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Critical Space, 2018
We feel very happy to present the February-2018 issue of Critical Space. It is a pleasure to note... more We feel very happy to present the February-2018 issue of Critical Space. It is a pleasure to note that since the first issue of October-2012, the team of Critical Space has received a praise from the readers and writers and we materialize it when we get showered with number of research papers on the announcement of new issue. Every time editing a new issue of Critical Space make us acquainted with the varieties of issues discussed frequently in the contemporary academics. The February 2018 issue of Critical Space has covered the variety of research topics like – Postcolonial studies, Diaspora Literature, Eco-critical Reading, Gender Studies, Racial consciousness, Popular Culture, Multiculturalism, Theatre studies, Magic Realism, Translation Studies, Historical and Psychological novels.
Dr. Baby Pushpa Sinha has explored the Post-Colonial Complexities in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease. The researcher has contextualized the novel in its proper socio-political phenomena. Dr. Namita Singh explores Afghan Diaspora and contributed a distinct kind of immigrant experience by exploring the quest of identity and the problems of cultural assimilation. Dr Sangita Patil analyses Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades from eco-critical perspective and throws light on the ecological reasons of Naxalite rebel. The article is a good example of multidisciplinary research. Ariful Islam revisits the theories of gender and evaluate them in the context of mythological references which adds certain amazing dimensions to the gender thoughts. Dr Dattatraya Khaladkar deals with the metropolitan sensibility depicted in Madhu Mangesh Karnik’s Mahimchi Khadi. The researcher has commented on socio-cultural ethos that create slum and its culture. Mohd Shafi Bhat in his article writes about Sufi-Rishi Tradition in Kashmir that explores how Kashmiri identity is a unique mixture of two distinct social, cultural and religious identities. Ashishkumar Patar deals with the fiction of R. K. Narayan and divulges the representation of Indian middle class. Sandeep. T. G analyses Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus to explore the subjugation and marginalization in Nigerian life. Sushil A. Deshmukh deals with the theme of dislocation depicted in Bharati Mukherjee’s fiction. He has considered the diasporic social situation and analysed the psyche of immigrant character. Dr. P. N. Gore explores the themes like ethnicity, hybridity and multiculturalism in Kavita Daswani’s For Matrimonial Purposes. In my article I have attempted to deal with the psychological themes like Trauma and Dissociation in Mary Higgins Clark’s All Around the Town. Indrayani S. Jadhav and Dr. Satish R. Ghatge have explored the historical truth depicted in Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot. Dr. Shubhangi S. Lendave’s article discusses the dreams and hallucinations used in Emma Tennant’s Hotel de Dream. The theoretical frame prepared by the researcher in the initial part of the paper is well utilized in part of analysis. And in the last paper Jayashri M. Lohar puts forth the process of self-discovery in F.G. Paci’s The Italians.
Thus, we hope that you will find the issue interesting to read and contemplate as it covers the variety of research topics.
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It is my great pleasure to introduce you the October issue of Critical Space that will give you a... more It is my great pleasure to introduce you the October issue of Critical Space that will give you an opportunity to discuss and contemplate on variety of topics besides the fire that will eradicate the coldness of this winter and darkness of ignorance. As usual we have received a number of articles that bring to our attention the significant issues pertaining to culture, language and literature. India is nation of traditions that carries a long chain of heritage. The folklores, epics, myths and puranas have formulated such body of knowledge that not only open the doors of aesthetic pleasure but lead us towards the divine bliss. The first paper of the issue contributed by Ms. Ishrat and Dr. Daisy deals with Haryanvi Saang and explores us with the great flock tradition of Haryana. It can be seen that the minuet observation and meticulous documentation can save an art form which is at the brink of extinction in the age of digital world.
This is the age of cinema that has occupied a larger space of human consciousness and increased the possibilities of representation. Dr. Mallika. A. Nair in her paper takes an overview of the adaptions of autobiographies from different corners of the world and foregrounds certain principles that can be generalized into two broad areas one, autobiography as a genre study and second, film adaptation. Dr. Namdev Patil deliberates a valid theoretical frame of queer literature by encompassing the emotions and behavioural patterns which were generally attributed as taboo. In the light of the theory he has analysed Hollinghurst’s The Swimming Pool Library.
Dr. Kumar Sushil analyses Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground as an existential novel. The article is worth reading as it has considered the significant references of Philosophy but never distracted from the literary appreciation of the text. The article prepares a perceptive frame that will allow us to read an existential novel for its most possible meaning in the light of a proper philosophical context. Balveer and Dr. Devendra Rankawat point out that how the art of cinema can provide a wider space to the subaltern voices and may appear as an influential medium of social enlightenment. The article strengthens our belief that the art cannot be separated from society but develop reciprocally.
Dr. Fatimah Alotaibi analyses the works of Wollstonecraft and Woolf in order to highlight the contemporariness of the feminist thought. The reading of article is really an academic exercise to revisit the feminist classics and realize it in the contemporary scene. In the similar line of thought we have another article of Swati Suri that analyses the short stories of Rabindranath Tagore in order to understand the women’s predicament reflected in them. The analysis has considered the socio-cultural ethos that allowed her to reach at the feminist truths of the period and pin point its universality.
Aditi Swami analyses Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in the light of Northrop Frye’s ‘Myth, Fiction and Displacement’. Article is a good example of how to apply a theory in the practical analysis of the text. Dr. Namadev P. Khavare deals with J.G. Ballard’s The Kindness of Women and points out social and psychological realities reflected in it. His understanding of post-modern psyche and the appropriate use of primary and secondary sources make this article interesting to read. Dr. U. N. Kurrey explores ‘Ethnicity’ and ‘Identity’ reflected in Girish Karnad’s plays. The article reflects how the behavioural sets of the characters were under the influence of their ethnic identities. Indrayani Jadhav and Dr. Satish Ghatge explore how Julian Barnes depicts personal history in his novel Before She Met Me. In contemporary socio-cultural ethos the fabric of ethics is blurred in the name of materialism which is so influential in the case of Julian that it also affects his aesthetic expression and produces a mixture that cannot be recognized as a fact or fiction. Vanya Jaiswal in his article revisits the concept of orientalism and analyses Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake in that perspective. The article becomes interesting as the researcher has explored how Lahiri has used certain western stereotypes regarding Indians.
I hope that you will find time to read and contemplate on the issue and give us feedback.
Contents
1. Haryanvi Saang ‘Cheer Parva’: An Analytical Study
Ms. Ishrat
Dr. Daisy
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2. Filming the ‘Self’: Biopic Autobiographies
Dr. Mallika. A. Nair
…………………………………………………………………..………….……………………..15-18
3. Gay Culture Reflected in Hollinghurst’s The Swimming Pool Library
Dr. Namdev Kashinath Patil
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..19-27
4. The Perspectives of Existentialism and Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground
Dr. Kumar Sushil
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..29-37
5. Media within Media as Saviour of Human Values in Select Bollywood Films
Balveer
Dr. Devendra Rankawat
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6. The Voice of Feminism: The Echo of Wollstonecraft and Woolf
Dr. Fatimah AlOtaibi
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..47-62
7. The Space of Women in Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories
Swati Suri
……………………………………………………………………..…………………………..…………..63-70
8. Representation and Transformation of a Mythical Identity – Reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in the Light of Northrop Frye’s ‘Myth, Fiction and Displacement’
Aditi Swami
……………………………………………………………………..……………………..………………..71-78
9. The Reflection of Social and Psychological Reality in J.G. Ballard’s The Kindness of Women
Dr. Namadev P. Khavare
……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………....79-85
10. Ethnicity and Identity in the plays of Girish Karnad
Dr. Dr. U. N. Kurrey
……………………………………………………………………..………………………………..……..87-92
11. Portrayal of Personal History in Before She Met Me by Julian Barnes
Smt. Indrayani S. Jadhav
Dr. Satish R. Ghatge
……………………………………………………………………..………………………………..……..93-99
12. ‘Re-orientalism’ as manifest in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Vanya Jaiswal
……………………………………..…………………………..………………………………..……..101-108
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It is my great pleasure to introduce you to a new issue of
Critical Space that contains the varie... more It is my great pleasure to introduce you to a new issue of
Critical Space that contains the variety of articles on different
issues that will help you update with the contemporary academic
trends in literature and language studies. D. D. Khaladkar’s paper
compares Kamal Desai’s Kala Surya (Source Text in Marathi) and
its translation in English in order to explore how the cultural
differences dominate the translation process. The paper very
interestingly points out how connotations of linguistic expressions
are deeply embedded in the source culture.
