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Chess plays a significant part in these short stories. They feature scenes with gameplay and characters who talk about chess.
‘Rules of the Game’ is one of the most popular stories which form part of Amy Tan’s 1989 book The Joy Luck Club. The story is about an eight-year-old Chinese American girl who teaches herself chess and becomes a child prodigy, winning many national tournaments.
It is set around the life of the last independently ruling Nawab (noble) Wajid Ali Shah and concludes with the British annexation of the Nawab's kingdom of Awadh in 1856. The two main characters are the aristocrats Mirza Sajjad Ali and Mir Raushan Ali who are deeply immersed into playing chess.
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2.1. The Metaphor of Chess
- 5. Gendered Readings
- Acknowledgements
YouTube videos are being increasingly viewed as alternate educational resources by a large number of learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) also include video lectures from scholars of high-profile universities. This paper aims to give an insight into the question of whether just consuming videos on YouTube is enough to ensure proper learnin...
One of the foremost aims of education is the development of a critical outlook. Being critical implies a progressive worldview with an active desire to reduce domination and exploitation in society. Reading Munshi Premchand’s fiction can arguably be called educational in itself because of its deep social concerns for the downtrodden and marginalise...
The story indicates the loss of political consciousness in Awadh which had become a kind of cultural wasteland sans social cohesion or economic prudence. The metaphor of the game of chess can be suitably applied to the kingdom of Awadh as a whole. The chess pieces have no agency of their own to move forward or backwards. They are moved by an extern...
The gendered reading of Premchand’s stories is a shot in the arm for Indian feminism as it exposes the deep-rooted gender stereotypes that colour the Indian imagination. Such discourses are rare in the popular scenario as it is the academia which has the access, space and resources to bring to the fore such counter-cultural ideas. There has been a ...
I would like to thank my following mentors: Professor Akshaya Kumar for suggesting the original idea of comparing MOOC and YouTube platforms; Dr Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal, my supervisor, for his constant encouragement, constructive feedback and wisdom; and Dr Pankaj Srivastava for suggesting the metaphor of chess to understand the story itself. I would ...
Feb 28, 2018 · Chess in literature began to adopt new forms, with writers from Nabokov to Vonnegut to Borges to Beckett mining the game for metaphor, exploring themes ranging from sex to infinity. Of these authors, Nabokov was the one in whose work chess featured most prominently.
- Bradley Davies
A decadent Lucknow, a waning kingdom, and a foreign power vying for control. Set in 19th century India during the reign of the last Nawab of Awadh, The Chess Players is an account of two men’s obsession with chess. A short story about addiction, dissipation, and hedonism.
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Is There A Story In Chess? There is a story in chess that is deeply embedded within its gameplay mechanics. Chess is a strategic board game that is played beween two players, each controlling an army of chess pieces, including the king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn.
