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Item WHAT DOES OUR FUTURE HOLD? AN ECO-MARXISTANALYSIS OF THE WINDUP GIRL BY PAOLO BACIGALUPI(Bodhi International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, 2018-03) C, Keren VinitaWith the advent of globalization, nature has become a tremendous commodity to favour man’s greed for power and money. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi features a future world where calorie companies take control of the food supply producing disease resistant rice, fruits that are bioengineered implying the fact that natural food are almost extinct.Despite the imminent environmental and climate collapse and destruction, the heads of calorie companies including Anderson Lake, Trade minister and other government officials continue in their deliberate apathy of nature, coveting again for gaining power. This paper aims to throw light on human survival, imbalance in ecosystems, schemes of corporates and climate change with reference to John Bellamy Foster’s Metabolic Rift Theory.Item REDEFINED GENDER ROLES IN FAIRY TALES: A STUDY OF THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES (IJELR), 2018) K, Kaviya; A, DhanalakshmiGender Identity and Equality through Cultural and Social Scape", 2nd August 2018 organised by the Dept of Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Peelamedu, Coimbatore - 641 004. REDEFINED GENDER ROLES IN FAIRY TALES: A STUDY OF THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS BY ROBERT N. MUNSCH KAVIYA K1 , Dr. DHANALAKSHMI A2 1M.A. English Literature, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore 2Asst. Prof., PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore For centuries, the stories meant for bedtimes and for kindergarten were mostly fairy tales containing the princesses and princes or Brothers Grimm. They have all directly or indirectly paved a gender stereotype in the minds of children at a very young.Item ANAPHORA AS A DEVICE IN SELECT POEMS OF CHAOBA PHURITSHABAM(Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, 2018-04) A, Dhanalakshmi; A, ElakkiyaNorth-east India has been a victim of colonial invasion as well as of the ethnic conflicts because of its geographical isolation. The region consists of the seven sister states which were the princely states before they merged with India. The North-east region has been facing a lot of struggles since when it merged with the Indian sub-continent in 15th October,1949 which lead to the Second World War. Hence, literature from the North-east India largely deals with violence. It is the predominant theme of all the literary works of art produced from the region. There is a clash among the diverse ethnic groups claiming for autonomy. The secessionist movements and the armed insurgencies are playing a major role in the conflict and violence. The native people have been deprived of their fundamental rights, needs and they are forced live under domination and suppression. Women are doubly marginalised by the male colonizers and also by their own native men. The people express their plight, sufferings and emotions through literature. This paper aims to bring about the postcolonial aspects and its effects using a literary device, Anaphora, in select poems of the Manipuri woman poet, Chaoba Phuritshabam from Tattooed with Taboos An Anthology of Poetry by Three Women from Northeast India.Item A STUDY OF POST – TRUTH SOCIETY THROUGH THE NARRATIVE OF CHRISTOPHER PRIEST’S THE PRESTIGE(KY Publications, 2018-10) S Harshini Shri; P, SubhapriyaThe term ‘post – truth’ is defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotional and personal belief” (Oxford). Because of its universally pervasive relevance, post – truth was chosen as the Oxford dictionaries “Word of the Year” in 2016. This paper analyses the narrative technique of Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel The Prestige from the purview of post – truth. Using the concepts of ‘slipstream’ and ‘cognitive dissonance,’ the paper hypothesizes that the narrative of The Prestige can be used as a tool to decode the complex mechanism of how the post – truth narrative unfolds in today’s society. This hypothesis can be used to analyze the significance of communication in the digital, post – truth world of today.Item HERSTORY IN HISTORY – WOMEN CHARACTERS IN HILARY MANTEL‟S WOLF HALL AND BRING UP THE BODIES(IJARIIE, 2017) V, Mathangi; JAYANTHASRI, BALAKRISHNANRecovering the lost voices of women in history has been one of the significant endeavors of feminists. Women writers of the present century also venture to recreate the lives of women long gone and historical fiction is one of the most convenient genres for such representation. Hilary Mantel in her Tudor historical fiction Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies charts the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the Chief Minister of Henry VIII. Apart from featuring an unlikely hero, Cromwell, another striking aspect of the novels is Mantel‟s portrayal of the women characters. Focusing on the lives of the royal women, especially the first three wives of Henry VIII, Mantel highlights the predicament of these women, whose only role was to fulfill their biological duty of producing a male heir, failing which they were not even guaranteed the safety of their lives and much worse, were made victims of history by the discourse of their own bodies.Item MULTICULTURALISM FOR REFORMATION IN SELECT NOVELS OF RICK RIORDAN(LITERARY QUEST, 2018-04) A, Elakkiya; A, DhanalakshmiCulture is a holistic entity which summarises the customs, ritual, tradition, language, food habit, belief, religious practices, etc… Its manifestation may vary because of nations and