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I . A. Richard Ivor Armstrong Richard, known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, and rhetorician whose work contributed to the foundations of the New Criticism, a formalist movement in literary theory, which emphasized the close reading of a literary text, especially poetry, in an effort to discover how a work of literature functions as a self contained, self-referential aesthetic object. Richard's intellectual contributions to the establishments of the literary methodology of the New Criticism are presented in the books The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism, by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, Principles of Literary Criticism , practical criticism and The Philosophy of Rhetoric. four kinds of meaning Sense is what is said, or the 'items' referred to by a writer. Feeling refers to emotions, emotional attitudes, will, desire, pleasure, displeasure and the rest. Whe

On 22nd January 2019, surprisingly we get chance to interact with French professors from the University of Lorraine. Thanks to prof. Kishor Joshi from Economics Department who brings French professors for meaningful interaction. Prof. Saeed Paivandi and Prof. Fontanini Christine talk on various social, economical, political trends of France. Prof. Christine talked about the gap between rich and poor. She thrown light on the societal issues of France. The more money was with rich only and middle and poor remains aloof from the biggest part of wealth. As they are sharing only 10 percent. However remaining 90% was with big money holder, big companies, market. In this way the gap increases between then because of unequal distribution of wealth. Same is the case with India also. More percentage of girls in the field of humanitites than boys. However, there is lesser percentage of girls in the field of computer studies. More boys are in the side of technology. Male are more in the

On 5th March 2019, we organised talk with an author and rational thinker Bhupendrasinh Raol, on his book "Rasayanik Geeta", which was unforeseen session. As per the tradition of department Bhupendrasinh sir was verbally welcomed by Dr. Dilip Barad sir and then with the flower bouquet we welcomed him. Raol sir talked about the hard truths about human nature and for that he also gave some convenient examples. He informed us about the research on the similarities between Human and chimpanzee's behaviour. He makes us aware about the limbic system of mammals. According to him Chimpanzees used to live in groups, in which the role of Alpha is very dominant among the entire group just like we Humans have. In addition he gave us information about the species of Bonobo, historically they are known as the pygmy Chimpanzee, is one of the two species making up the genus pan; the other being the common Chimpanzee are male dominant whereas Bonobos are female dominant.

Middlemarch Middlemarch is a highly unusual novel. Although it is primarily a Victorian novels. Critical reaction to Eliot's masterpiece work was mixed. A common accusation leveled against it was its morbid, depressing tone. Many critics did not like Eliot's habit of scattering obscure literary and scientific allusions throughout the book. In their opinion a woman writer should not be so intellectual. Eliot hated the "silly", women novelists. In the Victorian era, women writers were generally confined to writing the stereotypical fantasies of the conventional romance fiction. Not only did Eliot dislike the constraints imposed on women's writing, she disliked the stories they were expected to produce. Her disdain for the tropes of conventional romance is apparent in her treatment of marriage between Rosamond and Lydgate think of courtship and romance in terms of ideals taken directly from conventional romance. Another problem with such fiction is that mar

"Structure sign and play in the Discourse of the Human sciences". Deconstruction is a theory and pactice of reading which questions and claims to 'subvert' or 'undermine' the assumption that the system of language provides grounds that are adequate to establish the boundaries, the coherence or unity, and the determinate meaning of literary text. Derrida combines two characteristics of the language mentioned above : the arbitariness or the tendency to defer the ultimate and final meaning, and the systematic differentiality of, language and coins a new term "differance" the tendency or the force of language to defer and differ that is intrinsic to language. The new term is a pun, and is possible in French as the word differer can mean either to differ or to defer, depending on context. Derrida's assertion that deconstruction is not something that you do, but something which happens to text implies that it is the force of 'differ

Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. Idea of Matthew Arnold which I found in the resting and relevant in this time. I like the most idea about Matthew Arnold's criticism is the great principal of disinterestedness and detachment. Disinterestedness on the part of the critic implies freedom for all prejudice, personal or historical. I like this idea most because when one critic has prejudice then that criticism is not good. Because when he criticised any thing with any kind of prejudice then his work lost its originality. We consider criticism as work of art because critic himself observe some

Structuralism Structuralism is the offshoot of certain developments in linguistics and anthropology. Saussure's mode of the synchronic study of language was an attempt to formulate the grammar of a language from a study of language was an attempt to formulate the grammar of a language from a study of parole. Using the Saussurian linguistic model, Claude Levi Strauss examined the  customs and conventions of some cultures with a view of arriving at the grammar of those cultures. The best work in structuralist poetics has been done in the field of narrative. A literary critic applying a structuralist literary theory might say that authors of West side story did not write really anything new because their work has the same structure as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Gerard Genette is a French literary theorist associated in particular with the Structuralist's movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Levi Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept

Sense and Sensibility Movie screening arranged by Heena baa Zala at our Department of English.Sense and Sensibility is a American film which is directed by Ang Lee and it is based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel. The film was released on December 13,1995, in the united states. The story follows the Dashwood sisters, member of a wealthy English family. This film shows how women in upper class Georgian England, though privileged, had relatively few choices in life. It raises a conflict in love that is typical of the comedy of manners, and it resolves the anxieties of its heroines in a pleasing, if unremarkable, way. At the end, Edward proposes to and marries Elinor. Edward becomes a vicar under the patronage of Colnel Branden, whom Marianne marries. Willoughby is seen watching their wedding from a distance, and then rides away. This movie creates a buzz of excitrement around the Dashwood sister's romantic intrigue. In this movie we can apply the theory of Feminism. To

Directed by:- Aditya Dhar Produced by :-  Ronnie Screwvala Screen Play by :- Aditya Dhar Starring :- Vicky Kaushal                   Yami Gautam                   Paresh Rawal                   Mohit Raina                   Kirti Kulhari Music by :- Shashwat Sachdev Release date :- 11 January 2019 Language :- Hindi Movie screening leaders organised to watch movie Uri The Surgical Strike at Entertainment Park. Uri The Surgical Strike is an action film which was written and directed by Aditya Dhar. Uri was theatrically released on 11 January 2019. This film is based on the true events of 2016, when Indian Army avenged a deadly terrorist attack by carrying out a Surgical Strike. This film is divided into five chapters. First is The Seven Sisters. Second is An Unsettling Peace. Third is Bleed Indian With a Thousand Cuts.  Fourth is New India.  Fifth is The Surgical Strike. The Seven Sisters The first chapter opens with an ambush in June 2015 on the convoy of the Indian Army tr

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