War and memory are interrelated and it represents a verisimilitude approach through the presentation of distinction among legitimate history, intellectual history and the military histories of the war (written history of armed forces, journalist). In the history of War, there are natural tendencies of legitimate historians to hide the discursive history of war (from ground zero) from the ordinary people. Most of time, the physical and psychological pain of battalions during the war , their agony, trauma and frustrations are not penned down and people of the nations(defeated and triumph nations) are unaware of the true history of ground zero. In this paper, I would like to analysis American War on Vietnam through the work of Tim O’Brien. Vietnam War is also known as “War against the Americans to save the Nation” or “American War in Vietnam”. Tim O’Brien is an American novelist and he contributes in the war. He has ranked as a sergeant in military. His semi-autobiographical novel, Things They Carried points out his experiences in the Vietnam War. It is an empathetic, as well as, fictional account of nonfictional story of American soldiers through the jungles of Vietnam. It is a story of loss and love, guilt and fear. In War, soldiers carry their necessary things (physical objects) like matches, Morphine, M-16 Rifles and Candy. After the War, they bring grief, terror, guilt, confusion and the brutality of War as a return gift. After life of War, each soldiers’ physical loss underscores under emotional loss. In this memoir, Tim O’Brien delineates how soldiers carry heavy physical and psychological loads in the War.
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In the age of digital humanities and post-memory studies, literature records the affective information that is subsumed by the grand narratives of history. In the genre of partition literature fiction explores the domain of unfulfilled possibilities thereby presenting the alternative paths that could have been taken. Geetanjali Shree’s International Booker Prize-winning novel Tomb of Sand explores the journey of an eighty-year-old woman revisiting her childhood home in Pakistan along with her daughter. It is a tale of an individual, who has been de-territorialized, reaching a negotiation with the trauma of partition. This article attempts to analyse the debates on motherhood, identity formation, and gender performance by conducting a critical appreciation of the text. It takes up as its subject the three most dominant woman characters in the novel, Ma, the protagonist; Beti, the daughter; and Rosie, the hijra. In comparing and contrasting the inherent womanhood of the three characters, it also tries to explore the position of women inhabiting the boundaries.
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Aravind Adiga, a Man Booker Prize winner, aims at depicting a realistic picture of Indian society along with its root cause of evil. He attempts to bring the dark side of India over the ‘shining India’. He criticised the moral decadence and lack of basic principles among Indians. In The White Tiger and Last Man in Tower he portrays the power game in metropolis like; Delhi and Mumbai. This paper studies the socio-political realities of Indian society through the lens of power politics. Adiga makes an effort to showcase the experiences which underprivileged Indian people go through their entire lives. This paper also describes how Adiga depicts socio-cultural encounters in India; especially in power-politics, the Caste system, and master-servant society. It demonstrates the colossal fight between the common man and the dominating political issues such as the caste system, democracy and justice. The research depicts the miscarriage of justice, corruption and other alarming issues of contemporary Indian society. Adiga spotlights modern India by comparing India of darkness and India of light. Adiga’s work of fiction unveils the dark web of politics behind the frame of globalisation and development.
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This paper looks at Anuradha Roy’s The Earthspinner through the prism of the cognitive act of mind reading. The novel is presented to us through a mixture of modes of narration, including journal entries, letters and third person narration The author allows us the illusion of peeping into the minds of the central characters and also captures the dynamics of their attempting to read each other’s minds. The potential for misinterpretation and misunderstanding make this enterprise fraught with anxiety and excitement. Through our understanding of what the author chooses to tell and what she chooses to withhold, we also attempt to read the mind of the writer. In the ultimate analysis this novel nudges us to try to read into our own minds as well. This is what justifies its categorization as literary fiction.
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War has so far been an institution led by men. Women are not usually assigned the identity of a warrior in the times of war, even though they make significant contributions. They are viewed as powerless when it comes to their roles during wartime. Their participation in the war is never appreciated and is ignored by comparing their service with those of men. Their ability to fight for their nation, to be part of an organization and to be in a political sphere are largely restricted by the patriarchal society. The traditional role of women in war is as a victim. Sexual assaults have become a war tactic and the victim’s often face stigmatisation and exclusion. The Sri Lankan Civil War between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan state in 1983 brought women to the warfront. The dissertation titled War and Women: Analysing T D Ramakrishnan’s Sugandhi Alias Andal Devanayaki focuses on deconstructing the notion of women as a submissive victim of war to that of a strong warrior using T D Ramakrishnan’s political novel Sugandhi Alias Andal Devanayaki. The article gives the historical background of the novel and examines the involvement of women in the LTTE organization. It also points out how rape and suicide bombing was widely employed by men in power to subside women in the society. The resistivity shown by the women towards the atrocities of war gives a conclusion to the whole argument.