Anupriya Singh and Shipra Malik’s paper on Guillermo
Verdecchia’s play is a very good critique of the terminologies like
cultural mosaic, salad bowl, melting pot or kaleidoscope which are
the key terms in the Diaspora Studies. The paper reflects the
process of redefining the cultural identities in the light of emerging
idea of “ghettoization”. Shohel Rana’s paper explores “Romantic
Rebel” in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. I. R. Jarali in his
paper reveals how Charles-De-Lint uses a faculty of fantasy to
create a parallel world of spirits. The fantastic landscaping of this
world in its connotations also reveals the real life events, hidden
desires and conspiracies. Jarali’s article touches all these aspects
and produces a complex frame of reference that will help
understand the most probable meaning of the text. Arundhati Dey
analyses Revathi’s autobiography and explores the idea of
degendering of society. The age-old taboo issues are explored in the
light of queer theory of literary criticism. Shubhangi Lendave’s
paper reflects how Angela Carter amalgamates reality with magic
and explores the labyrinth of human psyche and connects the
human desires with their social behaviours. Uma Parvathy’s paper
analyses the poetry of Alice Walker and reflects the scheme of
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racial and gender discrimination. The paper provides a valid
ground to the argument that art for society’s sake also underlines
the aesthetic qualities of the classical art. Sandeep. T. G explores
the similar line of thought as his paper makes a statement
regarding the double marginality of black woman in the context of
Maya Angelou’s poetry. Ankana Das and Aishani Sen’s paper very
interestingly compares Lolita and Disgrace from ecofeminist point
of view. Prashant Yadav depicts how Baromas reveals the effects of
globalization on the rural farming society. Ravi Bhushan’s paper
points out role of Humanities in key components like ‘Virtuality’,
‘Virtuosity’ and ‘Orality’ in the age of digitalization. Rukhaya in her
paper analyses Girish Karnad’s play, Tughlaq. Her paper
exemplifies the identity crisis of the titular character and explores
conflict between mask and man or idealism or practicability.
Maruti Vairat’s paper explores the dark realities of the academic
world depicted in Jonathan Coe’s A Touch of Love. The issue ends
with two melodious poems by Shivkumar Agrawal.
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Space with different research t... more It is my great pleasure to present you February issue of Critical
Space with different research topics which make the journal more
contemporary and relevant to read. I also express my sincere
thanks to all those who contributed their valuable research papers
and trust us as an authentic publishing forum. As the articles
contained in the issue can be categorized under the disciplines like
Cultural Studies, Mythology, Subaltern Studies, Sociology, Politics,
Diaspora Studies, and Linguistics make it interdisciplinary.
Advocacy of patriarchal mode of social power, Hindu Epics and
Puranas reflect women as a weaker sex that can be used only for
the physical pleasure. As a result of that most of the women
characters depicted in these mythological discourses are secondary
and passive. In the modern period, the intelligentsia starts
thinking about this duality of truth and in response it creates
parallel discourse that gives exposure to these suppressed voices.
Dilshad Kaur’s research paper “Breaking New Grounds: Listening
to the Silent Echoes of Draupadi in The Palace of Illusions” explore
the feminine dimension of truth. The textual references and
convincing analysis make the paper more interesting to
contemplate. The similar kind of deconstructive line of logic can be
seen in the research article of Dr. Jyoti Rane who analyses Sun’s
Seventh Horse and reveals that how the identities were created by
the society that predominantly regularize the social behaviour of
man and woman. In the article Dr. Rane illustrates the process of
identity creation and how the different channels were set for the
socialization of man and women according to sex.
Dr. Sujata Bamane in her article “Comprehension in a Graphic
Style: A Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters”
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analyses the narration containing diagrammatic and decorative
with words combined with different colour-combinations, funny
pictures and mesmerizing images in order to comprehend the
meaning reflected by Yoshinaga. The research scholar has
minutely and meticulously observed the graphic novel and
presented her scholarly analysis.
Dr. A. M. Sarawade in his research article “Appropriating
Pragmalinguistics and Sociopragmatics for Teaching Literature in
S L Classroom” reveals that how the branches of Pragmatics can
be employed in actual language teaching practice. It is a good
attempt to combine the technical aspects with the socio-cultural
conventions of language in the actual teaching practice in SL
context. Therefore, it is a good contribution towards the most
debated issue of language teaching in SL situation. In the language
component of the present issue we have another interesting article
by Dr. Preeti Joshi who analyses the role of English Language in
Postcolonial Era as a lingua franca to promote Globality, Locality
and Hybridity. The article analyses the actual hybrid linguistic
expressions that has surpassed from the category of Creole and
designated itself as a language of the world. The article gives review
of all these changes and very interestingly comments on the sociocultural
processes.
Dr. Seema Maraje in her research paper “Honour Killing: A Stigma
on Modern Society” deals with another significant and burning
issue of the contemporary modern society. The paper takes into
account all the basic notions related to the concept of ‘Honour
Killing’ and analyses it in the socio-cultural contexts. In
contemporary period there are several literary expressions that
depict the situation of Honour Killing and therefore it becomes
necessary to understand it in its socio-cultural context which is
adequately provided by Dr. Maraje.
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Sardar B. Jadhav and Dr. P. R. Shewale in their article “Keki N.
Daruwalla’s “Crossing of Rivers”: An Absolute Visualization of
Landscape” reflect how the poetic vision is capable of the
photographic presentation of the landscape. The analysis of the
poem is also a good demonstration of how to analyse the poem in
its contextual frame for the new researchers and students. Maruti
Vairat’s article “A Heap of Broken Images in T. S. Eliot’s Poem The
Waste Land” depicts that how Eliot has created a simulacrum of
Broken Images in order to create a prefect image of the modern
society. The analysis of the poem is interesting as it takes into
consideration the broken images which in fact create oversized
image of disillusionment and despair of the contemporary period.
The Diasporic critical context is dynamic as it is inseparably relies
on the socio-political realities of the age. As a result it observed in
the discourse of criticism that term ‘Diaspora’ has been analysed
from different perspective. The Critical Space has published several
research articles in this direction in order contribute in this never
ending discussion. Abhishek Chandel also deals with the term but
his point of view is not from the region of literature but is from the
other branches of Humanities like Sociology and Political Science.
The article underlines the recurring need of interdisciplinary
studies in order to understand the complex realties of the age.
Ebrahim Mohammed Mod discusses the theme of Alienation in
Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner which also came under the category of
Diaspora Studies. The textual examples and the analysis in the
light of the Psychological theories make the article more
interesting.
Dr. Sangita Ghodake in her research article “Transcending Life
through Romance: Mumbai Tiffinwalas and The Lunch Box”
analyses Ritesh Batra’s romantic comedy situated in metropolis
Mumbai. The paper very interestingly reveals that how two
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strangers came into contact, who were living a lonely life in the
overcrowded city. The observation and the analysis are helpful to
understand the movie with all its possible dimensions. Dr. Uday P.
Shirgave’s article “[Re]vision Home and Identity in Buchi
Emecheta’s the New Tribe” deals with the issue of identity and
home. The age of globalization has witnessed huge social
migration, for different reasons, that has created different issues
related to the identity. Nandkumar Shinde in his article “Mahatma
Gandhian Concepts of Ethics and Morality in Contemporary
Humanism” is another interdisciplinary article addressing to nonliterature
issue. But the issue analysed in the research article is
important to understand the contemporary phenomena which is
reflected in the literature.
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Dr.Sujata Bamane’s 'Comprehension in a Graphic Style: A
Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling ... more Dr.Sujata Bamane’s 'Comprehension in a Graphic Style: A
Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters' deals with the
interpretation of the multi-layered realities reflected in the graphic
novel. The article comprehensively explores how the contemporary
scenario can be projected in the interesting style of narration
which is more popular with the contemporary generation. Sangita
T. Ghodake's article 'Transcending Life through Romance: Mumbai
Tiffinwalas and the Lunch Box' deals with the optimistic romantic
feelings of the period reflected in the movies. The article is also a
good demonstration of the film interpretations with all the potential
meanings created out of the audio-visual space of the film.
Dr. Babu Nampalli's article 'Raja Rao and the Image of
Indian in Indian English Novel' gives a quick review of the early
attempts of the Indian English Novelists in order to establish an
indigenous identity of India. Dilshad Kaur's article 'Breaking New
Grounds: Listening to the Silent Echoes of Draupadi in The Palace
of Illusions' redefines the Indian stereotype of women in the
patriarchal social structure of an ancient India.
