Vallath MPPSC Revision | Session 12

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[00:01:07]Chal. So let's get started with the questions now shall we? Yes.

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[00:01:29]The first question is from the trise on the sublime by lgininus.

[00:01:36]Lgininus was a Roman classicist who wrote the first ever trise on aesthetics called on the sublime. Right?

[00:01:49]in on the sublime. What is the ultimate goal or psychological effect of sublime literature on the audience in on the sublime? What is the ultimate goal or psychological effect of sublime literature on the audience?

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[00:02:38]Yes. So in on the sublime what is the ultimate goal or psychological effect of sublime literature on the audience?

[00:02:48]Yes it is emotional transportation eistasy and awe. Emotional transportation eistasy and awe.

[00:03:00]Right. Very good. It is option C. The main motive or intention of sublimity is emotional transportation, ecistasy and all. Very good. Next.

[00:03:18]Longginus defines the false sublime as a result of certain technical defects.

[00:03:24]Which of the following defines poority as identified by longginus? So it's a very important question on false sublime as discussed in this tray.

[00:03:40]So according to longginus what is false sublimity or poority? Tell me what is false sublimity or querility.

[00:03:54]Okay.

[00:04:00]Right.

[00:04:05]What is false sublimiture plish trivial or pedantic affectations that pretend to be profound.

[00:04:17]So in his chise on the sublime lunginus outlines three main types of false sublime.

[00:04:29]Okay. And he defines poority as the error defined as childish, trivial or pedantic affectations which are pretending to be profound but in actual they're not profound. They are shallow. Right?

[00:04:47]Okay. Good. So it's a reminder for you all to look up on the sublime once again.

[00:04:55]Okay. Right.

[00:05:04]All of you have answered correctly almost. Yeah.

[00:05:10]In the poetics, Aristotle classifies faults in a poem into essential and accidental faults. Which of the following best defines an accidental fault?

[00:05:29]In the poetics, poetics is again a traise which primarily talks about tragedy. But it also talks about poetry.

[00:05:39]Right? So in the poetics, Aristotle classifies faults in a poem into two types, essential and accidental. Which of the following best defines an accidental fault?

[00:05:52]An accidental fault.

[00:05:59]Right. Right.

[00:06:08]Very good. A mistake concerning a scientific or historical fact unrelated to the plot's art. That is accidental.

[00:06:20]The poet did not commit this intentionally. It was accidental because you can obviously go wrong with a year with a factual information. That's fine because we all are only humans and we can all make mistakes. So when you go wrong with a year or any factual information, that's perfectly all right because it's accidental. It is not deliberate or intentional. All right.

[00:06:49]Yes.

[00:06:50]This is easy. Aristotle states that tragedy aims to arouse pity and fear, elios and phobos to achieve a purging of this emotions. What is the literal Greek term Aristotle uses for this purging or cleansing process?

[00:07:31]It is obviously catharsis.

[00:07:33]It is obviously catharsis.

[00:07:36]Catharsis is the pargation or the cleansing of the excessive of pity and fear which are aroused in the audience during the tragedy.

[00:07:50]Tell me what do you mean by anagnoris?

[00:07:54]What is the meaning of anagnorosis?

[00:07:56]Anagnorosis is the moment of recognition or discovery of your flaw or of the mistake or your error in judgment.

[00:08:08]Anorosis is the moment of recognition or discovery.

[00:08:13]What do you mean by hamaria?

[00:08:15]Hamaria is your tragic flaw or your error in judgment. Hamashia it's a term from archery. Hamashia is a term from archery which means what?

[00:08:31]Your tragic slo right? Your tragic slo or your error in judgment. And what do you mean by paripitia?

[00:08:42]What do you mean by paripitia? Paripitia means reversal of fortune. Peripitia means reversal of fortune.

[00:08:53]Okay. Peripitia means reversal of fortune.

[00:09:00]Okay. Clear?

[00:09:04]So anagnorosis means discovery or recognition. Katharsis means the pergation of the excessive of pity and fear.

[00:09:14]Hamashia means tragic flaw. And paripitia means reversal of fortune.

[00:09:25]Okay, clear, right? All of you have answered correctly. All of you have answered correctly.

[00:09:35]In the original serialized publication of the novel Grid Expectations, what was the fate of Pip and Estella?

[00:09:44]What was the fate of Pip and Estella?

[00:09:50]You all know about Great Expectations.

