Ordinary culture raymond williams paper 8

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1. Ordinary Culture Ordinary Culture
Raymond WilliamsRaymond Williams
Name- Matangi. G. BhattName- Matangi. G. Bhatt
Roll no.- 17Roll no.- 17
Class- M.A. sem 2Class- M.A. sem 2
Batch- 2016/18Batch- 2016/18
Paper- 8 Cultural StudiesPaper- 8 Cultural Studies
Topic- Ordinary culture Raymond WilliamsTopic- Ordinary culture Raymond Williams
Enrolment no.- 2069108420170003Enrolment no.- 2069108420170003
E-mail- E-mail- [email protected]@gmail.com
Collage- smt S.B. Gardi Department of EnglishCollage- smt S.B. Gardi Department of English

2. IntroductionIntroduction
This is a essay of Ordinary This is a essay of Ordinary
Culture written by Raymond Culture written by Raymond
Williams. He was born in Williams. He was born in
1921, died in 1988. Williams 1921, died in 1988. Williams
was a decisive influence on was a decisive influence on
the formation of cultural the formation of cultural
studies. This early text, with studies. This early text, with
its insistence that ‘Culture is its insistence that ‘Culture is
Ordinary’ in every society Ordinary’ in every society
and in every mind, marks and in every mind, marks
out a preoccupation with out a preoccupation with
lived culture that was to lived culture that was to
animate all of William’s animate all of William’s
work. work.

3. Culture is OrdinaryCulture is Ordinary
Culture is Ordinary; that is Culture is Ordinary; that is
where we must start. To grow where we must start. To grow
up in that country was to see up in that country was to see
the shape of a culture, and its the shape of a culture, and its
modes of change. He could modes of change. He could
stand on the mountains and stand on the mountains and
look north to the farms and look north to the farms and
the cathedral, or south to the the cathedral, or south to the
smoke and the flare of the smoke and the flare of the
blast furnace making a second blast furnace making a second
sunset. To grow up in the sunset. To grow up in the
family was to see the shaping family was to see the shaping
of minds the learning of new of minds the learning of new
skills, skills,

4. To continue…To continue…
 The shifting of relationships.The shifting of relationships.
 The emergence of different The emergence of different
language and ideas.language and ideas.
 Culture is Ordinary that is first fact.Culture is Ordinary that is first fact.
Every human society has its own Every human society has its own
shapeshape
 Its own meaning Its own meaning
Its own purposeIts own purpose

5. Culture in societyCulture in society
Every human society express Every human society express
these, in institutions and in these, in institutions and in
arts and learning. The arts and learning. The
making of society is the making of society is the
finding of common finding of common
meanings and direction meanings and direction
and its growth is an active and its growth is an active
debate and amendment debate and amendment
under the pressures of under the pressures of
experience, contact and experience, contact and
discovery, writing discovery, writing
themselves into the land. themselves into the land.
The growing society is The growing society is
development of minddevelopment of mind

6. ConclusionConclusion
Thus, we can say that Williams refuses to Thus, we can say that Williams refuses to
acknowledge these two sense of culture. He acknowledge these two sense of culture. He
believe that culture is not limited to a certain believe that culture is not limited to a certain
group of people but rather is structured and group of people but rather is structured and
available to and by all, that is why it is available to and by all, that is why it is
‘Ordinary’. It is a very democratic approach ‘Ordinary’. It is a very democratic approach
towards the definition of Culture. This is the towards the definition of Culture. This is the
concept of Ordinary culture in literature, in concept of Ordinary culture in literature, in
society also.society also.