Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
V Semester Literary theory class notes 2
11 June 2010
Continuation...
A study of anything in a university converts it into a discipline. The institution prescribes a set of writers and thinkers as the authentic thinkers and writers. There is first choice of names then the choice of texts and then the choice of methods.
After the choice of names there are only a select texts of that name that are prescribed. For example the most studied work of Marx is “capitol”, although there are many other works of his which might even be better which are not being studied.
John Donne was never a favourite until T.S. Eliot started writing. Eliot was a philosopher who wrote a powerful essay called, “metaphysical poets”. Eliot in his works put Shakespeare first then Donne then himself and then other writers. He completely ruled out Wordsworth from his choice of writers.
F.R Leavis was in the department of English at Cambridge. He drew two categories: one was the Great tradition, the other minor tradition.
All the writers that Eliot referred to were the Great traditions and others which he considered ‘small’, such as Emily Dickinson and Bronte sisters came under minor traditions.
Also since the past hundred years the English taught in India is the one prescribed by him and has yet not been challenged!
Now the problem that occurred was that the names that he considered small were actually great. For example in Shakespear’s time Christopher Marlow was equally famous.
Coming to methods, disciplines usually use the existing methods. For which they went to philosophy.
Hermeneutic is a school of philosophy which is the theory of interpretation. It was interpretation of primarily The Bible. They tried to read and understand what God said and what God meant when he said those words.
So the theory suggested that Author, like God, has produced something and, to put it in Mr. Pinto’s words, “you waste your lifetime trying to understand what he meant.”
This was also an effort of secularizing the method.
So the question asked constantly is, “What did the author perhaps mean when he wrote?”
And examinations are exactly a test of whether the screwing in of this question has been successful or not. It is a training to think in a particular way and to stop any creativity or thought process.
The next question is,
“How do I know what the author meant?”
Therefore to know what he/she really meant, their biographies were studied.
Was Shakespeare gay?
Start reading about his life
Start reading the text more closely
Make connections!
Then came the formalist approach. Form referring to and paying more attention to structure and discouraging history. Seeking an interpretation which has all its evidences in the text itself.
This was introduced by I.A. Richards who was the first H.O.D. of English in Cambridge at the age of 24 years!
He gave the same poem to two different classes say A and B. But with different names. To class A he gave the poem saying it is by someone called John, and to class B he gave the same poem informing that its by someone called Joan.
Now class A had very positive views of the poems appreciating its style and structure and so on. Whereas class B considered the poem not worthy of praise and discarded it as a poem with nothing to appreciate.
This experiment proved that the readers had connected the names to the sex of the poet and were hence biased.
Therefore Richard suggested that knowing the history of a writer can make you biased, which is why one must concentrate only on the text.
Both these methods continued to be dominant till 1950’s. After which comes “Structuralism” and changes literature and the way it is studied. Mr. Pinto is happy that it happened and promises to explain it in the next class.
V Semester Literary theory class notes 1
07 JUNE 2010
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY
People have been writing for many years, writings also referring to what cave men did on walls of their caves.
Anything that records human thought on a surface is writing, which also includes paintings. One example of pictorial writing is the Chinese script.
Till 19th century there was a separate category of writers. Before which there was nothing called ‘Literature’.
It was only in the 20th century that it became a discipline. And because it became a discipline it had to form boundaries and rules. It has to be defined under a category.
The need for English Literature was felt after the First World War. Primarily because of nationalist reasons, which had become a major concept. And hence things like passports and visas came into existence. Boundaries became more rigid than ever. And yet nations exist only in imagination.
People and government became strongly conscious of their identity.
This lead to the birth of Literature.
Till now throughout England only German writings and philosophies were studied in universities. Therefore it was impossible to generate hate towards Germany and a sense of nationalism and patriotism when the majority population loves and appreciates the works of German men.
For these reasons German works were displaced by English Literature. Hence Literature evolved on the death bed of philosophy. Literature borrows its tools from theology and philosophy.
However in the selection of texts there was a clear bias for the aristocracy and their writings. All the prescribed texts were from the higher class of the society. All the great ideas were a part of a marketing strategy.
