Dr.M.Mazumdar

The Top 20 Figures of Speech 1. Alliteration - the repetition of an initial consonant sound. 2. Anaphora - the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. 3. Antithesis - the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. 4. Apostrophe - reaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character. 5. Assonance - identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. 6. Chiasmus - a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. 7. Euphemism - the substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. 8. Hyperbole - an extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. 9. Irony - the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Also, a statement or situation where the meaning is contr...

Eco-Criticism and Green Studies Egs:- Amitav Ghosh's "The Hungry Tide" Thinkers & Theorists:- Rachel Carson, Raymond Williams, William Rueckert, Cheryll Glotfelty,  Terms:- Anthropocentrism vs. Biocentrism = Human-centered vs. Life-centered ethical framework. Anthropocene (Paul Crutzen) is about human being in the center humans cause the harm. Environmental Justice = Focuses on unequal environmental impacts on marginalised communities Bioregionalism= Organising human activities around naturally - defined ecological areas. You cohabit with Nature. Wordsworth's Pantisocracy (Gary Snyder's "Turtle Island")  Wilderness= Contested concept of pristine or pure nature untouched by humans due to super coldness, etc. Like, in parts of Canada Nature-Culture Dualism= Critique of the separation between human and nonhuman worlds Posthumanism= Reconsideration of the boundaries between human and non-human beings The Anthropocene= Study of human impact as a geologica...

DSC 151  Internal examination, 2025 Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt the following short questions - 5×2= 10 a) Who wrote Pride and Prejudice? When was it published? b) Write the names of two women Novelists of Romantic Period? c) Who is Pip in Great Expectations? d) What is Gothic fictions? Give example?  e) Who is Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice ? 2. Attempt any one of the following questions- 10  a) Discuss the features of Victorian Novel? b) Write a brief note on the character of Michael Henchard in The Mayor of the Casterbridge? c) Discuss the significance of the title of Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice". d) Critically estimate the character of Mr Darcy in Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice".