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Hello Readers, ●   Here I'm going to share my review with Literature. My 5 years Journey with studustu the Literature has been completed very soon. So , I have to given the view upon that that how after studying the Literature how personally It shaped me?     Though before writing, Let me clarify and  No one can denied that ....   Literature is a "Huge Ocean ,  No one can swallow all the things at one time, but after reading literature it becomes people more mature and more rational rather than other human beings. So after all, I've tried to quench my thirst by drinking a few sips from this huge ocean.☺️  I haven't well experienced of reading the whole literature so my views also can be limited as per my reading. But I try my best.👍 ◆ Three years Journey of my Bachelor {BA} :- Let me introduce myself very frankly, during my Bachelor's days that .... I really don't understand that deeply about any of the chapter. I just randomly ...

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...

Hello Readers, This blog is the part of my academic activity....The task is given below link... Click here.. ◆ What is Journalism? Journalism is a form of writing that tells people about things that really happened, but that they might not have known about already. People who write journalism are called "journalists." They might work at newspapers, magazines, websites or for TV or radio stations. The most important characteristic shared by good journalists is curiosity. Good journalists love to read and want to find out as much as they can about the world around them. ● 2 Types of Journalism : 1} Feature Writing 2} Lead Writing 1} Feature Writing:- Writing a feature story is not always easy. It comes with a lot of elements that should come together to make it whole. Also, the style of writing a feature may vary depending on the writer or the subject. However, at the very heart of it, the purpose is the same – it aims to explore a range of issues, ...

Hello Readers , This activity is a part of my academic activity. Here I'm sharing my review about 3 days Session of the particular subject [English language Teaching - 2] . This session was planned by our professor Dilip Barad Sir  Department of English ,MKBU .  Prof. Atanu Bhattacharya  dealt with this subject who is Professor and Dean of Central University of Gujarat. He came on 25th, 26th and 27th January, 2020. ¶ The Various Concepts he talked about ELT is :- 1}  History of English language Teaching - 2 2}  ELT : Principles and Concepts 3}  Language Teaching : In Indian perspective 4}  Historical Perspective in English Teaching :      Western Perspective 5}  The audio - Lingual Method or Audio - Visual       Method 6}  Communicative Language Teaching : (CLT) 7}  Task- Based Teaching 8}  Computer Assisted Language Teaching 9}  Doing teaching Task in class 10} Rubric Evalu...

Hello Readers, Here I'm sharing another favourite text which I've learned in BA. 'Heart of Darkness' is the novella by Joseph Conrad. ◆ About Author :-  'Heart of Darkness' is a novella written by Joseph Conrad- who was a polish-British writer. To know more about author... Click here... ◆ Introduction :- "Heart of Darkness" - this novella is originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine' in a 3 parts serial story. This novella is variously published. This novella is about African black people who treated as slave by white people for work. This is a story of two main characters named Kurtz and Marlow. Kurtz is a godly figure for black people and Marlow came to Kurtz after hearing much about him & his nature. ◆ Heart of Darkness :-  "Heart of Darkness" explores the issues surrounding Imperialism in complicated way. As Marlow travels from the other station to the Central station and finally up the river to ...

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Hello Readers, Here I'm sharing my another favourite Short-story  named "Quality" written by " John Galsworthy". ◆ About Author :-  "John Galsworthy" the writer of 'Quality' was an English Novelist & playwright. He won the Nobel prize in Literature in 1932. ◆ Introduction :-     This story is about a person named Mr. Teaser. He is an old man & this is a story of his boot making profession. He is very sure about his boots which were made by him in past & which he makes for his customer. ◆ About the Short - Story "Quality" :- Mr.Gessler, an old man who worked as a boot-maker had a very rare character. He lived with his elder brother who looked like him. They lived into tenement but let into one in the West end. The part of central London where there are many theatres & many large expensive shopes and hotels. But among the expensive shopes, their shop was the simpler one. They didn't give any...

◆ The Source Education Evaluation Rubric:- “Seer is a tool to open a discussion with students about evaluating sources and to stress the importance of using quality sources in academic writing. I think SEER is a brilliant idea that will help students become better writers”. - Danielle Harris, teacher champion high school and a SEER field tester. Nowadays, students can use websites for reading materials. So it should evaluate by every students who used the online materials if it is authentic or not. Turnitin worked with educators to develop The Source Educational Evaluation Rubric (SEER), an interactive rubric to analyze and grade the academic quality of internet sources used by students in their writing. Instructors and students who use SEER can quickly evaluate a website and arrive at a single score based on five criteria scaled to credibility. Authority, Educational Value, Intent, Originality, and Quality. Authority:-   In authority we have to chec...

