Author: Vihang A. Naik ISBN: 81-8443-033-7 Binding: Paperback Publisher: INDIALOG Publications Pvt. Ltd. Language: English Price: Rs. 135 Reviewed By: Dr. Vishwanath Bite Editor-In-Chief, The Criterion: An International Journal in English www.the-criterion.com Editor-In-Chief, Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal www.galaxyimrj.com Assistant Professor in English Government of Maharashtra Ismail Yusuf College of Arts Commerce and Science, Jogeshwari…
Author: Vishwanath Bite
Book: Diorama of Three Diaries (Collection of Poetry)
Author: Sonnet Mondal ISBN: 978-81-7273-613-2 Binding: Paperback Publisher: AuthorsPress Language: English Price: Rs. 200 Reviewed By: Dr. Vishwanath Bite Editor-In-Chief, The Criterion: An International Journal in English www.the-criterion.com Editor-In-Chief, Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal www.galaxyimrj.com Assistant Professor in English Government of Maharashtra Ismail Yusuf College of Arts Commerce and Science, Jogeshwari (E) Mumbai, 400060. Diorama…
“She needs to be needed:” Isolation and Desire in J. M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country
Gamal Abdo Nasser Al-dhamari. University of Mysore. Humans are “social animals.” Despite the outstretched lands open to habitation, people still tend to build their homes closer to each others. Whatever their language, culture, origins or backgrounds, human beings have an innate desire to be together. This desire to be together is a desire to survive…
The Indian English Fiction, Beginning to Modern
Smt. Vidya. R Patil Professor, P.G Department of English B.L.D.E.A’s S.B.Arts and K.C.P Science College, Bijapur. Karnataka. Abstract Indian Writing in English has contributed in the field of both English fiction and poetry. The history has seen many great writers like Raja Rao, Mulkraj Anand, R.K.Narayan. These were the writers who made this genre popular…
Reading with an Eagle-Eye: The Theory and Practice of African New Criticism
Bamgbose, Gabriel Sunday Department of English, College of Humanities Tai Solarin University of Education P.M.B 2118, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria The assertions that the appraisal of African literature lacks theoretical rigour are not valid. The reading of literature cannot be theory-free. Every discourse written or spoken about literature is grounded in theory(ies). Steve…
Am I Invited?
Dr. Bishnu Prasad Varma Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hojai College, Hojai Nagaon, Assam-782435 Abstract Invitation is a social act performed by socially active beings through the use of words. The speaker who invites uses politeness tactics to make sure that the hearer would comply with it considering his act of invitation as a sincere…
Les chansons tristes
Dušan Gojkov Translated from Serbo-Croatian by Danijela Kambasković – Sawers the vernal I know that the poplar beneath your window is shooting young leaves and that the magnolias and tulips across the road are in blossom yet I give your street a wide berth as, gods knows why, I remember the beautiful vow we made…
BOOK REVIEW
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Roses and Bullets (2011). Place of Publication: Lagos, Nigeria. Publisher: Jaala Books. Number of Pages: 507. ISBN: 9789789125302. By Uzoechi Nwagbara, Greenwich School of Management, London, UK Email: uzoechin@yahoo.com. Roses and Bullets is a tale of young lovers caught up in the vortex of war; it is also a story of a nation…
POETRY SHOULD
Durlabh Singh. Poetry should move some Beyond the statistics Not symptoms in dead ends Enclosed within cornets Murmuring of numerous An elaboration perhaps For the entangled dictions. The spirit moves From end to end In fastidious freedom Some instructs to convey I heard it singing other day By a black birds in transit. What the…
Indian Aesthetics in Sri Aurobindo’s Criticism
Dr. K. Ujjwala Associate Prof of English K. L. University Green Fields, Vaddeswaram Guntur District Vijayawada. The origin of Indian culture and philosophy marks the beginning of literary criticism in India. Indian poetic theory bears evidence to the impact of rich, cultural, philosophical and religious heritage on Sanskrit literature. The theory of beauty is not…