[00:09:52]It's a buildum's roman by Dickens published in 1861.

[00:10:03]So in the original serialized publication not the novel it's talking about the serialized publication of great expectations.

[00:10:17]Correct. They part ways and the ending strongly implies they never meet again.

[00:10:24]They part ways and the ending strongly implies that they never meet again.

[00:10:30]Is it true that this novel starts from a graveyard scene?

[00:10:35]Tell me, is it true that this novel starts from a graveyard scene?

[00:10:50]Is it true that this novel starts from a graveyard scene? Yes. Yes. Okay. It starts from a graveyard scene. Marip meets whom? Abel Magwitch the convict.

[00:11:02]Abel Magwitch the convict. Right. And who later turns out to be his secret beneficiary. Right? It was Abel Magwitch who was secretly sending PIP money who was financing his journey of becoming a gentleman in London.

[00:11:22]Right. Correct.

[00:11:26]Which legal clerk known as the aged parents son teaches Pip about the portable property of London's legal world in great expectations? Tell me which legal clerk known as the aged parents son teaches a pip about the portable property of London's legal world.

[00:11:54]It's a purely textual question, right?

[00:11:59]It is wear.

[00:12:05]It is Wemik.

[00:12:10]It is Wemik. Don't go wrong. Okay.

[00:12:14]It is Wemik. John Wemik is the dry cynical law cler. The prominent lawyer Mr. Jaggers. He lives a double life. At the office, he acts cold and is obsessed with acquiring portable property. At home, he is a joyful man who happily cares for his hard of hearing father, affectionately known as the aged parent.

[00:12:38]So there's Wik. He teaches Pip about the ruthless realities of London's legal world and how to protect his valuables.

[00:12:46]Is John Wemik the law cler?

[00:12:50]John Wemik the law cler yes lawyer was Mr. Jaggers. His clerk was Wemik who taught Pip about the ruthless realities of this legal world in London. Okay, don't get confused.

[00:13:11]Stay very clear about which character is there in which work, who did what, because it is understandable that in Dickens you have a plethora of characters.

[00:13:24]Decense means convulated plots and plethora of characters. It is easy to get confused and that's why you need to revise them time and again time and again time and again. Right.

[00:13:39]Very good.

[00:13:41]To whom is James Boswell's the life of Samuel Johnson explicitly dedicated?

[00:13:51]Have you all liked the session? Please like the session. There are only six likes. Why?

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[00:14:03]So to whom is James Boswell's biographical work, the life of Samuel Johnson is explicitly dedicated.

[00:14:13]Very good. It is Sir Joshua Reynolds.

[00:14:17]Sir Joshua Reynolds.

[00:14:20]Very good. Very good. Next.

[00:14:25]In the preface of the life of Samuel Johnson, Boswell justifies his groundbreaking method of biography by stating he will not merely write a chronological record but apply what he calls the dash to capture Johnson's true essence. So in the preface of his biographical work the life of Samuel Johnson what is that method he has talked about which he believes will not only give us a monotonous chronological record of Johnson's life but instead will capture the the essence the true essence of Johnson.

[00:15:12]It is interior of consciousness.

[00:15:16]Interior of consciousness.

[00:15:19]And it's a reminder for you all to look up even the preface of this work.

[00:15:25]To look up even the preface of this work. Okay? It is interior of consciousness.

[00:15:33]All right?

[00:15:37]It is B.

[00:15:40]Clear. Now you won't forget this right.

[00:15:44]It is interior of consciousness.

[00:15:50]Next I love this question. This is my favorite question of the day. Just look at it.

[00:15:59]What is the overarching structural argument of to his co mistress? I love this question. It's my favorite question of the day.

[00:16:12]What is the overarching structural argument of to his co mistress by Andrew Marvel?

[00:16:23]Isn't this question beautiful? I love this.

[00:16:29]It is syogistic logic which proceeds with if but therefore.

[00:16:36]Right? So this poem to his co mistress by Andrew Marvel it uses a famous three-step logical argument to persuade his lady love to be with him.

[00:16:50]So the first this premise of if it starts with how how does it start he says if they had all the time in the world her waiting to be kissed would be fine. Then but comes but he says that time is running. He says that but time is running out quickly and death is coming. Therefore they should enjoy their physical passion right now while they are young.

[00:17:22]So this specific type of argument is called a syloism.

