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  ORIENTALISM BY EDWARD SAID When future scholars take a look back at the intellectual history of the last quarter of the twentieth century the work of Professor Edward Said of Columbia University will be identified as very important and influential. In particular Said's 1978 book, Orientalism, will be regarded as profoundly significant. Orientalism revolutionized the study of the Middle Eas t and helped to create and shape entire new fields of study such as Post-Colonial theory as well influencing disciplines as diverse as English, History, Anthropology, Political Science and Cultural Studie s . The book is now being translated into twenty-six languages and is required reading at many universities and colleges. It is also one of the most controversial scholarly books of the last thirty years sparking intense debate and disagreement.   Orientalism tries to answer the question of why, when we think of the Middle East for example, we have a preconceived notion of what kind of...

 I am composing this blog on the grounds of a task assigned to me by my teacher as a thinking activity , to know more about the task  CLICK HERE ABOUT THE NOVEL To the Lighthouse   is a 1927 novel by   Virginia Woolf . The novel centers on the Ramsay family and their visits to the   Isle of Skye   in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. Following and extending the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, the plot of To the Lighthouse is secondary to its philosophical introspection. Cited as a key example of the literary technique of multiple focalization, the novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls childhood emotions and highlights adult relationships. Among the book's many tropes and themes are those of loss, subjectivity, the nature of art and the problem of perception.In 1998, the ...

  The thrilling stories of Edgar Allen Poe are famous around the World. Some of the best loved stories and tales have been penned by this remarkable author. Exciting stories of the Supernatural provide exciting themes for his books. The most famous scary short stories and those with a horror theme by Edgar Allen Poe include the Raven, The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, The House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and the famous Pit and the Pendulum. These famous Edgar Allen Poe Tales and Stories have been included along with some lesser known, but equally enjoyable tales. The Black Cat More than any of Poe's stories, "The Black Cat" illustrates best the capacity of the human mind to observe its own deterioration and the ability of the mind to comment upon its own destruction without being able to objectively halt that deterioration. The narrator of "The Black Cat" is fully aware of his mental deterioration, and at certain ...

 Teacher and learners ,teacher and student both are connected, both have different as well as important roles and responsibilities.  the role of a teacher is to help students to on how to ask questions , the most important , intellectual ability. helping learners to use the language effectively in The basic and the most important role of a teacher is to impart knowledge which is the first most essential role of a teacher . The second most important. 

 Hello Follks ,                Welcome to My Blog, in this blog i am going to talk about unit -1  The Role Of English In India .English is the Global language now. Especially in India it is considered as the official language . It is a bridge language now .This unit has 5 essays . Essay -1 . Teaching English as Second Language in India by Kapil Kapoor  (JNU.Delhi ) Essay -2 .Teaching of EST in Indian Conditions by R.S.Sharma ( Banaras Hindu University ) Essay -3. Teaching English as Second Language in India : by Shivendra K. Verma ( Central Institute of Foreign Languages , Hydrabad ) Essay -4 . Socio- Cultural Diamensions in teaching as a Second Language by Rekha Aslam                 English Language is worldwide known language. Nowadays learning English language is very valuable as well as it can create many opportunities.    Learning English language is a kind of passion...

 Hello Folks,                 In this blog I'm going to write about the Frame Study of To The Lighthouse Movie. To The Lighthouse is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel starts with the conversation between James and Mrs. Ramsey. “ Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow,” said Mrs Ramsay. “But you’ll have to be up with the lark,” she added. while the movie starts with the dining table scene. So we can say that the director took an artistic liberty and made changes in the movie . This is the look of rebellion and revolt against his father. In the novel while Mr. Ramsay tells Jams  that it would be not possible to go to light house the next day, the author allow us to go to the stream of the consciousness of James where he thoughts to kill his father. Had there been an axe handy, a poker, or any weapon that would have gashed a hole in his father’s breast and killed him, there and then, James would have seized it. Such were the ext...

 Hello Folks ,               Welcome to my blog .Today i am going to write about an interesting documentory Rivers and Tides . It's a wonderful documentary about the nature and art. In this documentary, he defines every art with a philosophical point of view. He says that, "Art for me is a form of nourishment ". Andy works with time and Time and also uses the natural environment to explore histories.  Andy works on an icicles sculpture and after many efforts and hard work he is able to give shape to the ice but it seems temporary, it will be melted with the passage of time. In the same way the wood stupa also breaks downs.  Here we can see that how Andy represents the process of Life and Death through Nature. The very thing that brought it to life will bring it to death. He knows that the water of river will destroy the wood stupa but still he builds it and sees it breaking. Just the way the ice sculpture melts down. Maybe he is try...