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.
