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Item THE PRIVATE FANTASIES OF ALIENATED-MARRIED WOMEN IN ANITA DESAI’S WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS SUMMER AND JOURNEY TO ITHACA(Indian Streams Research Journal, 2011-05) Santhosh Priyaa, JThe deep-rooted agonised psyche of womanhood was brought to the lime–light by Anita Desai, in her literary blooms. Especially in married women, the transplantation takes place on three levels viz: physical, mental and spiritual. They are torn between the memories of the past and the realities of the present. With the boom of an unpleasant and an unacceptable situation, nostalgic feelings get stirred up. There is a pattern, which frames her novel with the conflict between manwoman relationships that inevitably leads to alienation.Item REPRESENTATION OF FANTASY IN SALMAN RUSHDIE'S LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE(Journal of Research & Development, 2022-07) Ponnulexmi, V; Ambika, SRushdie employs many rare and innovative techniques like fantasy, magical realism, time and space in terms of narrative and language. In general, it is observed that a novelist uses alternative characters to speak or act for themselves and by intrusively telling how they do these things. The novelist believes that the art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself. In Luka and the Fire of Life Rushdie adopts a number of supernatural elements. Magic is no longer quixotic madness. Realism functions as an objective, universal representation of natural and social realities. It functions ideologically, but less hegemonic ally of its program and is not centralizing but eccentric. It creates space for interaction of diversity. Magical realism could be seen as a significant international, contemporary literary mode. It is an important presence in the contemporary literary mode. Unlike mythical realism favoured by the west, it draws upon cultural modes and non-literary forms in their western novel formItem A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF ILLUSTRATED TALES IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE TO CHILDREN(ProQuest, 2023) Kaviya, Kathiresan; Narasingaram, JayashreeChildren of today are scarcely aware of climate change, while already growing up facing the effects of it. As citizens and future policy makers, it becomes essential for children to be informed of the threat and procedures to mitigate it. However, studies show that most children are not introduced to climate change in their primary years, be it at home or school. One of the many modes available to effectively and non-violently teach climate change is through illustrated tales, which has an ideal blend of illustrations and text. This study explores the potency of these tales through a case study done among twenty children aged between three and fourteen.Item ETHNICISM IN LANGSTON HUGHES’S SELECT POEMS(Pursuits, 2015-08) Thangamani C S; Narasingaram, JayashreeEthnicism is a form of nationalism wherein the nation is defined in search of ethnicity. It is based on the members of the nation who descend from that particular ethnic group. In such nations, ethnic minorities struggle to get their identity. Langston Hughes is an African American poet, essayist, columnist, lyricist and novelist. He wrote many poems and among those, “As I Grew Older” and “Let America Be America Again” deal about Hughes’ dreams about America. These poems speak about the ethnicism for the minorities of America.Item ECOTOPIA: AN ECOLOGICAL UTOPIA IN MICHAEL ONDAATJE’S THE ENGLISH PATIENT(Vijay Nicole Imprints Private Limited, 2013-02) Vijayalakshmi TEnvironment plays a major role in the critical stages of the life cycle of the species. The species react to the environment changes and adjust structurally and psychologically. The environment also changes according to certain species-specific activities like growth, dispersal, reproduction, death and decay. All living organisms and the environment are mutually reactive, affecting each other in various ways.Item INTERLOCKED IDENTITIES: PERSONAL AND NATIONAL IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN(IJSR, 2013-01) Vijayalakshmi TPostmodernism marked a growth of new literatures which had in common the shared experience of colonialism. In reaction to the rejection of anything “too local in interest” by the great tradition of established western canon, postcolonial literature chose to “answer back”. Re-examining the earlier literary tradition and reconstructing new mythologies, postcolonial literature has indeed afforded an enabling experience and generated an enormous corpus of specialized academic writing in the field of postcolonial studies.Item NOSTALGIC REMINISCENCES IN ALICE WALKER’S POEM AT THIRTY NINE(Pursuits- Mercy College , Palakkad, 2015-08) Lavanya SConfessional poetry or 'Confessionalism' is a style of poetry that emerged in the United States during the 1950s. It has been described as poetry "of the personal," focusing on extreme moments of individual experience, the psyche, and personal trauma such as mental illness and suicide, often set in relation to broader social themes. Alice Walker’s Poem at Thirty Nine is a confession poem. The frequent use of ‘I’ makes this very personal and the nostalgic experience makes it clear that she is recalling her past spent with her father. Psychological trauma which the author had undergone has been depicted in this poem.Item SUBALTERN NARRATIVE OF BHIMA LONE WARRIOR BY M.T VASUDEVAN NAIR – A MYTHOPOEIC STUDY(South Indian folklorist : journal of Folklore Resources and Research Centre. St. Xavier's College (Tirunelveli, India). Folklore Resources and Research Centre., 2015-02) Lavanya SM.T.Vasudevan Nair has reconstructed the epic Mahabharata from Bhima's point of view to bring the Marxist concerns such as class conflict, oppression of the marginalised to the forefront. In this novel MT has presented Bhima as an ordinary man with all human weakness. MT through this novel projected the emotional trauma of a second born child Bhima. This novel is a mythopoeic study of the Mahabharata. MT proves that Bhima is worthy enough to be the hero of Mahabharata than anybody else. In this novel Bhima is presented as a subaltern, because he was marginalised and treated as the 'other' in his family. The author has attempted to bring out the hidden tensions between the Aryan and non-Aryan races. He has portrayed cultural and political discrimination against the low-born warriors like Karna, Ekalavya and Ghatotkacha and women in general.Item CONGLOMERATION OF THE MYSTICAL MINDS OF THE EAST AND THE WEST COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WILLIAM BLAKE’S THE TYGER AND THE LAMBWITH SRI AUROBINO’S THE TIGER AND THE DEER(POETCRIT (An International Refereeed Bi-annual journal of Literary Criticism & Contemporary Poetry) Vol XXVI No 2, 2013-07) Lavanya SThe paper attempts a comparative study of the poems of Blake and Sri Aurobindo, the representatives of Western and Eastern mysticism respectively. The astonishing fact is that one can locate the answer for the queries raised by Blake in Sri Aurobindo’s poems. Their poems act as beacons to the souls longing for spiritual realization. Life is a journey towards eternity; their poems provide us firm anchors of spirituality to cross the abysmal recurrence of birth and death. No doubt they are like the three Magis guided through the light of the stars to the abode of the heavenly babe. Thus these two great visionary stars in the galaxy of literature showed ways and means to get into the purpose of living.Item CHANGING PHASES OF WOMEN IN BUCHI EMECHETA’S THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD(Eclectic Representations, a peer-reviewed biannual journal. Vol :3 Issue 2 PG & Research Department of English, Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Tambaram, Chennai - 600 059. India, 2013-07) Lavanya SThe paper proposes to analyse the metamorphoses of the Nigerian society with special focus on the change of woman’s identity as the cultural locus shifts, regarding women’s space and place as the society evolves from traditional to colonial and post-colonial status. The life of three generations of women is discussed. The change in the cultural and societal norms and its impact on the life of women is exemplified. One of Emecheta’s finest novel The Joys of Motherhood, is set in a time of great political and economic change in Nigeria. The characters in this novel define validity of their womanhood solely by the success of their children. The Joys of Motherhood is the story of a Young Ibo woman who dreams of living a traditional life as a mother of many children. She spends her life in Lagos, Nigeria watching traditional values erode and being destroyed by Western influence. The hope she puts in having many children turns out to be misplaced and her entire life is simply a struggle for survival, with no reward in her old age.