Vaidehi Hariyani

Hello Learners,   Here is the blog on  "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope. Please go through the presentation and complete the task. CLICK HERE for further reading.   The Rape of the Lock - Alexander Pope von Department of English MKBU Thinking Task:- (All the Questions are compulsory) 1.) According to you, who is the protagonist of the poem Clarissa or Belinda? Why? Give your answer with logical  reasons. 2.) What is beauty? Write your views about it. 3.) Find out a research paper on "The Rape of the Lock". Give the details of the paper and write down in brief what does it say about the Poem by Alexander Pope. Prepare a blog on the above given questions and share the link of the blog in Google Classroom. Happy Learning!!!

  Hello Learners,  Welcome to the Neoclassical Age!!! Here you will find the presentation of the Historical Background of the Neoclassical Period. History: The Neoclassical Era from Vaidehi Hariyani, Department of English MKBU For further reading - CLICK HERE Go through it and complete the task. Thinking Activity:-  Compare the general characteristics of the Elizabethan age and Neoclassical age. Who is your favorite writer and the favorite text from the Neoclassical Age? How is he/she different from the writers of Elizabethan Age  and Romantic Age? Share your presentation presented in the class. Attach it with your blog. 4. Describe any one thing about this age which you look upto.  Write a blog on the above given questions and share your blog link in the Google Classroom. Remember to check- in. Happy Learning!!!

      Mahesh Dattani is considered to be one of the most comprehensive dramatists in modern Indian theatre. Dattani has a very strong passion for theatrical art. He longs to present multicolored Indian life and sensibility. It is because of this he had set his eyes on the art of playwriting and stage performance.  Mahesh Dattani writes about the society and surroundings in which he lives. His creativity is a faithful and authentic expression of the first-hand experience and knowledge of the socio-cultural environment. He holds a mirror to make reality visible to the audience.  The play Final Solutions critically intervenes in the post- independence era which has a communally vitiated socio-political scenario. Film Screening Mahesh Dattani’s "Final Solutions" TV Movie - Available on Zee5 App Director - Mahesh Dattani Starring - Uttara Baokar,Samta Sagar, Vipin Sharma CLICK HERE for further reading.  Thinking Task:-  This thinking tas...

  Hello Learners, Here I am sharing a Worksheet :- Screening of short film “An Astrologer’s Day” based on R.K.Narayan’s “An Astrologer’s Day”. Read the blog and share your response in your blog. Share the blog link in the Comment section and Google Classroom. Click here to read the original short story Click on Watch on Youtube Pre-Viewing Tasks: Observe the setting, plot, character, structure, style, theme of the original short story.   While - Viewing Tasks: The beginning Important Scenes – The encounter with Guru Nayak, The conversation with wife, The market scene The End The Climax Scene   Post – Viewing Tasks: (Give responses to these questions in your blog and share the blog link in the comment section here and also in the Google Classroom) ·          How faithful is the movie to the original short story? ·          After watching the movie, have your perce...

  Hello Learners, We all have our favorite song/poem which gives us a way of life and is relatable to us. Bob Dylan and Robert Frost are the two American icons who have won so many hearts with their words.  Bob Dylan (1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist and is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. While Robert Lee Frost (1874 –1963) was an American poet and regarded as one of the most amazing poets of all time. Let’s know more about them through this presentation: - Bob Dylan and Robert Frost from the  Department of English MKBU CLICK HERE for further reading.   Thinking Task- 1.) Which is your favorite Poet/Lyricist? Why? 2.) Share some lines from the Bob Dylan songs that you feel are relatable to you. Also, write the themes visible in those lines. 3.)  Share some lines from the Robert Frost poems that you feel are relatable to you. Also, write the themes visible in those lines. 4.) Post the pic...

Hello Learners, Here I am sharing a blog on Transcendentalism. TRANSCENDENTALISM is a very formal word that describes a very simple idea. People, men, and women equally, have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that "transcends" or goes beyond what they can see, hear, taste, touch, or feel. This knowledge comes through intuition and imagination, not through logic or the senses. People can trust themselves to be their own authority on what is right. A TRANSCENDENTALIST is a person who accepts these ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of understanding life relationships. What is American Transcendentalism?   Transcendentalism from the  Department of English MKBU The individuals most closely associated with this new way of thinking were connected loosely through a group known as THE TRANSCENDENTAL CLUB, which met in the Boston home of GEORGE RIPLEY. Their chief publication was a periodical called "The Dial," edited by Margaret Full...