Interview and Modern World

You Will Be Hearing From Us short notes by E S Bhavani Following is the presentation notes on emplacement IV Semester lesson You will be Hearing from us Shortly a poem by U A Fanthrope. The presentation was made for II year JPEng class by E S Bhavani on 24 Nov. Institutionalising the Individual An analysis of You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly U. A. Fanthorpe (Click here for the text of the poem) A teeny bit about the authorUrsula Aksham Fanthorpe was born in Kent. Having studied at Oxford she went on to train as a t separatelyer becoming the top dog of the De jumpment at Cheltenham Ladies College (1962-1970) who dropped out after training as a councillor to become a clerk in a infirmary for neuropsychiatry disorders. Her poems since then started reflecting experiences of the patients. Her origin collection of poems were published when she was 49. Her poems have the appearance _or_ semblance to question endorsement and state compassion to people at the same time.Her most palmy poems have been in monologue slice others have a keen deal of humour and dialogue in them unlike the usual structure of poetry we ar used to. Most of her poems atomic number 18 of two comp onenessnt parts. whatsoever other dominant fores in her composes ar war and its do on children, the nature of Englishness and the British character and history. It was in 1989 that she became a full-time writer who gives breedings of her work mostly in the UK and at times abroad.She became the root woman to be nominated for the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry and has been awarded m some(prenominal) fellowships. In 2003 she was awarded the 2003 Queens Gold Medal for Poetry. An Overview The on a lower floorlying origin used to analyse the text is the concept of red-brick font or alternatively the factors that complete or contri notwithstandinge to a neo lifestyle. This particular theme has especi completelyy been chosen because personally I have been very hypnotised wi th the word innovational as it has been something that quite frankly has not plot of ground an universally appeal.Ask a fructifyman what it actor to be modern the answer tummy vary enough to drive a homo being mad (unless that is what modernity intends to do), in a planetary consciousness perhaps unmatchable dismiss classify being modern in damage of a time-span or choose to stupefy another harder lieu and explore. And it is in this intention that I look forward to to explore the text. Keeping that in mind, we will first look at the poem and try to restart in parity to the world today with the underlying presumption that we argon all evolved human beings living in a modern world.The drumhead will also lay the foundation to attention ameliorate beat the different concepts and theories to be discussed. Having once given a common arrangement of the text, it becomes necessary to key out different means of being able to function with the text and this is precise ly what we shall be doing in different modes of reading. Of course, the different means provided here ar not given as ultimatums quite hope to reveal scope for further models of interpreting the opus.With three different modes of reading established, our focus moves onto the dominant themes that revolve around the poem which will help appreciate the text in various forms. One of the major(ip) revelations of poetry-reading can be achieved by evaluating the title given to it from a generic sense, therefrom we shall try and decipher what You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly refers to with emphasis on the word shortly as it seems to stick to the authorized codes of bring forthing concepts of being modern in harm of time-relevance.It becomes inevitable but to look at the structuring of the text to dislodge apart(p) meanings (atleast conceivable hidden meanings) once analysed focussing on the word shortly. Our concluding part of the analysis throws light on the different layers t hat exist within the piece aiming to break the traditional moulds of analysing a text. It seeks to prove that a particular writing can be highlighted in more ways than just whizz especially given the freedom in the Modern World. A Summarised PerspectiveThe poem instances the concept of an converse, giving prominence to perhaps the negative formulas. The poet challenges positive concepts of interviewing and reveals it in a dialogic form. An interesting theory would be to understand that though it is presented in a dialogue form nowhere in the inherent poem do we hear the interviewees voice although both their mind-sets and personalities are revealed to some extent. The interviewer focuses on several aspects of the interviewee that makes unitary wonder if this is the standard norms for how an interview is held.The interviewer somehow seems distracted as he goes about the interview in a manner that can be debated. Once we hear all the questions the interviewer asks we are left with a question ourselves what is really burning(prenominal)? And what does it take for a successful interview? Where is the emphasis given upon in this competitory world? When analysing these factors we come across the basis that each adept of them are very vulnerable to time. Every aspect that the interviewer focuses on the candidate could differ greatly at different time geological periods.Someone who graduated first in his class in 1996 could relatively prove unintelligent when compared to mortal who graduated in 2006. When dealing with such a volatile internet site it makes you wonder if Fanthorpe is really trying to project that these constitute the essence that makes what the modern world is and this very necessity to erase the lines drawn between ones personal and professional life exposes mastery of the modern world. We find this domination becoming crystal clear as the interviewer is able to coax the interviewee that his existence is a pity by the end of the poem.W e shall understand this violence-play better when we deal with the different themes within the poem but underlying modern concepts of functioning can be seen by psychological manipulation of many sorts. Modes of Reading It often occurs to me that any text is usually dealt in one particular fashion ignoring all the other possibilities. So, starting with the basics Im hoping to introduce ways of reading the same text in distinctive patterns. Attempting this, here are three patterns my mind was able to lay out. 1. A Monologue ReadingHaving established very confidently that this is a dialogic poem it would be rather hard to treat it as a monologue but not unimaginable. If one chooses to treat it in this manner we are again provided with two more options to understand it as a monologue of the interviewer or the interviewee himself. If we are considering it as a monologue of the interviewer one can assume that social restrictions do not give him the closeness of saying the things out lo ud and thus it can be reason as manifestations of his own mind. What we can focus around here are the social implications that could provoke an interviewer to wonder about. other monologue perspective could be to analyse it from the point of view of an amateur and his apprehensions about the interview. This can entirely be put off as nervousness or understand it by reflecting on the causes for such apprehensions. Both of these to some level line of battle us an unrealistic perspective and irrational fears one might have. What is of import here is that what one might consider unrealistic can sophisticate out to be not so and perhaps we are sorrowful towards a rather unrealistic future. 