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English Language and Literature Teaching
₹175.00In the wake of globalization, English language and literature teaching has got unprecedented importance. We are witnessing great enthusiasm in learning and teaching of English around us in the recent times. Corporate world, BPO, national / international trade and business, banking, law, tourism, industries, etc. have opened up new avenues for smart learners. Technology assisted classroom set up has reduced the monotony of teaching and learning. Electronic media has opened up a treasure house of information both for the teacher and the learner. They are exposed to the first-hand sources. But technology demands to follow its own norms and rules to develop specific skills. Adoption of varying techno-based changes in teaching and learning has itself posed a new challenge for the traditional teacher and the learner. Overcrowded classrooms, lack of relevance of syllabi, scarcity of trained teachers, unduly changing evaluation policies; the pressure of demands for quality outcome from the stakeholders, increasing importance of smart communication skills are some of the challenges that are being faced by the teacher. There has always seemed a gap between the expectations of the curriculum designers and the learning outcome. It has widely been experienced that both the teacher and the student struggle to get expected result.
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English Literature : 18th and 19th Century
₹295.00Contemporary socio-cultural and political forces of life are always strong and they are always reflected in the literature of that time. So, it becomes necessary to take a review of the same. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron Keats did not come into being overnight. There were strong efforts of their predecessors who were also great literary figures and wanted to change the track of pseudo-classical urban literature. These writers and their efforts cannot be ignored. Of course, Romanticism was a reaction to the earlier poetry and it is notable but it emerged at the end of the 18th century. The Romantic poets and their predecessors fulfilled the needs of the reading public. At the same time, there emerged the need of a new genre like novel for the sake of light reading and entertainment. It was fulfilled by the various contemporary novelists. These poets and novelists paved the path for the forthcoming Victorians.
Surely, Victorians had their own issues and priorities. They did not want to follow the footsteps of Pope, Dr. Johnson or the key Romantic writers. But the germs of Romanticism did not vanish completely in this period also. Every writer is a product of his time. He develops his individual style. And gives his own perspective of life. Tennyson, Browning, Arnold are the all-time masters of letters who have shaped their time and marked prints on time. Their contribution, representative poems and analysis are covered in the present work. -
English Literature 16th and 17th Century
₹295.00English Literature (16th and 17th century) shows the seeds of growth and development of various currents and cross-currents in literature of the time that are in Renaissance or new awakening in pre-Shakespearean period. Shakespeare’s genius is beyond imagination or description. Shakespeare’s The Merchant of The Venice is all time a great work. Introduction, summary, Characterization and comment on major scenes in the play are the various aspects that have been covered in the work.
The 16th and 17th century literature flourished in all directions and in all the popular genres like Drama, poetry, Novel and essays. Donne, Spenser and Sidney are not only the key poets of the time who developed their unique individual style but also they have shaped their age and gave direction to literary masters in the forthcoming ages.
The Dawn of prose writing is evident in the 16th and the 17th Centuries. Novel and Essay are the major forms of literature that are to be understood for the knowledge of later development of these genres. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress showed the signs of change in the mood of readers and writers and predicted that soon fiction would be a popular form of writing that would be widely and rapidly accepted by the readership. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress gives us the idea of spiritual mind set of the contemporary society.
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Introduction to Linguistics
₹295.00Language Studies and Technological development are going hand in hand. In every walk of life language is an essential base of communication. In every filed, language functions differently. Every functional aspect of language demands for a deep study. This awareness has set a challenge before all researchers, academicians, policy makers, students and teachers. The branches of linguistics, thus, expanding in multiple directions. This awareness has set a challenge before all researchers, academicians, policy makers, students and teachers. The branches of linguistics, thus, expanding in multiple directions. Present study takes this fact into consideration and tries to explore some few areas of language studies. Psycho-linguistics, Socio-linguistics and stylistics are the widely familiar areas but corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, forensic linguistics are the newly emerging branches. There is an attempt to take a review through the various chapters of this work.
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Introduction to the Study of Literature
₹395.00‘Introduction to the Study of Literature’ is an enquiry into the various aspects of literature. Here the focus is on the features, functions and forms of literature. With this, the study of stylistic devices generally used in literature are also of equal importance. This work is important from technical point of view. Here most of the major and minor forms of literature are taken into consideration. With this, historical development of each of the goners is stressed out.
Overall, literature gives us a unique experience of slices of life, real or imaginary, spread across the centuries scattered among different cultures and civilizations. It gives us various shades of the very existence of man on the planet. Present work is a small effort at the primary level optimistically hoped to be helpful to the students appearing for various examinations, teachers and general readers of literature. -
Literary Criticism and Theory in the Twentieth Century
₹250.00‘Criticism’ or more specifically literary criticism, is the overall term for studies concerned with defining, classifying. Analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating works of literature. Theoretical criticism proposes an explicit theory of literature, in the sense of general principles, together with a set of terms, distinctions, and categories, to be applied to identifying and analyzing works of literature, as well as the criteria (the standards or norms) by which these works and their writers are to be evaluated.
