Pastoral and Anti-Pastoral: Representation of City and Vi...
Kochar, Shubhanku / Sarkar, Neepa
Village is not just a place, but an idea. Likewise, a city is not just a place, but a metaphor. Human imagination has conceived both village and city as opposite to one another. When we were tired of living in villages, we invented cities, when we no-longer wanted to stay in the cities, we went back to villages. Village life is conventionally perceived as idyllic with clean air, water, food and helpful neighbors, whereas life in the city is of...