Representation Of India In Select Novels

Author : Dr. Himanshu Parmar
Publisher : Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd)
Page : 302 pages
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Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789384044572

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REPRESENTATION OF INDIA IN SELECT NOVELS by Dr. Himanshu Parmar Pdf

The book is an attempt to analyze the construction of India by five authors in their seminal works of literature. The first of the five novels is A Passage to India by E. M. Forster published in 1924. Chronologically, it is followed by Midnight’s Children, the “Booker of Bookers” for the year 1993, published in 1981 by Salman Rushdie. The third one is The Great Indian Novel , modeled on the Great Indian Epic, The Mahabharata, published in 1989 by Shashi Tharoor. The fourth one belongs to the canon of Regional Literature and is composed by Kamleshwar. The original title is Kitne Pakistan published in 2000 and the English translation Partitions came in 2006. The book makes use of the text in Hindi for reference and quoting. There are two reasons for this: first, language is not merely a medium between the text and the reader, but also something that carries a ‘voice’. The use of Hindi by Kamleshwar has a bearing on the kind of di scourse bei ng generated, as di scussed l ater. Secondl y, language acts in a cultural context and hence the impact that it carries is properly highlighted only in the original language in which the work has been composed. A translated work is, at times, not able to convey the spirit behind the words. The quotes from the text have been given in Roman script. The last one taken is Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss, published in 2006 and the winner of the “Man Booker Prize” in the same year.

Author : Dr. Abhibunnisha Begum
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359468935

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A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE SELECT NOVELS OF SALMAN RUSHDIE by Dr. Abhibunnisha Begum Pdf

Author : Dr.Rakoti. Srinivasa Rao & Dr.V.B.Chithra
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PREDICAMENT IN THE SELECT NOVELS OF CHAMAN NAHAL by Dr.Rakoti. Srinivasa Rao & Dr.V.B.Chithra Pdf

Within the pages of this book lies a captivating journey that delves into the origin and development of the English novel, the realm of Indian English Writing, and the profound literary contributions of the renowned author, Chaman Nahal. Nahal's insightful work sheds light on the rift that emerged due to the insulating attitudes of the ruling class, unravelling the impact on both sides of this colonial encounter. As the narrative unfolds, the book meticulously traces the gradual encroachment of materialism within society, leading to a gradual erosion of spirituality. The multifaceted themes explored within these pages paint a vivid tapestry of human emotions and experiences. Love, affirmation, vanity, absurdity, existential questions of life and death, and the haunting memories of a traumatic partition are intricately woven into the fabric of Nahal's narrative. Through his novels, Nahal imparts a powerful message, urging readers to embrace life in its entirety. From the joyous celebrations to the tumultuous adversities, Nahal reveals that life is worth embracing, even in the face of its most challenging moments. His words resonate with an affirmative psychological orientation, guiding readers to manage their emotions in a way that fosters a sense of dignity and forges a path filled with hope. Within the pages of this exceptional book, readers will find themselves captivated by Nahal's mastery of storytelling and his ability to craft characters that resonate deeply within the human psyche. It is a book that leaves an indelible mark on the reader's soul, a testament to the enduring power of words and their ability to illuminate the depths of the human experience.

Author : Arnab Chatterjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
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Release : 2021-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000460162

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Narrating Cultural Encounter by Arnab Chatterjee Pdf

This book interrogates and historicises eighteenth-century British women writers’ responses to India through the novel and travel writing to bring out the polyvalent space arising out of their complex negotiation with the colonial discourse. Though British women enjoyed their privileged racial status as the utilisers of colonial riches, they articulated their voice of dissent when they faced the politics of subordination in their own society and identified them with the marginalised status of the colonised Indians. This brings out the complicity and critique of the colonial discourse of British women writers and foregrounds their ambivalent responses to the colonial project. This book provides detailed textual analysis of the works of Phebe Gibbes, Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Morgan, Jemima Kindersley and Eliza Fay through critical insights from the idea of the Enlightenment, postcolonial theory and feminist thought. It also foregrounds new perspectives to colonial discourse vis-à-vis the representation of India by locating the dialogic strain within the British narratives about India.

