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This document summarizes key characters from John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost: Adam, Eve, and Satan. It describes Adam as intelligent and rational but weak due to his love for Eve. Eve is portrayed as inferior to Adam and blamed for the fall because she was tempted by Satan. Satan is introduced as the highest angel, proud, and seeking free will, making him the protagonist who leads mankind to disobey God. The document then asks questions about why God created humanity, why women were made inferior, why the epic focuses on men, and why the hero often falls.
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The document discusses how literature can help teach language skills and the role it plays in developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening abilities. It poses questions about how literature helps learn language, explains the relationship between literature and reading, asks to write a brief note on literature as a model for writing or its role in teaching speaking and listening, and asks which is the fifth language skill. The document references literature from books and other sources and its potential to meaningfully teach speaking and listening in addition to reading and writing in a language class.
Violence in waiting for barbarians
The document discusses different types of violence portrayed in the novel Waiting for Barbarians including physical, psychological, and sexual violence. It also analyzes how violence relates to liberation and how women are depicted as victims in the story.
The title of the sense of an ending
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The document discusses the title of the novel "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes, noting that the title is borrowed from a 1967 book by Frank Kermode about making sense of our lives. The title invites multiple interpretations and symbolizes the sense and end describing many things. The document appears to be a paper analyzing the meaning and symbolism of the title of Barnes' novel.
Beginning of indian renaissance
The document is a paper from 2012-13 titled "Indian writing in English" by Pooja Jumani discussing the beginning of the Indian renaissance. It covers Macaulay's views that more educated Englishmen should experimentally settle in India to observe its effects. It also lists important figures in the Indian renaissance like Gandhi, Tagore, and Vivekananda as well as topics related to colonialism, power struggles, and liberty.
Island myth or reality of robinson crosoe
This document is a student paper analyzing the novel Robinson Crusoe and whether the story represents a myth or reality. It introduces the topic of comparing the novel to the myth it spawned by focusing on Crusoe's name becoming symbolic. It then outlines that the paper will examine the novel versus the myth it derived from and discuss real-life castaways as examples. The document concludes by thanking the professor it is being submitted to.
Translation as discovery
This document is a paper about translation as discovery. It includes the student's name, roll number, academic program details, and paper number. The paper discusses translation and literary studies, the importance of translation studies development in education, and topics like interpreting meaning, innovative translating for cultural understanding, and the transposition of form. It also lists several problems in translation like proper names and third person pronouns. The document provides some website links for further reading on related topics. It concludes by thanking the reader.
Tragic hero
According to Aristotle, a tragedy involves the downfall of a tragic hero, usually a great man, due to a mistake or character flaw. The plot of a tragedy involves a reversal of fortune, a moment of recognition, and suffering for the hero. The document then discusses different types of tragic characters like those driven by madness or who are lost souls, victims, or foolish. It provides Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman as an example of a tragic hero and acknowledges its sources.
The victorian age (1832 1900)
The document summarizes the Victorian Age period in literature from 1832-1900 in England. It was divided into three periods: Early Victorian from 1832-1848, Mid Victorian from 1848-1870, and Late Victorian from 1870-1900. The major genres of Victorian literature included prose, poetry, novels, and drama. Some of the most prominent writers of the time included Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning.
The shadow lines
The document summarizes the characters and themes in the novel The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh. It discusses the main characters - the Narrator, Tridib, Grandmother, Ila, May, and Nick. The document also notes that the novel focuses on the meaning of political freedom in the modern world and the force of nationalism, exploring these themes through the lens of Bangladesh and India, which were previously part of the Indian subcontinent and share a common culture, economic and political history.
Cultural studies
Popular culture studies is a document about analyzing popular culture through culture analysis, production analysis, textual analysis, audience analysis, and historical analysis. It was written by Jumani Pooja for her M.A. Sem 2 cultural studies course at Bhavnagar University in Bhavnagar, India in 2011-12.
Frankenstein
This document is a student paper discussing themes in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It explores how revenge creates tragedy for both Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates. It also examines how revenge gives both characters purpose. The paper analyzes major themes like nature vs. science, social acceptance, and applies queer theory to interpret the text from a different perspective.
Pooja three literary term
This document discusses three literary theories: new historicism, eco-criticism, and queer theory. New historicism suggests literature must be studied within the historical context of both the author and critic. Eco-criticism examines the relationship between literature and the physical environment. Queer theory proposes that identities are not fixed and do not determine who we are.
7.304.jumani.pooja.ppt
This document discusses communicative language teaching and provides the student's name, roll number, semester, year, and department for an English course. It also includes the etymology of the word "English" and lists the approach and theories of language and learning for communicative language teaching.
Scarlet Latter
This document discusses the characters and symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter". It mentions the main characters Hester Prynne, Pearl, Roger Chillingworth, and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. It also states that symbols in literature represent abstract ideas or concepts.
7.302.jumani.pooja.pptx
This document provides guidance for students conducting research, instructing them to perform a literature review to understand what has already been published about their topic, critically appraise existing works, and provide a rationale for their chosen topic and methodology. The literature review should seek relevant information and examine published works related to the student's intended research approach.
To The Lighthouse
The document summarizes Virginia Woolf's novel "To the Lighthouse". It discusses the themes of the effects of the male head of the family and the struggles of women's creative lives as depicted in the story. Specifically, it notes how Mrs. Ramsey suffers under her husband's nature while Lily Briscoe struggles as an artist but eventually finds success, overcoming social norms of what women can achieve. The conclusion states that the novel expresses different human behaviors and how women struggled through life.
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Characters studies adam eve and satan
- 1. Paradise Lost characters study of Adam eve and Satan • Name: pooja jumani k • Roll no: 08 M.A. part 2 sem 3 •Topic: Characters studies of Adam Eve and Satan (paradise lost) Paper no: 1 The renaissance Literature Year: 2012-13
- 2. Major Characters Sata n God Adam Eva
- 3. 1. Adam • He is a strong intelligent and rational character. • Adam’s greatest weakness is his love for Eve. 2. Eve • Eve is inferior to Adam. • Eve is blame for the fall because she is tempted by Satan to taste the fruit from the tree of knowledge.
- 4. Satan • Highest angel called Lucifer (meace light bringer in Latin) and second only to god. • Satan is hero and protagonist of the story. • The allure of free will is where the attractiveness and power of Satan's character lies.
- 5. Why? Why? Why? • Why god created first men? • Why women inferior to men? • Why men is central character in the epic? • Why hero always fall?