Assignment 1 - Tagore Stories

Stories of India

8.1.2014

15.1.2014

Assignment 1: Read ‘The Home-Coming’ by Rabindranath Tagore. Visualise and map-out the region mentioned within the text.

Assignment 2: Read ‘The Home-Coming’ and ‘My Lord, the Baby’ by Rabindranath Tagore. In a group, visualise and map-out the region mentioned within the text.

Group Members: Kristel, Sheona and Anwesha

Learning Outcomes:

Further research on the era the story was set in, the physical, geographical and political conditions of the given landscape.

Different ways of interpreting landscapes, as well as texts; and the use of various mediums to do so.

Reflection:

The first exercise was a preview of how the course has been mapped out. Both the stories, ‘The Home-Coming’ and ‘My Lord, the Baby’ were a good read and in fact, easy to visualise. In both the stories, there was a certain amount of freedom given to us while visualising the entire landscape - which was quite unique because everyone in class had different visualisations for the same story. I also enjoyed the fact that we could use any form or medium. Even though I am comfortable with digital drawings, this exercise allowed me to step out of my comfort-zone and manually map out my visualisation. The second exercise allowed us to do the same but it was more interesting because of my group mates as everyone had a different way at looking at things and the output was quite a mixture of our interpretations. The landscape had to be mapped out keeping in mind the era the story was set in, the physical, geographical and political conditions.