Learning Experience :Jay Mehta on E. A.Poe's short stories :~

Recently we had guest lecture of Dr. Jay Mehta Sir. He talk about Edger Allen Poe’s short stories.

Here, I want to share my experience of learning short stories. Dr. Jay Maheta teach us Poe with use of various examples of poems, movies and dialogues. He try to catch the attention of everyone in class.

This four days, He has talked about Poe’s  short stories like…
1) The Tell Tale Heart
2) The Black Cat
3) The Fall of the House of Usher
4) The Cask of Amontillado
5) The Purloined Letter
6) The Gold Bug

Poe is a famous for his horror, terror, fear, bloodshed, burying lie, macabre and various psychological abnormalities. His works created the new experience and new concept of viewing world. His works based on suspense and create the atmosphere of wonder and reality, Poe is master of ‘Tales of  mystery and imagination’. Two types of short story he writes :
1.Tales of horror and terror.
2.Tales of ratiocination.

 Characteristics of Poe's Short stories:

-Writer of Diction language
-Autobiographical elements in his writing
- Great creator of suspense
- Inner conflict in characterization
- Balance in head and heart
- He brings the poetic in short stories
- Death and darkness of human mind
- Tone of melancholy and sadness
- Singularity of effect
- A skillful artist

Last Session on Poems and Poets of Gujarati/Hindi  Literature.
Normally his session start with reciting poetic lines and writing a quote on board.
first day he wrote on board that, "The theories we believe, we call them facts and the facts we disbelieve, we call them theories." And then he entered in talk about Father of detective stories ( Edger Allen Poe).

            So This session was very helpful for us. I thankful to our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad Sir for inviting Guest lecturer like Dr. Jay Mehta sir.

.....THANK YOU.....