Minkal Italiya

This blog is a part of my academic task which was given to us in ELT-1. Register - Literature Sub-register : Oral literature and written literature Oral literature  or folk literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken (oral) word to literature as literature operates in the domain of the written word. It includes ballads, folklore, jokes and fables which are passed down by word of mouth. Ballads  Traditional ballads are of unknown authorship. Ballad are usually in the form of narrative which tells the story and it is arranged in  q uatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB.   Folklore Fables Written literature  includes poetry and novels. It also has subsection of prose,fiction,myths and short stories. Poetry Novels

Vinod Joshi is well known postmodern Gujarati poet, writer and critic who has been giving his notable contribution in Guajarati Literature. He was honoured with the KavishwarDalpatramAward   and with the Sathitya GauravPuraskar. For his contriution in Gujarati poetry, he was awarded by NarsinhMehata award and the Kalapi Award. For his latest poem, “Sairandhri” he was awarded the SamarpanSanman by the BharatiyaCidhyaBhavan Educational Trust. Like his previous poem Shikhandi, this poem is also based on the one of the episode of the Mahabharata.This metrical poem was composed in prabandha from with seven cantos and fourtynine chapters. Through this classical folklore he tries to bring out that hidden personality of Draupadi. Sairandhri : poem of lost identity This is the story of women who lived without her identity rather than it presents the dilemma of identity. It is based on the episode of Mahabharata known as “Viratparv” in which Draupadi spent a year of her ...