Author : Sangita Patil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429513268

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Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel by Sangita Patil Pdf

Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel tests the theories of ecofeminism against the background of India’s often different perceptions of environmental problems, challenging the hegemony of Western culture in thinking about human problems. This book moves beyond a simple application of the concepts of ecofeminism, instead explaining the uniqueness of Indian novels as narratives of ecofeminism and how they can contribute to the development of the theory of ecofeminism. In examining a selection of novels, the author argues that Indian texts conceptualize the ecological crisis more as a human problem than as a gender problem. The book proposes that we should think of ecofeminism as ecohumanism instead, seeing human beings and nature as a part of a complex web. Novels analysed within the text include Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve (1954), Shivram Karanth’s Return to Earth (2002) and Na D’Souza’s Dweepa (2013). Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecofeminism, ecocriticism, ecological feminism, environmental humanities, gender studies, ecological humanities, feminist studies and Indian literature.

Author : Harsh Vardhan Khimta
Publisher : WKRISHIND
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Shades of Colour by Harsh Vardhan Khimta Pdf

Representation of the subordinated has always been a problematic issue in popular literature. Even though fiction provides ample freedom in this regard, it brings with it a share of its own problems. Indian Fiction is a wide field where various societies and cultures co-exist, making it a unique field of opportunities.

Author : Dr. Archana R. Kadiyan
Publisher : Shineeks Publishers
Page : 167 pages
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Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781632789303

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Ecological Footprints in Literature: An Excursion into Selected Nature Writings and Nature Novels by Dr. Archana R. Kadiyan Pdf

The book provides a comprehensive view of the environmental discourses that are found in the literary representations of the natural world. The book presents an in-depth analysis of the symbolic manifestations of the outer world in various genres of literature such as nature novels and nature or ecological writings. It deeply captures the mutual interactions that occur between the human and the non-human world that tend to influence each other’s actions and processes. By exploring the ecocritical leanings and tracing all the phases of Anthropocene, the book takes its readers for a deep excursion into the beauteous, dynamic, natural, and overtly spiritual world of Nature as exhibited in the writings such as Thoreau’s Walden, Khushwant Singh’s Nature Watch, and Starhawk’s The Earth Path which is contrasted against the eco-catastrophic world of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. An insightful and analytical journey into the world of more unique portrayals of the ecological world that tend to strike a balance between two distinct worlds: the real and the imaginative, the spiritual and the material as well as the natural and the man-made (as reflected in the nature novels: George Eliot’s Mill on the Floss, Khushwant Singh’s I Shall not Hear the Nightingale, Starhawk’s Fifth Sacred Thing, and Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia: A Novel. The book, thus, with its underpinning wisdom will be an interesting and more enlightening read for the critics, academicians, and researchers.

Author : Dr. B. PREETHA M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789394958081

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Exploited and Explored Feminine Self: A Study of the Select Novels of Toni Morrison and Shobha De by Dr. B. PREETHA M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Pdf

Author : A. Sudhakar Rao
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171568297

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Socio-cultural Aspects of Life in the Selected Novels of Raja Rao by A. Sudhakar Rao Pdf

Raja Rao Is An Erudite Scholar And An Ennobling Indian Novelist In English. His Sensibility Is Verily Indian And Presents A Unified Vision Of Life.His Creditable Career As A Novelist, Beginning With His First Novel Kanthapura (1938), Spans Over Almost More Than Half A Century. The Novel Is A Repository Of The Eventful Phases Of Indian S Struggle For Independence On Gandhian Lines. The Novel Merits The Distinction Of Being A Paradigmatic Text With The Deft Handling Of Myth And History.The Serpent And The Rope (1960) Renowned For Its Metaphysical Moorings Is A Compendium Of The Indian Composite Cultural Complexities Interacting As They Do With The Cross Cultural And Transactional Influences. The Text Holds Out Infinite Possibilities For The Intending Readers Set Out To Undertake A Serious Study.The Cat And Shakespeare (1965), Comrade Kirillov (1976) Are Intact With The Solidity Of An Inbuilt Structural Irony And Put Up An Amazing Picture, In An Amusing Manner, Of The Piquant Situation Obtaining All Over India In The Post-Independence Period, Soon After The Euphoria Of Independence Struggle Ceased To Exercise Its Influence.The Study Being Selective, Is Confined To Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Life As Reflected In The Above Texts.

