Sunday 29 April 2007

UNSW Asia Graduate Research Scholarships for Indians

Dear Students, (for those of you graduating this current academic year)

UNSW Asia offers research scholarships for PhD and Masters students commencing studies in 2007.

For postgraduate students demonstrating potential for research:
Full research tuition fee waiver valued at between S$22,080 - S$30,720 per year
Monthly stipend of between S$1,500 and S$2,250
May be required to assist in Academic Divisional work for up to 8 hours per week
Available to all nationalities
Closing date for scholarship application: 15 July 2007


Click here for more details.

For further details, contact the UNSW Asia Representative in South India on 044-42139446

Thursday 26 April 2007

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Sunday 22 April 2007

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Wednesday 18 April 2007

For Literature Students cum Members of BRITISH COUNCIL...!

British Council library, Chennai is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of World Book Day. There is going to be a series of events in the library during the week beginning Monday, 23 April.

As part of the celebrations BCL is organising a quiz on Shakespeare on Wednesday, 25th April 2007 at 5.00 pm. The quiz is open to members of the library.

You can participate as a team of 2; which means you can bring one more person with you who could be a non-member. There will be an elimination round based on Life and works of Shakespeare which could be handled as a team. The teams will be selected based on this for the final round which will be held in the library on the same day. The quiz will be conducted by the Centre for Shakespeare Studies, Chennai.

The winners will get gift worth Rs.3000/-

If you are interested in participating, please fill up the enclosed registration form and send it to us by Monday, 23 April. The registration is restricted to 100 teams on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you have clarifications please contact 4205 0600 or Balamurugan.paramasivan@in.britishcouncil.org

Monday 16 April 2007

Critical Summary of A PASSAGE TO INDIA - EM FORSTER

Note: A hard copy of the notes has been given to two students viz Jishna and Chaitanya of II BA Eng. Hope you've made use of it. Regards, Rufus

Thursday 12 April 2007

All the BEST to My Dear Students...!


Dear Students,
Hope you've got all the required sparks to get ignited on the day of your battle at the Examinations battle field.

I wish you all the very best.

Try to answer all the questions without trying to confuse the examiner. All the best.! Regards, Rufus

PS: For any last minute clarifications, do contact me any time after four in the evenings.

Wednesday 11 April 2007

Friday 6 April 2007

At the Farewell Get-together in Selaiyur Hall, March 28, 2007



THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER - Robert Browning - II BA/BSc/BCom - Part II English notes

"THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER" - Robert Browning

Introduction:

This is a dramatic monologue by Robert Browning. This poem is about a man (who is the speaker) who asks his mistress ( who seems to be the listener but the listener could be ambiguous) for one last ride and she agrees to one last ride together. Language in the poem seems to suggests that he is dying and this is his last wish or that he feels he can't live with out his mistress. the lines are in an aa,bb,c,dd,eee,c rhyme scheme. Part of the men and women collection and Browing refers to art and love in the poem which is one of his intentions to explore.

The Rapture of a Rejected Lover:

The Last Ride Together." The rapture of a rejected lover in the one more last ride which he asks for and obtains, discovers for him the all-sufficing glory of love in itself. Soldiership, statesmanship, art are disproportionate in their results; love can be its own reward, yes, heaven itself.

A VIVID TREATMENT of the PAST:

"Last Ride Together" contains a vivid treatment of the past in stanzas 5 and 6

"Why, all men strive and who succeeds?" ;
"There's many a crown for who can reach.
Ten lines, a statesman's life in each!"


and adds, in stanzas 7 and 8, the activities of poets and artists – these pursuits, arguably noble though they are, can amount to wasting one's life from the standpoint of personal, romantic gratification

"Are you – poor, sick, old ere your time –
Nearer one whit your own sublime
Than we who have never turned a rhyme?"

However, the speaker cannot even take comfort in the reality of present love and so must confine himself even more firmly in the joys of the present - a ride with his beloved - enough to forget that nothing durable lies beyond them.

Thus this speaker equates the "hope" (l.8) he used to have of love with all the follies of soldiers and artists; all amount to nothing but idealism and hubris. The poem, however, does end on a note of possible optimism, with the speaker contemplating the idea of a heaven consisting of the ephemeral joys of this ride stretched out over all eternity.

Irrelevance of the PAST:

“The Last Ride Together” makes profound statements concerning the irrelevance of the past in relation to present emotions and sentiments. More specifically, Browning discusses hopes that have not been fulfilled, and places them in direct contrast to present circumstances. By revealing the idea that sentiments and events of the past often have little effect on future outcomes, Browning suggests that life should not involve dwelling on the past or hoping for the future, but living in the moment.


The Contrast between the Past and the Present:

The narrator of “The Last Ride Together” presents the contrast between past and present when he says

“contrast / The petty done, the undone vast,
This present of theirs with the hopeful past!
I hoped she would love me; here we ride”


In this case, the hopes of the narrator that his love would be reciprocated have obviously not been realized, as the couple now rides together for the last time. In the fourth stanza, he writes

“Past hopes already lay behind.
What need to strive with a life awry?
Might she have loved me? Just as well
She might have hated, who can tell!”


Here the narrator conveys the idea that his hopes and his actions of the past have been useless in leading up to the state of the present, and also says that his soul has been liberated by letting go of the hopes of the past, thus further suggesting the negativity of hopes. These two passages are indicative of the overall tone of this poem. The narrator wants to forget the past and any ill-advised hopes or ideas he had, and focus on the pure emotions of the moment provided by the ride.

Conclusion:

Thus through this poem, Browning expresses the view that, the past is insignificant, and that one need only live in the moment in order to pursue happiness in life. The juxtapositions of city and ruins, hope for love and a last ride together, both illustrate this idea dramatically. One can learn not to look back on what one hoped for, but only to look forward at what one has.
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