迄今为止，战争一直是由男人领导的。在战争时期，女性通常不会被赋予战士的身份，即使她们做出了重大贡献。当涉及到战时的角色时，她们被视为无能为力。她们在战争中的参与从来没有得到赞赏，在与男性的服役进行比较时也被忽视了。他们为国家而战的能力，成为一个组织的一部分的能力，以及参与政治领域的能力，在很大程度上受到父权社会的限制。妇女在战争中的传统角色是受害者。性侵犯已经成为一种战争策略，受害者经常面临耻辱和排斥。1983年，泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织(LTTE)和斯里兰卡政府之间的斯里兰卡内战将女性带到了战争前线。这篇题为《战争与女性:分析T D Ramakrishnan的小说《Sugandhi Alias Andal Devanayaki》的论文主要是利用T D Ramakrishnan的政治小说《Sugandhi Alias Andal Devanayaki》，将女性作为战争中顺从的受害者的概念解构为强大的战士的概念。文章给出了小说的历史背景，并考察了妇女在LTTE组织的参与。它还指出了强奸和自杀式爆炸是如何被掌权的男性广泛使用来平息社会中的女性。妇女们对战争暴行所表现出的抵抗力为整个论点提供了一个结论。
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NOSTALGIA AND ROMANCE: A STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS IN LOOK BACK IN ANGER (pp. 90-107): Jun 2023 : I [I] Monisha Rai Dastidar DOI Link : https://doi.org/10.51767/JEN010107 NOSTALGIA AND ROMANCE: A STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS IN LOOK BACK IN ANGER by Monisha Rai Dastidar is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Look Back in Anger is about the feelings of fury of the post-war penetration that felt betrayed, sold-out and irrevocably ruined; of the older generation that is like the “sturdy old plants left over from the Edwardian twilight who cannot understand why the sun isn’t shining anymore”; of women who seek identity in age-old practices and relationships like marriage only to find themselves gasping for “a little peace”; of people who cannot save their love from the “cruel steel traps” of society. The consciousness of “high noon” of the Victorian and Edwardian era looms painfully over the breeding ground of the post-war city of London and its emotionless existence. Nostalgia seems to be the only way to survive the emotional and social claustrophobia. The fate of each individual lies as if in looking back. This paper attempts to explore the different relationships that John Osborne offers in his play. This paper also seeks to know about the pitfalls of romance where neither looking back is pleasurable, nor does it hold anything to look ahead. Can a relationship sustain without a future but only a bitter past? Does the same thing happen to friendships and other filial relationships? Does love fall apart due to external forces or if the lovers do not know the way to hold on? Can love really be held on to? These are some of the questions that this paper seeks answers for.
怀旧与浪漫:在愤怒中回顾的关系研究(pp. 90-107): 2023年6月:I [I]莫尼沙·拉伊·达斯提达DOI链接:https://doi.org/10.51767/JEN010107怀旧与浪漫:在愤怒中回顾的关系研究由莫尼沙·拉伊·达斯提达在CC by - nc - sa 4.0许可下回顾愤怒是关于战后渗透的愤怒感觉背叛，售完和不可挽回的破坏;老一辈的人就像“爱德华时代的暮色中遗留下来的粗壮的老植物，他们不明白为什么太阳不再照耀”;在古老的习俗和婚姻等关系中寻求身份认同的女性，却发现自己渴望“一点点平静”;人们无法从社会的“残酷的钢铁陷阱”中拯救他们的爱。维多利亚和爱德华时代的“正午”意识痛苦地笼罩着战后伦敦这座城市的孕育地，笼罩着它毫无情感的存在。怀旧似乎是在情感和社交幽闭恐惧症中生存下来的唯一途径。每个人的命运，仿佛就在回首。本文试图探讨约翰·奥斯本在他的戏剧中所呈现的不同关系。这篇论文还试图了解浪漫的陷阱，即回顾过去既不令人愉快，也没有任何向前看的东西。没有未来，只有痛苦的过去，一段感情能维持下去吗?同样的事情也会发生在友谊和其他孝顺关系中吗?爱情的破裂是由于外力还是因为恋人不知道如何坚持?爱真的能被抓住吗?这些都是本文寻求答案的一些问题。
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Blended learning in Indian ELT presents several opportunities and obstacles. It provides a more personalized learning experience and access to a wide range of learning resources, promotes engagement and collaboration, provides a flexible learning schedule, and improved effectiveness of language instruction. The increasing importance of English in the globalized world and India`s growing economy have led to a significant demand for English language education in the country. However, the diversity of linguistic backgrounds among students and the lack of qualified and trained teachers pose significant challenges for ELT in India. limited access to technology and lack of teacher training can negatively impact the implementation of blended learning in India. To overcome these obstacles, it is important to provide teachers with the necessary training and support to effectively integrate technology and blended learning methods into their instruction.
