Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born on 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction.^[3] She has written the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013), the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck (2009), and the book-length essay We Should All Be Feminists (2014)

 

Her view about the literature and also she talked about the danger of reading single story about any place, country and people that you can not judge anyone without any kind of authentication. In this talk, she said that she read and write only about British story and white characters with Blue eyes. “A Feminist is a man or woman, who says yes there is problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it and we must do better.”, this is the definition of Feminist by Chimamanda Adiche. A feminist is not only woman, we all should be feminist. In this video Chimamanda put the idea of fair world, Where everyone is human. She says that there is physical difference between man and woman but both are human. She believes that man doesn’t need to prove his masculinity by physical strength, and woman don’t need to pamper the ego of man. She says that we all are social beings and we internalize ideas from society. So we should make society. Here I remember the quote by Simone De Beauvoir that, “One is not born, rather becomes a woman.” As per Chimamanda raising both gender differently is worst thing, there is difference but society exaggerate the difference which hurts and give privilege to one gender unnecessary. She believes that, “there is problem with gender because it shows how we should be rather than what we actually are.”  She says that, “culture don’t make people, people make culture”, so don’t keep gender expectations, focus on ability and interest rather than gender, don’t be apologetic for being a woman..  She also believe that one should have both self-doubt and self-believe, both together will lead towards success.so video is very interesting

Youth Festival 2018: Academic Task

Youth Festival 2018: Academic Task

 

Our University has organised "Aishvaryam Youth Festival 2018" for 3 days from 26/10/2018 to 28/10/2018. Many events were organised in the youth festival. They are:
Kalayatra, Quiz, poetry recitation, on the spot painting, mimicry, bhajan, cartooning, paper collage, mono acting, sugam geet, folk dance, solo folk dance, western dance, western solo dance, folk orchestra, essay writing, elocution, rangoli...etc,.

A month ago, all the students started their preparation for youth festival. There were many rules of youth festival. All the participates got their own identity card.

I could not attend all events. Because I was presented at our department as a volunteer. Quiz and Essay writing competitions were organised at our department. On 26 October, the first round of Quiz was stared. On 27 October, the final round of quiz and essay writing were organised. The time of final round of quiz was at 9:00 a.m. , but it was postponed due to some problem of electricity. So the final round was began at 11:00 a.m..

 

On 27th October, I attended 2-3 events. First I attended the western group song. I enjoyed it. I also feel proud on the group of our department who got the second rank in the youth festival. I also observed that the group of our department has dress code of 'Tri-Ranga'. Orange, white, blue, white, green. I like their dress code.

 

Then I attended the event of solo western song. I listened 3-4 songs. I liked only 2 songs. I eagerly waited for Vidhya's performance. When she came on the stage, we all cheer up her. Then she started to sing a song and the audience mingled with her tuning. The audience really enjoyed her song. And finally Vidhya got the second rank in the youth festival.

Then I attended the event of Drama at Atal Auditorium. When we reached at Auditorium, we found that the Auditorium was packed with the audience. But thanks to Bhavnesh one of my classmate, who arranged seats for us. We could not enjoy the drama because some boys spread nuisance. Our university arranged the committee for controlling the audience. Though, some boys did not listen to the member of committee.

I saw the drama 'Third side of Coin'. In this drama, the story of a child who was not a man and a woman. But the child was the 'Hijada'. They were not accepted by the society and also their family. In this drama we can see the struggle of third gender child and the mother of this child. This drama gave the moral.

Then I saw the another drama 'Aurangzeb'. This drama was heart touching. All the characters performed confidently. Then I also liked the drama 'sagar Khedu sarvan', which got the second rank in the youth festival.

From our department, Bhavnesh participated in elocution, Prakruti participated in quiz, Laljibhai participated in poster making, Dipti participated in sugam geet and western group song, Vidhya also participated in western group and solo song, Rajdeep participated in mimicry, Nirali performed mono acting, Dharma performed mime, and other students performed drama, Zankhna draw the rangoli on the current situation. And she got the third rank in the youth festival.

Really, I enjoyed the 'Aishvariyam Youth Festival'. I inspired from all the participated and I thought that I will participate in youth festival next year. I am eagerly waiting for the next year's Youth Festival. This year S. S. C. C. M became champion and the K. P. E. S became the first runners and Taksheela became second runners.

Thinking Activity task on T.P. Kailasam

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

        Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe at the age of fifty nine and it was an immediate success. The story of Robinson Crusoe that has delighted the young, and the old for that matter, for over two hundred years was actually based on an experience in the life of a seaman, Alexander Selkrik, who spent four years on the deserted Island of Juan Fernandez. 

 

                   Most of the dialogues and scenes are covered in the film. Robinson Crusoe, a third son with few prospects, goes to sea against his father's wishes. On a voyage from Brazil to Africa to collect slaves, a storm forces him to abandon ship. He swims alone to a deserted Island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on September 30,1659.
               
               To his delight, the abandoned ship turns up on an offshore rock,  allowing him to salvage food, tools, firearms and other items before it sinks. He herds goats, hunts game, makes clothes, and builds a home with only the company of a dog, rex, and a cat.

                  

 After 18 years,  Crusoe discoveres that cannibals are visiting his Island with their victims. The next time he spots them with his telescope,  he sees a prisoner make a break for it, pursued by two cannibals. He knocks out one and shoots the other; when the first one ragains consciousness, the escape kills him with Crusoe's knife. Crusoe takes the man back to his stockade.

