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Name:- Vidhya Pandya Semester:- MA -2 Roll No:- 32 Subject:-The Romantic Literature Enrolment No:- 2069108420190031  Year:- 2018-20 E-mail id:- vidhupandya10497@gmail.com Submitted to:- Department of English Paper no:- 5 Topic:- Critical commentary on “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” Words:- 1384 An ode is a form of poetry such as sonnet or elegy. Ode is a literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy. You have often read odes in which poets praise people, natural scenes, and abstract ideas. Ode is derived from a Greek word aeidein, which means to chant or sing. It is highly solemn and serious in its tone and subject matter, and usually is used with elaborate patterns of stanzas. However, the tone is often formal. A salient feature of ode is its uniform metrical feet, but poets generally do not strictly follow this rule though use highly elevated theme.  ◆ ode on a grecian urn:- Appraisal of beauty is the most important ingredient of John Keats’s p...

Name :- Vidhya Pandya Semester :- MA -2 Roll No: - 32 Paper No :- 6 Subject: -The Victorian Literature Enrolment No :- 2069108420190031 Year :- 2018-20 E-mail id: - vidhupandya10497@gmail.com Submitted to:- Department of English [MKBU] Topic :- Salient features of Victorian poetry, with reference to Tennyson &Browning’s poem. Words:- 969 ◆ Introduction:- Victorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of Queen Victoria. This period was marked by the tremendous cultural upheaval. There were a drastic change & development in the form of literature, art   & music. Although the Victorian poetry was quite different from that of the preceding era, yet there were some similarities that existed between the 2 periods. ◆ Victorian Poetry Definition:- Poetry written during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901 is defined as “Victorian Poetry”. The defining Characteristics of Victorian poetry are it’s focus on sensory...

Name :- Vidhya Pandya Semester :- MA -2 Roll No :- 32 Subject: -literary theory and criticism 2 Enrolment No :- 2069108420190031 Year :- 2018-20 E-mail id: - vidhupandya10497@gmail.com Submitted to:- Department of English Paper no:- 7 Topic:- Short note on the various terms:- 1} Postmodernism, 2} Postcolonial Criticism 1) Postmodernism Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism. The term has also more generally been applied to the historical era following modernity and the tendencies of this era. (In this context, "modern" is not used in the sense of "contemporary", but merely as a name for a specific period in history.) 2) Criticisms Criticisms of postmodernism are intellectually diverse, including the assertions that postmodernism is meaningless and promotes obscurantism. For example, Noam C...

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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