However, in the ELT segment we have three articles written
on the significant and relevant issues. It has been observed that
the articles published in the Critical Space have opened the new
avenues in the academic research which have also motivated other
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researchers to contribute in the field. Dr. Santosh Kumar J.
Mishra writes about the changes happening in the teachinglearning
discourse due to the rapidly increasing Digitalization. Dr.
Preeti Tushar Joshi denotes the peculiarities added to the English
language due to the contemporary phenomena of Globality,
Locality and Hybridity. Mohini Savedkar's article 'Naïve Chimney-
Sweepers Tarred with the Brush of Ideology: The Religious Ideology
in Blake’s ‘The Chimney –Sweeper’ from the ‘Songs of Innocence’
deals with the entanglement of religious ideology and the
melodious poetry of Blake. Satyawan Suresh Mane reveals the
problems and prospects of Learning and Teaching of English in
India.
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Iftakhar Ahmed’s article “The Vowel Variation between
Standard Bangla and Mymensingh Dialect: An ... more Iftakhar Ahmed’s article “The Vowel Variation between
Standard Bangla and Mymensingh Dialect: An Acoustic Analysis”
deals with the vowel variation in the use of Bangla language. The
article demonstrates a fine example of research in Phonetics by
using the qualitative and quantitative methods. Jayashri Aphale’s
“Lexical Innovations in Anita Rau Badami’s Tamarind Mem”
investigates the lexical innovations used by Anita Rau Badami and
reveals that how these innovations promotes a specific kind of
aesthetic value while exploring the socio-psychological reality. Dr.
Sumer Singh’s article “Global Use of English for a Variety of
Purposes” reveals the potential use of English Language for the
variety of purposes in the techno-savvy world. English language is
continuously coining new vocabulary items or finding linguistic
expressions to the culture specific emotions.
Rajani Moti’s article “Quest for Identity in Anita Nair’s
Lessons in Forgetting” reflects the identity issues in the
contemporary world and reveals many interesting socio-political
facts. Rajashri S. Patil discusses Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of
Loss from Diasporic point of view and explores the themes of
diaspora. Dr. A K Chaturvedi’s article “The Element of Devotion in
Harindranath Chattopadhyay’s Raidas—The Cobbler Saint”
beautifully explores the elements of devotion that are depicted in
the play. The researcher’s knowledge about the Hindu Theology is
good and it is frequently referred in his article. Baliram Sawant’s
topic “Towards the Poetics of Sports Autobiographies” is innovative
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and opens a new avenue in the area of English Literary Research.
The analysis of the Sport Autobiographies has been attempted in
order to prepare a perceptive frame that can be generalized in the
contemporary literary criticism.
Sumaiya Pathan and Dr. S. Y. Hongekar’s article “Cultural
Borrowings in Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance” reflects how in
the contemporary world the cultural distinctness has been
substituted with the terminologies like ‘Cultural Borrowing’. Dr. H.
B. Patil’s article “Antisocial and Bipolar Personality Disorder in
Peter Temple’s An Iron Rose (1998)” deals with the psychological
disorders depicted in the novel. The use of secondary sources
makes the article more interesting to read.
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It is great pleasure to bring out the present issue of Critical Space on the
occasion of Deepaval... more It is great pleasure to bring out the present issue of Critical Space on the
occasion of Deepavali which lights our houses and enlightens our souls. Critical
Space team wish you and your family a happy Deepavali as this journal is
also, in one sense, an attempt to lighten the lamp of knowledge and evade the
darkness of ignorance. Ariful Islam in his research paper “Rereading Ngugi wa
Thiong’o, Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka: A Critical Analysis of African
Postcolonial Literatureligion” reread certain texts in order to bring out the
socio-cultural facts of Africans that are diminished in the darkness of colonial
prejudices. The analysis of religious rituals in the light of the postcolonial
perspective, helps to question the colonial reading of them and opens a new
gateway to another cultural world that has its own system of signification. In
the history of academics the modern man has witnessed the transition from the
invention of script printing to the digital age of virtual reality. Two significant
discourses noting this kind of transition are The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making
of Typographic Man (1962) and The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet,
Business, and Society (2001). But as the topic is open ended it can be explored
to bring out the minute changes that are taking place in the academic business
that is moving from pure human intelligentsia to the artificial intellect. Dr
Sudhir Nikam in his article “The Symbiotic Prospects of Artilligence and
Contemporary Linguistics” writes in this direction and lets us know the new
advancements in the linguistic research.
In the next article we have a pleasant memory of Rabindranath
Tagore’s muse that sooths our mind and gives a divine pleasure through the
symmetry of countryside images and human emotions Dr. Venkatesh Puttaiah
in his article “Romantic Love as Mystical Experience in Rabindranath
Tagore’s The Gardener” unfolds how these poems give the mystic experience to
the reader. I feel it is necessary for our generation to turn to these evergreen
artefacts to emphasise the difference between the oriental philosophy of hope
and the western philosophy of nihilism which we read in the modern English
Poetry. Dr. Humera Sultana in her article “American Transcendentalism:
Review and Critique of Emerson and Thoreau”, throws light on the
philosophy of Transcendentalism in the light of the contribution given by
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Emerson and Thoreau. The article becomes more interesting as it gives a
proper platform to perception of the Transcendental thought.
However the postmodern techniques of contemporary literature
have been remained a hot topic for the researchers and in every issue at
least one submission has been contributed in this direction. Dr. Rohit
Phutela in his article “Magical Realism, the Catharsis for Latin Postcoloniality:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Strange Pilgrims as Prototype” deals with the
narrative technique of magical realism and explores that how authors reveal
the reality while blending two opposite phenomena of reality and magic. One
more research avenue that always succeeds in acquiring the space in the
journal is the explorations of marginality. Dr Neeti Mahajan “The Repressed
and the Silenced Self of Desdemona and Ophelia” very interestingly divulges
how Shakespearian heroines though they belong to the aristocracy face the
common predicament in every social strata of the world. The reading of this
article is in fact rediscovering the feminist facts that could have skipped from
the traditional reading method developed by the male domination.
In language component we have an intelligently drafted article by Dr.
Sumer Singh “Global Use of English for a Variety of Purposes” in which he
reveals how speaking about the role of English in a context of specific nation is
an out-dated phenomenon and is being placed by the English for global
purposes. This change in the academics revels how the use of English is not
just essential but mandatory to survive in the global scenario. In the
component of cultural studies Dr. Shahida writes “A Philosophical Inquiry into
Select Poems of Early Kashmiri Sufi Poets” in which she exposes us with the
philosophical preaching of Early Kashmiri Sufi Poets and reveals how Sufism
is not just limited to Islam but it is universal in appreciation.
Suma Priyadarshini. B. K in her article Children’s Literature: Need for
its Emergence in Today’s World of English Literature emphasises how the genre
of Children’s Literature is important today for the cultivation of certain
philosophical and moral values in the youth. Dr Madhavi Nikam “The Human
World of Gordimer in My Son’s Story” opens us a panorama of South African
life and reveals the multicultural heritage of South Africa. The article writer’s
knowledge of South African social and Political movement and its use in the
actual textual analysis make the article multidisciplinary that not only reveals
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the literary facts but more importantly speaks on the sociological, cultural and
political issues of contemporary significance.
Dr. N. G. Wale, in his article Caste Consciousness in Girish Karnad’s
Tale-Danda explores how an artistic creation is influenced by social facts. The
caste consciousness reflected in Tale-Danda explores a dark side of caste
system of India. Another article in the component of culture studies is Dr.
N.K. Shinde’s Culture in Arun Koltkar’s Jejuri Poems that deals with how the
cultural entities are reflected in the poem Jejuri.
Fahmeeda. P in her article “The New Woman in the Short Stories of
Cornelia Sorabji” reveals the status of women in the colonial India by
analyzing Cornelia Sorabji’s Love and Life Behind the Purdah (1901) and
focuses the history of how the conception of New Woman emerged. It depicts
the reasons that motivate the substitution of an Indian stereotype of
submissive with rebellious women. The issue is concluded with the poems of
Dr. N. G. Wale who maintains a corner delight in the hot academic discourse.
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language of Spiritual... more In Indian philosophical and theological discourses music has been seen as a
language of Spirituality. S. L. Bhyrappa’s Mandra deals with this connection as he
attempts to incarnate it through his musical language. Dr. Daisy investigates the
connection between the classical ragas and the spirituality depicted in Mandra. Nidhi
Singh’s article “Violence, Terror, Terrorism: Exploring the Fear Factor” deals with the
most attended themes of the contemporary period. The article uncovers the psychosociological
facts that promote the act of violence and make us available the proper
context to attain the most probable meaning of human behavior depicted in the stories.