Hello Readers, This blog is the part of my thinking activity. To know more about this activity ... Click here... ¶ The Harry Potter series proved incredibly popular with both children and adults worldwide. All the books were best sellers, available in more than 200 countries and some 60 languages. ¶ Harry Potter series are full of fantastic magical installments and most famous books in all around the world. So we can find a lot many internet resources and also can be found the related topic of the Harry Potter series. ◆ Click below the link to see My  Web Quest.... Harry Potter Series's Table Chart Here I try to ponder on major 11 points :- ◆ To see my Web Quest Activity .... Here I have embedded on major topic's blog's link... To see those all click below...☺️ 1] Feminist Reading of Female Character in Harry Potter 2] Discourse on Purity of blood in Harry Potter 3] Confronting Reality by Reading Fantasy... 12] What do you think about t...

  We all live in what we believe to be 'reality’ but can never be sure whether this is definitively true. The Harry Potter series byJ.K Rowling, in particular blurs the line between myth, fantasy and reality. ¶   Potter as a hidden world, Mirrors, Senses, the Mind, Time, the expanding world of Harry Potter, Death, Identity and existence have been explored, drawing on ideas presented in the Harry Potter novels and supported by the topics stated above. Potter and other fantasy genre literature aid discussion of some difficult and complex aspects of reality by presenting characters who actively wish to discuss these issues.  ¶ The fantasy genre has been popular with young readers because “There is no end to the places fantasy can take us.” ¶ Fantasy stories such as the Potter novels can be unrealistic in their setting, but the messages depicted can be translated into everyday life and reality. ¶ Rowling’s use of magic is “Supernatural” or “Fictional Magi...

' It's about the most insulting thing he could think of,' gasped Ron, coming back up. ' Mudblood's a really foul name for someone who was Muggle-born-you know, non-magic parents. There are some wizards - like Malfoy's family - who think they're what people call pure-blood.'                           - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The term "pure-blood" refers to a family or individual without Muggle blood. The concept is generally associated with Salazar Slytherin. ¶   Blood purity is a concept in the fictional HarryPotter book series. It is a form of classprejudice and also has analogies to racism. ¶ Being born and raised by Death Eaters, young Malfoy works as a constant reminder throughout the seven books about the racial issue, and his little hints and nasty comments are a preparation for what is to come in the last book. Harry, who is born by magical parents but raised by his Mu...

" I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!                                                  -Hermione Granger.    J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels have been published in several countries and are a major success with readers of all ages. The major leading female characters are played a very vital role in all of these series. We can see that in all of the series Harry's character develops a main leading hero role but it's not possible without the female characters. We can see in the series that from the beginning of his life, Harry Potter was well loved and taken care of by women. For Example:- -Hermione Granger and Professor McGonagall.    Chapter 2 provides an in-depth analysis of the concept of Feminist Rhetoric in the Harry Potter book ser...

Hello Readers, This blog is a part of my thinking activity in which we have to write about "Waiting for the barbarians" by J. M. Coetzee. We had Guest lecture on "Waiting for the barbarians" by Dr.R.B.Zala sir on 8th and 9th January. This was good session with sir. ● About author:- John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African–born novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and he won nobel prize in literature in 2003. He has also won the Booker Prize twice. Coetzee's first novel was Dusklands which was published in 1974. He has continued to produce novels at the rate of about one every three years. He has also written autobiographical novels, such as Boyhood, Youth and Summertime, short fiction, translations from Dutch and Afrikaans, and numerous essays and works of criticism. " Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt." - J M Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians. "Once in every generation, without fail,  There is an episod...

" To effective communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive  the world & use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."                                                                  - Anthony Robbins Communication is very important in every day life. It deeply connected with human existence or we can say that it's the most integral part of it. # If we imagine that what would happen without any communication or we are not allpall to talk for a long time? No one can think about the human existence without communication. It's very difficult to deal with someone without any communication. Communication links people together to achieve common goals. And good communication requires a good public relationship. Effective communication is required to han...

Hello Readers, Here I'm sharing my favorite Short-story "The Nightingale and Rose" which is written by "Oscar Wilde". ● About the Author :- Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet. He almost wrote all the forms of Literature. He became one of London's most popular playwright in the early 1890s. He use to write what he feels & like and this Short story "The Nightingale and Rose" is one of his masterpieces.    Here in this story he tries to explain theme of unique feeling of love, selfishness & selflessness. Basically he tries to differentiate love among nature and human. ● The Nightingale and Rose :-  " Love is more precious than  Emeralds & dearer than fine opals".    This Story is narrated by omniscient narrator, who is not present in story as character but he knew everything & so he told us that what actually happened in the story.The narrative technique of this story i...