Rahul Desai

  The influence of I.A. Richard's ideas on Close Reading and Textual Analysis in Modern Literary Criticism Personal Info :- Name  : Rahul Desai  Roll No . : 22 Semester  : 2 Paper No . : 109 Paper Name  : Literary Theory & Criticism and Indian Aesthetics  Assignment Topic  : The Influence of I.A. Richard's ideas on Close Reading and Textual Analysis in Modern Literary Criticism Submitted To.  : Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department of English (Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University) Email ID :  rahuldesai477@gmail.com Introduction of I.A. Richards :- I.A. Richards was an English critic, poet, and teacher who was highly influential in developing a new way of reading poetry that led to the New Criticism and that also influenced some forms of reader-response criticism. I.A. Richards was known as a father of new criticism . I.A. Richards focuses more on the literary text of any kind of works of art and reading of the text.  Richards woul...

  War Poetry and PTSD: Expressions of Trauma and Healing Personal Info :- Name : Rahul Desai  Roll No . : 22 Semester : 2 Paper No . : 110 Paper Name : History of literature 1900 to 2000 Assignment Topic : War Poetry and PTSD: Expressions of Trauma and Healing Submitted To. : Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department of English (Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University) Email ID : rahuldesai477@gmail.com Introduction :- "War, oh yes war but logical and incessant war  and peace, oh yes because if war is completely  understood then peace was the ideal". - GERTRUDE STEIN Condemnation of war increases in  twentieth-century literature to a point probably unknown before in the history of civilization. War shows the dark side of human conditions, human rights and many more cruelty in certain ways. In the war how the soldiers represented the country and how he passed through the traumatic experience are the most horrible things. Rupert Brook and many more soldiers as we...

  Comparative Analysis of 'Orlando: A Biography'  Personal Info :- Name : Rahul Desai  Roll No . : 22 Semester : 2 Paper No . : 106 Paper Name :  Assignment Topic : Comparative Analysis of 'Orlando: A Biography'  Submitted To. : Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department of English (Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University) Email ID : rahuldesai477@gmail.com Introduction :- "As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking." ~ "Orlando", Virginia Woolf  "Orlando" is   one of the great novel by Virginia Woolf . Virginia Woolf wrote about the desire and dreams of humans. "Orlando" is a biographical novel by Virginia Woolf. "Orlando" novel published in the year 1928 . "Orlando" novel spread a various types of questions about humanity, choices, confusion, gender roles, gender choices, desires and many more things. In this novel we can observe these kinds of themes like, gender and Identity, time a...

  Technology and Totalitarianism in "1984" Novel Personal Info :- Name : Rahul Desai  Roll No . : 22 Semester : 2 Paper No . : 107 Paper Name :  Assignment Topic : Technology and Totalitarianism in "1984" Novel Submitted To . : Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department of English (Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University) Email ID : rahuldesai477@gmail.com Introduction :- "1984" is a dystopian novel by George Orwell. Published in 1949, the novel is set in a totalitarian society where the government, led by the Party and its leader Big Brother, exercises complete control over every aspect of people's lives. The protagonist, Winston Smith, works for the Party and begins to rebel against its oppressive regime as he seeks truth and freedom. The novel follows Winston Smith as he navigates life under constant surveillance, conformity, and oppression. Through Winston's journey, Orwell delves into themes of power, control, truth, and the struggle for person...