Shahnawaz Muntazir Assistant Prof. Dept. of English Govt. Degree College Khansaheb. India. Literature which appears to be a solemn, sublime and harmonious territory from outside consists of certain tensions which decompose it into a multiciplity of sub-discourses and lends a complexity to its overall texture. One such discourse is that of ‘Mimesis’ and ‘Fantasy’—two most…
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The Kite Runner: In Search of “Missing Wombs”
Mousim Mondal Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of English,The University of Burdwan Golapbag Campus, Burdwan-713104 West Bengal. Afghanistan: a relic of wars, is a name that has only ‘acquired’ the potential of forming ripples of devastating images of crumbling human civilization, poverty, war, brutal spine chilling atrocities of ethnic cleansing, harrowing Islamic fundamentalism and shocking American…
Hail, to thee Blithe Spirit!!
Mohona Chatterjee Cordelia – Beware! Storm ahead! Lear – Before a haunted hovel? Where have you brought me Cordelia? Cordelia – Upon the heath! Fool’s heath. Lear – Fool stays here? Cordelia – No, not here [Pointing to the hovel], there he lives. This is where he works, struts and frets his hour. Lear – …
The Meaninglessness of Life in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Harold Pinter’s the Birthday Party
Mehmet Akif Balkaya Research Assistant Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University Aksaray, Turkey This paper studies Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party in terms of their rejection of the characteristics of the traditional drama, and analyzes in what ways these plays are absurd….
The Fantasy Chronotope in Popular Children’s Authors: Enid Blyton and Eoin Colfer
Martha Thindle Research Scholar Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The paper will focus on locating popular children’s authors Enid Blyton and Eoin Colfer within the shifting landscape of the fantastic in children’s literature. I will attempt to use Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of the chronotope, which is the intrinsic connectedness…
Mass Media and Multi Media – The New Age Language Tools for those Voiceless Feminine
Dr. I.S.V. Manjula Professor, Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam, India Abstract Literature, across the globe, has through various representations depicted the turmoil of women behind the curtains of society. The contemporary world has generated many threats to them; as also opportunities. The power of language wielded through Mass Media and Multi media in education,…
Development-Induced Displacement: A Gender Perspective
Arup Majumder Ph.D Student, Dept. of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. Development induced displacement is a contesting issue throughout the world. Deprivation of common people in the name of national development is not a new thing but on the other hand to ensure national growth development is extremely necessary. All the development issues…
Feminism in Manju Kapur’s Custody
Dr. Pew Maji Assistant Professor University of Dammam Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Manju Kapur a well known name in modern Anglo-Indian Literature is widely known as the Jane Austen of India. Her novels deal with everything that is related to the modern family and the patriarchal society. Her novels present the contemporary picture of today’s…
Loyalty and Betrayal in Baswaraj Naykar’s play A Dreamer of Freedom
Mahesh Mali Assistant Professor, Department of English Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Matoshri Bayabai Shripatrao Kadam Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kadegaon. Many writers have been interested in the theme of loyalty and betrayal from ancient Sophocles to Shakespeare and Modern playwright. Each of writers work or play relate to different aspects of mentioned theme. Yet the most critical question comes…
Re-Interpreting Femininity: Karnad’s Padmin in Hayavadana and Mohan Rakesh’s Savitri in Halfway House or Adhe-Adhure
Madhvi Lata Research Scholar, Department of English, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Women have always been portrayed marginalized and traditional since past history. The marginal position of women in society has become an integral part of the socio-cultural identity of any country but the present scenario has changed. The image of women in contemporary…