Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Seminar Topics CORE II: PROSE – I

Seminar Topics CORE II:  PROSE – I

Bacon
1. Bacon as a creator of empiricism.
2. Bacon as a capacious and pragmatic mind of the Renaissance.
3. Views of Francis Bacon on studies in his essay “Of Studies”.
4. Major theme elucidated by Francis Bacon in “Of Studies”.
5. Highlighted points of Francis Bacon on studies in his essay “Of Studies”.
6. Distinct Style of Francis Bacon.
7. Francis Bacon’s Imagery and Analogy.
8. The aphoristic style of Bacon.
9. Francis Bacon’s presentation of Wisdom.

Priestley
1. Priestley as a pre-eminently a realist.
2. J.B. Priestley as “a dissatisfied grumpy old man”.
3. Priestley as a dominantly a practical man.
4. John Boynton Priestley’s style of writing
5. John Boynton Priestley as an essayist.
6. J.B. Priestley as a comic rationalist.

Robert Lynd
1. Wit, wisdom and humour in Robert Lynd’s “In Praise of Mistakes”.
2. Articles in newspapers on the frequent mistakes writers make.
3. Lynd is a lover of accuracy.
 4. Mistakes made in literature are useful to man in many ways.
5. “There is no better reading in the world than some contemporary essays, like those of … Mr. Robert Lynd.”

A.G. Gardiner
1. Description of the train A.G. Gardiner was traveling by.
2. Relationship A.G. Gardiner develops with fellow traveller.
3. Gardiner’s encounter with a mosquito on a railway journey.
4. Humorous and thought-provoking between Gardiner and the fellow traveller.
5. Philosophical reflection of Gardiner in “A Fellow Traveller”.

E.V. Lucas
1. “There is no better reading in the world than some contemporary essays, like those of Mr. E. V. Lucas.”
2. Various types of bores described by E. V. Lucas.
3. Everybody in this world is a bore.
4. Flourishing bores.
5. Greatest bores.

Charles Lamb 
1. Charles Lamb and his literary achievement
2. Autobiographical elements in Lamb
3. Lamb’s humour and humanity
4. Lamb’s sense of pathos 

5. Salient Features of Lamb’s Style of writing.

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