Now some texts were treated as special and some not special. The one’s treated as special were prescribed and appreciated. However what made them special had no logic to it.
Pinto, Anil. Class lecture. Introduction to Literary Theory. Christ University. Bangalore, India. 07 June 2010.
Friday, June 11, 2010
American Literature Expectations of II year JPEng class
Following are the expectation from the American Literature paper that the students of II Year JPEng voiced. I have given my replies in the brackets. Thanks Sammitha Sreevatsa for noting them down and emailing.
- Opportunities for oral presentation based CIA (Time constraint may not allow)
-interactive sessions (Yes)
-detailed explanation (Considering that a BA is a higher education programme I intend to lecture around specific concerns pertaining to American literature in the Indian/Bangalore context. Hence, apart from necessary explanation which is crucial to understand the text, I may not go beyond. However, I am open to clarifying any doubt. )
-made simple (Sure)
-less theoretical (yes. The concerns will be located in the texts)
-space for self exploration (Sure. All for it.)
-Should be able us to relate to what's contemporary (Absolutely)
-Background/ contextual explanation (Sure)
-Plays given as much importance as poetry and stories (Ok)
-variety in approaches (Not suer as of now. Let's see how it unfolds)
-providing reference sources (sure, you can also collaborate)
-to be told whats expected from us exam point of view. (Sure)
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Useful resource to learn from Ivy league colleges
Here is the link to this site where a lot of top notch Ivy league college lectures on various topics are put up. This might help like a certificate course or can help you in supplementing your subject lectures. There are some interesting online courses too.
http://academicearth.org
http://academicearth.org
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
32ND ALL-INDIA CONFERENCE OF LINGUISTS 21-23 December 2010
32ND ALL-INDIA CONFERENCE OF LINGUISTS
21-23 December 2010 at Lucknow
Contact: 32aicl at gmail.com
For more details visit the site: http://sites.google.com/site/
http://www.h-net.org/announce/
Prithviraj Thakur
Assistant Professor of English,
G.S. Science, Arts and Commerce College,
Khamgaon.
Phone: (91) (09881721193)
National Conference on Methods, Materials and Techniques of Teaching English Language 24 - 25June 2010
National Conference on Methods, Materials and Techniques of Teaching English Language: Call for Papers
Dates: 24 - 25June 2010
Organized by the Department of English, Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy-Choudary College, Guntur - 522 006, Andhra Pradesh, India
As the theme of seminar is intended to address many issues bearing on language teaching and learning, papers related to different areas of language teaching and learning are also invited. Original and well-documented papers may be sent to the following address along with the registration fee of 250/-: Dr V. Pala Prasada Rao, 2-12-165; Stambalagaruvu (Po); Guntur; Pin Code: 522006.
Dr V Pala Prasada Rao <prasadarao.jkccollege at gmail.
Dates: 24 - 25June 2010
Organized by the Department of English, Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy-Choudary College, Guntur - 522 006, Andhra Pradesh, India
As the theme of seminar is intended to address many issues bearing on language teaching and learning, papers related to different areas of language teaching and learning are also invited. Original and well-documented papers may be sent to the following address along with the registration fee of 250/-: Dr V. Pala Prasada Rao, 2-12-165; Stambalagaruvu (Po); Guntur; Pin Code: 522006.
Dr V Pala Prasada Rao <prasadarao.jkccollege at gmail.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 03, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
INTERNSHIP DETAILS FOR 2nd FEP students
IMPORTANT- THE INTERNSHIP DIARIES ARE A MUST.... ENTRIES MADE IN ANY OTHER NOTEBOOK WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
(refer facebook- FEP 2011 group)
Internship Guidelines
· The students of the Communicative English programme are required to undertake an internship of not less the 30 working days at any one of the following media organizations-
o Television,
o Radio organizations;
o PR firms,
o Advertising agencies,
o Event management companies;
o Theatre groups/organizations;
o Any other organization approved by the programme coordinator.
· The internship, which is a mandatory requirement for the completion of the Communicative English programme is to be undertaken during the fourth semester break.
