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1. Ordinary CultureOrdinary Culture
Raymond WilliamsRaymond Williams
Name- Matangi. G. BhattName- Matangi. G. Bhatt
Roll no.- 17Roll no.- 17
Class- M.A. sem 2Class- M.A. sem 2
Batch- 2016/18Batch- 2016/18
Paper- 8 Cultural StudiesPaper- 8 Cultural Studies
Topic- Ordinary culture Raymond WilliamsTopic- Ordinary culture Raymond Williams
Enrolment no.- 2069108420170003Enrolment no.- 2069108420170003
E-mail-E-mail- matangi.bhatt25@gmail.commatangi.bhatt25@gmail.com
Collage- smt S.B. Gardi Department of EnglishCollage- smt S.B. Gardi Department of English

2. IntroductionIntroduction
 This is a essay of OrdinaryThis is a essay of Ordinary
Culture written by RaymondCulture written by Raymond
Williams. He was born inWilliams. He was born in
1921, died in 1988. Williams1921, died in 1988. Williams
was a decisive influence onwas a decisive influence on
the formation of culturalthe formation of cultural
studies. This early text, withstudies. This early text, with
its insistence that ‘Culture isits insistence that ‘Culture is
Ordinary’ in every societyOrdinary’ in every society
and in every mind, marksand in every mind, marks
out a preoccupation without a preoccupation with
lived culture that was tolived culture that was to
animate all of William’sanimate all of William’s
work.work.

3. Culture is OrdinaryCulture is Ordinary
 Culture is Ordinary; that isCulture is Ordinary; that is
where we must start. To growwhere we must start. To grow
up in that country was to seeup in that country was to see
the shape of a culture, and itsthe shape of a culture, and its
modes of change. He couldmodes of change. He could
stand on the mountains andstand on the mountains and
look north to the farms andlook north to the farms and
the cathedral, or south to thethe cathedral, or south to the
smoke and the flare of thesmoke and the flare of the
blast furnace making a secondblast furnace making a second
sunset. To grow up in thesunset. To grow up in the
family was to see the shapingfamily was to see the shaping
of minds the learning of newof minds the learning of new
skills,skills,

4. To continue…To continue…
 The shifting of relationships.The shifting of relationships.
 The emergence of differentThe emergence of different
language and ideas.language and ideas.
 Culture is Ordinary that is first fact.Culture is Ordinary that is first fact.
Every human society has its ownEvery human society has its own
shapeshape
 Its own meaningIts own meaning
Its own purposeIts own purpose

5. Culture in societyCulture in society
Every human society expressEvery human society express
these, in institutions and inthese, in institutions and in
arts and learning. Thearts and learning. The
making of society is themaking of society is the
finding of commonfinding of common
meanings and directionmeanings and direction
and its growth is an activeand its growth is an active
debate and amendmentdebate and amendment
under the pressures ofunder the pressures of
experience, contact andexperience, contact and
discovery, writingdiscovery, writing
themselves into the land.themselves into the land.
The growing society isThe growing society is
development of minddevelopment of mind

6. ConclusionConclusion
Thus, we can say that Williams refuses toThus, we can say that Williams refuses to
acknowledge these two sense of culture. Heacknowledge these two sense of culture. He
believe that culture is not limited to a certainbelieve that culture is not limited to a certain
group of people but rather is structured andgroup of people but rather is structured and
available to and by all, that is why it isavailable to and by all, that is why it is
‘Ordinary’. It is a very democratic approach‘Ordinary’. It is a very democratic approach
towards the definition of Culture. This is thetowards the definition of Culture. This is the
concept of Ordinary culture in literature, inconcept of Ordinary culture in literature, in
society also.society also.