Pub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.34293/english.v9is1-i2-dec.3692
R. Panguni Malar
This study is an investigation of the theme of misogyny as represented by the female characters in the select plays of Vijay Tendulkar. The study argues that the Indian cultural context leaves space for man to be superior and woman to be inferior. The term misogyny denotes hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, manifested in various forms such as physical intimidation and abuse, sexual harassment and rape, social shunning and ostracism, etc. In most of the plays of Vijay Tendulkar women stand to be the objects of subjugation in the hands of their male counterparts with whom they happen to connect with in the hope of leading their normal life. Tendulkar’s plays display a wide range of complex behaviours those constitute different forms of violence – physical attacks and verbal abuses. A thorough analysis of the situations and circumstances related to women in Vijay Tendulkar’s plays reveal that the domestic, personal, political and social ambience in which the characters live in contribute them much violence physically, sexually, psychologically and verbally. As Tendulkar’s plays stand for the middle class society, the man in his plays quite often is brutal towards his female counterpart with his deep rooted ideologies. The paper’s finding speaks on how the woman characters evolve to be strong individuals amidst their adverse ambience.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.34293/english.v9is1-dec2020.3620
P. Manimaran, M. Kasirajan
The main aim of this article is to explore the recent developments in the field of education. Due to the widespread of this COVID 19 virus lockdown were implemented in various parts of this globe. In the same manner, educational institutions remain closed due to this pandemic situation. So, the government and the educational institutions shift towards the online mode of teaching to the students. This paper explores both the advantages and the disadvantages to the students and the teachers in utilising the online mode of teaching.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.34293/english.v9is1-i2-dec.3697
P. Rini Marshel
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Pub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.34293/english.v9is1-dec2020.3618
R. K. Sethupathi, G. Vinothkumar
Gerald Genette’s concept of paratext widens the horizons of literary canon in multidimensional approaches through textual materials that includes pictorial, title, author, font etc that acknowledges its key notions. In such context, innumerable modes of medium acts as a interlink to highlight the critical concept irrespective of prefixed protocols or notions embedded to the theory. On basis of such interpretation this paper attempts to relocate and redefine the projected idea through the layers of select Tamil novels and their Symbolic connectivity in conflicts of war, trauma, diasporic consciousness, photo realism, expressive images etc. Interpretation of parthenium plant with Srilankan war conflicts and its invisible political sketches through several imagery serves the primary essence of the paratextual sequence in Thamizhnadhi’s Parthenium. A thematic representation of carnatic music to project the cultural and geographical back ground of the protagonists embark on a journey to Paris and the quest for life well characterized in the novel Paris’ukku Po by Jeyakanthan. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s Tamil translation work of Balyakalasakhi gives the classic touch of artistic portrait through the brush strokes of certain unhappy occurrence in protagonist’s life. All the descriptions are analytically evolved and careful observations are systematically carried out in elitist view. Moreover the mere study of this paper well clarifies and serves the rich flavours of paratextual elements and traumatic factors that provides valuable and rich essence to the texts as well as clear understanding of the theory.
Gerald Genette的副文本概念通过文本材料,包括承认其关键概念的图片、标题、作者、字体等,以多维的方式拓宽了文学经典的视野。在这种情况下,无数的媒介模式起着相互联系的作用,以突出关键概念,而不考虑前缀协议或嵌入理论的概念。在此基础上,本文试图通过精选泰米尔小说的层次,以及它们在战争冲突、创伤、流散意识、照片现实主义、表达图像等方面的象征性联系,重新定位和定义投射的思想。通过几个意象解读具有斯里兰卡战争冲突的parthenium植物及其无形的政治草图,是Thamizhnadhi《parthenium》中副文本序列的主要本质。大屠杀音乐的主题再现,投射出主人公的文化和地理背景,踏上了前往巴黎的旅程,以及对生活的追求,这在杰亚坎坦的小说《Paris'ukku Po》中得到了很好的体现。Vaikom Muhammad Basheer的Balyakalasakhi泰米尔语翻译作品通过主人公生活中某些不幸事件的笔触,赋予了艺术肖像的经典色彩。所有的描述都是经过分析演变的,仔细的观察是在精英主义的观点下系统地进行的。此外,本文的研究很好地阐明并服务于副文本元素和创伤因素的丰富味道,为文本提供了宝贵而丰富的精华,也为理论提供了清晰的理解。
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Pub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.34293/english.v9is1-dec2020.3606
M. Kasirajan
“The past isn’t dead, it isn’t ever past” – Willium Faulkner The relation among psychology and literature is bilateral. Human’s soul makes the literature and literature nourishes a human’s soul. Both psychology and literature perform the same essential in know-how any literary piece due to the fact they each pass hand in hand. The human psyche is largely related with reminiscences of any kind. The latest novel ‘THE NIGHT CHILD’ is masterfully written into the darkish recesses of an abused woman’s thoughts. Anna Quinn writes the touchy situation as she exposes the protagonist’s heart, thoughts and soul. This paper specializes in the cognitive mental evaluation of the paintings of artwork ‘THE NIGHT CHILD’ of ways Nora, the protagonist receives tormented by her beyond early life reminiscences within side the gift which even results in a mental breakdown.