                   

            He names him Friday. Crusoe teaches him English and Western customs and turns Friday into a servant. Crusoe does not trust him at first, believing Friday to also be a cannibal who would kill him if given the chance. He builds a door to the cave in which he takes to sleeping.  When Friday enters without permission late one night to get an axe, Crusoe puts leg irons on him. The next day, however, Crusoe relents and takes them off. He comes to trust his new companion completely. 

 

                  After 28 years, Friday saves Crusoe's life from a cannibal sneaking up behind him. Seeing a large group, they flee back to their stockade. The cannibals, however, are driven off by white men with guns. Captain Oberzo and his bosun are the victims of a mutiny ; the mutineers have landed to get fresh water and to maroom the two,Crusoe and Friday rescue the men and get away undetected.

 

                 Crusoe leaves for home with Friday, having spent 28 years, two months, and 19 days on the Island. As they row for the ship, Crusoe imagines he can hear his dog, rex, barking in the distance.

     

Wordsworth

Wordsworth's preface to Lyrical Ballads

  Lyrical Ballads of Wordsworth 

Lyrical Ballads, collection of poems, first published in 1798 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, the appearance of which is often designated by scholars as a signal of the beginning of English Romanticism. The work included Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey,” as well as many controversial common-language poems by Wordsworth, such as “The Idiot Boy.” The “Preface” to the second edition (1800) contains Wordsworth’s famous definition of poetry as the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” and his theory that poetry should be written in “the language really used by men.”

1) What is the basic difference between the poetic creed of 'classicism' and 'Romanticism'?

Answer) 

There are two ideologies. We can say that, Romanticism is feel they are free to express in simple manner. It means, it is not necessary to follow classical rules of writing. Classicism and Romanticism are artistic movements that have influenced the literature, visual arts, music and architecture of the western world over many countries. In romanticism is celebrates all strong emotions, not just feeling of love. Classicism followed rules whereas Romanticism were free from rules.

2 Why does Wordsworth say what is poet? Rather who is poet?

Answer) 

Every human passes through the good and bad experiences, but everyone cannot express it in form of poetry. A poet connects to readers with his emotions as well as his imagination. He builds up a just and lively image of an experience. Rather than who is he, what he is matters. This what makes him different from the others.

3) What is poetic diction? Which sort of poetic diction is suggested by Wordsworth in his preface?

Answer) 

Poetic diction means selection of words. Words worth gave rustic colors to the poetic diction. And also there is new trend of writing poetry and there is new things about Romantic poet bring in their poetry. Words worth talk about the language which is used in poems. He says that the language of poetry should be the language 'really used by man' but it should be a selection of a language.

4) what is poetry?

Answer) 

 According to Words worth, poet has a greater knowledge of human mind. Poetry is a way to express our ideas and feelings. The good poetry is the spontaneous of powerful feelings.

5) Discuss 'Dafodils-1' wandered lonely as a cloud that with reference to Wordsworth's poetic creed.

Answer) 

 "I wandered lonely as acloud" known as a lyric poem,which is written by William Words worth. Words worth describes the beauty of the nature. Through the Daffodil 's flower poet shows his great happiness.

Dryden

Dryden's Essay:Of Dramatic Poesy

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Biographia Literaria- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

   Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born October 21,1772,Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire , England -died July, 25,1834,Highgate, near London ) , English Lyrical poet,  critic and philosopher.  His Lyrical Ballads,  written with William Words worth , heralded the English Romantic movement,  and his Biographia Literaria (1817) is the most significant work of general literary criticism produced in the English Romantic period .

1) write in your words the difference between poem and prose.

Answer)   It is very difficult to differentiate between poem and prose. We can see that metre or rhyme or both is used in a poem . But they are not used in prose composition .
            

Poem's purpose is the communication of pleasure . But prose's purpose is the communication of truth . A poem must be an organic unity. But a poem can not please us if there is no organic unity. The main aim of poetry is to give pleasure . The language of poem is highly ornamental and complexity of words. While in the prose, the language is very simple and we do not find a use of rhyme and meter like poem. Prose has natural form of writing . It is very simple . In poem, it has structured form and also it is decorated by the poet. Poetry express ideas and feelings in few words which are more attractive and prose express ideas and feelings with lots of words . And sometimes , they are not more attractive as poetry has.

Because I could not stop for death

Because I could not stop for death -
He kindly stopped for me-
The Carriage held but just Ourselves -
And Immortality .

We slowly droves- He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility-

We passed the school, where Children strove
At Recess- in the Ring-
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -
We pssed the Setting Sun-

Or rather- He passed us-
The Dews drew quivering and chill-
For only Gossamer, my Gown-
My Tppet- only Tulle-

We passed before a House that seemed
A swelling of the Ground -
The roof was scarcely visible-
The cornice - in the Ground-

Since then  - tis Centuries - and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were towards Eternity -

2)   Difference between poem and poetry .

Answer )   Poetry is a wider term than a poem. Poem is different than prose while poetrh could be a part of prose. Poem gives pleasure . Meter or rhyme or both is used in a poem. While poetry gives an aesthetic delight . We can say that it is an activity of poet's mind. Through poem, poet express their ideas and feelings . So, it is merely a form of verbal expression of poet's mind .