Assignment Sem-2

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Assignment Sem-1

Assignment Paper :- 101  Click Here

Assignment Paper :- 102  Click Here

Assignment Paper :- 103  Click Here

Assignment Paper :-104   Click Here

Assognment Paper :-105  Click Here

Poetry

 

• The Daffodils…Click Here
• The Soldier…Click Here
• Ozymandias…Click Here
• Fear no More…Click Here
• Prayer before Birth…Click Here

Novel

 

• The Bluest Eye , Tony Morrison…Click Here
• Far From the Madding Crowd…Click Here
• The Namesake…Click Here
• Animal Farm…Click Here
• Heart of Darkness…Click Here
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…Click Here
• Moby-Dick…Click Here

Short-Stories

• A Cup of Tea …Click Here
• The Postmaster…Click Here
• A True Story,Mark Twain…Click Here
• Blow up with Ship - Wilkie Collins…Click Here
• The Nightingale and Rose - Oscar Wilde…Click Here
• Quality - John Galsworthy…Click Here
• The Black Cat' - Edgar Allan Poe…Click Here
• The Trunk of Ganesha …Click Here

sem - 2 Thinking Activities

 

1. W.B.Yeats Poems…Click Here

2. Frame Study…Click Here

3. The Great Dictators…Click Here

4. 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' by Earnest Hemingway…Click Here

5. The West Land by T.S.Eliot…Click Here

6. Trends and Movements…Click Here

7. 'The Birches' by Robert Frost…Click Here

8. 'Tradition and Individual Talent ' by T.S.Eliot…Click Here

9. Characteristics of the Comedy of Menace…Click Here

10. The Great Gatsby…Click Here

11. Existentialism : Flipped Learning…Click Here

12. Indian Poetics…Click Here

13. Transcendentalism…Click Here

14. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett…Click Here

15. Practical Criticism - Figurative Language…Click Here

16. War Poetry…Click Here

17. Northrop Frye…Click Here

18. Breath by Samuel Beckett…Click Here

19. Orlando by Virginia Woolf…Click Here

20. Assignment Paper :- 106…Click Here

21. Assignment Paper :- 107…Click Here

22. Assignment Paper :- 108…Click Here

23. Assignment Paper :- 109…Click Here

24. Assignment Paper :- 110…Click Here

sem -1 Thinking Activities

 

• 'Life Of Pi' by Yann Martel…Click Here
• Worksheet, 'Aristotle's Poetics'...Click Here
  
• Biography of 'Edmund Spencer…Click Here
  
• Pride and Prejudice…Click Here
  
• Thinking Skill - Workshop…Click Here
  
• Visiting Victoria Park…Click Here
  
• Macbeth…Click Here
  
• Bridge Course - Wardsworth's Preface…Click Here
  
• Rape of the Lock…Click Here
  
• Post -Truth(Sunday Reading)...Click Here
  
• Frankenstein…Click Here
  
• A Tale of Tub…Click Here
  
• Teacher's Day Celebration…Click Here
  
• Dryden(Sunday Reading)...Click Here
  
• Lockdown Poem by Simon Armitage…Click Here AA
• History of Puritan and Restoration Age…Click Here
  
• A Tale of Tub( Creative & Critical Activity)...Click Here
  
• Absalom and Achitophel…Click Here
  
• The Victorian Poets…Click Here
  
• Hard Times…Click Here
  
• Title of the Novel 'Jude the Obscure'...Click Here
  
• Youth Festival…Click Here
  
• Importance of Being Earnest ' by Oscar Wilde…Click Here
  
• Assignment Paper :- 101Click Here
  
• Assignment Paper :- 102Click Here
  
• Assignment Paper :- 103Click Here
  
• Assignment Paper :- 104Click Here
  

Assignment Paper :- 105Click Here

Drama

 

• The Bluest Eye , Tony Morrison…Click Here
• Far From the Madding Crowd…Click Here
  
• The Namesake…Click Here
  
• Animal Farm…Click Here
  
• Heart of Darkness…Click Here
  
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…Click Here
  
• Moby-Dick…Click Here

Final Solution

 Hello Everyone, I'm a student of the Department of English,M.K.B.U. This blog is a part of a thinking activity and it is assigned by Alpa  Ma'am. In this blog we have to share our experiences related to drama performance and also review movie screening.

