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"The
India Story" Seminar |
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Programme
- LITERATURE |
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DAY SIXTEEN:
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SESSION
I – Kalidasa ( 500C.E.) and Rabindra Nath Tagore
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A. Reading and analysis of Meghadutam ( The Cloud Messenger)
Introducing the Piece
- Historical significance
- Cultural background
- Social settings
- Particular features of the genre
- Theme
- Identify
and understand the characteristics of the Myth.
B.
The Indian Colossus - Rabindra Nath Tagore
Background
- The
social reformation in Bengal
- The
Family, His early days
- Gitanjali
and The Nobel Prize
- The
story of the prize, competitors, proposer and a lost
manuscript - The Spiritual impact on the West
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Tagore's Oeuvre
- Over 2800 songs with times from Hindustani Classical,
Folk
- Music, Carnatic Music, Maithili, Scotland, Ireland etc.
- Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Dance Dramas, Poems ,Paintings
- Essays
on almost every aspect of life including Education, Social
Reform, Spirituality
- Lecture tours to USA, Europe, South America and Asia.
Tagore and modernity
This will be the main thrust of this session.
Tagore’s philosophy on:
Man and Nature
Globalization of the Human Spirit
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II - Literature of Tamilnadu
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- Population
and Migration to all parts of the world
- Longest
continuous written history
- Major
themes
- Sangam
Era dating to 3rd century BCE
Akam
Puram
- Silapadikaram
- Saint
Thiruvalluvar’s “Thirukural”(1st
and 3rd century CE)
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A.
Indians writing in English
An
introduction to the works of Pulitzer Prize and Booker
Prize winners
B.
Creative Writing – Expressing each individual’s
Philosophy of Life
- Headlines
or Captions
- Essay
- Personal review of the Selection
- Diary/ Journal Entries
- Poems
- Autobiographical
sketches
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Days: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
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