3069206420200013
Paper No:2 Literature of The Neo classical Period
Topic: Comparison between Samuel Richardson’s
Pamela & Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar
M.A Sem: 1
Batch: 2021-2023
Email Id: jigneshpanchasara5758@gmail.com
Submitted To: S.B. Gardi Department of English MKBU

2. Samuel Richardson’s “Pamela”
 Pamela or Virtue rewarded is an Epistolary ovel
written by Samuel Richardson.
 First Published in 1740.
 Novel written as series of letters .
 It is First True English novel of 18th century.

3. Amrita Pritam’s “Pinjar” novel
 Pinjar is a Panjabi Novel written by Amrita
Pritam.
 It’s the Story of Hindu Girl.
 Published in 1950.
 Translator: Khushwant Singh in English
Language.

4. Amrita Pritam’s Life
 Born: 31 August Gujranwala,
Pakistan
 Died : 31 October 2005, Delhi
 Awards: Jnanpith Award,
Sahitya Akademi Award,
Padma Vibhushan etc.
 Movies: Pinjar , Kadambari.

5. Samuel Richardson’s Life
 Born: 19 August
1689,Mackworth,United
kingdom
 Died: 4 July 1761, London
 Movies: Mistress Pamela,
Jane Austen in Manhattan

6. Pamela Pinjar
The story of Pamela The story of Pooro

7. Significance of the Title
The full title, Pamela, or
Virtue Rewarded, makes
plain Richardson moral
purpose.
In the second part Pamela
marries Mr. B and tries to
acclimatize to her new
position in upper class
society.
Through the Puro’s story , the
novel discusses dimensions of
violence against Women, on
physical, mental, Religious, and
social levels.
The title Pinjar (skeleton)
portrays the mindset of devaluing
women and reducing them to
mere objects.

8. Pamela as a character…. Pooro as a character

9. Theme of the novel
Pamela Pinjar
The Nature of Virtue.
Class and politics.
Love and marriage.
Realism and county life.
Theme of the love in skeleton.
Sacrifices.
Casteism
‘Love takes faith’.

10. So what?

11. Reference
"Amrita Pritam". En.Wikipedia.Org, 2021,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Pritam
"Samuel Richardson". En.Wikipedia.Org, 2021,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Richardson.
Pritam, Amrita, and Khushwant Singh. Pinjar. Tara
Press, 2009.
Richardson, Samuel. Pamela, Or, Virtue
Rewarded.

12. Thanks