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An Ecofeminist Analysis of the Movie Moana
Get PDFThis paper attempts to explore the movie Moana from an eco-critical perspective wherein the concepts of domination of nature by mankind will be highlighted. It also examines the movie through a feminist point of view which foreshadows the subjugation of women by men that is prevalent in the movie. It puts forth the issues that prevails in the society and relates the movie with the present scenario of the society. This movie showcases the belief of deep ecology which says that everything in earth has life of its own and the entire universe is in harmony with each other. Ecosophy or ecophilosophy as described by Arne Naess is a term which examines Nature and our relation to it, it also signifies the philosophy of harmony in the entire ecosystem (“Ecosophy”). This wisdom of ecology is predominantly revealed by the female protagonist Moana in the movie Moana. This paper traces the instances from the movie that displays the consequences of interaction of human with Nature and the exploitation of both women and Nature due to the strong hold of the patriarchal attitude that a man believes within
Reading Nagamese ‘MakroLi ’as a Pastoral Lyric
Get PDFThis research paper seeks to studyMakro Li, the indigenous group song of the Chakhesang tribe of Nagamese people with reference to the conventions of pastoral poetry.The song offers a glimpse into idyllic village life in the hilly countryside and invokes the utopian vision of purity and innocence in tranquil pastoral life. The lyrics are also interspersed with nuances of post-pastoral eco-poetics.The folk song thus echoes elements of pastoraland post-pastoral poetry and offers a glimpse of Nagamese culture through the description of workers in their paddy fields
Dilemmas of Women in Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence
Get PDFThe main objective of this paper is to present the problems faced by women in India, especially their position in family and society through the work of Shashi Deshpandes That Long Silence\u27. According to Indian tradition, wives are always subservient to their husbands and family. And is seen that a women\u27s life is completely controlled either by her family or her husband. Women sacrifice their dreams and desires for the sake of their families. They are not allowed to share their thoughts or opinions on anything, all they can do is accept the decision taken by a man with great silence.
Jaya the protagonist of \u27That Long Silence\u27 represents the 90\u27s women in our society. The title of the novel itself refers to the conditions of women in a patriarchal setup. Deshpande’s novel directly deals with the dilemmas of housewives. The novel itself can be said to be an autobiographical novel of Deshpande. Deshpande has mainly focused on the life of middle-class educated women in the late 90s Indian society
Colonial ‘Othering’ in Pandemic Movies: Pandemic as a Metaphor for Colonialism as Represented in the Movie Contagion
Get PDFA pandemic is a high prevalence outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area. In the scheme of human history, pandemics are nothing new. Apocalyptic outbreaks of diseases have been a recurring motif in literature since time immemorial. Pandemic literature helps us contextualise the reality of such outbreaks and mirrors our fears about the disease and societal collapse
Alice Walker’s Treatment of Bildungsroman in The Novel “The Color Purple”
Get PDFAuthor, poet, essayist, biographer, and activist, Alice Malsenior Walker is a multi-faceted African-American literary figure. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written extensively about racial and gender problems. Her best-known work is The Color Purple (which won her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction). Alice Walker\u27s personal experiences as a representative of African American women authors have influenced her distinct psychological perspective. In her work, she often employs the symbolism that is popular in dark literary works. Presently in domestic academia, there are only a small number of research on the novel\u27s creative features and expression approaches that concentrate only on the novel\u27s symbolic meanings of the colour picture. The book has an overall focus on the construction of language, the execution of voice, the evaluation of sexual orientation, and the redefining of identity of the narrative\u27s female characters, particularly heroine Celie. The Bildungsroman thesis states that a character\u27s environment, experiences, issues, and oppression all contribute to his or her psychological strength. A bildungsroman is a novel that aims to mould the reader\u27s mind and soul via their experiences in the world. She draws inspiration from Alice Walker\u27s The Color Purple
The Use of TESL Methods at S. S. C. Level and Non-Formal Environment: An Empirical Evaluation of Selected Institutions of Mahakoshal Region
Get PDFTeaching of English as a second language is expected to be developed to the extent to integrate and validate spontaneous language- learning activities. It is generally seen that even after learning the language from the elementary to the SSC level, students do not get expected command over the language. To fill the lacuna it is necessary to recognize the hindrances in the teaching-learning activities
The Visionary in Incognito: Remapping Cultural Memory in Girish Karnad’s “Dreams of Tipu Sutlan”
No full textThe paper attempts to examine Girish Karnad’s “Dreams of Tipu Sultan” as a reconstruction of cultural memory that connects and reads different figures of memory from Indian history to provide an alternate picture of Tipu Sultan’s legacy that in unknown to many Indians. Karnad inserts Tipu Sultan’s selected dreams to prove that the emperor was more than what the history books have cemented. The play travels through the inner life of Tipu and acknowledges the warrior as a visionary and a man of innumerable merits. Karnad’s play criticizes, preserves and transforms few chapters from Indian history
Transcending Boundaries: Theme of Transnationalism in Adichie\u27s Americanah
Get PDFUtilizing the conceptual framework of transnationalism, the paper attempts to gain insights into the transnational lives of African migrants through the novelAmericanah by ChimamandaNgoziAdichie. The paper, specifically, seeks to throw light on the issue of identity construction upon migration and also upon return to the home country. It contends that the identity of transnational migrants is fluid and it is constantly in a state of flux given the sustained, cross-border ties the migrants have with their homeland. 
Depiction of Marginalization in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water
Get PDFLiterature is witnessing different multitudes and it is creating a rampant discourse in the academia which is the need of the hour. Marginalized voices have so many untold truths and these truths are vibrant which challenges the power structures too. The novel Water by BapsiSidhwa portrays the plight of women as widows as in the ancient period and the male domination in the society. Thus the title \u27water\u27 can be referred in two different ways that is the tears that comes out from every widows to attain their liberty, the nature
The Metamorphosis:A surreal tale of the Fall of Man
Get PDFFranz Kafka\u27s celebrated novella The Metamorphosis continues to baffle interpreters ever since it was published in 1915. The aim of this study is to trace subtle connections between Kafka\u27s protagonists and the biblical concept of the Fall of Man. The paper intends, through cross-referencing from various works on Kafka and his stories, to look beyond the conventional approaches toward Kafka\u27s stories, in which most of the interpreters have drawn parallels between Kafka\u27s characters and his own troubled childhood especially his estranged relationship with his father. The following paper, however, tries to transcend those traditions by viewing The Metamorphosis in the light of guilt, punishment and the redemption. Also, the deeper meanings of the first line in which Gregor transforms into an "insect" seem lost in the translation. The whole idea of punishment, rejection and isolation of Gregor rests on the real meaning of ungeheueresUngeziefer. It\u27s been translated as "insect", "bug" or "dung beetle". The paper aims at deciphering the subtleties involved in Kafka\u27s use of ungeheueresUngeziefer. While peeping into Kafka\u27s theological predilections, the objective is not to retrieve a theologian out of an artist but to discover the real nature of Kafka\u27s characters that, to me, seem experiential rather than representational. The Metamorphosis, since it came to Kafka while working on another novel, is, therefore, more of an inner experience than a representative idea weaved through literary craft