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Orientalism by Edward W. Said.. #Identify any 5 concepts related Orientalism from the interview of Edward Said... ***Orientalism is ... Orientalism is a term used by art historians and literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian cultures. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the West. ***What is Orientalism??? "Orientalism” is a way of seeing that imagines, emphasizes, exaggerates and distorts differences of Arab peoples and cultures as compared to that of Europe and the U.S. It often involves seeing Arab culture as exotic, backward, uncivilized, and at times dangerous. Edward W. Said, in his groundbreaking book, Orientalism, defined it as the acceptance in the West of “the basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories, epics, novels, social descriptions, and political accounts concerning the Ori...

On the Sunday, 9th September 2018, we watched two movies, the first one is Midnight's Children and the  second was "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"(A Novel written by Mohsin Hamid) directed by Mira Nair. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a 2012 political thriller drama film based on the 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, directed by Mira Nair, starring Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson in lead.The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a post-9/11 story about the impact of the Al Qaeda attacks on one Pakistani man and his treatment by Americans in reaction to them. Film review with the postcolonial perspective:- The movie “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” focuses upon the theme of racism and an American Dream of a young man Changez Khan and his journey of becoming a reluctant fundamentalist. There are two meanings of fundamentals have been used, first in business and another is in terrorism. The concept of racism we find in the entire movie. When the Ameri...

9th September 2018, Sunday.. Department of English... Films Review: Midnight's Chldren's... On Sunday, 9th September 2018, we had film screening of the two films first was "Midnight's Children" [Novel written by Salman Rushdie] directed by Deepa Mehta  So, my task to give review of these film with the perspectives of The Postcolonial Studies. ° Midnight's Children:- Salman Rushdie's novel, "Midnight's children" was well appraised by readers, having won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker prize but also much criticized, especially from political leaders. One of them, the famous Indira Gandhi actually sued Rushdie for one sentence, which depicted her as guilty for her husband's death. The political leader won and the sentence was removed. However, I believe Rushdie is not an author easily sanctioned or criticized. His other novels  are banned in some Asian countries. However, when you are willing to tell the truth, ...

Pre-Thinking Activity: Reflecting Life Experience about Abnormal Situations... This Blog is about Pre-Thinking task given by Guest lecturer Dr. Jay Mehta who is an expert in teaching short story especially the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer. So,this task is to give the answer to the given questions... Questions:- 01. Recollect a moment of your life when you were at the height of ferocity (anger) on someone with/without some specific reason. What did you feel like speaking to or doing with that person? # Many times I felt height of ferocity. I am very short tempered girl..In my imagination, I punch on many,they don't get hurt but I feel satisfied ... To be honest, I hate liars and most probably I met liars in my life..Still I can't understand if I was real with them, then what is the need of this kind of fakeness or butterpolishing.. what they got from this??? still it's miserable.. some of my dear friends who feel jealous from me they a...

Movie review of Lagaan: Once upon a time in India..... 15th August 2018, Bhavnagar... Department of English has organised the Movie screening of Lagaan.. I was not able to seen the movie at department but I saw at home..I love to watch movies for entertainment... Or I can say, I m watching all the movie for time pass.. But,when I entered into Department of English I watched movies for  blog writing or as a part of my syllabus.. Lagaan was directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, produced by Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan, and written by Ashutosh Gowariker and Abbas Tyrewala. The film is set in the Victorian period of India's colonial British Raj. The film was shot in an ancient village near Bhuj, India. As a English literature students,i have to analyse the movie with the help of various literary theories, approaches and different perspectives. 1)Post Colonialism 2)Nationalism 3)Indianess 4)Patriarchy 5)Cricket as metaphor 6)Subaltern 7)Rural India 8...

ELT: Interaction with Professor Dr. Javed Hussain Khan... 16/17/18 August 2018, Bhavnagar... Departmenet of English, Maharaja Krishna Kumar Sinhji Bhavnagar University organised three day's interaction with expert of SP University of VallabhVidhyaNagar,Dr. Javed Khan Sir.. Dr. Javed Khan deal with us on ELT [English Language Teaching] and how to prepared for NET/SLET exam... These Three days session seems very fruitful and beneficial for all the students. We have learnt so many important things about ELT by ELT specialist Javed Khan Sir.. On the First Day,Sir discussed about NET/SLET.. We all know, that Net/slet is a very big challenge for all the students. It is very hard to pass out the exam. Dr. Javed Sir gave valuable instructions about the preparation for NET/SLET In both the classes ( SEM 1 & 3)... On the second Day, Sir taught us about Initiation to ELT in higher education and English for specific purpose (ESP): The academic angle... #Teachi...

" To The Lighthouse" Blog task...             # "To the Lighthouse"  is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf . The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle  of Skye  in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. 1] How can you explain that 'what' Virginia Woolf wanted to say (for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everyday battles that people are at in their relationship with near and dear ones, the struggle of a female artist against the values of middle/upper class society etc) can only be said in the way she has said? (Key: The 'How' of the narrative technique is to be discussed along with features of Stream of Consciousness technique which helps Woolf to put in effective manner what she experienced in abstractions.) ∆ Virginia Woolf is the master of stream of consciousness. she was fully conscious about the inadequacy of human relationship. one of the main reason of the failure to establish satisf...