· Faculty members from the department will be assigned to groups of students as guides.
o 08D4401- 08D4418 – Ms. Abhaya, (abhaya.nb@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4419 - 08D4434 – Ms. Tana, (tana.trivedijoshi@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4435 - 08D4448 – Dr. Sagarika, (sagarika.golder@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4449 - 08D4463 – Mr. Anil Pinto, (anil.pinto@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4464 - 08D4479 – Ms. Renu, (renu.elizabeth@christuniversity.in)
· The students will have to be in touch with the guides during the internship period either by meeting them in person, speaking over the phone and through the internet.
· The students will have to give the guide weekly reports of the work they have done at the organization.
· Regular contact with the guide, submission of regular weekly reports and maintaining regular internship diary/record carry 10 marks.
· At the place of internship, the students are advised to be in constant touch with their mentors.
· The students should work towards creating a portfolio of the work they have done for the organization.
· At the end of the required period of internship the students will submit a written report of their internship. The report should be submitted when the University opens for the V semester.
Format of weekly report to be emailed regularly to the guide
Joining report:
Personal Details
· Your contact no (mobile):
· Your personal email:
· Your current address:
· Home Phone:
Organisation Details
· Name:
· Address:
· Phone:
· Mail:
Job Details
· Department in which you are appointed:
· Job profile:
· Working Hours:
· Name of your immediate boss:
· Email:
· Mobile:
Ist weekend report
Please include whatever is relevant out of the following details in this report. A brief write-up on each topic is fine:
Rough organizational structure. (Owner, MD, Heads,.....)
Your time schedule
Details of your responsibility in the organization/department
Summary of your responsibilities and daily programme
Projects that you have completed/on going in this week
New leanings from the organistion
Relationship with your immediate boss in the organisation
Difficulties that you have faced in organisation
to interact with boss, management, team workers...
to understand the industry working situation
to keep time
travel and food
Team work
Challenges
Plan for the next week, if any.
Any other relevant detail.
IInd weekend report
Please include whatever is relevant out of the following details in this report. A brief write-up on each topic is fine:
· Project done/in progress
· Include the links/evidence of your projects/article (if any)
· Organisational work culture...
· New learnings/Innovative ideas
· Challenges/difficulties that you are facing in the organisation/team if any.
· some details on next project/s
· Any other relevant detail.
IIIrd weekend report
Please include whatever is relevant out of the following details in this report. A brief write-up on each topic is fine:
Project done/in progress
Include the links/evidence of your projects/article (if any)
How do you understand/look at the organization today as compared to your first impression?
New learnings/Innovative ideas
Challenges/difficulties that you are facing in the organisation/team if any.
some details on next project/s
How do you compare the class room learning (theory and practical) with industry exposure
Any other relevant detail.
Things that you need to get from the organization
Notes,
Rough draft of work done
Cuttings of printed articles
Photographs
Proof of ideas/your contribution
Note- If the organization does not permit students to keep copies of their work (some client work may be confidential), a letter describing the work done by the student must be provided by the organization.
In case, evidence is not available for the work/soft skills, the student shall get letters duly signed from the mentor or persons under which they have worked. For this the student needs to consult with the guide.
Your internship diary must be maintained everyday according to the format given and duly signed by your mentor every day. In case getting a signature everyday is difficult get it signed at the end of each week.
The report along with other mention items should also contain a letter in a sealed envelope from the organization, evaluating the students’ work. So please remember to get a letter from the organization before you leave.
Format of the Final Report
The report shall have the following parts.
