Pub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.3126/JODEM.V11I1.34812
Mohan Kumar Tumbahang
This article attempts to look into the kind of language employed in the Mundhum corpus that puts the intricacy to the Limbu natives. To analyze the linguistic aspect of the Mundhum, the study has applied linguistic devices/tools based especially on phonic feature to syntactic structure or pattern. This study, thus, is qualitative in nature and the non-numerical data were collected from the books, journals, articles and religious scripture. The analysis has revealed that the Kirat Limbu Mundhum corpus is a complicated ancient form of poetry believed to be the sacred religious scripture. It has distinctly different language variety in terms of orthographic, phonological, sematic, syntactic and above all the stylistic feature. The linguistic deviation in the Mundhum has set itself off the ordinary language variety causing obscurity for a larger number of the Limbu native speakers. Obsolete and classical terminologies stand as a stumbling block and that have added more obscurity even to the most Limbu natives. The article can be beneficial for those researchers who have a desire to study the classical languages like the Kirat Limbu Mundhum.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.3126/JODEM.V11I1.34808
M. Rai
The objective of this article is to analyze the use of satire in three poems, from Rupesh Shrestha’s volume of poems Ghintang Ghishi Twank in order to examine use of the suffering of voiceless people. The poems depict absurdities of the society and hypocrisy of the leaders which are the causes of poor people‟s pains. This poems exhibit how follies, vices and absurdities are hurdle in transforming society into prosperous one. The poet has berated them with the aim of bringing positive change in the society and in the lives of the common people. The poet mocks at the political changes which have brought change only in the lives of political leaders, not in the lives of the people who have been ignored by the state for long. Despite many anxieties, they enjoy dancing and playing sticks in their hands on the special occasion of Gaijatra. The poems are collection of sharp words which are used to butt the corrupt politicians. For this, the elements of Juvenalian satire have been used as tools for analysis of the selected poems. This study highlights upon the anxieties of marginalized people; demonstrates the shameful act of politicians; and exposes the absurdities prevailed in the society. It indicates that the political and social absurdities are subject to be poked in order to reform a society.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30403
Mohan Kumar Tumbahang
This article aims to focus on how the linguistic sound patterns can be a significant tool in literary analysis specifically in the analysis of the literary genre poetry. It attempts to discuss about the crucial points for successful poetic analysis through linguistic sounds which is technically termed as phonemes. To deal with this issue, the article writer has formed a mindset to avail the qualitative research method or the study is based on non-numerical data. The method being the qualitative one, the library consultation and empirical insight are a must. It is fairly expected that the article can be of certain help to the language learners, language teachers, critics, course designers and planners of teaching materials. The article has drawn the conclusion that phonology can be significant means for interpreting the poetic text. The poetic texts/discourses can be analyzed in terms of the frequency of certain sounds’ recurrence. In other words, prosody, tone (author’s attitude), and verse types can be analyzed through the linguistic sound pattern.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30392
H. Adhikari
It is a matter of great joy for the members of Department of English Mahendra Multiple Campus Dharan that is has been again successful in bringing out 12th issue (vol. 10, No. 1) of JODEM, Journal of Department of English MMC, Dharan. Ever since its first publication, it has come a long way and been successful in enhancing the quality and standard of the journal because of the incessant efforts made by its members. It is hoped that the Department will certainly continue the publication of the journal in the years ahead. The present issue contains twelve peer reviewed articles. These articles have been contributed not only by the Department members of MMC but also by members who come from other campuses. The articles are based on feminism, gender study, cultural study, ecocriticism, study of language / linguistics and the study of diaspora. The genres these writers have made use of are fiction, non-fiction, poetry and linguistics.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30406
R. Timalsina
Where is the home of Nepali diasporans? Is Nepal still their home? The recent theory of diaspora questions the traditional notions of home and homeland. Their place has been taken by the discourse of ‘homing desire’ that is the desire to make a home in the host land. Such a home has the quality of both of the homes that is the home they have left behind and the standard home they see in the host land. In Nepali Diaspora, too, such a theme has crept into literary creations. In this article Hari Ghimire’s poem “Diaspora” has been analysed so as to see how it depicts the development of ‘homing desire’ and its fulfilment. The speaker of the poem, in the beginning, expresses his desire to home, i.e. feel comfortable, himself in the diaspora. Later he is happy because of the fulfilment of the desire. This analysis is primarily based on Avtar Brah’s theory of ‘homing desire’. The insights of Salman Rushdie’s idea of ‘imaginary homeland’ and Sara Ahmed’s concept of home in the globalized time have been used to support and extend Brah’s theoretical stand. It is hoped that this article will encourage further discourse on ‘homing desire’ in the study of Nepali Diaspora and its literature.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30405
Nirajan Rai
This article presents the idea why phonemic systems of students' mother tongues should be studied while teaching English? As Nepal is a rich country in terms of linguistic diversity, students having different linguistic backgrounds attend the English language classrooms every day. However, their perception of learning English language is different to each. They think English is very hard, talent one only masters it. Teachers also are not aware on vast distinctions of sound systems of students' mother tongues with English that affects language learning hugely. This gap is one of the major issues of English language teaching in Nepal. This paper attempts to analyze this issue by making phonemic inventory of one of the Nepali mother tongues of Nepal; Dungmali. It emphasizes the importance of phonemic inventories with reasons in reference to English Language Teaching.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30393
A. Wagle
The aim of this article is to analyze the novel Yogmaya to find out the balance between the fictional world presented in it and the history related to it. Written as a novel on the background of Rana Period in Nepal, my endeavour is to find out whether the novel is successful to portray the contemporary Nepalese society. In order to analyze the novel this study draws insight from new historicism that demands the equal weight for literary foreground and historical background. For this, the study is limited within some aspects of New Historical approach and fictional world related to social phenomena presented in the novel. Finally, this article includes the major finding of this study that the fictional foregrounding of the novel successfully portrays the contemporary social background of the concerned time and place. Free translation is used while citing texts from the novel since it is in Nepali.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30408
U. Adhikari
Shraddha Ghale, a new entry into Nepali English Literature has come up with a novel titled The Wayward Daughter.
尼泊尔英语文学的新入门者Shraddha Ghale创作了一部名为《任性的女儿》的小说。
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30401
M. K. Chaudhary
This article is an attempt to analyse ergativity in Danuwar clauses. It is organized into four sections. First section provides the theoretical background where attempts are made to explain the concept of ergativity. The next section deals with the morphology of ergativity in Danuwar. Then after, efforts are made to analyse the syntax of ergativity in the language in terms of constituent order, transitivity, verb agreement, control site, case demotion, and coordinate construction. Finally, the main findings of the paper are summarized.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30395
Asmita Bista
Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala’s novel Tinghumti is always tempting for the reader as it still reflects the relevant picture of Nepali society. In this novel the characters defy as well as define the gender roles. Influenced with revolutionary thought they defy the prescribed gender roles; but chained in age old thought they, time and again, define the traditional gender role. This article aims to identify the reasons that drive these characters to defy and define the traditional gender roles. For that Judith Butler’s and Connell’s idea of gender theory has been used. The significance of this study is to contribute a different perspective for the reader to see the novel Tinghumti showing that traditional gender roles are meddled and confirmed in it. The study concludes that in the novel, the characters defy as well as define the socially prescribed gender role because gender is socio-political construction that achieves legitimacy and naturality via perpetual observation and repetition.
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