A Presentation in Research Pursuit
A session under
Samvad – A Faculty Forum
Preamble:
In the knowledge century, discourse
is the defining aspect of creation, dissemination and celebration of knowledge.
In the case of education, discourse assumes even deeper significance because
education is primarily and fundamentally the site for knowledge exchange. The
quality of the knowledge exchange rests on the dialogue and discourse of the
teachers engage in and inspire in their students. In the 21st century, teachers
need to engage in discourse over the key issues of the domain unlike ever
before. A faculty forum is an expression of a systematic platform for discourse
of the teachers and researchers. Samvad organizes dialogue sessions in two
categories i.e. 1) session on pedagogical practices and 2) session on research
being pursued.
Research Pursuit:
Pursuit of
knowledge can be better materialized by research. Research is one of the
foremost goals of higher education. But for a researcher, it is essential to share
with and receive ideas from others. Through dialogue, a researcher may get
better depth of one’s field. But for that one needs to have a systematic
platform for it and A Presentation in Research Pursuit, a session
under Samvad – A
Faculty Forum provides the platform to the researcher.
Theme: Ph.D. Topic:
Romantic Literary Influences on the
Rise of Indian Poetry in English
Indian Poetry in English rose during the nineteenth
century when India was a colonised country. Forgotten for a century, today, this
poetry has generated new interests with stimulating questions as: what could be
reasons and sources that gave birth to completely a new realm of poetry which
did not have any predecessors? What could be influences that had positively
impacted and enriched the art of poetry writing in a foreign tongue?
With hypotheses to the questions, the present
research commences with three major discussions: firstly, discussing the birth
of Indian Writing in English, its historical development and its nomenclature. Secondly,
by drawing contemporary parallels between India and Europe. Lastly by exploring
theoretical aspects of Influence Studies of Comparative Literature. After such
prefatory discussions, it closely and critically studies three major Indian
poets and their poetry in English in detail. These poets are Henry Derozio,
Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Toru Dutt. Each of these poets has completely been
studied with the contextual approach leading to highlight English literary
influence of Romanticism in individual chapters. The major Romantic
perceptions/elements that are highlighted in the Indian poetry are Nature,
Supernaturalism, Mysticism, Love, Separation, Medieval and Hellenism,
Nationalism, Humanism and Freedom along with the stylistic features of the Romantic
poets.
The first generation Indian poets were successful
in expressing their passions in a foreign language but they were largely under
the dominative spell of English Romanticism. English Romanticism supplemented
the rise of Indian poetry in English with their themes and narrative techniques
and thus aided it to achieve the poetic excellence.
Speaker:
Dr. Bhavdip
Chavda
Department
of Communication Skills,
Marwadi
Education Foundation’s Group of Institutions - Rajkot
Schedule:
Research Presentation:
The speaker will present the research pursuit for 40
minutes.
Open Defense
Presentation will be followed by 20 minutes of Q&A
session with the Audience.
Date:
18th December, 2015
Time:
11:00 am to 12.00 pm
Venue:
Board Room, MC 301
We shall look forward to having you among us.
Department of Communication Skills
MEFGI - Rajkot