· Title Page
· Declaration of the Student
· Declaration of the Guide (get signature from HOD and Guide from University)
· Letter from college
· Certificate/letter from Organization
· Acknowledgments
· Content page
· Introduction to the Course
· Aims and Objectives of the Internship
· Reasons for choosing the organization
· Profile of the Organization
· Organizational structure
· Job Description
o Appointment
o Duration
· Tasks undertaken
· Task Analysis
· Challenges/limitations of the Internship
· Retrospection/Conclusion
· Appendices (Attested portfolio of work done in the organization)
Style Sheet: The format for the internship report
Title page: Centered and Bold – 14 & 12 – Times New Roman
Logo of the college in title page: black, uniform in size
Page numbers: Roman numerals
I. Student’s declaration
II. Declaration of the guide
III. Letter from the College
IV. Employer’s letter (letter of successful completion)
V. Acknowledgement
Content page
· Do not number this page
· CONTENTS : bold +centered + caps
· Items: regular
Introduction to the Course
Page number begins form this page
Aims and objectives of the internship
Reasons for the choice of work place
Keep it precise
Profile of the work place
Max 3 pages
Brief history
Important facts
Organizational structure
Job description/nature of work
Duration of internship
Manner of employment
Working hours
Reported to
Assigned tasks by
Worked under/Mentor in the organization
Areas of work
Task and analyses
· Divide the task into categories and describe them: analyze all the tasks together
· Main title: Tasks And Analyses : 14 + bold + centered
· Subtitle : Tasks : 12 + bold + left aligned
· Task description and the analysis should be in third person and passive voice. (The intern was…)
Task analysis
What did you learn?
What skills did you acquire?
How did your course help you to do the work?
Challenges faced/Limitations of the internship
List the challenges you faced during the internship
Conclusion and retrospection
Narrative in first person.
Max 2 pages
Appendices
Signed proof of all your work done
The students must discuss with the guide the contents of appendix.
Any evidence in your appendix which is not signed is invalid.
Neatly label your appendices I, II, III, IV…
Proof read the entire report,
Page numbers: centre + bottom,
Paragraphs should be justified,
For bibliography footnotes follow MLA Style.
Headings- size 14, in bold and underlined
Body Font- Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 spacing.
Dates of submission
First draft due on June 15th , 2010
Second draft due on July 1st , 2010
Final Reports due on July 15th , 2010
(refer facebook- FEP 2011 group)
Internship Guidelines
· The students of the Communicative English programme are required to undertake an internship of not less the 30 working days at any one of the following media organizations-
o Television,
o Radio organizations;
o PR firms,
o Advertising agencies,
o Event management companies;
o Theatre groups/organizations;
o Any other organization approved by the programme coordinator.
· The internship, which is a mandatory requirement for the completion of the Communicative English programme is to be undertaken during the fourth semester break.
· Faculty members from the department will be assigned to groups of students as guides.
o 08D4401- 08D4418 – Ms. Abhaya, (abhaya.nb@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4419 - 08D4434 – Ms. Tana, (tana.trivedijoshi@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4435 - 08D4448 – Dr. Sagarika, (sagarika.golder@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4449 - 08D4463 – Mr. Anil Pinto, (anil.pinto@christuniversity.in)
o 08D4464 - 08D4479 – Ms. Renu, (renu.elizabeth@christuniversity.in)
· The students will have to be in touch with the guides during the internship period either by meeting them in person, speaking over the phone and through the internet.
· The students will have to give the guide weekly reports of the work they have done at the organization.
· Regular contact with the guide, submission of regular weekly reports and maintaining regular internship diary/record carry 10 marks.
· At the place of internship, the students are advised to be in constant touch with their mentors.
· The students should work towards creating a portfolio of the work they have done for the organization.
· At the end of the required period of internship the students will submit a written report of their internship. The report should be submitted when the University opens for the V semester.
Format of weekly report to be emailed regularly to the guide
Joining report:
Personal Details
· Your contact no (mobile):
· Your personal email:
· Your current address:
· Home Phone:
Organisation Details
· Name:
· Address:
· Phone:
· Mail:
Job Details
· Department in which you are appointed:
· Job profile:
· Working Hours:
· Name of your immediate boss:
· Email:
· Mobile:
Ist weekend report
Please include whatever is relevant out of the following details in this report. A brief write-up on each topic is fine:
Rough organizational structure. (Owner, MD, Heads,.....)
Your time schedule
Details of your responsibility in the organization/department
Summary of your responsibilities and daily programme
Projects that you have completed/on going in this week
New leanings from the organistion
Relationship with your immediate boss in the organisation
Difficulties that you have faced in organisation
to interact with boss, management, team workers...
to understand the industry working situation
to keep time
travel and food
Team work
Challenges
Plan for the next week, if any.
