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  Hello Friends,  This blog is my response to the task assigned to us by our Prof. Dr. DilipSir in thinking activity. Happy Learning! R - Read  U - Understand  L - Learn E - Enjoy  Click here to view Sir's blog Q . What's Dystopian Fiction? Is '1984' a dystopian fiction? Dystopian fiction offers a vision of the future. Dystopias are societies in cataclysmic decline, with characters who battle environmental ruin, technological control, and government oppression. Dystopian novels can challenge readers to think differently about current social and political climates, and in some instances can even inspire action. What Is Dystopian Fiction? Dystopian literature is a form of speculative fiction that began as a response to utopian literature. A dystopia is an imagined community or society that is dehumanizing and frightening. A dystopia is an antonym of a utopia, which is a perfect society. 5 Characteristics of Dystopian Fiction The central themes of dystopian novels ...

  Hello Friends,  This blog is my response to the task given to us by our Prof. Dr. DilipSir in thinking activity on the novel "An Artist of the Floating World". Happy Learning! R: Read U: Understand  L: Learn  E: Enjoy ☆ SIGNIFICANCE   OF LANTERNS IN THE NOVEL • 'Lantern' 🏮appears 34 times in the novel. Even on the cover page, the image of the lanterns is displayed.  Lanterns in the novel are associated with  Ono’s  teacher  Mori-san , who includes a lantern in each of his paintings and dedicates himself to trying to capture the look of lantern light. For Mori-san, the flickering, easily extinguished quality of lantern light symbolizes the transience of beauty and the importance of giving careful attention to small moments and details in the physical world. Lanterns, then, symbolize an outlook on life which prizes small details and everyday moments above the ideological concerns of nationalists or commercial concerns of businesspeople. It i...

  Hello Friends,  This blog is my response to the task assigned to us by our Prof. Dr. DilipSir in the thinking activity. So Happy Learning! R  Read U  Understand  L  Learn E  Enjoy. Gatsby and the Jazz Age The Great Gatsby   is set against the backdrop of 1920s New York City, a period known as the “Roaring Twenties” for the exhilarating pace set by the rapidly evolving culture and technology. It was a decade of tremendous wealth in the United States following the deprivations of the First World War, and the upper-class characters of   Gatsby   exemplify the hedonism of the era. Fitzgerald explores the major developments of the Roaring Twenties, including the birth of jazz, the women’s suffrage movement, economic prosperity, and the rapid growth of Manhattan as a cosmopolitan city. He mentions the many new technologies beginning to be popularized at the time such as automobiles, radio, movies, as well as the growing influence of the fina...

Hello Friends,  This blog is my response to the task assigned to us by our Prof. Dr. DilipSir in the assignment of MA Sem2. It's about the Twentieth Century English Literature. This blog contains all the major highlights of the era. So read, try to read speedily, as it's a long blog, understand and enjoy. Happy Learning! The 20th century From 1900 to 1945 The  Edwardians The 20th century opened with great hope but also with some apprehension, for the new century marked the final approach to a new millennium. For many, humankind was entering upon an unprecedented era.  H.G. Wells ’s utopian studies, the aptly titled  Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought  (1901) and  A Modern Utopia  (1905), both captured and qualified this optimistic mood and gave expression to a common conviction that science and technology would transform the world in the century ahead. To achieve such transformation, outmoded...