This paper is a critical reading of Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve and the major concern ... more This paper is a critical reading of Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve and the major concern of this paper is the projection of Evelyn as a subversive Anti-hero. The researcher claims that, Evelyn is portrayed as a subversive Anti-hero because he acts as a misogynist, immoral and unethical man. Furthermore, the researcher adds that- the depiction of Evelyn as an egoistic male chauvinist is enough to show subversive anti-hero elements. To support the claim, the researcher draws some theoretical insights drawn by Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with Thousand Faces, which will be the foundation to analyze, examine and evaluate the text.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, autobiographical narrative by English author Thomas De Qui... more Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, autobiographical narrative by English author Thomas De Quincey, first published in The London Magazine in two parts in 1821, then as a book in 1822. The self-confessed purpose of the first version of the Confessions was to warn the reader about the dangers of opium. The writer gives his own personal accounts and addresses to his readers. The essay is like a journalistic report in which there is depiction of how a common man becomes an addict, the essay combines the depiction of a social evil, and essay is told from an addict's point of view, with a somewhat contrary and tempting picture of the personal inclinations of drug [Opium] addiction. The essay begins with an autobiographical account of the author's addiction. It then describes in effective detail of the joyful and highly symbolic daydreams that he had experienced through the drug's influence which he narrates by giving details of horrible nightmares that sustained the use of drug.
Violence in Balchandra Rajan's The Dark Dancer The novel The Dark Dancer has been written in the ... more Violence in Balchandra Rajan's The Dark Dancer The novel The Dark Dancer has been written in the historical perspective from the view of partition violence, it is the lively portrayal of horrendous crime which occurred during the period of British imperialism in the then Greater India. In the novel writer Balchandra Rajan tries to depict historical background of partition through the characters. Although, novel does not depicts actual partition but it creates an incident happened in some place of India and links it with the partition violence. The novel presents heinous crime in its storyline which can be linked with the Mourning, Melancholia and Violence theory presented by Larry Ray. Ray explained, "Violence happens as a result of 'disidentification' between ethnic groups along with a campaign to strengthen identifications among the rest of the population, thus creating increased polarization" (136). In the novel, The Dark Dancer, a narrator narrates, "The British, he observed judiciously, had ruined India politically, economically, physically, psychologically, socially and morally" (20). Again the same feeling is shared by Vijayaraghavan to Krishnan, "Frightful rotters the British. Absolutely satanic" (20). Here, from both of the quotation derived from the novel, it is exposed that Indians are collected in command to demonstration against British due to the sensation of disidentification of being Indian. This emotion takes revolution procedure and they raise their voice against British and at last, they achieve to create enlarged division.
Representation of war in Raktajwala This novel is an attempt to recite the events which had happe... more Representation of war in Raktajwala This novel is an attempt to recite the events which had happened during Maoist Insurgency in Nepal for the period of ten years. Parshuram Koirala is the author of Raktajwala. This novel is historical account of Nepal and the picture of brutality of war. The Maoist Insurgency was a period of war which happened during 1996-2006 in Nepal. Their first demand was to establish people republic in Nepal by throwing the Monarchy. Later on, they succeeded to establish a federal democratic republic government in Nepal, but this was not possible without doing violence. Nepal had already achieved democracy but after the rise of Monarchy into the power, Nepalese people suffered a lot of hardships. By seeing this Maoist party declared a war against the government and involved in a war. Raktajwala is a novel where writer defines the series of events when the people's war took place and it also depicts the aftermath of war. The major characters in this novel are Harakaman and the narrator. The writer is sympathetic with Nepalese people who had lost their home, family. War always gives destruction, and the novel defines it in a beautiful way. The Maoist insurgency established people's right but before the establishment of rights many events occurred in Nepal. The rebels prepared themselves as a guerrilla and fought with the state and military. The pictures of killings and blood spills are shown in the novel. Although writer presents in a fictional way these events actually occurred in Nepal for the period of ten years. The writer does not give accountability to these events but a Nepali can empathize with these happenings. The gunshots, bombardments and brutal killings are something which a Nepali has seen during people's war.
