Thinking activity : T.S.Eliot

 Here is my answer of thinking activity which is given by our professor  Dilip Barad sir, 

http://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2014/12/t-s-eliot-tradition-and-individual.html

Que.:-1) How would you like to explain Eliot's concept of Tradition? Do you agree with it?

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                   Yes, I am agree with Eliot's definition of tradition and about good poetry. In his essay try to explain very simply and effectively. I also like he connected process of poetry with chemical matter. He also give support to fit old tradition in poetry rather than  imitation and copy of tradition. and another things is that the writer writes with history in his bones. this sentence was very well interrupted in his essay.

Que.:-2) What do you understand by Historical Sense?

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          His famous quote in the essay, which prove the historical sense like as,

"This historical sense, which is a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal and of the timeless and of the temporal together, is what makes a writer traditional."

Eliot says that the historical sense have own time and It's also time less. It means that it escape perception of the past not only Pastness. Mostly writer recall historical elements and characters. so it-s not perception. He also remind two important words in that definition like as, "Timeless" and "Temporal". I think that everything has connected own past and timeless.

Que.:-3) What is the relationship between “tradition” and “the individual talent,” according to the poet T. S. Eliot?

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                          T.S.Eliot says that tradition has own way and mostly new poet imitates words,styles,reference and also language. Another side is that "individual talent" has not connection with tradition because "talent also comes from heart." but Many time we can saw that when poet does not art during that time they shift beyond tradition.Eliot also give example of William Shakespeare. He explains that Shakespeare has not dramatists because of he read story and translation another language in own way. He breaks difference new tradition and rules.

Que.:-4) Explain: "Some can absorb knowledge, the more tardy must sweat for it. Shakespeare acquired more essential history from Plutarch than most men could from the whole British Museum".

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                                  This quote speaks by William Shakespeare and we know that he became famous influence of  Plutarch's life. In this quote may be say that how to became creative and famous writer of Shakespeare?. He was exception In essay of T.S. Eliot. So at the end of this quote clarify that he absorbed his entire age in his work of art.

Que.:-5) Explain: "Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry"

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                                T.S.Eliot say that Art was more important rather than Artist. I like and  agree with this quote. When any critic do arguments on any poets poem at that time they  should become honest  and also say reality. Mostly poet introduced own feeling and own self. So it's no need in the poem.We know that great writers popular through his style and work.

Que.:-6) How would you like to explain Eliot's theory of denationalization? You can explain with the help of chemical reaction in presence of catalyst agent, Platinum.

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                              There are Eliot puts interesting theory of denationalization in his essay. This theory's Central idea is that quality of artists and process of poetry. He says that When we make Sulfuric acid during that time we have all types tools and chemical but without platinum we can't do sulfuric acid and another interesting things is that platinum was necessary for process but we can't find in it. Same way that in writer has own emotion and experiences.it's needful for poem but  when they write  during that time these emotions shouldn't be reflected in his work. He also says that poet must be differences between emotion and work.

Que.:-7) Explain: " Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."

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                            In this quote Eliot says that When poet sits to write poem that time poet must be remain  to aloof  from his own  effective emotion and experiences. If possible for poet, so they don't reflect to own condition and feeling. According to my opinion poetry doesn't only platform of express feeling and emotion. Eliot says that no need to express emotion of poet in own work.

Que.:-8) Write two points on which one can write critique on 'T.S. Eliot as a critic'.

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                                T.S.Eliot was great critic. He also gives  interesting essay on tradition and individual talents. here I write two point of Eliot like as, 

1]  "This historical sense, which is a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal and of                        the timeless and of the temporal together, is what makes a writer traditional."

2] "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."

Both points of views are satirical and also argumentative points but Eliot in his essay explain very clearly and simply language.

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Matthew Arnold: Thinking activity

Here is my answer of thinking activity which is given by our professor  Dilip Barad sir, 

                 http://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2014/11/mathew-arnold-study-of-poetry.html

                                             
                                    Matthew Arnold was a famous views about good poetry. The first essay in the 1888 volume was originally  published as the general  introduction to T.H.Ward's anthology, The English Poets. He don't like the spasmodic expression of Romanticism. He was believed that  when we wrote  poetry at that time discipline in writing and recommended the classical writers.

Que.:-1] Write about one idea of Matthew Arnold which you find interesting and relevant in our times.

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                                  Matthew Arnold discussion about good poetry in his essay. He says that," Poetry is a criticism of life". This idea was very interesting. Arnold has given good point of poetry. Mostly poet writes his experiences and established currently ideas in poetry. "Criticism of life"means that profound application of ideas to life  and poetry represented social, political and religion life. We can find in at present poetry that generally poet used some natural imagination and also they connected with truthfulness and some related with beauty also.
                    
                               Another things is that Philosophy and Science always presented logical ideas  with proofs. But Poetry presented reality of human with laws of poetic truth. When poet feels some emotion of his life then he  writes with good arrangement and creative words.

Que.:-2] Write about one idea of Matthew Arnold which you found out of date and irrelevant in our times.

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                           His famous one method is that "Touchstone method". In this method use for judging individuals poets.I think that this method was not useful even present time because today's time not for competition and compression but nowadays is a age of creation and also test of our self through modern method. We never compare to ancient poetry with modern poetry because during that age there were different culture and condition so how can we compare ?

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