ethnic groups. It is ever evolving and dynamic. It plays a major role in the development of the society and is also influenced by another culture. The end result is newer form of culture with many outcomes. When more than two cultures mingle it leads to a multiplicity and plurality of culture and there will be a celebration of multiculturalism. It may lead to positive effects in the society. This paper is dealing with the role of multiculturalism in the selected novels of Rick Riordan along with its results and impacts on the society. The novels are interspersed with Greek, Roman, Japanese, Persian, Hawaiian, Arabian, Caribbean, Australian, French, Italian, Indian, Ethiopian and the Western cultures. Besides the myth, the presence of multiculturalism in these novels makes the young adults to have the knowledge of many cultures along with their significance. The concept serves a major role in establishing an identity for the dyslexic children, their need for wish fulfilment and recognition in the society. It helps the special children for a better mental growth. It also makes the society to be empathetic towards the challenged people.Item ENDURANCE THROUGH ASPIRATION: A STUDY OF REFUGEE CRISIS IN ATKA REID AND HANA SCHOFIELD’S GOODBYE SARAJEVO(JARDCS, 2019) Preethi Ravi; Narasingaram, JayashreeWar is unpredictable, so are its consequences. A siege due to war is a military blockade of a city by one party holding a strong, static and a defensive position through proving their dominance by the usage of their military, economic and political powers. The supressed become refugees and their life is at stake. Goodbye Sarajevo is a memoir which renders the life of Sarajevans under the siege and their journey from Sarajevo as refugees to New Zealand by proving life is possible even after dire circumstances. Charles R. Synder’s Hope theory has been applied to expose the optimism in the natives of Sarajevo as they survive by envisaging hope as the through fare between their dreams and goals.Item PARADIGM OF FEMINISTIC INTROSPECTION IN THE SELECT NOVELS OF COETZEE(IJELLH, 2018) Kanchana C M; Narasingaram, JayashreeJ.M. Coetzee is the most celebrated South African novelist. He has engraved the feministic persona in a variety of dimensions. The emergence of postcolonial feminism is due to the direct repercussion of colonialism, imperialism, and primitivism. It can be regarded as an invasion into the intricacies of thoughts in the societal hegemonic set up. The term colonial feminism echoes the word equality in gender perspective. It follows a different conduit of diversity; true feminism finds a channel to cease the implication of sexism, racism and servitude in their totality. Coetzee’s prime novels, In the Heart of the Country, Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians, Foe, encompass the theme of women and femininity. The women characters in these novels are positioned differently being pertinent to the Apartheid era. In the former South African society the governance of patriarchy led to the pathetic plight of women. The portrayal of women characters in Coetzee’s novels visibly exhibit the dark side of masculinity where women are ill-fully taunted and marginalised. Magda in In the Heart of the Country, Lucy and Melanie in Disgrace, Barbarian girl in Waiting for the Barbarians, Susan Barton in Foe are the emblematic illustrations of indignity. In Disgrace, both Lucy and Melanie undergo a mental instability because of seduction, whereas the barbarian girl and Susan Barton suffer an identity crisis in Waiting for the Barbarians and Foe respectively.Item TRANSLATING TAMIL HAIKU: TRANSCENDING LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL IMPEDIMENTS(IJEL Trans Stellar, 2016-06) Narasingaram, JayashreeTranslation plays a vital role in our everyday life. An incredible work of art can be interpreted in myriad ways. It traces the essential human spirit that underlies literature from all languages. In a country like India, which has diverse languages and cultures, it acts as the unifying spirit. Translation is difficult, but not impossible, but it can never be accurate. It poses a huge linguistic barrier to the translator because of some insurmountable usages, syntax, semantics and style which differ vastly from the Source Language to the Target Language. Though it is the shortest form of literature, translating the haiku poses many challengesItem KALEIDOSCOPIC PANORAMA IN VICTORIA HOLT’S THE QUEEN’S CONFESSION(Bodhi IJRHAS, 2018) Narasingaram, JayashreeVictoria Holt is a writer par excellence who is renowned for her Gothic and Historic fiction. The novel chosen for study, The Queen’s Confession is a fictional autobiography of the most famous monarch of France, Marie Antoinette, Dauphine and wife of Louis XVI. The story lays bare her joyous childhood days in Vienna and traces her evolution as the last Queen of France, who in the lap of splendour and luxury became a pleasure- seeking lovely woman whose future was doomed. She was one of the greatest women of her times, who transformed the opulent and plush Palace of Versailles into her playground. She has her own inglorious moments as she is always looked down as a foreigner and is caught in the web of personal agony and inexperience. Envied by all for her affluence, she became indifferent and deaf to the cries of the common people, which paved the way for the outbreak of the French Revolution. The novel culminates in the death of this passionate royal. Holt unravels this biographical fiction, which at once is also a memoir and also attains the perspective of an epistolary novel as she adopts all these literary devices to support her story and knit it as closely as possible with history and reality.