Any other relevant detail.
IInd weekend report
Please include whatever is relevant out of the following details in this report. A brief write-up on each topic is fine:
· Project done/in progress
· Include the links/evidence of your projects/article (if any)
· Organisational work culture...
· New learnings/Innovative ideas
· Challenges/difficulties that you are facing in the organisation/team if any.
· some details on next project/s
· Any other relevant detail.
IIIrd weekend report
Please include whatever is relevant out of the following details in this report. A brief write-up on each topic is fine:
Project done/in progress
Include the links/evidence of your projects/article (if any)
How do you understand/look at the organization today as compared to your first impression?
New learnings/Innovative ideas
Challenges/difficulties that you are facing in the organisation/team if any.
some details on next project/s
How do you compare the class room learning (theory and practical) with industry exposure
Any other relevant detail.
Things that you need to get from the organization
Notes,
Rough draft of work done
Cuttings of printed articles
Photographs
Proof of ideas/your contribution
Note- If the organization does not permit students to keep copies of their work (some client work may be confidential), a letter describing the work done by the student must be provided by the organization.
In case, evidence is not available for the work/soft skills, the student shall get letters duly signed from the mentor or persons under which they have worked. For this the student needs to consult with the guide.
Your internship diary must be maintained everyday according to the format given and duly signed by your mentor every day. In case getting a signature everyday is difficult get it signed at the end of each week.
The report along with other mention items should also contain a letter in a sealed envelope from the organization, evaluating the students’ work. So please remember to get a letter from the organization before you leave.
Format of the Final Report
The report shall have the following parts.
· Title Page
· Declaration of the Student
· Declaration of the Guide (get signature from HOD and Guide from University)
· Letter from college
· Certificate/letter from Organization
· Acknowledgments
· Content page
· Introduction to the Course
· Aims and Objectives of the Internship
· Reasons for choosing the organization
· Profile of the Organization
· Organizational structure
· Job Description
o Appointment
o Duration
· Tasks undertaken
· Task Analysis
· Challenges/limitations of the Internship
· Retrospection/Conclusion
· Appendices (Attested portfolio of work done in the organization)
Style Sheet: The format for the internship report
Title page: Centered and Bold – 14 & 12 – Times New Roman
Logo of the college in title page: black, uniform in size
Page numbers: Roman numerals
I. Student’s declaration
II. Declaration of the guide
III. Letter from the College
IV. Employer’s letter (letter of successful completion)
V. Acknowledgement
Content page
· Do not number this page
· CONTENTS : bold +centered + caps
· Items: regular
Introduction to the Course
Page number begins form this page
Aims and objectives of the internship
Reasons for the choice of work place
Keep it precise
Profile of the work place
Max 3 pages
Brief history
Important facts
Organizational structure
Job description/nature of work
Duration of internship
Manner of employment
Working hours
Reported to
Assigned tasks by
Worked under/Mentor in the organization
Areas of work
Task and analyses
· Divide the task into categories and describe them: analyze all the tasks together
· Main title: Tasks And Analyses : 14 + bold + centered
· Subtitle : Tasks : 12 + bold + left aligned
· Task description and the analysis should be in third person and passive voice. (The intern was…)
Task analysis
What did you learn?
What skills did you acquire?
How did your course help you to do the work?
Challenges faced/Limitations of the internship
List the challenges you faced during the internship
Conclusion and retrospection
Narrative in first person.
Max 2 pages
Appendices
Signed proof of all your work done
The students must discuss with the guide the contents of appendix.
Any evidence in your appendix which is not signed is invalid.
Neatly label your appendices I, II, III, IV…
Proof read the entire report,
Page numbers: centre + bottom,
Paragraphs should be justified,
For bibliography footnotes follow MLA Style.
Headings- size 14, in bold and underlined
Body Font- Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 spacing.
Dates of submission
First draft due on June 15th , 2010
Second draft due on July 1st , 2010
Final Reports due on July 15th , 2010
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