‘Literary Criticism and Theory in the Twentieth Century’ is a work that tries to shade light on and take a review of the developments that took place in the field of major theories in literary criticism all over the world. -
Modern English Grammar
₹395.00Modern English Grammar and Usage studies the Modern ways of learning grammar and correct usages that are in practice of the native English speakers. The present work discusses the general aspects, concepts and facts related to the study of grammar. Modern English Grammar and usage are to be studied under the light of modern developments that took place in the area of language studies. Particularly it is necessary to see the efforts that were taken by modern linguists to impart a scientific dimension and apply the type of methods so as to develop a theoretical setup for the study of language. A review of these efforts is taken in the present work. Without structuralists’ view and Chomsky’s efforts one cannot go a step ahead in the direction of studies in Modern English Gr Modern English Grammar and Usage studies the Modern ways of learning grammar and correct usages that are in practice of the native English speakers. The present work discusses the general aspects, concepts and facts related to the study of grammar. Modern English Grammar and usage are to be studied under the light of modern developments that took place in the area of language studies. Particularly it is necessary to see the efforts that were taken by modern linguists to impart a scientific dimension and apply the type of methods so as to develop a theoretical setup for the study of language. A review of these efforts is taken in the present work. Without structuralists’ view and Chomsky’s efforts one cannot go a step ahead in the direction of studies in Modern English Grammar and Usage.
The present work largely strives to describe the structure of a sentence. The lessons are based on what is called as Transformational Generative Grammar.
The sources used for the present work are the material published by the then CIEFL, Hyderabad, in 1987. The material is still useful for the study of English Language, grammar and overall fields related to linguistics. ammar and Usage.
The present work largely strives to describe the structure of a sentence. The lessons are based on what is called as Transformational Generative Grammar.
The sources used for the present work are the material published by the then CIEFL, Hyderabad, in 1987. The material is still useful for the study of English Language, grammar and overall fields related to linguistics. -
The Study of English Language
₹395.00The Study of English Language is keenly associated with the studies in Humanities. So, it is most commonly prescribed for both Undergraduate and Post Graduate students at special and general levels. The branch of knowledge that studies language scientifically is called as linguistics. It is an ever expanding field having both basic and applied dimensions and it is playing an important role with the help of disciplines like law, engineering, medical sciences and so on. It means advanced studies in linguistics have undertaken the study of linguistic terminology used in these fields. With this it is proved to be helpful in building up of syllabi for various levels of studies from primary to higher education. Besides this, the area of language studies is helpful for the students to prepare for various short term courses, competitive examination, and first year of various degree courses and development of general awareness of use of language. Research and application of theories in linguistics are proved to helpful in the fields of forensic investigation, computer science and discourse analysis. It all shows that in order to enrich knowledge and its application our society needs expertise from linguistic science. Though the above discussed are the directions for the further scope of advanced learning in linguistic science the basic aspects of language are mostly ignored by learners, particularly at the primary level, perhaps, because of lack of interest, unavailability of material or lack of time. Generally we find that sub-topics under the area or the necessary material required for preparations is scattered across various authentic sources. Taking into consideration this fact and the need of teachers and students regarding collective availability of material, the present work tries to bring together and focus on various aspects of English language studies.
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The Theory of Novel
₹295.00In human society, the impact of literature is undeniable; since literature acts as a form of expression for each individual author. All books hold mirror upto society and allow us to better understanding of the world we live in. Literature is important to us as it teaches the universal human experience. It also provides different meanings to different people, or teaches different lessons to the same person at different stages of his life. The novel is one of the major forms of literature which generally deals imaginatively with human experience, usually through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting. It is a genre of fiction and fiction may be defined as a form of art. It is not a short story in prose; instead, it is actually an extensive and illustrated account series of events that happened right through the life of a character. By studying and appreciating novel, the students can develop their interpretative abilities and enhance their analytical skill.
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Twentieth Century English Literature
₹275.00‘Twentieth Century English Literature’ is a work spread across five chapters dealing with Modern English Literature. Under the study the major genres of poetry, drama and novel and criticism have been dealt with. It is the aim that the students should go through the studies of recent developments that have taken places; not only in the field of literature but also learn about the social, political and economic influences operating on literary experimentations and reactions of the writers of the time. It is because these influences serve as the background to all the genres of English literature. Individual elements of these literary forms; their specific features and some of the streams in literature of the time have been covered for the learners at the special level of English Language and Literature Learning. Here the focus is on the literary specimens and the major contributors to the literature of the modern age.
The present work strives to make the picture clear regarding historical / literary background for the students. Accordingly, first and foremost, literary developments in all the genres have been focused on in general sense of time in which it is produced and the writers who shaped this literary period.