Exploring English Literature through B. Prasad's Perspective
Delve into the study of English literature through the insightful division laid out by B. Prasad, covering poetry, drama, and prose. Gain a deep understanding of subjective and objective poetry, various poetical types, stanza forms, and different schools and movements in literature.
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Dr. VIJAY BABURAO PANDE Head, Dept. of English SPMMv Washim 1
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Book divided in three parts 1. Poetry B.A. I 2. Drama B.A. III 3. Prose B.A. II 2
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD POETRY 1. Subjective and Objective Poetry 2. Poetical Types 3. Stanza Forms 4. Schools and Movements 3
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Subjective and Objective Poetry 1.Subject Matter. 2.Reflections. 3.Personal and Impersonal. 4.Origins. 5.Theoretical Division 4
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types 1. The Lyric. 2. The Ode. 3. The Sonnet. 4. The Elegy. 5. The Idyll. 6. The Epic. 7. The Ballad. 8. The Satire. 5
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Lyric 1. Short Poem with single Emotion. 2. Musical Composition. (Word Music) 3. Subjective poem. 4. Structured Poem viz. i. Motive. ii. Bulk. iii. Conclusion. 6
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Ode 1. Exalted in Subject Matter, tone, style. 2. Longer than Lyric. 3. Addressed Directly. 4. Great events as Subject Matter. 5. Types of Odes:- i. Dorian or Pindaric Ode ii. Lesbian or Horatian Ode. iii. English Ode. 7
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Sonnet 1. Small Poem of 14 Lines. 2. Distinguished by Rhyme Scheme. 3. Varied Range of Subjects. 4. Types of Sonnets. i. The Italian Sonnet or Petrarchan Sonnet. abba abba cdc dcd (cde dce/ cde cde ) ii. The English Sonnet. abab cdcd efef gg iii. The Spenserian Sonnet. abab bcbc cdcd ee 8
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Elegy 1. Initially Known by Subject Matter. 2. Modern connotation is with Subject. 3. No fixed form. 4. Lamentation of Dead, Defeat, Failure in Love, Loss of Religion, literature etc. 5. Pastoral Elegy:- Elegy written using the pastoral style, images, symbols, etc. 9
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Idyll 1. Not a Distinct Species. 2. No set Form. 3. A Poem Depicting a Little Picture. 4. Simple and straight style. 5. Landscape, portrait, etc. 6. May Find in any Type of Literature. 10
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Epic 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Classical type of Poetry. Begins with Proposition and Invocation. Full of Homeric Epithets. Involves Supernatural Agents. Includes thrilling episodes. Divided into Books. Has Moral Purpose. Types of Epics:- i. Epic of Growth. ii. Epic of Art. iii. Mock Epic. 11
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Ballad 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Origin English Folk Literature. Sung by wandering minstrels. It is in Ballad Mesure.4 feet 3 feet Abrupt opening no proper introduction. Impersonal treatment. Repetation of lines. No details of Time and Place like history. Types of Ballad:- i. Ballad of Growth. ii. Ballad of Art. iii. Ballad Epic. 12
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE B. PRASAD B. PRASAD Poetical Types The Satire 1. No set Literary Form. 2. Classical Origin. 3. Reform and not to hurt. 4. Straight style. 5. Varied range of subjects. 6. Social ills, crimes, corruption, immorality etc. 7. Used widely in print media of all times. 13