2. The Silenced Interviewee This mode has been especially chosen due to the lack of mold of the interviewee.We find that there is no voice given to the interviewee, we are left to believe the notions made by the interviewer as the ultimate truth. What does this signify? Giving absolute ply to th e interviewer who represents a major part of the organization whose haggling we blindly believe. This casual scenario exposes personal infringement made by the modern world, where individuals are given fewer opportunities to showcase themselves from their point of view rather forced to accept it in congenator to societal norms. This of course leads to what I like to call virtual representations of each of us.Projection of ourselves in a corporate world changes from what we are to what we are suppose to be and this hopeful process of changing reflects the virtual representations that we make of ourselves every single day. And during this struggle to meet the ideal virtual representation we encounter a loss, loss of our personal identity that seems trivial in comparison to the large organization that exists. 3. From A Young Interviewee In a rather simplistic sense one can read it as nothing but apprehensions that a young interviewee has, a reflection of general concerns that one mi ght have before his first interview.When analysing it from this mode we are forced to consider the social pressures that lead one to dwell under such tension. I have chosen to treat it in this specialised manner mainly because the idea of the poem being apprehensions of an amateur does not seem absurd but what contradicts this simple explanation is the interviewee being married, children- in the poem. This is the intriguing aspect of which I wish to explore where perhaps it is meant to show that everyone is case-hardened as an amateur and it does not change much for an elderly experienced applicant or a new-comer and how both are treated in the same manner.Either that or it could simply be seen in terms of time-relevance as mentioned in the summarized perspective. Dominant Themes Three themes have been chosen keeping in mind the most irrelevant concepts or rather the most ignored aspects of this poem. Not claiming that no one has understood this piece of text in this manner but a ttempting to bring together patently irrelevant pieces of entropy to form what can be called one important perspective. 1. Power Relations Power is everywherebecomes it comes from everywhere Michele Focault The above quote shall serve as the foundation for the rest of my argument.It seems only obvious to hen-peck mightiness relations as one of the dominant themes in the poem after having mentioned everything above. The entire concept of force requires no historical compass or knowledge to analyse as in every bowl of human act there have been power of course some more preferable than the others. And power can be understood in many ways, all of which can be applied to the text. In relation to the poem, power relations needs to be understood in terms of the corporate world where hierarchy and monitored functioning are in their zenith.It would seem rather stupid to ignore such a concept in the corporate world. Power relations become interesting especially while trying to relate to the corporate or modern world from the past, as we have evolved we have evolved within ourselves the very ideals of how we use or maltreatment power. One such understanding can be achieved by Alvin Tofflers theory of power in historical sense the beginning of power can be recognized as barbaric, where man could portray his domination only in primitive expressions or in other words by violence.This of course went through many changes although even today we find this dominates our impulse and history stands as the book of truth to reveal to us how exhibition of being powerful transformed from violence to wealth. Although one can argue very confidently that for quite a long period of time they both worked closely with one another to great lengths. As time passed by, we now arrive to our present state where power is displayed through a fluid concept termed as intelligence otherwise cognise as knowledge or information.The transformation that has taken place over the years makes p ower relations especially a delicate yield to engage with as it has now moved from a plain one dimensional model to a three dimensional functioning aspect of a society. Where at times all the three previously mentioned tools of power are used but in greatly differing indirect means. Another mode of looking at it comes from the Classic Study by cut and Raven (1959) where they ntroduced five bases of power positional (where power is issued found on the position you hold), referent (power understood as how influential or how persuade one is able to build loyalty around him), expert (power based on the expertise one holds over a subject), coercive (in terms of primitive means, violence) and reward (if one is able to give or withheld rewards of any kind). An additional base was added a little later rightly termed as the Informational base that reflects a society in the face of an aftermath of information explosion.Thus, information becomes power and power is very generously available to anyone who chooses to find it. Understanding power relations in this mode becomes increasingly toilsome to define in precise terms. We can perhaps say Foucaults quote finally establishes itself in modern society. When everyone has equal opportunities to find the power that they want, it becomes a universal characteristic of man. Now, it becomes dangerous as trends in power change drastically leaving man completely vulnerable to the dictates of the modern world.