Monika Lee Brescia University College (Univ. of Western Ontario) Canada – If the Abysm Could vomit forth its secrets: – but a voice Is wanting, the deep truth is imageless. (Prometheus Unbound. [2.4.114-16])1 In England Shelley was derided as an infidel and an atheist for much of the nineteenth century, both during his lifetime and…
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The “Racial” and the “National” in Freud’s Archaeology of Jewish Identity: A Reading on Said’s Freud and Non-European
Mohamed Hamoud Kassim Al-Mahfedi, Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Studies in English, University of Mysore, Mysore, India. Said is a remarkable instance of a thinker for whom fair critical consciousness is a kind of archaeological excavation of the buried, forgotten, repressed and denied past. His main goal is to undo the dual relationship between power…
A Metatheatrical Study of Plot in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Endgame
Marzieh Keshavarz Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Introduction: Plot in Beckett may well seem diminished from the traditional plot of drama but still worth observing theatrically while reading or watching his metatheatres. Beckett’s plays are in contradiction to all types of traditional dramas and at times we witness his echoing…
Globalization and its Impact on Community in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance
P.S. Mary Christina P.hD Scholar English Karunya University Coimbatore. & Pauline Das Set in the mid-1970s India, Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance contains a multi-layered plot with complex characters that are locally embedded and globally imaginable. The novels plot consists of incidents, such as experiences with the countries forced sterilization programme during the time of…
Sexual Intricacies, Patriarchal Voices and the Question of Female Subjugation in Edith Wharton’s Summer
Manonita Chowdhary Roy Ghatak Research Scholar Department of English Studies Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University Jaunpur, India. In the novella Summer Edith Wharton projected the protagonist Charity Royall as a sensuous, restless and uncultured adolescent who constantly moved into two different worlds of freedom and subjugation. As the doors of the world of freedom shut…
The Novel as War –Fiction in Jayanti M Dalal’s Bleeding Heights of Kargil
P.V.Laxmiprasad A war novel is a novel in which the primary action takes place in a field of armed combat or in a domestic setting or home front where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for or recovery from war. It is sometimes referred to as militant fiction. The war novel came of age…
T. S. Eliot- A Modern Link with the Metaphysicals
Kuldeep Walia Assist. Prof & Head of Applied Sciences Department Rayat-Bahra Institute of Engg. & Nano-Technology Hoshiarpur. (146001) Punjab, India Eliot was generally influenced by the technique of John Donne. For Eliot, his techniques had energy, variety and wit. From him Eliot adopted conversational tone, a colloquial vocabulary, ironical conceits, surprising images, rapid connections of…
The Importance of the English Laboratory in Developing Communication Skills
J. Kavitha Assistant Professor, Department of English, SFR College, Sivakasi. Introduction: Communication refers to the exchange of thoughts and ideas with the intention of conveying information. As Robert Gately says, “Effective Communications starts with listening”. A teacher, who is able to communication well with students, can inspire them to listen and participate in class. Students…
Reviving Native Culture and Tradition with the Help of Elders – A Study of Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed
Kamaleswari Asst. Prof. in English S. B. K. College Aruppukottai Elders should be role models for everyone. Elders should be teachers of the grandchildren and all young people because of their wisdom. Elders should be advisors, law-givers, dispensers of justice. Elders should be knowledgeable in all aspects of Innu Culture. Elders should be teachers for…
Hierarchy, Self, and Valuation in Murdoch’s The Black Prince
Jonathan Elmore Director of Writing across the Curriculum and English Professor Beaufort College Washington, NC USA. The limited criticism dealing with Iris Murdoch’s The Black Prince pays particular attention to the structure of the novel. In various ways, critics such as Darlene Mettler, William Slaymaker, David Gordon and Elizabeth Dipple1 see the novel’s structure as…