INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH POEM THE BEGINNING The renaissance in modern Indian Literature begins with Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The infiltration of western culture‚ the study of English literature‚ the adoption of western scientific techniques‚ gave a jolt to India’s traditional life. It shocked us into a new awareness‚ a sense of urgency‚ and the long dormant intellectual and critical impulse was quickened into sudden life and the reawakening Indian spirit went forth to meet the violent challenge of
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Britain. +/- 800 BC - 55 BC Celts (5th century BC) 2. Roman Britain. 55 BC – 400 AD 3. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon Period 500 – 1066 Soon after the romans left‚ Britain was attacked by Germanic tribes‚ mainly Angles and Saxons. Anglo-Saxon settlements (410 AD – 800 AD) The Vikings (The Danes) (800 AD – 978 AD) Downfall of Saxon England (978 AD – 1066 AD) 4. The Middle English Period 1066 – 1500 5. The Renaissance 1500 – 1600 The Early Tudor Period (1485 – 1550) The Flowering
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DEGREE IN ENGLISH (MEG) Assignment 2012-13 (for July‚ 2012 & Janu atyr 2013 sessions) MEG-07: INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE nffi\glgffitr?ffi&r &\h&d"f}t rr{€ pEOPLf ’s .w lunrvERSrTY I School of Humanities Indira Gandhi National Open Universify MaidanGarhi‚ New Delhi-l 10068 36 ASSIGNMENT FOR MASTERS DEGREE IN ENGLISH INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE (MEG-07) Programme: MEG Course Code: MEG-07 Dear Student‚ You will have one assignment for the Master’s Degree in English (MEG-07)‚
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ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE The Middle Ages is like no other period in terms of the time span it covers. Caedmon’s Hymn‚ the earliest English poem to survive as a text‚ belongs to the latter part of the VII century. The morality play‚ Everyman‚ is dated "after 1485" and probably belongs to the early-XVI century. In addition‚ for the Middle Ages‚ there is no one central movement or event to organize a historical approach to the period. When did "English Literature" begin? Any answer to that
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What is Literature? Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work‚ and is not confined to published sources (although‚ under some circumstances‚ unpublished sources can also be exempt). The word literature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech "arts and letters" and "man of letters." The four major classifications of literature are poetry‚ prose‚ fiction
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oppositions East and West and how stereotypes play a part in this. The thesis is the volume of short stories contains a very stereotypical picture of the West. Apart from stereotypes‚ magical and fairy tale elements will be studied. There is few literature about East‚ West in general‚ so most of the essay will rely on close reading and the analysis of the results. Most critics pay more attention to the stories set in the East. They can be approached similar to other postcolonial fiction. It is the
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writers in the world literature‚
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what the text is about: It gives the time and where the setting may play off. This text dominates the theme of identity that breaks down colonial constructs of Western dominance over Eastern culture‚ hence Salman Rushdie position as a prominent Anglo-Indian postcolonial writer. In this paragraph of Midnight’s Children‚ we are able to see the psychological effects of colonial domination. An author is often influenced by his or her historical and cultural context. The text explores the ways in which history
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जयते; literal English: Truth Alone Triumphs) is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad.[1] Upon independence of India‚ it was adopted as the national motto of India.[2] It is inscribed inDevanagari script at the base of the national emblem. The emblem and words ’Satyameva Jayate’ are inscribed on one side of all Indian currency. The emblem is an adaptation of theLion Capital of Asoka which was erected around 250 BC at Sarnath‚ near Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar
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Name : V.Kala College : St. John’s College‚ Palayamkottai‚ Place : Tirunelveli. INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH-A LITERARY UPRISING NON-LINEAR NARRATIVES In a literary work‚ narrative is an art of telling a story to the readers and the writer uses various techniques to narrate his story. Narrative technique is vastly an aesthetic enterprise. A narrator detains the past‚ holds present and prepares the reader for future. The features of narratives include characters with clear personalities or identities
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