{"title":"EFFICACY OF BLENDED LEARNING IN INDIAN ELT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES","authors":"Sulabha Dixit","doi":"10.51767/jen010102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51767/jen010102","url":null,"abstract":"Blended learning in Indian ELT presents several opportunities and obstacles. It provides a more personalized learning experience and access to a wide range of learning resources, promotes engagement and collaboration, provides a flexible learning schedule, and improved effectiveness of language instruction. The increasing importance of English in the globalized world and India`s growing economy have led to a significant demand for English language education in the country. However, the diversity of linguistic backgrounds among students and the lack of qualified and trained teachers pose significant challenges for ELT in India. limited access to technology and lack of teacher training can negatively impact the implementation of blended learning in India. To overcome these obstacles, it is important to provide teachers with the necessary training and support to effectively integrate technology and blended learning methods into their instruction.","PeriodicalId":432204,"journal":{"name":"EXPRESSIO: BSSS Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121865002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahasweta Devi is known not only for her political writings but her tremendous contribution towards landless laborers in eastern India where she worked for years. Her close connection with these communities gave her a deep insight to understand and write about these grassroots-level issues, thus making her a socio-political commentator of the marginalized community. As an eminent Bengali writer and social activist, writing in the mid-1900s, she did not shy away from pointing out the injustices prevalent in society. This paper deals with her novel titled ‘Mother of 1084’ and depicts the helplessness of a mother who gets acquainted with her son’s ideal after his death. The trauma of the tragic death of her son haunts her throughout the novel and makes her an aggrieved mother. The novel honestly depicts the trauma and psychological disturbances of a mother who has lost her son. ‘Mother of 1084’ at one end openly criticized the brutality of the government and the police in counteracting the Naxalite movement, while on the other end highlighted the political consciousness of a mother. It portrays many aspects of Indian society as well as the political state of West Bengal in the seventies where youth were ruthlessly suppressed by the government. The present paper also explores how she belongs to a male-dominated society that considers women as an object of sex, neglected and subjugated beings, and how she revolts against the traditional established system and trembles the base of that rotten society.
{"title":"SOCIAL CONCERNS IN MAHASHWETA DEVI’S MOTHER OF 1084","authors":"Seemen Mahmood","doi":"10.51767/jen010104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51767/jen010104","url":null,"abstract":"Mahasweta Devi is known not only for her political writings but her tremendous contribution towards landless laborers in eastern India where she worked for years. Her close connection with these communities gave her a deep insight to understand and write about these grassroots-level issues, thus making her a socio-political commentator of the marginalized community. As an eminent Bengali writer and social activist, writing in the mid-1900s, she did not shy away from pointing out the injustices prevalent in society. This paper deals with her novel titled ‘Mother of 1084’ and depicts the helplessness of a mother who gets acquainted with her son’s ideal after his death. The trauma of the tragic death of her son haunts her throughout the novel and makes her an aggrieved mother. The novel honestly depicts the trauma and psychological disturbances of a mother who has lost her son. ‘Mother of 1084’ at one end openly criticized the brutality of the government and the police in counteracting the Naxalite movement, while on the other end highlighted the political consciousness of a mother. It portrays many aspects of Indian society as well as the political state of West Bengal in the seventies where youth were ruthlessly suppressed by the government. The present paper also explores how she belongs to a male-dominated society that considers women as an object of sex, neglected and subjugated beings, and how she revolts against the traditional established system and trembles the base of that rotten society.","PeriodicalId":432204,"journal":{"name":"EXPRESSIO: BSSS Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131030074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cross-cultural associations provide important insights which become the basis of common cultural ties and universal peace. The narrative of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun presents cross-cultural commonalities with Indian cultural ethos. The narrative reveals several cultural parallels between Indian and African traditions, culture and history. This research paper attempts to study the cross-cultural ties between Indian and African cultural heritage as revealed in the narrative of The Half of a Yellow Sun.
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The Room on the roof was Bond`s debut novel which he wrote when he was 17 years old. The novel is depicted from children`s perspective. The novel explores the psychological effect experienced by the children and the emotional turmoil that they go through in their teenage years. This novel has been critically acclaimed by focusing on the aspect of nostalgia and psychological reactions of the readers. The question that remains unanswered in reference to the novel is, why did Ruskin bond choose the theme of youthfulness to trigger the interest of nostalgia in the novel? This paper will attempt to answer this question and venture into this unexplored area.
{"title":"FEELING OF NOSTALGIA PENNED DOWN BY RUSKIN BOND IN THE ROOM ON THE ROOF","authors":"Geetanshi Buttan","doi":"10.51767/jen010112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51767/jen010112","url":null,"abstract":"The Room on the roof was Bond`s debut novel which he wrote when he was 17 years old. The novel is depicted from children`s perspective. The novel explores the psychological effect experienced by the children and the emotional turmoil that they go through in their teenage years. This novel has been critically acclaimed by focusing on the aspect of nostalgia and psychological reactions of the readers. The question that remains unanswered in reference to the novel is, why did Ruskin bond choose the theme of youthfulness to trigger the interest of nostalgia in the novel? This paper will attempt to answer this question and venture into this unexplored area.","PeriodicalId":432204,"journal":{"name":"EXPRESSIO: BSSS Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123279467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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