Lectures (Class) Archives - Dr. Anju Gurawa https://dranjugurawa.com/category/lectures-class/ Author | Blogger | Writer | YouTuber | Professor | Singer | Motivator | Social Activist & Innovator Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:38:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dranjugurawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-dranju-2-150x75.png Lectures (Class) Archives - Dr. Anju Gurawa https://dranjugurawa.com/category/lectures-class/ 32 32 The Embodied Archive: The Dalit Body as a Site of Historical and Political Resistance https://dranjugurawa.com/the-embodied-archive-the-dalit-body-as-a-site-of-historical-and-political-resistance/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-embodied-archive-the-dalit-body-as-a-site-of-historical-and-political-resistance/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:38:38 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2148 The Embodied Archive: The Dalit Body as a Site of Historical and Political Resistance Abstract In Dalit literature, the body is not merely a biological entity but a profound, traumatic archive of caste-based oppression. This article examines how Dalit autobiographies, poetry, and prose function as counter-archives, where the skin, the blood, and the sensory experiences […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-embodied-archive-the-dalit-body-as-a-site-of-historical-and-political-resistance/feed/ 0 Character Analysis: Philosophical Vehicles in Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/character-analysis-philosophical-vehicles-in-rasselas-2/ https://dranjugurawa.com/character-analysis-philosophical-vehicles-in-rasselas-2/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:37:29 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2146 Character Analysis: Philosophical Vehicles in Rasselas In The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, the characters are manifestations of different intellectual responses to the human condition. Johnson uses these archetypes to argue that no single philosophical outlook can fully resolve the inherent “vanity of human wishes.” Prince Rasselas: The Seeker of Experience Rasselas represents the […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/character-analysis-philosophical-vehicles-in-rasselas/feed/ 0 The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas-2/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas-2/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:31:10 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2142   The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas Introduction Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) serves as a profound subversion of the optimistic rationalism characteristic of the eighteenth century. While the Enlightenment, championed by figures like Locke and Leibniz, posited that the application of […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas-2/feed/ 0 The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:29:52 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2140 The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas Introduction Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) serves as a profound subversion of the optimistic rationalism characteristic of the eighteenth century. While the Enlightenment, championed by figures like Locke and Leibniz, posited that the application of human […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas/feed/ 0 The Delusion of Agency: The ‘Choice of Life’ as a Circular Prison in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-delusion-of-agency-the-choice-of-life-as-a-circular-prison-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-delusion-of-agency-the-choice-of-life-as-a-circular-prison-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:28:45 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2138 The Delusion of Agency: The ‘Choice of Life’ as a Circular Prison in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas Introduction Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) occupies a unique space in the eighteenth-century literary canon, functioning as both an Oriental tale and a rigorous philosophical treatise on the human condition. Unlike the Enlightenment faith […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-delusion-of-agency-the-choice-of-life-as-a-circular-prison-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/feed/ 0 The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard-2/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard-2/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:27:26 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2136 The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard Introduction Alexander Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard (1717) is frequently categorized as a quintessential Ovidian epistle, a text defined by the tension between sacred duty and profane passion. However, beneath the veneer of the monastic lament lies a far more calculated performance: […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard-2/feed/ 0 The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:26:03 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2134   The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard Introduction Alexander Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard (1717) is frequently categorized as a quintessential Ovidian epistle, a text defined by the tension between sacred duty and profane passion. However, beneath the veneer of the monastic lament lies a far more calculated […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/feed/ 0 The Prison of Perspective: Narrative Containment in Johnson’s Rasselas and Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard https://dranjugurawa.com/the-prison-of-perspective-narrative-containment-in-johnsons-rasselas-and-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-prison-of-perspective-narrative-containment-in-johnsons-rasselas-and-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:20:19 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2132 The Prison of Perspective: Narrative Containment in Johnson’s Rasselas and Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard In the intellectual landscape of the eighteenth century, the concepts of confinement, freedom, and the subjective self were deeply intertwined. Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) and Alexander Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard (1717) serve as profound meditations […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-prison-of-perspective-narrative-containment-in-johnsons-rasselas-and-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/feed/ 0 The Grammar of Graded Inequality: A Critical Analysis of B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste https://dranjugurawa.com/the-grammar-of-graded-inequality-a-critical-analysis-of-b-r-ambedkars-annihilation-of-caste/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-grammar-of-graded-inequality-a-critical-analysis-of-b-r-ambedkars-annihilation-of-caste/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:53:44 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2122 Abstract: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste (1936) is not merely a political manifesto; it is a foundational text of Indian modernism and a masterpiece of rhetorical strategy. Originally prepared as a presidential address for the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore, the speech was never delivered due to its radical content. This article provides a comprehensive […]

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