Sumaeta Marjan

The paper is going to discuss the links between the development mania, land politics and concomitant conflicts through a comparison of colonial and post-colonial periods in light of the two novels Weep Not, Child (1964) and Petals of Blood (1977), both of which are written by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. Thiong'o is a post-colonial writer who showed through his novels that colonialism started from imperialism and through that neocolonialism evolved which is so far the last stage of imperialism where the colonial rule still dominates but keeping the gun on the shoulder of the capitalistic society in countries like Kenya. Both the above mentioned novels were written in post-colonial period but still the former novel portrays colonial rule in Kenya while the latter features the picture of post-colonial Kenya. Different studies have been conducted analyzing both the colonial and neocolonial periods of these two novels. But there is no concrete paper that points out the evolution of domination from one period to another focusing on the crucial issues of land, development programs and ruler-ruled conflicts. Through qualitative analysis of the two novels under post-colonial criticism, the paper will show the dynamics of development craze, land politics, and persistent conflicts.

Modernism relates to the reality of modern life and the elite identity human beings hold as the most creative beings. On the other hand, gothic refers to the unusual imaginations and the uncanny aspects of human attributes, events and sexuality. This paper is a research on the representation of the gothic entities of a modernist novel Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence. Through the love relationships, Oedipus complex, contradictions of gender and representation of sexual desires, the novel explores the gothic reality of human minds and body. This research presents that gothic aspect of the modernist novel through qualitative research portraying the facts and notions of the events and characters sketched by Lawrence.

This paper is a presentation of the sexual dynamics of the Beat Generation in light of the two novels On the Road (1957) and The Dharma Bums(1958).Both the novels were written by Jack Kerouac, the most prominent writer of the Beat Generation. The Beat Generation is very much highlighted because of their hippie culture and explicit manner of expressing sexual desires. Also, the Beat Generation explores homosexuality, polygamy, extramarital affair, etc. in the most lucrative way. The liberation that is mentioned dented the explicitness of the writers about the notions and their practices. The novel On the Road explores homosexuality, polygamy, one night stands, pedophilia, etc. and The Dharma Bums express group sex and correlation of Buddhism and sexuality. Thus, both the novels are upfront notions of sexual liberations of the Beat Generation which are elaborately discussed in the paper through close textual analysis of the novels and qualitative research procedure.