Learning Experience : Jay Mehta on Edger Ellen Poe's short stories
18th September to 22 September Department of English has organized Guest lecture on Poe's short stories, which is tough by Dr. Jay Mehta is formal student of Department. Nowadays he is lecturer of R.C. Technical Collage Ahmadabad. My experience of learning from him amazing , these day he deals with the Poe's short-stories which is very mystery and macabre work. His teaching style is very different from others.
This four days, He has talked about Poe’s short stories like…
1) The Tell Tale Heart
2) The Black Cat
3) The Fall of the House of Usher
4) The Cask of Amontillado
5) The Purloined Letter
6) The Gold Bug
Poe is a famous for his horror, terror, fear, bloodshed, burying lie, macabre and various psychological abnormalities. His works created the new experience and new concept of viewing world. His works based on suspense and create the atmosphere of wonder and reality, Poe is master of ‘Tales of mystery and imagination’. Two types of short story he writes :
[1] Tales of horror and terror.
[2] Tales of ratiocination.
Characteristics of Poe's Short stories:
{1} Autobiographical elements in his writing
{2} Writer of Diction language
{3} Great creator of suspense
{4} Inner conflict in characterization
{5} Balance in head and heart
{6} He brings the poetic in short stories
{7} Death and darkness o
f human mind
{8} Tone of melancholy and sadness
{9} Singularity of effect
{10} A skillful artist
Last Session on Poems and Poets of Gujarati/Hindi Literature.
Normally his session start with reciting poetic lines and writing a quote on board.
first day he wrote on board that, "The theories we believe, we call them facts and the facts we disbelieve, we call them theories." And then he entered in talk about Father of detective stories ( Edger Allen Poe).
So This session was very helpful for us. I thankful to our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad Sir for inviting Guest lecturer like Dr. Jay Mehta sir.
1) The Tell Tale Heart
2) The Black Cat
3) The Fall of the House of Usher
4) The Cask of Amontillado
5) The Purloined Letter
6) The Gold Bug
Poe is a famous for his horror, terror, fear, bloodshed, burying lie, macabre and various psychological abnormalities. His works created the new experience and new concept of viewing world. His works based on suspense and create the atmosphere of wonder and reality, Poe is master of ‘Tales of mystery and imagination’. Two types of short story he writes :
[1] Tales of horror and terror.
[2] Tales of ratiocination.
Characteristics of Poe's Short stories:
{1} Autobiographical elements in his writing
{2} Writer of Diction language
{3} Great creator of suspense
{4} Inner conflict in characterization
{5} Balance in head and heart
{6} He brings the poetic in short stories
{7} Death and darkness o
Normally his session start with reciting poetic lines and writing a quote on board.
first day he wrote on board that, "The theories we believe, we call them facts and the facts we disbelieve, we call them theories." And then he entered in talk about Father of detective stories ( Edger Allen Poe).
So This session was very helpful for us. I thankful to our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad Sir for inviting Guest lecturer like Dr. Jay Mehta sir.
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