Introduction :-

'Final Solution' is a drama written by an Indian Playwright Mahesh Dattani. In this Play ,He deals with the theme of communalism. In this play Dattani applies religious consciousness and prejudices towards different religions. He presents communalist attitudes and stereotypes prevalent in the society which influence to have a sensibility of hatred of one community against another.

About the Playwright :-

Mahesh Dattani (born 7 August 1958) is an Indian director, actor, playwright and writer. He wrote such plays like., Final Solutions,Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, Tara, Thirty Days in September 2007  and The Big Fat City.

He is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award. His plays have been directed by eminent directors like Arvind Gaur, Alyque Padamsee and Lillete Dubey.

About the Drama :-

"Final Solutions" is a play by Mahesh Dattani that explores communal tensions and the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots. The story revolves around a Hindu family that is forced to confront their biases and prejudices when a Muslim man seeks refuge in their home. The play delves into themes of identity, prejudice, and the complexities of human relationships in the context of religious conflict.

There is a story of an old widow lady Hardika,who is reading her diary and recalling her past. So, in this Play there are two stories going on in similar time,one is Hardika's family and another is Daksha's (Hardika) story.

Here are several questions which are given by Alpa Ma'am.

1.)What is the significance of the title "Final Solutions" and what is the final solution of the play?

The significance of the title “Final Solutions” by Mahesh Dattani lies in its multi-layered meaning and its connection to the themes explored in the play. The title itself is a reference to the Holocaust, specifically the Nazi regime’s plan for the systematic extermination of Jews, known as the “Final Solution.”

However, in Dattani’s play, the term “Final Solutions” takes on a broader and metaphorical meaning. The play, set in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, addresses the issue of religious communalism and its destructive consequences. Dattani’s use of the title “Final Solutions” suggests that the play is not just about a specific incident or event but rather about the larger problem of communal disharmony and the urgent need for resolution.

By choosing this title, Dattani highlights the gravity of the issue and the urgency to find lasting solutions to the deep-rooted conflicts in society. It serves as a reminder that the consequences of communal disharmony can be devastating and that finding a way to coexist peacefully is crucial.

2.)What was the difference you observed in the movie and play you performed?

There are so many differences between the movie and the play,which we have performed. For e.g. the stage is well organised, the characters can deliver the correct message to their audience. And the corus were also performed well compared to us. A play which we had performed we tried our best to express feelings as per the actions ,but at some places we were not able to express feelings with the actions and in some times we failed to deliver the message to our audience. In short, I have observed that the organisation and performance is better than our performance.

3.) Share your thoughts on understanding drama through drama-based pedagogy or involvement in  theatrical practices.

Throughout these practices of drama I observed that involvement is a very important part of the drama, without involvement an actor can not act well and the audience cannot get the message or they can't enjoy the drama. I got this idea from one activity or a game which is done during these drama classes. 

That game was 'Imagination', in this game alpa Ma'am were instruct us and we had to imagine and  act as per her instructions. In that game many of us who can imagine and are involved in that they can act very well even  they can really cry, and others who are not involved in this they can't do act as per the instructions.

Through this I got the message that involvement and imagination is the most important part of the drama performance.

As per my experience now, I can say that.,

 "Drama is meant to be performed, not read." This reflects the idea that the true essence of drama is experienced through live performances rather than simply reading the script.

4.) What kind of skills do you develop while undergoing the preparation process for a performance and how?

Throughout the preparation of the drama performance I have learnt lots of things like how to perform, what are the basic rules for performing a drama on stage, how to imagine things and how to take position on stage. During the preparation I can get the idea of how difficult it is to remember the dialogues, and how we should perform. 

Through this preparation of the performance of drama I have developed various skills.like., Remembrance of the dialogues, Imagination skills, group building, leadership,how to act, expression of the emotions,etc.

I developed these skills only by the practical session of the learning drama. In these classes we have to perform on the selected scenes of the play 'Final Solution' written by Mahesh Dattani. In this practical session we have to practise collaboratively , by that process we learnt how to do something in group. During the performance, we have to follow some rules of the stage performance like , how to stand , how to attract the audience,etc.  As we have to perform the play ,we have to remember some dialogues and we have to speak dialogues orally and also we have to express feelings as per the dialogues, so through this we learnt how to express feelings and how to remember the dialogues. In this performance we organised stage by our own with the help of ma'am that's why we learnt how to organise stage and what kind of sat-up is needed into the performance of the play. 