This paper is a critical reading of Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve and the major concern ... more This paper is a critical reading of Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve and the major concern of this paper is the projection of Evelyn as a subversive Anti-hero. The researcher claims that, Evelyn is portrayed as a subversive Anti-hero because he acts as a misogynist, immoral and unethical man. Furthermore, the researcher adds that- the depiction of Evelyn as an egoistic male chauvinist is enough to show subversive anti-hero elements. To support the claim, the researcher draws some theoretical insights drawn by Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with Thousand Faces, which will be the foundation to analyze, examine and evaluate the text.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, autobiographical narrative by English author Thomas De Qui... more Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, autobiographical narrative by English author Thomas De Quincey, first published in The London Magazine in two parts in 1821, then as a book in 1822. The self-confessed purpose of the first version of the Confessions was to warn the reader about the dangers of opium. The writer gives his own personal accounts and addresses to his readers. The essay is like a journalistic report in which there is depiction of how a common man becomes an addict, the essay combines the depiction of a social evil, and essay is told from an addict's point of view, with a somewhat contrary and tempting picture of the personal inclinations of drug [Opium] addiction. The essay begins with an autobiographical account of the author's addiction. It then describes in effective detail of the joyful and highly symbolic daydreams that he had experienced through the drug's influence which he narrates by giving details of horrible nightmares that sustained the use of drug.
Violence in Balchandra Rajan's The Dark Dancer The novel The Dark Dancer has been written in the ... more Violence in Balchandra Rajan's The Dark Dancer The novel The Dark Dancer has been written in the historical perspective from the view of partition violence, it is the lively portrayal of horrendous crime which occurred during the period of British imperialism in the then Greater India. In the novel writer Balchandra Rajan tries to depict historical background of partition through the characters. Although, novel does not depicts actual partition but it creates an incident happened in some place of India and links it with the partition violence. The novel presents heinous crime in its storyline which can be linked with the Mourning, Melancholia and Violence theory presented by Larry Ray. Ray explained, "Violence happens as a result of 'disidentification' between ethnic groups along with a campaign to strengthen identifications among the rest of the population, thus creating increased polarization" (136). In the novel, The Dark Dancer, a narrator narrates, "The British, he observed judiciously, had ruined India politically, economically, physically, psychologically, socially and morally" (20). Again the same feeling is shared by Vijayaraghavan to Krishnan, "Frightful rotters the British. Absolutely satanic" (20). Here, from both of the quotation derived from the novel, it is exposed that Indians are collected in command to demonstration against British due to the sensation of disidentification of being Indian. This emotion takes revolution procedure and they raise their voice against British and at last, they achieve to create enlarged division.
Representation of war in Raktajwala This novel is an attempt to recite the events which had happe... more Representation of war in Raktajwala This novel is an attempt to recite the events which had happened during Maoist Insurgency in Nepal for the period of ten years. Parshuram Koirala is the author of Raktajwala. This novel is historical account of Nepal and the picture of brutality of war. The Maoist Insurgency was a period of war which happened during 1996-2006 in Nepal. Their first demand was to establish people republic in Nepal by throwing the Monarchy. Later on, they succeeded to establish a federal democratic republic government in Nepal, but this was not possible without doing violence. Nepal had already achieved democracy but after the rise of Monarchy into the power, Nepalese people suffered a lot of hardships. By seeing this Maoist party declared a war against the government and involved in a war. Raktajwala is a novel where writer defines the series of events when the people's war took place and it also depicts the aftermath of war. The major characters in this novel are Harakaman and the narrator. The writer is sympathetic with Nepalese people who had lost their home, family. War always gives destruction, and the novel defines it in a beautiful way. The Maoist insurgency established people's right but before the establishment of rights many events occurred in Nepal. The rebels prepared themselves as a guerrilla and fought with the state and military. The pictures of killings and blood spills are shown in the novel. Although writer presents in a fictional way these events actually occurred in Nepal for the period of ten years. The writer does not give accountability to these events but a Nepali can empathize with these happenings. The gunshots, bombardments and brutal killings are something which a Nepali has seen during people's war.
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