Mohammed Rashid’s article “Imperialism in Disguise: (Re)cognizing the
Imperialist Attitude of the United States of America in Bangladesh” convincingly
demonstrates how developed countries were implementing their imperialist agenda in
the name of development. Dr. Dattatraya Khaladkar in his article compares two texts
from two different socio-cultural contexts and literary traditions in order to explore the
similarities and differences in the human predicament in the age of industrial revaluation.
The analysis of the select texts in the premises of naturalism reveals that despite of the
socio-cultural differences natural tendencies and carnal desires influence the human
behavior.
It is seen that the theories of the West have been adopted to analyze the
indigenous literary works, as very few try to find out the substitute indigenous model
that can be more appropriately applicable. Sangita Patil’s article “Rudiments of
Ecofeminism: A Study of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and The Coffer Dams” is
an attempt in that direction as she tries to foreground the ecofeminism in Indian
context. The feminist point of view is further explored in the article of Sonali Anand,
who explores the theme of ‘Domestic Violence’ in Sahgal’s Novel. The analysis becomes
more interesting as researcher is a keen observer of Indian societies and the male
dominated Indian Families.
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Indian point of view to approach the universal notions is further found explored
in Divya Shah’s article “City and Body: A Study of Selected Poems of Namdeo Dhasal”.
As the researcher selects a specific time and location to explore the notion of body in the
context of poetry of Namdeo Dhasal makes it more interesting and significantly adds the
socio-cultural connotations to the universal terminologies. The same line of thought can
be seen in Roshni Patel’s article “Dialogue between Tradition and Modernity: A Study
of Krupabai Satthianadhan’s Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Life” as she tries to analyse
Bakhtin’s idea of dialogism in the context of Indian discourse. Both these articles adopt
the Western model of theory while analyzing Indian texts and throws light on the Indian
realities.
Jayvirsinh Rajput’s “Gender bias in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire”
explores how human behavior is influenced by the gender bias. The plight of hijras in
the context of orthodox Indian society is explored in Indian English Theatre. Shrikant
Bhandare’s article “Quest for Identity in Shawn Wong’s Homebase” deals with the theme
of ‘Identity’ in the context of fourth-generation Chinese American diaspora. The article
is significant as it adds a new dimension of fourth-generation immigrants to the
Diaspora studies. It reveals how an immigrant struggles to establish his identity in the
age of creolization, hybridization and acculturation. Parag Chaudhari writes on the
notion of “Transculturality in History” while analyzing Bharti Mukherjee’s novel The Tree
Bride. In his article he scrutinizes the intercultural issues depicted in the novel and brings
forth the fact how the cultural encounters in the colonial India promotes
transculturalism. Similar to Sonali Anand, Ujwala Gosavi also explored the theme of
violence in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine (1989) and Wife (1975). The researcher is well
acquainted with the socio-cultural facts of woman in Indian context and as a result
becomes successful to uncover the women predicament depicted in the select novels.
The creative segment of the issue contains two melodious poems ‘The Rose’ and ‘The
Earth’ by Dr. N. G. Wale.
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Baby Pushpa Sinha in her article, ‘Historical Events and Postmodern
Narratives: A Reading of Kurt... more Baby Pushpa Sinha in her article, ‘Historical Events and Postmodern
Narratives: A Reading of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five’ explores how
Vonnegut Jr. experiments with time of the novel by displacing the historical facts
in order to achieve the surreal literary motif. The article depicts how the author
deviates from the accepted generic fabric and fuse different narrative styles in
order to create a collage to signify the issues of contemporary world. In
‘(De/En)-coding Bangladeshi Photo-studio Culture’ Md. Zaki Rezwan focuses
the dynamics of cultural production. In this case too, the author is keen in
depicting the changing scenario of the art of photography as it is influenced by
the undercurrents of socio-cultural entities. The logical line of change and reexamination
is continued in the article ‘Re-Contextualization of the Myth of
Ashwaratha in Kamal Desai’s Kala Surya’ written by Dr. Dattatraya D.
Khaladkar. It is amazing to understand how the myths are re-contextualized in
contemporary literature to signify the present reality.
The literature of contemporary period deviates from its predecessors in
the stylistic and thematic concerns. Dr. Umed Singh in his article investigates
how Arvind Adiga in The White Tiger represents India from different
perspectives. Dr. Ravi Bhushan, in his article ‘Orality and Feminism: A Study of
Indian Oral Traditions,’ throws light on how Indian oral tradition reveals the
principles of modern theory of ‘feminism’. The author foregrounds his research
argument in the light of mythical women figures from the great Indian tradition.
Prof. Kuldeepsinh J Sisodiya and Dr. Vikas Raval in their article ‘Beyond the
Classroom: Mobile Learning the Wider World’ explore how the mobile
technology can be used to enhance the teaching and learning process. Garima
Kaushik in ‘The Grotesque Body in Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol’s Dead Souls’
analyses the Gogol’s novel in the light of Bakhtinian terminology of ‘grotesque
realism’.
Israt Taslim’s article ‘Ananta Jalil: Jocker or Croaker?’ focuses the media
tricks used in contemporary period in order to seek the mass attention for
commercial success of the film. The paper analyses the attitude, aptitude and
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tendencies of the contemporary audience and the tricks used by the media
personalities to make their films viral fame among the young generation. Manik
Shantinath Patil, in her article ‘Surveillance of Parental Anxiety with Young
Adult Literature,’ gives critical response to the emerging field of ‘Young Adult
Literature’. The paper reveals how the young-adult novels are helpful to
understand the problem of emotional detachment faced by contemporary
parents.
Rajani Moti, in her article ‘The Postmodern Dilemma of Identity Crisis in
Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe,’ deals with how the social and cultural entities
generate the dilemma of identity crisis in the postmodern period. However, the
logical line of social change due to the postmodern premises is also found
extended in Dr. Muktaja Mathkari’s article, ‘Postcolonial Feminism: The New
Ethics in the Globalizing World.’ She analyses the undercurrents of the process of
globalization in contemporary culture. This contemporary attitude of
deconstruction or challenging the established facts can be traced in Vipan Pal
Singh’s article ‘Fanon’s Discourse of Decolonization’. The paper is a good critical
commentary on Frantz Fanon’s theory of ‘Decolonization’ with appropriate
textual references.
Jayant R Salve in his article ‘A Room of Her Own, the New Age Woman in
Indian TV Ads: A Feminist Discourse’ rightly points out the reciprocal relations
between advertisement and culture. The paper with appropriate examples shows
how advertisement influences the contemporary culture by influencing the
habits of the people; however it also focuses how the traditional cultural codes
indirectly influence depiction of women in the advertisement. Mrs. Deepa Patil’s
article ‘The Corruption of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great
Gatsby’ analyzes the novel in the light of destruction of American Dream. The
researcher’s knowledge of sociological, historical and political facts makes the
analysis convincing. The Issue ends with the poems of Dr. N.G. Wale and
Shivkumar Agrawal. The poems selected for the issue are distinct in the use of
language and thematic concerns.
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The contemporary period is marked by media which not only contribute in the
sustention of the cul... more The contemporary period is marked by media which not only contribute in the
sustention of the cultural entities into the remote part of the world but it also extends a
specific geo-cultural identity to the world. This cultural transmission is helpful to the
process of globalization but it is also apparent that this transmission is still haunted by
the western discourses that produced out of prejudices or a media generated
stereotypes. Dr. Rama Hirawat, in the light of this problem of media-generated images,
investigates how Indian Cinema explores Arab Culture in her research article, “Imaging
through Images: Arab Culture in Indian Cinema”. The adaptation of a literary work to a
film media is emerging as one of the significant research avenue in today’s academics as
the discourses were written to elucidate the theory of adaptation and to explore how
the transition of a written script into a cinematic art becomes a transformation of a
literary motif into a cinematic intention. Arafat Mohammad Noman thinks in this
direction and by comparing the film adaptations of Hamlet, points out how a
Shakespearean text is highly loaded with the meaning that can be encoded in a specific
geo-cultural environment and the absence of it might lead audience towards the
distortion of fact.
Suryavanshi M. Y. in her article, ‘Demoralizing Effects of Racism Projected in
The Bluest Eye of Toni Morison’ analyses Toni Morison’s The Bluest Eye in order to
investigate how the racial discrimination demoralize the black individuals. The
article is interesting to read as it encompasses the socio-cultural facts along with the
political realities. Richa Puri in her article “Irony as Feminist Trope in R. K. Narayan’s
Fiction” analyses the fiction of R. K. Narayan in the light of feminist perspective. R. K.
