When:
May 22, 2020 @ 3:00 pm
Asia/Kolkata Timezone
2020-05-22T15:00:00+05:30
2020-05-22T15:15:00+05:30
Where:
Google Meet
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In general, there is no forked opinion about literature playing a significant role in our life; but at present times during lockdown and quarantine due to COVID-19, its implication has become much more relevant for people from all walks of life. It has so much to offer to us to combat this trial period with our best capabilities. Because of the lockdown and the quarantine, these days majority of the people are spending most of their time either in reading books (fiction in particular, in various forms such as novels, stories or comic strips) be it online or the hardcopy, or in watching movies/drama/shows on TV or phones. The former explicitly comes under the category ‘literature’ whereas the latter also is an aspect of literature in a subtle and significant way since both the genera have tremendously collided and intermingled with each other. The enormous internet facility has enabled us to have access to never exhausting sources and material. And, luckily for almost every prosaic text (be it a story, an essay, a myth or even scriptures), a visual text is available – either in the form of a video or animation, not to mention the endless pictures/images available online for the same. So, it will not be an exaggeration to say that these days more than reading, we are actually watching literature. Hence, we are constantly feeding ourselves with literature in different forms! Thus, in times of COVID-19, literature has its implications in various ways: reflective, motivational, cautionary and preventive, with endless possibilities.
Nisha Dahiya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Tetso College, Dimapur. Her area of interest are Linguistics, British and Indian English Literature, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication, Translation (English to Hindi and vice-versa) and Forces (Psychology and Astrology) governing Human Nature and Behavior. She has also worked as a Language Associate in Talent, and Tutor and Language Trainer in learning skills in Delhi. Currently, she is aiding as the chief-editor of the Department’s upcoming eBook entitled “Resonance: Tetso College Anthology of Art and Literature”.
Date: 22nd May 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Registration Link: bit.ly/dottalks0522