part of Indian culture, and such was the influence of the language that Indians started to write their own literature in English. Even before Macaulay’s famous recommendations for English education, and the British Government’s subsequent decision on March 7th, 1835 to implement English education in India there was a keen desire to study and use English in poetry and prose forms among Indians. However being a foreign language that got adopted, the beginnings of Indian Writing in English saw a pronounced
The poetry of these poets contain these unique features.They are : A. Minimalism- is a significant phenomenon in the Indian poetry after independence, in which a poem contains very few words, but possess intense meaning. B. Confessionalism is yet another feature. Poetry is considered a social document, and as any social document has to touch upon personal details to become insightful.Most of these women poets use confeesoinalism to provide an insight into women’s lives. Thus, their poetry
Mamta Kalia registers the life style of her comrades who lives in Indian society with cramped anguish and grief. Though the married women in India accept what is ordained to them in a subtle and humble way, the unexpressed agony always awaits a vent. Mamta Kalia is no exception but she moves a step ahead by transforming all her experiences as poems with the anticipation that the strict codes laid on married women may be changed. This paper entitled “Mamta Kalia’s Poems: An Endeavour to Accomplish
In Indian schools and universities, English literature has traditionally enjoyed an elevated status for many reasons. It is a popular choice when students choose honors courses in West Bengal also. Therefore, the teaching of English poetry at the secondary level should be done in a manner that prepares students for study of English literature at higher levels. Though the teaching and learning of English in West Bengal has evolved in recent years, its literature, particularly poetry, still remains
imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their executions. The advent of the British in India initiated works to be written in English language. Then a number of works in English literature began to grow. During the contemporary times, numerous Indian authors have made their mark on the world English literature scene. Among the many novelists experimenting consciously with the Indian Writing in English, Jaishree Misra
colonial British-Indian poets represented India in multiple ways in their poems. They extensively represented spiritual aspects of India, socio-cultural milieu of India and Britishers’ life in India using varied poetic forms and devices. This study has established
During the era or industrial Revolution, there was even a protest against destruction of Nature by industrialization. As such the nature poets were influenced by the Rousseau's clarion call of the Return to Nature." In our post-industrial age, there has been a world-wide revolution of return to nature or of the safeguarding of the destruction of nature because nature is our foster -mother: It upholds our whole existence. So says S. Murali, "In the present post- industrial age (although a large percentage
Meena Alexander believes in poetry as political activism: her poetry often deals with conflicts and unrest, cities at the edge of war, episodes of discrimination, and so on. In an interview with Ruth Maxey, the poet admits that history conspires against the writing of poetry (Alexander 2009, 190). Many American poets have tried to do away with history, and to break the chains that still linked them to tradition, and to the old canon of British poetry. Alexander mentions Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose
Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry introduces two Indian poets from the Deccan. The two poets are man named Shah Siraj (1715-1763) and Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1820). A large component of the book are the English translations of their Urdu poetry. Translations of poetry can be either literal or be adapted to fit the sound and format of the original. Though Kugle’s translations seem to be true to the meaning of the originals, but they appear to be more about the beautiful than faithful. Personally, as an English speaker with
The Information Technology revolution and the process of globalization have brought about the primacy of technical education to the forefront, and relegated the study of humanities and Literature to the background. Indian education system is churning out close to a million engineering graduates every year. While the number of colleges and students increased, there has been a discernible fall in the academic standards. It is just a consequence of the general degradation in idealism and morality in