Narayan’s fiction is analysed from several other perspectives like cultural studies,
postcolonial social milieu and the vivid characterization but it is seen that the present
perspective was fragmentarily explored by the researchers. Thus, she has made an
attempt in that direction. Sangita T. Ghodake’s article “Archetypes of ‘Collective
Unconscious’ of The Mahabharata in Rajneeti” attempts to explore film from the
comparative perspective; identifies the characters with the mythical personas; and
addresses the similarity in the thematic concerns. This is an attempt to contemporize
the principles reflected in The Mahabharata and relocate its universal value.
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Prashant Yadav’s article “The Influence of Mother in the life of Mahatma Gandhi
with reference to The Story of my Experiments with Truth” explores how Gandhi’s
mother contributes in the creation of a Mahatma. The textual references and its
coherent and logical analysis make the paper worthwhile to read. Dr. Ashok M
Hulibandi’s “Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture: An Inspirational and Heart-Warming
about Living” analyses the text and explores the optimistic vision of the author. The
researcher skilfully comments on both the aspects of the novel that are narrated and
narration. The text becomes one of New York Times best-selling books with the tone of
honesty maintained in narration and narrated the optimistic vision.
Vrushali Nagarale’s “Identity Crises in some women’s autobiographies from
different social strata within Maharashtra” attempts to compare the woman in two
different social strata. The researcher by selecting the two social starts – one from the
Brahmins, the upper strata in social hierarchy and another from the Shudras, the
suppressed bottom – maintains a difference in the social experience and at the same
time compare their texts on the juncture of identity crises.
Dr Anil S. Sugate and Dr Shashikant Mhalunkar in his article “Exploring Multiple
Locations and femininities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland” puts forth that how Jhumpa
Lahiri constructs the mosaic of social experiences and reveals how the female character
switches in between the roles they adopt in foreign lands and the one that they are
socially inherited at home. Nandkumar Shinde’s article, “Long Walk to Freedom: The
Experience Viewing an Autobiography” explores the movie made on the life of Nelson
Mandela. The researcher’s knowledge of Mandela’s life and art of film making, make the
article more valid and illustrative. The foregrounding of the socio-political references
and the historical facts achieves two folded aim to reinvent the life of Mandela in film
and the vividness and limitations of a screen.
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Dr. Ashok Chaskar and Vikas Raskar explore the most recurrent theme of
Diaspora reflected in Sune... more Dr. Ashok Chaskar and Vikas Raskar explore the most recurrent theme of
Diaspora reflected in Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Rain. The dynamics of society
and culture produces different prints of diasporic consciousness that gave birth
to the unique literary enterprises. The essay brings to our notice that the
literature written in this direction can be categorized as diasporic but the feeling
of liminality varies from culture to culture. The essay, therefore, surpasses mere
analysis of diasporic exploration towards the synthesis of cultural problems.
Arafat Mohammad Noman in his essay ‘Cybernetics and Feminism: Post ‘Her’
Away and Post-Haraway’ gives us a glimpse of panoramic world of virtual
simulacrum in which the identity categorization as a man and woman of our
world can be deconstructed. The virtuosity of cyber space allows one to
eradicate his bodily presence and adopt an identity which cannot be ‘ghettoized’
or ‘fixated’ but rather it is like ‘fluid’ which offers flexibility in embodiment of
identity.
Dr. Urmila Sanyal’s article ‘Nostalgic Reflections in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass
Palace’ gives a very good reading experience as it encompasses the sociocultural
milieu of Burma, Bengal, India, and Malaya of a specific historical period.
The analysis unfolds the multilayered meaning of the narrative and brings to our
notice that the novel has a space that interlocks the past and present. The essay
opens a possibility of reading The Glass Palace as a narrative of global change.
Shailaja A. Changundi investigates the dystopian alert reflected in the Science
Fiction of Iain M. Banks and Stephen Baxter. The essay in fact is a tour through
the world of artificial intelligence where the machines rule and turn earth to a
decoy. The topic is interesting and worth reading.
Dr Sonali Anand in her research paper ‘Hollowness of a Fully Emancipated
Woman in Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook’ explores the kaleidoscope of
women’s world. The novel encompasses vast time and space and addresses
many personal and social issues of the contemporary period. As a result it cannot
be captured in a single research enterprise and with a single research angle but,
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on the contrary, it can be explored for its multidimensional reflections. The
present paper is an attempt in this direction. The paper superbly accommodates
us in the train of thoughts that halts at the stations like Stalinism, the Cold War
and women’s liberation movement and advances towards the mental and
societal breakdown. N.K. Shinde attempts to capture the optimistic plight of
Chetan Bhagat by analyzing his speech. The essay is a critical commentary on his
speech that perceives many offshoots that otherwise may remain unexplored.
The personal anecdotes and popular phrases make this speech more interesting.
Prabhanjan Mane interestingly re-approaches Shakespeare’s King Lear with the
perspective of ecocriticism and brings to our notice that fear of environmental
decay is present even in the stage art of Shakespearean period. This threat has
now emerged as one of the recurrent themes of contemporary science fiction.
The textual references used by the author make the article more logical and
convincing.
In the language segment we have an illustrative research article of Dr. A. M.
Sarwade who examines the production of speech act of apology by the
postgraduate students in order to understand the semantic strategies employed
by them and analyses the collected data in the light of structure of apology
proposed by Olshtain, Cohen and Ogiermann. The paper can be seen as a
significant addition to our knowledge of Pragmatic Competence and a good
demonstration of research in language. However, Shailaja Yadavpatil deals with
Sudhir Kakar’s novel, The Seeker and attempts to analyze the quest for identity
with reference to cultural psychology and the identity constructions. Dr. Suresh
Patil and Dr. H. B. Patil in their article analyse Tara Moss’s Split in the light of
psychological disorders. The article has an interdisciplinary relevance as it draws
the theory of Psychological disorder and by applying it to a literary work throws
light on the entanglement between the discipline of Psychology and Literary
Criticism.
Vinutha P. Kunderi interviews Dr. Aravind Malagatti in order to focus the
significance of Dalit autobiographies which reveals the peripheral world. It is
significant as it prepares a socio-cultural frame that will help us to perceive a
Dalit Autobiography. The present intellectual feast ends with Dr. N.G. Wale’s
sweet poems ‘Waiting for the Mahatma’ and ‘Modern India’. I hope that this
issue will prove itself an intellectual assistance in understanding different
contemporary issues in the areas of literature and language studies.
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Dr. Sunita Agarwal in her article ‘Negotiating Knowledge: Intervention of technology’
points out ... more Dr. Sunita Agarwal in her article ‘Negotiating Knowledge: Intervention of technology’
points out that in the wake of the new modules like virtual classrooms, ICT Based teaching and
computer assisted learning, technological facilities become more significant in the entire
process of knowledge making. As the article focuses the every possible entanglement of
technology in the teaching-learning process, it becomes a significant documentation on the
current phenomena in the academics. Ravindra B. Tasildar undertakes a critical scrutiny of
Special English syllabuses of BA courses prescribed to the select Indian Universities. The article
is a fine comparison of the syllabuses prescribed in Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur Universities for
Special English paper. The article in particular is an excellent critique of the syllabuses
prescribed in the select universities and in general it is significant case study that attempts to
generalize certain research findings in the designing of the Special English Syllabi for Indian
learners. Dr. Gurudatta S. Mhangore brings forth very crucial issues regarding the teaching of
technical communication in Indian classrooms. He throws light on the problems faced by Indian
teachers in dealing with the technical communication. In the age of technology, it not only
becomes essential but mandatory to learn technical communication. Indian academics that still
believe in the traditional modes of teaching and learning have to cope with these changes and
make their student competent in the global competition.
Mr. Arafat Mohammad Noman and Mr. Qazi Arka Rahman reflect on the poetic talent of
Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara. The paper is a classic exploration of expressions of ‘self’ mystified
in the poetry of Okara. The paper critically comments on the poet’s fusion of the self, nature
and culture. The paper introduces poet’s talent with all his thematic concerns and artistic
renderings. Dr. Pragti Sobti analyses the fractured identities depicted in Bharti Mukerjee’s
Jasmine. The paper throws light on the problems of acculturation and assimilation faced by a
seventeen years old Hindu widow migrated to US. Though, the focus of the paper is
readdressing the fractured identity, in the central research argument the context of female
struggle and diasporic theory is also observed as an inevitable part of the analysis. Dr. H. B. Patil
in his article analyses Tara Moss’s Split in the light of psychological disorders. The article has an
interdisciplinary relevance as it draws the theory of Psychological disorder and by applying it to
a literary work throws light on the entanglement between the discipline of Psychology and
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Literary Criticism. Patil Sangita Sharanappa and Manjushree M analyses Deela Khan’s poem
‘Engaging the Shades of Robben Island’ with the Ecofeminist perspective. The paper explores
the analogy between Nature and Woman as both are the subject of subjugation and
oppression. The textual examples used in the paper reveals the Ecofeminist approach of Khan.
