Shaw's Corner presents "Poets and Playwrights of the Irish Renaissance" seminar at Habitat World, IHC, Lodhi Road > 9:30am-4pm on 4th December 2010
Time : 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Entry : Free, Please confirm participation to: Dr. V.B.Sharma 9811934504 or Dr. Gurinder Bedi 9899110390
Event Details : Shaw’s Corner is organizing a one day seminar on the Poets and Playwrights of the Irish Renaissance sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland.
The theme of the Seminar is ‘Creating Identities’ and we propose to discuss the rich tradition of Irish Drama that found its roots in the events of the first half of the twentieth century. These 50 years can be viewed from different angles historically as well as the range of themes and writing styles that emerged. All Irish writers of note, be it George Bernard Shaw, W.B Yeats, J.M Synge, Sean O Casey, Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, to name a few had close association with the Nationalist feelings that mark these times, shaping them while drawing inspiration from them.
Programme:
· Introduction and Overview - Dr. V.B.Sharma, President Shaw’s Corner
· Film on G.B Shaw
· Shaw’s views on the Irish question (Readings).
· ‘The Poetics of J.M.Synge’ - Prof (Retd) R.W.Desai.
· ‘Antinomial Visions and Imagination: The creation of a Yeatsian Identity ’ - Shernaz Cama
· ‘Readings from Yeats’.
· ‘Synge and the Irish Dramatic Tradition’ - Prof (Retd). Prashant Sinha.
· ‘Irish Identity’: Readings from Brendan Behan.
· ‘Irish Identity- Sean O Casey’s ‘Juno and the Peacock‘ - Dr. Dhananjay Singh.
· ‘Just a Lad of 18 summers’ by Kevin Barry and other Irish songs.
· Open House Discussion.
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Entry : Free, Please confirm participation to: Dr. V.B.Sharma 9811934504 or Dr. Gurinder Bedi 9899110390
Place : Magnolia, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
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Set Attending / Not Attending status below :The theme of the Seminar is ‘Creating Identities’ and we propose to discuss the rich tradition of Irish Drama that found its roots in the events of the first half of the twentieth century. These 50 years can be viewed from different angles historically as well as the range of themes and writing styles that emerged. All Irish writers of note, be it George Bernard Shaw, W.B Yeats, J.M Synge, Sean O Casey, Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, to name a few had close association with the Nationalist feelings that mark these times, shaping them while drawing inspiration from them.
Programme:
· Introduction and Overview - Dr. V.B.Sharma, President Shaw’s Corner
· Film on G.B Shaw
· Shaw’s views on the Irish question (Readings).
· ‘The Poetics of J.M.Synge’ - Prof (Retd) R.W.Desai.
· ‘Antinomial Visions and Imagination: The creation of a Yeatsian Identity ’ - Shernaz Cama
· ‘Readings from Yeats’.
· ‘Synge and the Irish Dramatic Tradition’ - Prof (Retd). Prashant Sinha.
· ‘Irish Identity’: Readings from Brendan Behan.
· ‘Irish Identity- Sean O Casey’s ‘Juno and the Peacock‘ - Dr. Dhananjay Singh.
· ‘Just a Lad of 18 summers’ by Kevin Barry and other Irish songs.
· Open House Discussion.
Related Events : Talks
Shaw's Corner presents "Poets and Playwrights of the Irish Renaissance" seminar at Habitat World, IHC, Lodhi Road > 9:30am-4pm on 4th December 2010
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