Author : Dr. P. Prasanna Kumari
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359035472

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Diasporic Consciousness in the select novels of Chitra anarjee Divakaruni by Dr. P. Prasanna Kumari Pdf

Author : Dr. Arun Guleria
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781794878754

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EMERGENCE OF SUBALTERN CONSCIOUSNESS IN SELECT INDIAN ENGLISH NOVELS: A STUDY by Dr. Arun Guleria Pdf

Author : Sarah Seymore
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783643903914

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Close Encounters of the Invasive Kind by Sarah Seymore Pdf

Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and behavior onto the alien 'Other.' In this thesis, the case studies of 15 novels of alien-encounter science fiction illuminate the treatment of colonial and postcolonial concepts - such as colonialism, neo-colonialism, Empire, paternalism, hybridity, mimicry and science and technology - as a means of conquest and resistance. The analysis also shows that the Empire is still a vital background for British science fiction. Thesis. (Series: Anglistik / Amerikanistik; English / American Studies - Vol. 35)

Author : Jaiwanti Dimri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Indic fiction
ISBN : MINN:31951D03606525V

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Images and Representation of the Rural Women by Jaiwanti Dimri Pdf

Author : Tarun K. Saint
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429560002

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Witnessing Partition by Tarun K. Saint Pdf

This book interrogates representations – fiction, literary motifs and narratives – of the Partition of India. Delving into the writings of Khushwant Singh, Balachandra Rajan, Attia Hosain, Abdullah Hussein, Rahi Masoom Raza and Anita Desai, among many others, it highlights the modes of ‘fictive’ testimony that sought to articulate the inarticulate – the experiences of trauma and violence, of loss and longing, and of diaspora and displacement. The author discusses representational techniques and formal innovations in writing across three generations of twentieth-century writers in India and Pakistan, invoking theoretical debates on history, memory, witnessing and trauma. With a new afterword, the second edition of this volume draws attention to recent developments in Partition studies and sheds new light as regards ongoing debates about an event that still casts a shadow on contemporary South Asian society and culture. A key text, this is essential reading for scholars, researchers and students of literary criticism, South Asian studies, cultural studies and modern history.

Author : Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443814300

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Personal and National Destinies in Independent India by Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam Pdf

Personal and National Destinies in Independent India is an innovative analysis of the interface between individual lives and national history, between citizen and state in modern India, as reflected in contemporary fiction. It critiques the selected works of a host of distinguished Indian English novelists such as Gurcharan Das, Arun Joshi, Rohinton Mistry, Arundhati Roy, Meher Pestonji, Kiran Desai, Vikas Swarup, David Davidar, Aravind Adiga, Manjula Padmanabhan and Tarun Tejpal. The author offers a new interpretation of twelve major novels with reference to the enormous framework of nearly seventy years of the history and politics, culture and economy of independent India. This is a study of fiction that re-writes the grand Indian narrative from a genuine, subaltern point of view and pays tribute to the heroism of ordinary Indians in times of extraordinary transformation. In these times of conflict and disparity which threaten democratic values, these novelists advocate an inclusive and humane India with a strong moral core instead of aggressive or elitist nationalism. They represent an era of painful introspection, an attempt to keep the soul of the nation alive. This unique project would be of interest to students and scholars of Literature, Political Science and History, especially Post-colonial studies. The vast scope of the time period, geographical expanse, social groups, writers and works covered here makes the work comprehensive and contemporary; very few such works on recent Indian history and fiction exist as of now.