Rashmi Malik’s paper is a comparative study of the opening scenes of Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar and Karnad’s Tughlaq. Though, these plays are written in two different continents and
from two different dramatists having different socio-political and historical background, their
plays surprisingly shows certain similarities that appeal to the universal audience. The paper
compares the opening scenes of these plays and critically comments on the literary motif of
these playwrights.
Vidya Sadashiv Lendave analyses Amit Chaudhuri’s A New World in the light of the
term Transnationalism. The paper is an insightful understanding of the present novel in the
context of the terminology of transnationalism. The paper is a significant contribution to the
contemporary research agenda of transnationalism as it critically scrutinizes the text to explore
the current cultural modes. Dr. Sujata Bamane’s applies Feminist Perspective to analyse Anita
Desai’s Cry, the Peacock. The understanding of the feminist school of criticism and the facility of
analysing its literary rendering, make this paper one of the finest examples of the ‘theory and
practice’ type of literary research. Contemporary Cultural Studies has witnessing the rise of
‘multiculturalism’. The phenomenon has not only changed the cultural scene of the
contemporary world but it also has an immense influence on the entire academics as the
discourses moves its focus from mono-cultural context to the every possibility of the social
conduct in the multiculturalism. J. P. Kamble analyses Mordecai Richler’s Son of a Smaller Hero
in the context of multiculturalism. India is country of great diversity and complex social
structure and she gave birth to similarly vibrant literary tradition. Madhuri Deshmukh wants to
explore this though by pointing out how the Indian Feminist though is complex in its structure
as subjugation is regulated in the name of gender and further of the down trodden cast. The
paper analyses Mukta Salawe’s Manga Mahara’s Grief and gives textual evidences to the
complex theory of Indian Feminism.
The comparative study of, Narayan and Louise Erdrich undertaken by Nidhi Singh
attempts to re-contextualize the ‘indigeneity’ in the light of cultural dynamics. The change is
inevitable in the social and cultural context of a nation and it resulted in the alteration of the
relations between the trebles of periphery and the empowered centres of mainstream culture.
The paper is significant to know the models of cultural studies and its application in the analysis
of a literary work. The line of though is further seen extended in S. N. Kiran’s article, ‘Society in
Transition: Cultural History in Attia Hosain’s Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961)’. The paper
explores Attia Hosain’s concern with the cultural history and explores how her dual motif of
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conserving culture at least in a literary portrait and evaluating the cultural loses in the wake of
new social structure.
Rohit K. Kulkarni, Prof. P. A. Attar and Dr. P. R. Shewale explore Marginality in Janet
Frame’s Autobiography An Angel at My Table. The paper superbly reveals that how the line
between the social sanity and insanity is thin and how it can be crossed and restored. The paper
reveals that how her marginalized status influences her process of socialization and affects her
psyche. The cultural clash has been remained an interesting topic for the academicians of the
past and present. Anil N Dadas’s article deals with John Masters’ Coromandel! in the light of the
East-West Encounter. The paper focuses on the beginning period of the international relations
that further gave birth to the transnational, multicultural and global world of todays. The
textual references quoted in the paper unfold the panoramic view of the East-West encounter.
The issue of diaspora is another significant agenda of the present critical theory as it has
contemporary socio-cultural relevance. Uday P. Shirgave with Dr. P. R. Shewale explores the
Diaspora Consciousness in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing The River. The paper unfolds the labyrinth of
an expatriate psyche and addresses many thematic concerns pertaining to the immigrant
world.
The paper of D. M. Sanadi and Professor P. A. Attar shows how the Ian McEwan uses the
time clock of human psyche in his novel The Child in Time. The paper is a good example of a
literary research as it strictly follows a logical line and a rational approach. Prakash B. Bellikatti
and Dr. S. B. Bhamber explore how Richard Ford in his A Peace of My Heart destabilizes the
Binary Set of Masculine/Feminine Identification. The paper explores how Ford deconstructs the
traditional notions of masculinity and subverts it for the new gender identity. The poems of
Chandan Mishra – My Love For Humanity and Britto’s Indignation – reflects her originality as a
poet and the intellectual capacity to use the sensible poetic language.
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Sangita T. Ghodake in her article ‘Gordimer’s My Son’s Story and
Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Sh... more Sangita T. Ghodake in her article ‘Gordimer’s My Son’s Story and
Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Shift from Eurocentrism to Humanism’ discusses the
issue of racial discrimination with the reference to two well-known literary
artifacts. The conclusion of the article interestingly notes the shift of literature
from ‘Eurocentrism’ to ‘Humanism’. Sharmin Afroz Shantu analyses ‘The Yellow
Wallpaper’ and ‘To Room Nineteen’ in order to investigate the myth of the ‘happy
homemaker’. The texts selected for the paper represent two different spaces with
two different ideologies, but both reflect women’s struggle with the space and for
the space in common. Priyanka Jindal makes an attempt to focus changing
interpretations and definitions of aesthetic for the female dalit author and the
female black author with special reference to the works of Bama and Audre Lorde.
A comparative study of the works written by dalit and black literary personalities
adds interestingly new dimensions to the existing body of knowledge. Dr. Tripti
Karekatti in her article ‘The Idea of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and Modern Indian
Writers: A Study of Raja Rao, Chaman Nahal and Datta Bhagat’ analyses the select
Indian texts to show how the authors from different castes approach the idea and
rework it in their works. Dr. A. K. Chaturvedi analyses the literary works of
Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga and compares their preoccupation
with the marginalized sections of society. The paper compares how these authors
depict the subjugation of marginalized communities. Swati Chandra undertakes a
Feminist Study of Modern Tamil Poetry by Women and celebrates the bold
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defiance of these ‘sovereign queens of words’, namely Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti
Revathi and Sukirtharini. Dr. Pramod A. Ganganmale in his article ‘Comparative
Analysis of Baromas and The Grapes of Wrath’ points out the issues pertaining to
farmers, their problems, their protest, their cultural conflicts and their social,
educational, and political existence. Dr Shweta Gupta, after analysing many facts
related to the modern society, in her article ‘Emerging Bilingualism and
Biculturalism in India’, reveals that the modern communication technology and
rapidly developing international trading is promoting the bilingualism and
biculturalism in India. Dr. Sunita Agarwal’s paper analyzes Karnad’s play The Fire
and the Rain reveals that how it contextualizes the myth to discuss contemporary
issues and the relevance of it to bring out the heterogeneity and diversity of
meaning in the text. The poems by Dr. N. G. Wale ‘Winners and Losers’ and ‘Life’
reflect the philosophy of life. Babasaheb B. Patil’s interview with Thomas Keneally
will help us to materialize his literary vision in order to understand his novels.
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S. N. Kiran’s analysis of the select short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto explores the theme
of p... more S. N. Kiran’s analysis of the select short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto explores the theme
of partition that used to be the significant thematic concern of the postcolonial Indian literary
tradition. The sociological background and the political facts bridge the knowledge gap and
help to understand the most probable implications of the short stories of Manto. A. K. Chaturvedi’s
investigation into the social relations with special reference to Kamala Markandaya’s The
Coffer Dams, Arun Joshi’s The City and the River, and Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide, in the
light of political power reveals many interesting facts about human psyche. Dr. Smita Patil deals
with Mahesh Dattani’s Thirty Days in September and comments on the suffering of women.
The references to the feminist theories and the solid support of the textual background make
the analysis valid. The article reveals that how Dattani gives ‘voices’ to the ‘silence’ of women in
his artistic medium. Dr. Prakash A. Patil writes about the family disintegration while analyzing
Shashi Deshpande’s A Matter of Time. The review of the changes that have been noted in
the social behaviors of the older and younger generations, interestingly, reveals the roots of the
contemporary social behaviors. Dr. Bhoomika Thakur’s article on Arundhati Roy’s The God of
Small Things explores evils of patriarchal society, caste prejudice, class discrimination, sexual
perversion, incest etc. Vidya Lendave analyzes Rushdie’s Shalimar The Clown by adopting the
various models of literary analysis developed in the discipline of cultural studies. The research
article has very interesting research findings that reveal hybridization and creolization of aboriginal
models of culture.
