Sunday reading : Literature and Religion
Sunday reading activity :
I have discussed about conflict between literature and Religion. And also religion reference with Northrop Frye.
If we think about literature and then we can say that literature gives us a way to think out of the box. But Religion doesn't allow to think new and unique. In India myth is co- exist with human life. Most of the Indian who blindly believe in myth and mythical heroes. They can't raise the question against foolish rituals of religion.
In Northrop Frye's work The Archetypes of literature ,in which we find that Frye's argument. Here we looking for religion and Myth. The relation between religion and literature it's complicated, because of the thinking of critic. In Criticism divine or you can say God treated as human beings. That's why they don't believe in Superior power.
When religion and literature deals with same document then that is more complicated. Religion is nothing but a narrative. So God for the critic is like a human being, whether that is in the Bible and the paradise lost. In India also we have God like Rama , Krishana, Shiva. But Critic do not think like ordinary people and don't believe in rituals of warships.
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Digital Humanities
Hello readers !
This is my academic blog.The topic : ' Digital humanities ' we have in our syllabus in Criticism. How that is helping us.
What is Digital Humanities ?
"Digital Humanities can be defined as new ways of doing scholarship that involve collaborative, transdisciplinary, and computationally engaged research, teaching, and publishing. It brings digital tools and methods to the study of the humanities with the recognition that the printed word is no longer the main medium for knowledge production and distribution." (Wikipedia)
Both words have different context and meaning. The words 'Digital' and 'Humanities' have opposite meanings. Many people made an argument that literature should be free from Digital technology. Digital Humanities are an area of research, teaching. Digital technology helps us in various ways to find out more information for particular topics. Here the question raised is How digital humanities help us. That through we can say that we got speed to work in our research.
Do you think there is any need for it in the study / research of literature ?
As students of English literature we can say that there is a need for it . Because in this time we can say that knowledge is with our touch in the mobile. I think every book is in digitized form. Whatever who reads then they get easily within a second. So we can say that is important for students and learners. And that is also helpful to researchers.
Can it help in the study / research of regional literature written in the local language as it helps in the study of literature in English ?
That is not helping as like that is helping in English literature. Because of limitations of sites. And also large numbers of people only downloaders not uploaders. So we can not find enough sources. The readers also affect that , English language is the global language, and has large numbers of readers and uploaders in various countries. Whether in regional and local literature we don't get uploaders who upload good materials. But now time we see that the revolutionary things, that the regional language also increases in digital platforms.
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