Flipped learning : T. S. Eliot Tradition and Individual Talent

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We have academic task on Flipped  learning in which we have watching the videos and then write about the concept of videos ,what is our understanding and asking questions. Listing is very important skill for develop our  understanding.  This task given by Dilip Barad Sir head of English  department. Flipped learning task is very helpful for us to understanding concept of any works.  Click here to know about this task. 

Video 1 : 

In the first video of introduction about T. S. Eliot's contemporary critics. And division of Eliot's persona and world in three segments. Explained by Dr. Ketan vyas Sir Associate professor.

Eliot is one of the seminal 20th century critics and many other critics of this area. The new criticism began with I. A. Richards and T. S. Eliot. Afterwards Sir talks about the New School of Criticism. And the three important critics and their works in which they gave their opinion.

1 . Allan Tate :    Tension in poetry 
2.  J. C. Ransom : The new literature 
3.  Cleanth Brooks  : Language of paradox. 

Eliot essay and Theory divided into three parts. Eliot wrote the  "The Preface to Lancelot " in which he says that he is a classist in literature.

Video  2. 

The second video explained by Dr. Sanjay Mukhrji.He told  about the T. S Eliot's concept of Tradition. And how individual talent is associated with tradition.

T. S Eliot uses this term with positive connotation or negative. Secondly we come to know how the individual talent associated with it. It connotes that at particular time, place over a period of people living and believe in certain principles and beliefs and carry out way of life. Eliot speaking from modern critics point of view and there is always this tension between somebody being traditional and somebody is modern. 

 Eliot actually means the seconds positive sense although we have to be really reading between the lines of this essay and when we do so, we will realize that Eliot is actually criticizing romantics with their great deal of emphasis on the individual. 

Eliot wants to assert that he is seeing this term in the very positive sense. Individual does not cut itself away from the tradition. Tradition for Eliot as he mentioned in the essay is already an existing monument. Eliot criticizing the romantics, but the he seems to be carrying a thread froward from Matthew Arnold with when Matthew Arnold talks the historical sense. 

Video 3 :  

The third video is about explanation of "some can obsorb knowledge, the more tardy must sweat for it." Explained by Dr Sanjay Mukharji.

Eliot demands from his poet as well as from his readers a wide reading. Shakespeare seems to be unexceptional because if he says that everyone has to very well read every creative artist and then cumming down to the modern readers. We find that is no mention that Shakespeare went to any university. Dr. Jonson says  to the extended in his preface to Shakespeare that he knew no other languages than English. In this sense Shakespeare was not highly educated in conventional sense but still that he has a wide array of entire cross section of characters,of themes of ideas in his works.

Speaker mention the Arnold essay called  Function of Criticism in present time. Arnold mention that critics have a most important role to play and his role is that the critics should provide fresh ideas to the author.

Video  4 : 

T. S Eliot making some reference to chemical reactions. In the forth video speaker told about the  what is the relevance of this scientific chemical reaction with arts and humanities. Early in the twentieth century, it then tries to bring in the elements of science and the vigor of science into humanities and arts. T. S Eliot refers to is the in the laboratory the formation of sulfuric acid,  which is our H2so4.

Speaker told about the creative process. Since long if we look at Plato , Plato thought that poets create through a grip of frenzy. Aristotle differed from Plato's views and he said that poet make something, they create something. Dryden gives his views of creative process in three different stages.

Video : 5 

In this video T. S. Eliot's essay divided into three parts.

Tradition and it's importance

            Tradition is not followed the rituals, costume and regulations and rules. Tradition is the concept of both past and present.

Poetic process

Not an expression but an escape from personality. Eliot says that tradition is affected. He criticizes the imitation of poet.

Shift attention from Author to Tex

The death of the author is not physical but Biographical elements. He suggests that to the author is dead and impersonalized.

• Question : 

Video 1 : 

1.what is practical criticism. 

2. What is a New School of criticism. What is main purpose of New School of criticism. 

Video 2 : 

1.  Eliot uses such words as surrendering to the tradition sacrificing one from self.. What is Eliot try to say in this words?

2.  Why modern are good or tradition are not so good?
Video 3 : 

1. Arnold mention that the critics role is that the critics should provide fresh ideas to the authors. How?

Video  4 : 

1. Plato thoughts that  Poets create through a grip of frenzy. What is the grip of frenzy?

After watching videos we all asked  many questions and in the class Sir gave answer of all those  questions. As we asked above. Generally in the class only few students ask questions but in the flipped learning we have compulsory ask questions in Google classroom by this thing all students asked questions. So flipped learning is very helpful for us to better understanding and develop our thinking skill.


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