Arundhati Roy's Novels

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Firstly I want to introduce that Who is Arundhati Roy?

◆ Arundhati Roy:

Arundhati Roy full name Suzanna Arundhati Roy, Born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. She is an Indian author, actress and political activity who was best known for the award-winning novel...The God of Small Things [1997] and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes.

◆ The God of Small Things :

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The Archetypes of Literature.... Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye, in full Herman Northrop Frye, Canadian educator and critic who wrote much on "Canadian Literature" and culture and became best known as one of the most important literary theorists of the 20th century. 1.What is Archetypal Criticism? What does the Archetypal critic do? In literary Criticism the term " archetype" denotes recurrent narratives designs, patterns of actions, character- type, themes & images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature, as well as in myths, dreams and even social rituals. Such recurrent items are held to be the result of elemental & universal forms or patterns in the human psyche, whose effective embodiment in a literary work evokes a profound response from the attentive reader, because he or she shares the psychic archetypes expressed by the author. 2.What is Frye trying to prove by giving an analogy of "Physics to Nature" & "Criticism to Literature"? Northrop...

Poem : The Old Woman by Joseph Campbell

Hello Readers, Here I'm sharing one poem named "The Old Woman" written by Joseph Campbell. ● About Author :- Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology & comparative religion. His work is vast , covering many aspects of the human experience. ● Poem : The Old Woman :- "The Old Woman" by Joseph Campbell is a poem projecting life of woman who is at the hand of her life with fulfilling all her roles of her life. Devided into 3 stanzas. This poem is a gem of simplicity. Note the three lovely comparisons. It is easy to see beauty in young woman , but it needs understanding & imangination to see the beauty of old age. Here the poet skillfully represents her beauty by comparing with nature elements. A very important figures of speech that is simile perfectly works here. In the very 1st stanza , the poet talks about her beauty which is as pure as a candle at a holy-plac...

assignment paper 8 Media Hegemony

Name :- Vidhya Pandya Semester :- MA -2 Roll No :- 32 Subject: -The Cultural Studies Enrolment No :- 2069108420190031 Year :- 2018-20 E-mail id: - vidhupandya10497@gmail.com Submitted to:- Department of English Paper no:- 8 Topic:- Media hegemony Media hegemony is a perceived process by which certain values and ways of thought promulgated through the mass media become dominant in society. It is seen in particular as reinforcing the capitalist system. Media hegemony has been presented as influencing the way in which reporters in the media – themselves subject to prevailing values and norms – select news stories and put them across. A form of hegemony The concept of hegemony, first put forward by Antonio Gramsci (1971), refers to the moral, philosophical, and political leadership of a social group, which is not gained by force but by an active consent of other social groups obtained by taking control of culture and ideology. During this process, the lea...

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