Origin and history: Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs".
Definition: 'A simple, spirited poem in short stanzas, narrating some popular story.' (Oxford Dictionary)
Characteristics of ballad:
1) It is narrative poem: it tells a story: It is narrative kind of poetry in which we can able to find out the different story about different subjects like 'Hugh of Lincoln', 'Edom o' Gordon, etc.
2) It has some certain subjects which appear over and over again: The most popular subjects are those old favourites, sex and violence, supernatural ghosts, magic, witchcraft, superstition, the real historical character, etc.
3) It is very simple poem in short stanzas: This kind of poetry is very simple which written in some short stanzas and the words are also very simple.
4) It is sing-able: It is an important one that person can sing it well. In the old time there were no written ballad but it was passing from person to person by word of mouth. One can enjoy it by singing.
5) It has charm of natural simplicity: It is very simple poem and that simplicity gives us charm. It is very natural kind of poems.
6) Universal appeal: Every single ballad touches upon a specific subjects, which bears universal significance. It's not simply restricted to his personality or his country, rather; it deals with the whole humanity. John Keats's ballad 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' convinces the readers that most of the women are perfidious and double-crossing.
7) No Extra Details: There are no extra details about the surroundings, atmosphere or environment. The poems starts suddenly and the reader has to visualise the setting himself through the word of the poet. Thus ballads lack in superfluous details.
આ એક પન્નાલાલ પટેલ લિખિત નવલકથા છે. જેમાં ગ્રામ જીવનની વાત, કાળની વાત, ખેડૂતના જીવનની વાત કરવામાં આવી છે. આપણે આ કૃતિ ને મહાનકૃતિના ભાગરૂપે ભણી ગયા છીએ. તેથી આ કૃતિના ભાગરૂપે નીચે આપેલ પ્રશ્નો ના જવાબ તમારે આ બ્લોગ ના કમેન્ટ બૉક્સમા લખવાના છે.
સમય મર્યાદા કાલ સવારે ૮:૩૦ સુધી ની રહેશે.
પ્રશ્નનો ની યાદી નીચે મુજબ છે.
૧) માનવીની ભવાઇ નવલકથા નું શિર્ષક કેવી રીતે સાર્થક થાય છે?
૨) કૃતિ માં આવતી કઈ કંઈ બાબતો હાલના સમયમાં પણ સાર્થક થાય છે?
૩) કૃતિ માં આવતો ક્યો પ્રસંગ તમને સૌથી વધારે સ્પર્શે છે?