“过去没有死,它永远不会过去”——威廉·福克纳心理学与文学之间的关系是双向的。人的灵魂造就文学,文学滋养人的灵魂。心理学和文学在任何文学作品中都扮演着同样重要的角色,因为它们都是相辅相成的。人类的心理在很大程度上与各种各样的回忆有关。最新的小说《夜之子》(The NIGHT CHILD)巧妙地描写了一个受虐妇女黑暗深处的思想。安娜·奎因(Anna Quinn)揭露了主人公的内心、思想和灵魂,写出了这个棘手的局面。本文专门对艺术作品《夜之子》的绘画方式进行认知心理评价,主人公诺拉受到了她超越早年回忆的折磨,甚至导致精神崩溃的礼物。
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Pub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.34293/english.v9is1-dec2020.3616
R. Vidhiya, V. Raj
Education has become the important aspect of human society. Technology plays a major role in all fields and education is not an exception. The demand for high standard of education is steadily increasing. The systems and methods of teaching change from time to time. In recent years, virtual learning has become effectively employed for better learning. In India, virtual learning is employed at the tertiary level e.g. IIT. But it is not used in the secondary level. Virtual learning renders to high standard of learning and acquisition. It offers diversity of sources and exposures. Virtual learning offers online coaching and videos. Students tend to enjoy learning in the new environment. Virtual learning provides experts lectures and space for better sources. Virtual learning offers a better learning for students and in turn crops a better learning. This paper deals with various aspects of virtual learning in developing listening skills of secondary learners.
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{"title":"Arts of Dying—Literature and Finitude in Medieval England. By D. Vance Smith","authors":"Eileen Sperry","doi":"10.1093/english/efaa040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efaa040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42863,"journal":{"name":"ENGLISH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/english/efaa040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44422838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.34293/english.v9i1.3459
M. Anandhi
To become proficient in any language reading becomes the most important skill to be achieved. When it comes to English,Reading becomes one of the major skills of the language. Reading can be defined as an art of comprehending words then mastering sentences to paragraphs then to the whole content. Studies have found that the more a person reads the more skilful he becomes with speaking as with the use of vocabulary. Skills of reading can be acquired through continuously reading and comprehending ,developing a full understanding over the content, fluent in the usage of the read vocabulary leading to independence in oration. The skills of reading for a non-native (ESOL) speaker is cumbersome and acquiring the skills become pretty important and integral part of life,with English becoming important as the Global Lingua-Franca. With all these factors reiterating the importance of reading as an important skill, the digital natives of today actually have failed to understand the importance of reading at all. The ability of the language usage among Non-native speakers is directly proportional to their reading habits is a research finding. This article focuses on the development oriented, approaches using the digital platform to improve reading skills and to make reading easier & comprehensible to the non-native speaker. It also analyses on the various online resources available to improve the habit of reading in young learners, and checks the effectiveness of these platforms.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.34293/english.v9i1.3397
G. Vishal Sridhar
The article examines the lives of Dalits in contemporary India with specific reference to Sujatha Gidla’s Ants Among Elephants. She had exposed the reality of socio-economic nature of India where the struggles of Dalits cannot be expressed in words. The atrocities committed against the community are still continuing with strong political support. It also examines the themes of exploitation, marginalisation, and untouchability. The main objective is to analyse and expose the reality of casteism still prevailing in the modern era witnessed by development. It also concludes that education can be a source of emancipation from these social evils.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.34293/english.v9i1.3516
Nynu V Jamal
The Birthday Party is an absurdist play written by the British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor Harold Pinter. He is one of the most celebrated dramatists of the Theatre of the Absurd. The objective of the paper is to examine how Pinter’s play The Birthday Party incorporates the elements of an absurdist play. The paper also tries to explain how the fragility of language to communicate is being portrayed through the play.
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