Darsha Jani analyzes Kanaiyalal Munshi’s The Master of Gujarat and Rajadhiraj in order
to explore the voyage from ‘Self-pride’ to ‘Capitulation’. As the article explores one of the important
authors from Gujarat literary tradition, it significantly attempts to explore the literature that
has been written in Indigenous language. Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana was explored by various
scholars from different angles, but K. Aravind Mitra’s perspective to approach the play is totally
different. Article explores the notion of ethics and attempt to place it in the context of Hayavadana.
Mrs Lalthakim Hma analyzes certain proverbs and points out the facts about humanity.
This article examines the representation of women in proverbs. It questions the interpretation of
the term proverb as ‘a statement of absolute truth of humanity’. The article is concerned mainly
with those proverbs that bluntly express certain slurs or stereotypes against women. The feminist
line of thinking is sustained further in the article of Pravin D. Suryawanshi. He analyzes
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Sister of My Heart and The Vine of Desire. It explores the world of
an immigrant woman in the estranged culture. The feminist approach is further broadened by
Priyanka Yadav, as she makes a critical statement in connection with Asian women writers by
analyzing a representative novel The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.
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These literary articles are followed by the articles on ELLT. Prin. Dr. Arjun Kumbhar
methodically claims that educational failure is primarily a linguistic failure and which is rooted
in the proficiency of Teachers of English. Error analysis of the Primary School English Teachers
in Kolhapur District reveals that the medium of knowledge is a major factor that causes
educational failure. Dr. Suneetha Yedla points out that how Swami Vivekananda’s Five Dimensions,
one can design life skills in Curriculum to develop the personality of the student. Dr. Ravi
Bhushan article reveals that indigenous literature can be used as an effective teaching resource
in ELT classroom. The interview of M. K. Naik by Prin. Dr. L. G. Jadhav helps us to understand
the thought line of a critic and how to think methodically. The issue is ended with the thought
provoking poems of Dr. N. G. Wale. Thus, it is hoped, these articles will help you to understand
the thematic concerns of contemporary literature and probe into the problems of English Language
and Literature teaching.
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Dr. Baby Pushpa Sinha has explored the Post-Colonial Complexities in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease. The researcher has contextualized the novel in its proper socio-political phenomena. Dr. Namita Singh explores Afghan Diaspora and contributed a distinct kind of immigrant experience by exploring the quest of identity and the problems of cultural assimilation. Dr Sangita Patil analyses Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades from eco-critical perspective and throws light on the ecological reasons of Naxalite rebel. The article is a good example of multidisciplinary research. Ariful Islam revisits the theories of gender and evaluate them in the context of mythological references which adds certain amazing dimensions to the gender thoughts. Dr Dattatraya Khaladkar deals with the metropolitan sensibility depicted in Madhu Mangesh Karnik’s Mahimchi Khadi. The researcher has commented on socio-cultural ethos that create slum and its culture. Mohd Shafi Bhat in his article writes about Sufi-Rishi Tradition in Kashmir that explores how Kashmiri identity is a unique mixture of two distinct social, cultural and religious identities. Ashishkumar Patar deals with the fiction of R. K. Narayan and divulges the representation of Indian middle class. Sandeep. T. G analyses Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus to explore the subjugation and marginalization in Nigerian life. Sushil A. Deshmukh deals with the theme of dislocation depicted in Bharati Mukherjee’s fiction. He has considered the diasporic social situation and analysed the psyche of immigrant character. Dr. P. N. Gore explores the themes like ethnicity, hybridity and multiculturalism in Kavita Daswani’s For Matrimonial Purposes. In my article I have attempted to deal with the psychological themes like Trauma and Dissociation in Mary Higgins Clark’s All Around the Town. Indrayani S. Jadhav and Dr. Satish R. Ghatge have explored the historical truth depicted in Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot. Dr. Shubhangi S. Lendave’s article discusses the dreams and hallucinations used in Emma Tennant’s Hotel de Dream. The theoretical frame prepared by the researcher in the initial part of the paper is well utilized in part of analysis. And in the last paper Jayashri M. Lohar puts forth the process of self-discovery in F.G. Paci’s The Italians.
Thus, we hope that you will find the issue interesting to read and contemplate as it covers the variety of research topics.
This is the age of cinema that has occupied a larger space of human consciousness and increased the possibilities of representation. Dr. Mallika. A. Nair in her paper takes an overview of the adaptions of autobiographies from different corners of the world and foregrounds certain principles that can be generalized into two broad areas one, autobiography as a genre study and second, film adaptation. Dr. Namdev Patil deliberates a valid theoretical frame of queer literature by encompassing the emotions and behavioural patterns which were generally attributed as taboo. In the light of the theory he has analysed Hollinghurst’s The Swimming Pool Library.
Dr. Kumar Sushil analyses Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground as an existential novel. The article is worth reading as it has considered the significant references of Philosophy but never distracted from the literary appreciation of the text. The article prepares a perceptive frame that will allow us to read an existential novel for its most possible meaning in the light of a proper philosophical context. Balveer and Dr. Devendra Rankawat point out that how the art of cinema can provide a wider space to the subaltern voices and may appear as an influential medium of social enlightenment. The article strengthens our belief that the art cannot be separated from society but develop reciprocally.
Dr. Fatimah Alotaibi analyses the works of Wollstonecraft and Woolf in order to highlight the contemporariness of the feminist thought. The reading of article is really an academic exercise to revisit the feminist classics and realize it in the contemporary scene. In the similar line of thought we have another article of Swati Suri that analyses the short stories of Rabindranath Tagore in order to understand the women’s predicament reflected in them. The analysis has considered the socio-cultural ethos that allowed her to reach at the feminist truths of the period and pin point its universality.
Aditi Swami analyses Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in the light of Northrop Frye’s ‘Myth, Fiction and Displacement’. Article is a good example of how to apply a theory in the practical analysis of the text. Dr. Namadev P. Khavare deals with J.G. Ballard’s The Kindness of Women and points out social and psychological realities reflected in it. His understanding of post-modern psyche and the appropriate use of primary and secondary sources make this article interesting to read. Dr. U. N. Kurrey explores ‘Ethnicity’ and ‘Identity’ reflected in Girish Karnad’s plays. The article reflects how the behavioural sets of the characters were under the influence of their ethnic identities. Indrayani Jadhav and Dr. Satish Ghatge explore how Julian Barnes depicts personal history in his novel Before She Met Me. In contemporary socio-cultural ethos the fabric of ethics is blurred in the name of materialism which is so influential in the case of Julian that it also affects his aesthetic expression and produces a mixture that cannot be recognized as a fact or fiction. Vanya Jaiswal in his article revisits the concept of orientalism and analyses Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake in that perspective. The article becomes interesting as the researcher has explored how Lahiri has used certain western stereotypes regarding Indians.
I hope that you will find time to read and contemplate on the issue and give us feedback.
Contents
1. Haryanvi Saang ‘Cheer Parva’: An Analytical Study
Ms. Ishrat
Dr. Daisy
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2. Filming the ‘Self’: Biopic Autobiographies
Dr. Mallika. A. Nair
…………………………………………………………………..………….……………………..15-18
3. Gay Culture Reflected in Hollinghurst’s The Swimming Pool Library
Dr. Namdev Kashinath Patil
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..19-27
4. The Perspectives of Existentialism and Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground
Dr. Kumar Sushil
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..29-37
5. Media within Media as Saviour of Human Values in Select Bollywood Films
Balveer
Dr. Devendra Rankawat
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6. The Voice of Feminism: The Echo of Wollstonecraft and Woolf
Dr. Fatimah AlOtaibi
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..47-62
7. The Space of Women in Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories
Swati Suri
……………………………………………………………………..…………………………..…………..63-70
8. Representation and Transformation of a Mythical Identity – Reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in the Light of Northrop Frye’s ‘Myth, Fiction and Displacement’
Aditi Swami
……………………………………………………………………..……………………..………………..71-78
9. The Reflection of Social and Psychological Reality in J.G. Ballard’s The Kindness of Women
Dr. Namadev P. Khavare
……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………....79-85
10. Ethnicity and Identity in the plays of Girish Karnad
Dr. Dr. U. N. Kurrey
……………………………………………………………………..………………………………..……..87-92
11. Portrayal of Personal History in Before She Met Me by Julian Barnes
Smt. Indrayani S. Jadhav
Dr. Satish R. Ghatge
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12. ‘Re-orientalism’ as manifest in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Vanya Jaiswal
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Critical Space that contains the variety of articles on different
issues that will help you update with the contemporary academic
trends in literature and language studies. D. D. Khaladkar’s paper
compares Kamal Desai’s Kala Surya (Source Text in Marathi) and
its translation in English in order to explore how the cultural
differences dominate the translation process. The paper very
interestingly points out how connotations of linguistic expressions
are deeply embedded in the source culture.
