Having discussed the various aspects of fiction and what constitutes the art of writing, I have to dwell upon some books which have occupied a particular space in my thought and often foreground their importance when a discussion of fiction ensues. Largely due to fortuitous circumstances and also because cheap editions of them were available…
In our effort to understand the making (writing) if fiction, awareness of various strategies can enhance our understanding of one of the most difficult creative processes. Story, Narrative, plot, setting and dialogue have been discussed to some extent in my earlier posts. However one keeps coming across the word ‘structure’ in literary discussion, theory and…
The setting in film Noir movies of Hollywood of the 1950s and 60s, portrayed the cynical attitude and dark motivation of the characters. The “Wrong Man, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Maltese falcon, The Woman in the window, Scarlet street, Detour, Touch of Evil, Diabolique (French), The Stranger, The Innocents (British), Woman on the Run…
In my Plus 2 Advanced English course, we had a one act play titled ‘The Little Man ‘written by John Galsworthy. It is a play about the Universality of the little man who is far taller than all the other characters in the play. What he lacks in terms of physical attributes is more than…
Sub categories among the obc quota is a long pending legitimate demand as it will prevent the cornering of the benefits of reservation in central government jobs and education institutions by the advanced and enlightened communities in the obcs. The marginal community groups because of lesser population,lack of awareness, education,who could not get the benefits will be able to compete in a separate group which ensures their selection.Eventually all the community groups should have a level playing field.
Coming to the different forms of narrative, one has to look closely at an epic convention called ‘Medias res.’ In the Iliad Homer plunges directly into the action in the middle of the Trojan War. More famously in ‘Paradise Lost’ Milton takes us directly to Satan ruminating and wallowing in Hell with his comrades. The…
“ Showing” as it is called is obviously more difficult than merely “Telling” because while telling, the novelist can narrate from experience, render judgment, analyze and objectify motives, vent anger and frustration at a degenerate world and assume the position of anything that he or she desires: A sympathizer, a castigator, a Judge or a…
A novel that I had wanted to read for a very long time; a story about the dictator Trujillo who ruled the Dominican Republic for 30 years. The novel is arranged as an episodic narrative tale which follows the events of the deadly, brutal regime from three points of view, that of Urania Cabral, the…
Plot is the way in which a story is narrated. The domain of the plot belongs entirely to the craft of the novelist where as the story belongs to the imagination of the novelist. To generate interest and also to sustain it, the novelist has to make use of this device, as a story told…
ఘంటసాల గారి గురించి ఏమని చెప్పాలి. ఆయన కంఠంలో ఎన్ని భావాలు. ఆయన గాత్రంలో ఎన్ని పార్శ్వాలు! ఆయన సంగీతంలో ఎన్ని సుమధురోహాలు! పాతాళభైరవిలో ఎంత ఘాటు ప్రేమయో పాటకు అన్ని కాలాల ప్రణయగీతాలలో మొదటి స్థానం యిచ్చే ఎంతోమంది సంగీత ప్రియులు ఉన్నారు. చందమామచేత చల్లగా మనవి చేయించే పాటలో ‘సందెవేళసుందరాంగి’ పదప్రాసలో ఘంటసాల వారు ఎంత అందమైన భావాలు పలికిస్తారో. ‘నా చందమామ అందాల భామ’ పాటలో ఉద్విగ్న, అనిశ్చిత భావాలకు ఘంటసాల మాస్టారు పలికించే తీరు మరపురానిది, మరువలేనిది. యిలా ఒకటి, రెండా రాసుకొంటూ పోతే కొన్ని వేల పేజీలు రాయాల్సి వస్తుంది. భక్తిపాటలు, (శేష శైలావాసా) లాలిపాటలు, (చిలిపి కృష్ణుని) చిలిపి పాటలు (చింతచెట్టు చిగురు), (భళా