Jason Constantine Ford Sepalli reached the gates of the ruined city of Tarisius with her baby on her back. Her boy friend Indaliron promised to leave her a written note at this location on what kind of information he gained on the inhabitability of Tarisius. The gate was open but there was no note nor…
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Diasporic Women in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Indu. B. C Ph.D Scholar International Centre for Kerala Studies Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Abstract This paper attempts to explain the cross cultural conflicts, trauma, isolation, aspirations and dilemmas of the Indian Women immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake , especially Aashima Ganguly, who find herself in between the native culture and host culture and her…
Romanticizing the right to exploit: Speciesism in Jack London’s White Fang
Hasina Wahida India Since time immemorial, man has adjudged himself to be the supreme master. He conceives himself to be the best of all creations. Great men like Aristotle have considered man as the Maker or Creator. Even Sidney recalls the Romans and the Greeks, who had named poets as Vates or foreseers or prophets….
Symbolism, Irony and Humour in Girish Karnad’s Play Tughlaq
Dr. Lakhwinder Singh Gill Associate Professor Post Graduate Dept. of English S. R. Govt. College for Women Amritsar (Punjab) Girish Karnad is a modern Indian playwright who draws the contours of contemporary reality upon the mythological canvas. Drawing the plots of his plays from Indian history, myths and legends, he presents them in such a…
Myth and History in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God
R. Geetha Lecturer in English, Sri Krishna Arts & Science College, Coimbatore & Dr. Pauline Das Associate Professor of English, Karunya University, Coimbatore Abstract: All African writers, though in their distinctive ways, have been concerned in their writings with African experience, African modes of consciousness, with traditional or historically transformed images, rituals and social structures…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Circe
Diane Dehler/ USA Circe: renowned for knowledge of herbs and spiritual purification. I dreamed last night of Circe, pursuing the Moon. Twilight spilled red water color passion indigo gold, Smudges of moonlight ink across her face. Circe, I said – wait my poem needs you. She tossed white, wild sage onto my sleeping body. In…