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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 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 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 MULTITUDINOUS NUANCES IN FARKHANDALODHI’S “CRACKS IN THE HEART”(IJELR, 2018) Narasingaram, JayashreePakistani women writers have been impacted by the consequences of the Partition. This has its ramifications on their narrative strategies and feminist ideologies. One of the strongest and most credited voices of feminism in Pakistan was Farkhanda Lodhi, a prominent Urdu and Punjabi writer, whose works resonate with concerns for women and their rights as did her interest in liberating them in real life as well. Her short story has been translated from Punjabi by Bhushan Arora, an award winning translator, under the title, “Cracks in the Heart”. It is a delicate and touching story of a dove, who, despite being a female, has to contend not only with her natural enemies, but with the intervention of human violence too. Through this story, Lodhi corroborates the fact that, be it humans or children of nature, the women/ female bear the brunt which society imposes upon them. She voices the plight of women through the dove, her struggles in a predatory world, wherein the dove, a symbol of peace, becomes the victim of communal violence.Item NUANCES OF FEMINISTIC OVERTONES IN KIM ADDONIZIO’S POEM, “WHAT DO WOMEN WANT”?(IJARIIE, 2017) Narasingaram, JayashreeIndian English Literature is remarkable in the contributions made by its women writers. Shobha De and Manju Kapur are among them who attempt to portray the conditions of the Indian women who encounter various trials and tribulations due to the conflicting influence of tradition and modernity. They present the tormented consciousness of the urban middle- class women who in search of their own identity changes from a silent sufferer to a complete rebel moving against the age- old traditions, ethics and restrictions of the male dominated society. This sort of self-assertion is reflected in Manju Kapur’s Home and Shobha De’s Sisters. Both works set in a business background, present the central protagonists Mikki and Nisha as women who bravely face and struggle against the bounds of being ‘a woman’ and finally achieve their ardent quest towards being themselves. They affirm the capacity of the new educated Indian women to determine their priorities for self-discovery in emerging as a ‘new woman’.