Dr.M.Mazumdar

1. Write a note on the central idea of the story , The Lady with the Dog? 10 2. What does the mirror symbolise in The Lady with the Dog? 2 3. How does Gurov initially view women? 2 4. 

1. Who is Sonia Marmeladov? 2 2. How does Katrina due? 2 3. What is the significance of 'Yellow' in Crime and Punishment?' 4. Justify the significance of the title of Dostovesky's Crime and Punishment? 10 5. Examine critically the character of Raskolnikov in C&P? 10

Author: Bertolt Brecht studied medicine and theater together. The Play: The original name of the play is "Leben des Galileo." It was written in 1938 but enacted in 1943. The setting is Renaissance, Italy. The story is about the genius of his times, Galileo Galili who was the first man to officially declare that the planets move around the sun and not the sun. He was the Professor of Mathematics in Padua University. Structure: It has 1 Act and 15 scenes. The genre is Epic Theatre. The theme is social responsibility of the scientists. The Plot: Galileo Galileo is the protagonist who used to tutor the small son Andrea of the landlord. One day, when the boy brought the breakfast, Galileo made the son of the housekeeper sit and started explaining how our solar system worked. The boy was corrected that sun didn't revolve but through a wooden model showed the reverse. And that from 2000 years, humans have been thinking it true but the speding science is correcting those old beli...

Rilke's solitude was quite metaphorical. He was born in a rigidly Catholic environment. He speaks about union. God is the other yet very near. He uses God in very intimate language like the poet Rumi. Both understood that our human longing for God is divine seeking in a direct or indirect way. A language of reverence is needed today. Many of Rilke’s poems touch on universal human experiences and are almost philosophical in nature. ‘What Survives’ can be read as an inquiry into suffering and survival; ‘To Music’ a reflection on the purpose and effect of music, and how it moves us. It reads: ‘You stranger: music. Space that’s outgrown us, heart-space’. "What Survives" is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. Summary The poem reflects on what remains after loss, change, and the passage of time. Rilke suggests that physical things may disappear, but love, memories, emotions, and the deeper experiences of life continue to exist within us. He emphasizes that true human values and spiri...

Poetry in the 20th century is an International affair unrestricted to one country and hugely influenced by French, Latin and others. Poetry is now been done by the reader who recreates and shows good responsibility. Translation encompasses good focus. He wrote mainly in French. Rilke was born in 1875 in Prague, part of Austria-Hungary at that time. His best known poem about a panther in a zoo named "Der Panther" is one of his best known today. "The Sonnets", "To Orpheus", "The Duino Elegies" (10 Elegies), are other important ones. The German word "blick" or gaze is one of the major parameters in his poems. His "thing-poems" express the world beautifully. He recreates the interaction between the poet and the object. His first great love was the philosopher and psychologist Lou Andreas-Salome. He married and had a daughter with sculptor Clara Westhoff but they soon separated. The other women who came to his life inspired him a l...

1. Biography  Federico Garcia Lorca is Spain's one of the greatest poets, prose writers, theater directors, & playwrights of 20th century Spanish Literature. He was born in 1898. He was also musically gifted. He initially studied law at the university of Granada but soon became interested in literature and moved to Madrid to become a writer. studied at a conservative music school in Granada. He was a prominent member of the Generation of 27. His works, deeply rooted in Spanish folklore and surrealism, explored themes of love, passion, and the human condition. He revolutionised Spanish Literature. His iconic works were Blood Wedding, Yelma,  and The House of Barnarda Alba. His writings had intense lyrics and allusions to the natural world. He was heavily influenced by the symbolist movement in literature and the work of Spanish poets such as Antonio Machado and Juan Ramon Jimenez He had intimate non physical relation with Salvador Dali, the latter was gay and had complex se...