Photography Workshop

 Hello Everyone, I'm a student of the Department of English M.K.B.U. This blog is a part of the Sunday reading task which is given by Dr.Dilip Barad sir. In this blog we have to explain our personal view for the photography workshop which is organised by the Department Of English,M.K.B.U.

On 17th August,the Department of English organised a wonderful and very useful Photography workshop. As our Department had made several committees for different works,this workshop has been organised by our 'Art and Creativity Committee Leaders'.

Anchor :- Trushali Dadiya 

Workshop by :- Mr. Kaushik Ghelani

Floral Welcome :- Riya Bhatt

Oral Welcome :- Avani Jani

Feedback by :- Hetal Pathak, Hina Parmar , Dhatri                               Parmar, Bhumiba Gohil

This workshop is decided into two sessions. In the first session Mr. Kaushik Ghelani sir taught us how to click photos and how we should view a photograph and in the second was like a concluding session in which some feedbacks ,gifts were given. Anchoring of this workshop is done by semester three's student Trushali Dodiya. We also gave invitations to the students of Life Science to join this session and they were happily joined in this workshop. 

Mr. Kaushik Ghelani, a wildlife photographer and storyteller by passion and by profession.He calls himself Aaranyak, a Sanskrit word that means a person who roams freely in the forest. That’s what he is and that’s what he does for the past 12 years. An observer at heart he started perceiving nature out of curiosity. Initially, he used to like roaming around farms and having delightful conversations about their Kheater with his father. They used to talk about changing seasons and migrating birds and whatnot.

 "From all the family conversations I started growing curious. And that curiosity took me to the jungle."

-Kaushik Ghelani 

This workshop is very interesting and important for us. In this workshop we got the idea of how to click a perfect photo and how one can see our photograph. According to him photography is not only a photo but it is a story. there are mainly two types of photographs which one can click that are like a photograph which taken by chance and another is a photograph which is taken by intention or a pre-planned.

He said that the photograph is divided into three parts.

1. Fore Ground

2. Mid Ground

3. Background

He also introduced us to various types of photographs. 

• Aesthetics of photography

• Golden point

• One third preposition

• Centre Focus Rule

• Symmetry [ mirror effect,

• Geometric shapes  shapes like round

• Leading lines :- unfinished lines are there

• Head/ Leading room :- direction where subject looks

• Depth of field:- attention to layors of your photograph

• Break the rule :- suddenly take a photograph which gives a story

• Shot should be 5 second

1). Aesthetics of photography :-

Beautiful and Aesthetic and attractive photographs are there in this type of photography.

2).Golden point :-

In this type of photo there is one object which attracts viewers.

3).One third preposition :-

In this type of photography,camera focuses on three objects at one similar time.

4).Centre Focus Rule :-

Camera focuses on the centre and this photograph's central object is most important.

5).Symmetry :-

Reflection or a mirror effect is there in this type of photography.

6).Geometric shapes :-

Some geometric shapes were there in this type of photography.

7).Leading lines :- 

Some kind of unfinished lines we find in this type of photography.

8).Head/ Leading room :- 

In this type of photography, the head of the subject is very important. In short,the photograph leads viewers in the direction where the subject looks.

9).Depth of field:-

In this type of photography we find some layers. 

10).Break the rule :- 

In this type of photography, the photo does not follows any rule of the photography but though it gives a story  

After that he showed us two short films, one was on world environment day and another was on his photography. Also he introduced us to various rules of short filmmaking. After that he gave us a task to click five photographs which gave a story from the university campus. In that task , three students got ranks for their photography, among them two are from the English Department and one is from the Life Science Department. The Winners got a gift from Kaushik Ghelani sir. The name of the winners are like.,

1 . Avani Jani (first rank)

2. Dhruvi (second rank)

3. Drashti Joshi (third rank)

 

Avani jani's Photograph :-

Dhruvi's photograph:-

Drashti Joshi's Photograph :-

With the feedback of the students  we conclude our photography workshop. It was a very useful, knowledgeable and interesting workshop and in this workshop we got various new things related to photography.

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