Syllabus of English (BDP) B.A. (Hons.) Course Code : EEG NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY 1‚ Woodburn Park‚ Kolkata-700 020 Tel. : 2283-5157 TeleFax : 033-2283 5082Course Structure For The Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDP) in English 1. Compulsory Subjects : Foundation Course (a) Humanities and Social Science (FHS) 8 Credits (b) Science and Technology (FST) 8 Credits (c) Bengali (FBG) 4 Credits (d) English (FEG) 4 Credits 24 Credits 2. Elective Subjects : Honours Course (EEG) Paper 1 : Reading Poetry
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Sophy’s relationships: Sophy and Sam Hobson; Sophy and Vicar Twycott; Sophy and Randolph. A secondary but influential relationship is that inferred between Randolph and his father‚ the Vicar Twycott. In a subtle examination of these four relationships‚ Hardy represents beneficial relationships and harmful relationships. From what we know of Sam Hobson‚ in his love for her‚ he had always put Sophy’s happiness and welfare before his own. For instance‚ when she was nineteen‚ he asked her if she would be
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Purity and Innocence –Comparing Tess Durbeyfield with May Welland Tess Durbeyfield‚ the innocent and exceptionally gifted peasant girl of decayed aristocratic stock‚ is described as “A Pure Woman” by Thomas Hardy in the novel’s subtitle; May Welland‚ a beautiful girl immersed within the New York society upbringing‚ in Newland Archer’ eyes‚ is innocent‚ childlike and carefree. But as the two plots thickened‚ Tess is regarded as impure by everyone in the novel and we realize that May is more
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mate. This morning we are going to discus two poems “natures questioning by Thomas hardy and “creed by Steve turner”. The clarification for the structure where Hardy has repeated A‚b‚b‚a throughout
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3. Rhyme Scheme Hardy uses the rhyme scheme AABB to create a lyrical feeling to the poem giving it a rhythm. 4. Alliteration Hardy uses alliteration to help emphasize the changes Melia has made as a person which includes changes in speech and in outward appearance. 5. Symbolism there is symbolism in the passage because when the author describes Melia as ruined‚ Melia is not truly ruined she just is ruined as person and as a woman. Structure: There are 6 stanzas and Hardy uses an AABB rhyme
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Q) A critic has described Hardy as‚ “A poet obsessed with the past.” How far do you agree with the claim? In your answer‚ you should either refer to two/three poems in detail‚ or range more widely through the whole selection. Many of Thomas Hardy’s poems are centered on the feelings summoned up when reminiscing about the past. On the surface‚ it seems as though Hardy is ‘obsessed with the past’ as many poems are laced with memories which conjure up feelings of nostalgia. It is important
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determine what an author’s ‘true’ intentions may have been; through applying a contemporary‚ academic reading of a text‚ one can identify repeating symbols which focus on one theme or idea that the writer has – deliberately or otherwise – addressed. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles can be read as having a feminist stance in a patriarchal society‚ as shown through symbolism of the novel’s protagonist‚ Tess Durbeyfield. If attempts to be principled in a pragmatic world‚ they will inevitably suffer
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carries a lot of responsibility for a girl of 16 years old. Hardy firstly introduces Tess as she takes part in a ‘processional march of two and two round the parish’‚ joining in with the other ‘country girls’ that all wore matching white gowns. Tess is wearing an outfit that one would perhaps associate with purity and innocence‚ and the fact that she is described as having ‘large innocent eyes’ suggests this to be true. However‚ Hardy points out that she is different to all the other women; one
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Philosophy‚ the search for truth‚ was becoming a more intricate part of educating ones self; no longer were people holding on to old-fashioned ideas. Central to the story lines of Middlemarch‚ written by George Eliot‚ and Jude the Obscure‚ by Thomas Hardy‚ is the theme of ambition and the tempering of expectations both to social difficulties‚ and on a broader scale‚ human frailty. Dorthea Brooke and Sue Brideshead display elements of the "new woman" and both are driven to accomplish what each desires
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though many of these authors are outstanding‚ there is one that surpasses the rest: Thomas Hardy. Today Hardy is famous for his novels Return of the Native and Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Hardy wrote many novels and volumes of poetry over his 50-year literary career. Hardy life has a huge
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