[00:17:28]A syogism is what? It's a logical argument style. It's a style of it's a style of logical argument which takes two general truths to reach a logical conclusion. So here he takes the two general truths that if they had time of all the world they could have waited.

[00:17:51]It's true and it's also true that life is very shorter and hence the ultimate truth the conclusion that they have to now enjoy their youth as fast as they can.

[00:18:07]Right? So it's like taking up two universal truths to come to a conclusion. If but therefore if we had time then we could have waited but life is short. Youth is shorter. Therefore, we have to make love and enjoy our life as much as we can.

[00:18:28]So, it is syologistical argumentative style.

[00:18:34]Right? Did you all like the question?

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[00:18:38]Did you all like the question? Was it nice?

[00:18:43]Next.

[00:18:44]In the opening stanza of this poem to his poemistress, what do you mean by the phrase vegetable love?

[00:18:54]Tell me what do you mean by the phrase vegetable love? In the opening stanza of to his coy mistress. In the opening stanza of to his co mistress. What do you mean by vegetable love?

[00:19:18]Correct. Very good. Love that grows slowly and spreads boundlessly.

[00:19:26]In 17th century when this poem was written, the word vegetable did not refer to the food we eat. Instead, vegetable it came from the Latin word vegetare which means to grow or to flourish.

[00:19:43]So here in the first stanza of to his co mistress, the speaker tells his lover how he would court her if they had all the time in the world. He creates a playful exaggeration or hyperbol stating his love would grow vastered than empires and more slow. And hence he compares his love the slow steady and endless growth of a plant to show his devotion is limitless.

[00:20:13]Okay. Clear?

[00:20:17]Right.

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[00:20:41]In the opening lines of the poem, Song of My Cells, Walt Wheatman states, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. What philosophical or literary concept does this atom represent?

[00:20:57]Tell me.

[00:21:08]What does Wman mean by the atom here?

[00:21:19]It means what?

[00:21:23]Very good Manisha. The transcendentalist belief in the divine oversoul connecting all matter. Very good.

[00:21:34]So in this famous line, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you, Walt Whitman uses the specific term atom as a metaphor for spiritual connection.

[00:21:46]He expresses the transcendentalist idea that a single divine spirit or life source connects all living things making every person equal and unified.

[00:22:00]Okay, clear.

[00:22:05]So, next in section six of this poem, Song of Myself, a child asks, "What is this?

[00:22:15]What is the grass?" Witman provides multiple answers. Which of the following is not one of the interpretations he offers for the grass?

[00:22:34]Which of the following is not one of the interpretations Witman offers for the grass in response to the question of the child? What is the grass?

[00:22:47]Walt Wittmann talks of grass as the handkerchief of the lord as a scented gift as the uniform heroglyph glyphic of nature but he never talks about grass as the green flag of the progressive republic.

[00:23:05]Look at the question here. Which of the following is not one of the interpretations he offers for the grass?

[00:23:11]Okay, so option D would be the answer.

[00:23:15]So let's look at all the questions we have done today.

[00:23:19]Okay. So which are the questions and texts we have discussed today.

[00:23:25]Today we have talked about on the sublime by longinus.

[00:23:31]On the sublime by longinus we have talked about poetics by Aristotle.

[00:23:39]Right? Poetics by Aristotle. We have talked about great expectations by Dickens.

[00:23:45]We have talked about the life of Samuel Johnson by Boswell.

[00:23:50]Right. Then we have talked about the poem to his square mistress by Andrew Marvel.

[00:23:58]Yes. Then we have talked about Song of Myself by Walt Whitman.

[00:24:03]After this live session is over, will you all please revise this text from your syllabus?

[00:24:11]Will you all please revise this text from your syllabus?

[00:24:17]Yes. Will you revise?

[00:24:23]Do you all like the questions? Were the questions nice and good?

[00:24:27]Will you all remember these terms?

[00:24:29]Anagnorises, paripitia, katharsis, hamashia.

[00:24:36]Yes.

[00:24:38]Will you look up the text of poetics once again?

[00:24:45]Yes, please look up poetics once again.

[00:24:49]Please look up on the sublime once again. Read the poem to his poem mistress once more. It's a short poem, right? Please read the poems one once more. Read the poem song of myself once more.

[00:25:04]Okay?

[00:25:05]and to let me know how you feel after reading them again and again.

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[00:25:59]>> Good night. Bye. And read a lot, study a lot. Okay? And do let me in the comment section if you want me further improvement in these sessions. Okay?

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