Question 14 Marks
Source - 1: Religious Reform and Public DebatesThere were intense controversies between social and religious reformers and the Hindu orthodoxy over matters like widow immolation, monotheism, Brahmanical priesthood and idolatry. In Bengal, as the debate developed, tracts and newspapers proliferated, circulating a variety of arguments.
i. Evaluate how did the print shapes the nature of the debate in the early nineteenth century in India.
Source - 2: New Forms of Publication
New literary forms also entered the world of reading lyrics, short stories, essays about social and political matters. In different ways, they reinforced the new emphasis on human lives and intimate feelings, about the political and social rules that shaped such things.
ii. To what extent do you agree that print opened up new worlds of experience and gave a vivid sense of diversity of human lives?
Source - 3: Women and Print
Since social reforms and novels had already created a great interest in women's lives and emotions, there was also an interest in what women would have to say about their own lives.
iii. To what extent did the print culture reflect a great interest in women's lives and emotions? Explain.
i. Evaluate how did the print shapes the nature of the debate in the early nineteenth century in India.
Source - 2: New Forms of Publication
New literary forms also entered the world of reading lyrics, short stories, essays about social and political matters. In different ways, they reinforced the new emphasis on human lives and intimate feelings, about the political and social rules that shaped such things.
ii. To what extent do you agree that print opened up new worlds of experience and gave a vivid sense of diversity of human lives?
Source - 3: Women and Print
Since social reforms and novels had already created a great interest in women's lives and emotions, there was also an interest in what women would have to say about their own lives.
iii. To what extent did the print culture reflect a great interest in women's lives and emotions? Explain.
Answer
View full question & answer→i. Print created the possibility of wide circulation of ideas. Through the printed message, the reformers could persuade people to think differently and introduced a new world of debate and discussion. This had significance in different spheres of life.
ii. By the seventeenth century, the print was no longer used just by scholar-officials. Merchants used the print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information. Reading increasingly became a leisure activity. The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, and romantic plays. Books were of various sizes, serving many different purposes and interests.
iii. Women became important readers and writers. Penny magazines, specially meant for women, contained guidelines on proper behavior and housekeeping. Some of the best novelists were women like Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, etc., their writings created a new image of women with a will, the strength of personality, determination and power to think.
ii. By the seventeenth century, the print was no longer used just by scholar-officials. Merchants used the print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information. Reading increasingly became a leisure activity. The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, and romantic plays. Books were of various sizes, serving many different purposes and interests.
iii. Women became important readers and writers. Penny magazines, specially meant for women, contained guidelines on proper behavior and housekeeping. Some of the best novelists were women like Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, etc., their writings created a new image of women with a will, the strength of personality, determination and power to think.