Introduction Indian English literature associates to that body of work by writers from India, who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the various regional and indigenous languages of India. In Indian English writings Kashi Prasad is known to be the first Indian poet writing in English. Sochee Chunder Dutt was the first writer of fiction. In the beginning, thematic base was politics and can be seen in the Raja Ram Mohan Roy. And later he had dedicated
Steele 1 Jacob Steele English 11 Monday, June 15th Sherman Alexie and N. Scott Momaday Essay Alexie and Momaday have in a lot of things in common and some main differences too. Sherman Alexie and N. Scott Momaday have a lot in common, they both are famous poets and have many awards. Sherman Alexie was awarded the National Book Award for Young People's Literature this one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to admit great literary work by US citizens
The distinctiveness of Indian theatrical tradition in the dramatic cultures of the world—its antiquity as well as its aesthetic appeal—is more or less indisputable today. The roots of theatre in India are ancient and deep-seated. Theatrical expression of some kind or the other has been since primitive and mythic times, an integral part of Indian life. Our knowledge about the initial, primitive stage of theatrical activity in India is very meagre. However one can safely say that theatre in India as
Shastri became Prime Minister, he decided to run with Hindi and English . When in 1949 was named the first official language of Hindi Hindi spreading south and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had constituted meeting of the 15-year tenure at the Hindi slang made popular in South India but it did not happen . Hindi was given the status of official language in 1949, when it was decided to January 26, 1965, the only official language of the Indian Union will be the only Hindi. But after a lapse of 15 years when
American Literature is seen as an outline of the narrations of multiple authors from different time periods establishing their stories based on historical changes and literary movements in America (“What is American Literature?”). Through such changes, American Literature acts as a means for depicting and creating new viewpoints for the American audience. Throughout the course of the semester, we have taken into account multiple books of American Literature from the Colonial and Romantic Period.
dominant language. Furthermore, even within a language, there are different varieties, such as in the case of English, where a multitude of varieties exist, including British English, American English, Hong Kong English, and Indian English. These branches can be broken down even further, and can be seen in one instance using British English as an example. Within the broad umbrella of British English, there exists a number of regional dialects, such as Cockney, Cheshire, and the most popular variant, Received
The role of writing strategies in the process of writing has become more and more important and differences between more and less proficient learners have been found in the number and range of strategies used, in how the strategies are applied to the task, and in appropriateness of the strategies for the tasks (Chien, 2010; Hu & Chen, 2007; Mu & Carrington, 2007; Ridhuan & Abdullah, 2009). This implies the interplay of a number of components for successful application of writing strategies. Having
Until the beginning of the 20th century there was no formal education available for Dalits. Dalit literature as a genre emerged only in 1970’s through some of the Dalit protest movements in Maharshtra and Andhra Pradesh. Dalit literature is the literature produced by the Dalit consciousness. Human freedom is the inspiration behind it. Dalit literature must be written from the Dalit point of view and with a Dalit vision. The “Dalit view point” calls for writer to internalise the sorrows and sufferings
Manusmriti, the Hitopdesha and teachings of Buddha. For him nature stands as an endless circle of spirituality and divinity. The natural ambience resembles man’s own spirit and endeavours for concord and unison. Gandhi was devoted to the preaching of Indian scriptures. His idea of non-violence is the essence of the Gita. He believed that in the divine surrounding of nature human soul attains liberation from the bondages of corporeal frame. The prophets believed that nature inspires man to procure divinity
rejection of her social, physical and spatial immobilities through an achievement of hybridity by the end of the novel is a reflection of her upward mobility and newfound agency. John Hutnyk discusses hybridity in the contest of diasporas in his essay in Chapter 9: Hybridity of the Diasporas text. Hutnyk sets up hybridity as “the contact point of a diaspora” (Hutnyk 59). The process of moving from assimilation to integration into the culture of a new place presents a cultural mixing that allows