In our department Dr. Jay mehta as a guest lecturer was invited. In this four day lecture with him we learn many things. He was specially came to deal with Edger Allan Poe' s short stories. But by the time we came to know he was very interested in Gazal , shayri , poems. In this love of poet and art he also created his own poems and shayaries , which was amazing.

He deals with different way of teaching. He taught short stories of Edger poe ' s , which are full with the element of horror, suspence , thriller and Gothic elements. But the way Jaysir deals with it, it  become very interesting. There is no need of further reading of stories.


Jaysir ' s enthusiasm towards subject and teaching is also appreciated. ' He said now the time of take off , now the time of landing , all passengers are ready ... ' such a humorous way of teaching and learning makes lecture more interesting.

In ' The tell- tale heart ' murder of an old man because of awkward eye. It was cold- blooded murder. Split personality of narrator is reflected and revelance of subconscious level .

In ' Black cat ' narrator loves the pets but he becomes made. When he ignored by cat not accept it and killed it. But fear and burden on his soul.

In ' The fall of the house ( usher )  ' usher house has a melancholy view. Roderick boyhood companion of narrator and sister mate tragic death by sickness of house. It evokes feeling of terror , horror and thriller.

 In  ' The cask of Amontillado ' narrator who is Montresor in the story takes revenge to the friend Fortunato who insulted him a lot. Very planned of murder during carnival. Our involvement also in the story.

In ' The Purloined letter ' Story of stolen letter. It is detective story.
In ' The Gold bug ' William legrand get Gold bug , looks like human skull . By cryptography there is a clew of '  treasure ' with bug. But with treasure two skeleton with it also.

Thus poe was far advanced than his time. He creates suspense before the term psycho - thriller.  In his story every words creates effect . Character portration can't imagine by other writers. Thus poe was pioneer in established gothic and horror elements in literature.

At last day special lecture of poems and  poets. Such a amazing lecture. We also fall in love of shayari and gazal , after hearing Jaysir. It was fabulous time and we enjoyed a lot with teaching of sir and also session of poetry.