Dr. Ravinder Ravi

  Enjoy Chaucer Today                           September 20, 2016 The Canterbury Tales 1.      The name of inn where all pilgrimage stayed? Answer : Tabard "Befell that, in that season, on a day In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay Ready to start upon my pilgrimage" This is where it all began... 2.      Which is the first character described? (Hint: he is also one of the most favourably looked upon) Answer : Knight "A knight there was, and he a worthy man, Who, from the moment that he first began To ride about the world, loved chivalry, Truth, honour, freedom and all courtesy." The picture of respectability. 3.      The Knight is travelling with his son, an  amourous  youth. What is he called by the narrator? Answer :      Squire "With him there was his son, a youthful squire, A lover and a lusty bachelor, With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press." Seems quite different from his father. 4.      Which pilgrim

Dear Friends,           The purpose of starting this blog is to help the aspirants of CBSE-UGC examination for the post of English Lecturer at Indian Universities. Before starting this venture, I would like to introduce myself to you. I am Ravinder. For the last 12 years, I have been teaching English Literature at different universities abroad. I rendered my services at Ministries of Higher Education of Middle-East countries especially Libya, Saudi Arabia and Oman. I visited more than 12 countries on different educational purposes. Harvard University has been visited recently as a scholar in the year 2015. I am an active researcher and associated with Central University of Haryana, India. My research topic is “Loss & Gain in Translation : A Stylistic Study of Sadaat Hasan Manto’s Short Stories” under the dynamic and spiritual blessings of Dr Bir Singh ji.           This blog is dedicated to the students of English Literature, English Language and Linguistics. I am

                            BOOKLET – 1 (UGC- English)   Objective FACTS (Series 1)    Early Period   (Beginning to Early 1550) ·        ·         Goethe defined literature “the humanization of the whole world” ·        In 450 coming of Saxons to England ·        Bede wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People in 731 ·        Weimer Classicism is a cultural and literary movement, the movement from 1772 until 1805 involved John Wolfgang von Goethe as German literary writer. ·        His first novel was The Sorrow of Young Werther ·        Anglo-Saxon literature ranges from 7 th to 11 th Centuries. ·        Anglo-Saxons were people who in habitated from Germanic Tribes. Anglo-Saxon periods denote the early settlement of British history until the Norman conquest, between about 450 and 1066. ·        Norman were from Scandinavia ·        Norman defeat the Anglo Saxon King in the battle of Hastings in 1066 ·        Normans brought with them Chornicle