Hello friends,
The Waste Land is barren because it cannot bring out possibilities for an expansion. Completed the whole lectures of the modern epic- The Waste Land online. It was quite new and unique experience of learning yet it is not totally new on our side as we are practicing online remote learning even before this corona pendamic under the guidance of Dr. Dilip Barad sir.
Modern man is spiritually hollow and barren; he is just like a robot that follows the pre-assigned tasks. Through the symbolic and allusive analysis of this poem the researcher will try to show the images of hollowness and barrenness in the present age.
I appeared in the quiz and scored 80/85. Click here to view the quiz. This quiz is encoded into this blog. This blog will also help to view recorded sessions of discussion on The Waste Land.
Click here to view Dr.Dilip Barad's blog.
Thinking activities
Click below to look at all three thinking activities linked here.
(1) Write about allusions to the Indian thoughts in 'The Waste Land'. (Where, How and Why are the Indian thoughts referred?)
(2) Prior to the speech, Gustaf Hellström of the Swedish Academy made these remarks:
What are your views regarding these comments? Is it true that giving free vent to the repressed 'primitive instinct' lead us to happy and satisfied life? or do you agree with Eliot's view that 'salvation of man lies in the preservation of the cultural tradition'?
(3) What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of thought by recalling mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise?
The prominent anxiety is, people are emotionally and morally dead and physically alive. So, what is the purpose of this kind of human life?
Background reading of the 20th century is discussed here.
Click here to read background of the modernist period
General characteristics of the 20th century
Click here to view general characteristics of the modern age
The poetry of the modern age expresses the chaos and the changing scenario of life and society.
The poetry of the first two decades of the 20th century is transitional. It indicates a change from Victorianism to modernism. Gradually the traditional and rural poetry of the 19th century began to decline.
Click here to view modernist imagery, symbols and metaphors in various poems
The Waste Land's central idea deals with from which the present century is also suffering, lack of spirituality or perversion of sexuality. Is there any kind of dependency or both are inter connected or anything else?
It was very productive online discussion on ‘Spiritual Degradation and Sexual Perversion, especially with the reference of T.Eliot’s The Waste Land’ is posted here. We students have tried to come up with some of points and to explain our ideas. Of course this question is rather like Egg-Chicken but it was for arguments and to lead the self towards productive knowledge instead of reaching out to any particular finish. Some questions are rather rhetorical & certainly this is one of them.
Here are two of my reflective intrections during these live sessions. Other can be viewed on Dr. Dilip Barad's YouTube channel or even in blog, mentioned above.
Thank you.
References and work cited
(1)Chatterjee, Satischandra. An Introduction to Indian Philosophy EBook: Chatterjee, Satishchandra, Datta, Dhirendramohan, Datta, Dhirendramohan:/Introduction-Indian-Philosophy-Satishchandra-Chatterjee-ebook/dp/B01C2IHREY.
(2)Dwivedi, Amar Nath. Indian Thought and Tradition in T.S.Eliot’s Poetry. Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot. India, 1977
(3)Eliot, T.S. Preface. Lancelot Andrews: Essays on Style and Order. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1929
(4)Eliot, T. S. The Waste Land & Other Poems. Benediction Classics, 2011.
(5)Jain, Manju. “The Waste Land” T.S.Eliot Selected Poems and A Critical Reading of the Selected Poems of T.S.Eliot. Delhi : Oxford University Press,1997.
(6)Madhavananda, and Śaṅkarācārya . The Brhadaranyaka Upanisad, with Commentary of Sankaracarya Translated by Swami Madhavananda, with an Introduction by Mahamahopadhyaya S. Kuppuswami Sastri. 1965, /Brhadaranyaka-Upanisad-commentary-Sankaracarya/dp/8175051027.
(7)Zimmer, Heinrich (1, Philosophies of India (reprint 1989), Princeton University Press
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