Anupriya Singh and Shipra Malik’s paper on Guillermo
Verdecchia’s play is a very good critique of the terminologies like
cultural mosaic, salad bowl, melting pot or kaleidoscope which are
the key terms in the Diaspora Studies. The paper reflects the
process of redefining the cultural identities in the light of emerging
idea of “ghettoization”. Shohel Rana’s paper explores “Romantic
Rebel” in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. I. R. Jarali in his
paper reveals how Charles-De-Lint uses a faculty of fantasy to
create a parallel world of spirits. The fantastic landscaping of this
world in its connotations also reveals the real life events, hidden
desires and conspiracies. Jarali’s article touches all these aspects
and produces a complex frame of reference that will help
understand the most probable meaning of the text. Arundhati Dey
analyses Revathi’s autobiography and explores the idea of
degendering of society. The age-old taboo issues are explored in the
light of queer theory of literary criticism. Shubhangi Lendave’s
paper reflects how Angela Carter amalgamates reality with magic
and explores the labyrinth of human psyche and connects the
human desires with their social behaviours. Uma Parvathy’s paper
analyses the poetry of Alice Walker and reflects the scheme of
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racial and gender discrimination. The paper provides a valid
ground to the argument that art for society’s sake also underlines
the aesthetic qualities of the classical art. Sandeep. T. G explores
the similar line of thought as his paper makes a statement
regarding the double marginality of black woman in the context of
Maya Angelou’s poetry. Ankana Das and Aishani Sen’s paper very
interestingly compares Lolita and Disgrace from ecofeminist point
of view. Prashant Yadav depicts how Baromas reveals the effects of
globalization on the rural farming society. Ravi Bhushan’s paper
points out role of Humanities in key components like ‘Virtuality’,
‘Virtuosity’ and ‘Orality’ in the age of digitalization. Rukhaya in her
paper analyses Girish Karnad’s play, Tughlaq. Her paper
exemplifies the identity crisis of the titular character and explores
conflict between mask and man or idealism or practicability.
Maruti Vairat’s paper explores the dark realities of the academic
world depicted in Jonathan Coe’s A Touch of Love. The issue ends
with two melodious poems by Shivkumar Agrawal.
Space with different research topics which make the journal more
contemporary and relevant to read. I also express my sincere
thanks to all those who contributed their valuable research papers
and trust us as an authentic publishing forum. As the articles
contained in the issue can be categorized under the disciplines like
Cultural Studies, Mythology, Subaltern Studies, Sociology, Politics,
Diaspora Studies, and Linguistics make it interdisciplinary.
Advocacy of patriarchal mode of social power, Hindu Epics and
Puranas reflect women as a weaker sex that can be used only for
the physical pleasure. As a result of that most of the women
characters depicted in these mythological discourses are secondary
and passive. In the modern period, the intelligentsia starts
thinking about this duality of truth and in response it creates
parallel discourse that gives exposure to these suppressed voices.
Dilshad Kaur’s research paper “Breaking New Grounds: Listening
to the Silent Echoes of Draupadi in The Palace of Illusions” explore
the feminine dimension of truth. The textual references and
convincing analysis make the paper more interesting to
contemplate. The similar kind of deconstructive line of logic can be
seen in the research article of Dr. Jyoti Rane who analyses Sun’s
Seventh Horse and reveals that how the identities were created by
the society that predominantly regularize the social behaviour of
man and woman. In the article Dr. Rane illustrates the process of
identity creation and how the different channels were set for the
socialization of man and women according to sex.
Dr. Sujata Bamane in her article “Comprehension in a Graphic
Style: A Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters”
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analyses the narration containing diagrammatic and decorative
with words combined with different colour-combinations, funny
pictures and mesmerizing images in order to comprehend the
meaning reflected by Yoshinaga. The research scholar has
minutely and meticulously observed the graphic novel and
presented her scholarly analysis.
Dr. A. M. Sarawade in his research article “Appropriating
Pragmalinguistics and Sociopragmatics for Teaching Literature in
S L Classroom” reveals that how the branches of Pragmatics can
be employed in actual language teaching practice. It is a good
attempt to combine the technical aspects with the socio-cultural
conventions of language in the actual teaching practice in SL
context. Therefore, it is a good contribution towards the most
debated issue of language teaching in SL situation. In the language
component of the present issue we have another interesting article
by Dr. Preeti Joshi who analyses the role of English Language in
Postcolonial Era as a lingua franca to promote Globality, Locality
and Hybridity. The article analyses the actual hybrid linguistic
expressions that has surpassed from the category of Creole and
designated itself as a language of the world. The article gives review
of all these changes and very interestingly comments on the sociocultural
processes.
Dr. Seema Maraje in her research paper “Honour Killing: A Stigma
on Modern Society” deals with another significant and burning
issue of the contemporary modern society. The paper takes into
account all the basic notions related to the concept of ‘Honour
Killing’ and analyses it in the socio-cultural contexts. In
contemporary period there are several literary expressions that
depict the situation of Honour Killing and therefore it becomes
necessary to understand it in its socio-cultural context which is
adequately provided by Dr. Maraje.
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Sardar B. Jadhav and Dr. P. R. Shewale in their article “Keki N.
Daruwalla’s “Crossing of Rivers”: An Absolute Visualization of
Landscape” reflect how the poetic vision is capable of the
photographic presentation of the landscape. The analysis of the
poem is also a good demonstration of how to analyse the poem in
its contextual frame for the new researchers and students. Maruti
Vairat’s article “A Heap of Broken Images in T. S. Eliot’s Poem The
Waste Land” depicts that how Eliot has created a simulacrum of
Broken Images in order to create a prefect image of the modern
society. The analysis of the poem is interesting as it takes into
consideration the broken images which in fact create oversized
image of disillusionment and despair of the contemporary period.
The Diasporic critical context is dynamic as it is inseparably relies
on the socio-political realities of the age. As a result it observed in
the discourse of criticism that term ‘Diaspora’ has been analysed
from different perspective. The Critical Space has published several
research articles in this direction in order contribute in this never
ending discussion. Abhishek Chandel also deals with the term but
his point of view is not from the region of literature but is from the
other branches of Humanities like Sociology and Political Science.
The article underlines the recurring need of interdisciplinary
studies in order to understand the complex realties of the age.
Ebrahim Mohammed Mod discusses the theme of Alienation in
Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner which also came under the category of
Diaspora Studies. The textual examples and the analysis in the
light of the Psychological theories make the article more
interesting.
Dr. Sangita Ghodake in her research article “Transcending Life
through Romance: Mumbai Tiffinwalas and The Lunch Box”
analyses Ritesh Batra’s romantic comedy situated in metropolis
Mumbai. The paper very interestingly reveals that how two
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strangers came into contact, who were living a lonely life in the
overcrowded city. The observation and the analysis are helpful to
understand the movie with all its possible dimensions. Dr. Uday P.
Shirgave’s article “[Re]vision Home and Identity in Buchi
Emecheta’s the New Tribe” deals with the issue of identity and
home. The age of globalization has witnessed huge social
migration, for different reasons, that has created different issues
related to the identity. Nandkumar Shinde in his article “Mahatma
Gandhian Concepts of Ethics and Morality in Contemporary
Humanism” is another interdisciplinary article addressing to nonliterature
issue. But the issue analysed in the research article is
important to understand the contemporary phenomena which is
reflected in the literature.
Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters' deals with the
interpretation of the multi-layered realities reflected in the graphic
novel. The article comprehensively explores how the contemporary
scenario can be projected in the interesting style of narration
which is more popular with the contemporary generation. Sangita
T. Ghodake's article 'Transcending Life through Romance: Mumbai
Tiffinwalas and the Lunch Box' deals with the optimistic romantic
feelings of the period reflected in the movies. The article is also a
good demonstration of the film interpretations with all the potential
meanings created out of the audio-visual space of the film.
Dr. Babu Nampalli's article 'Raja Rao and the Image of
Indian in Indian English Novel' gives a quick review of the early
attempts of the Indian English Novelists in order to establish an
indigenous identity of India. Dilshad Kaur's article 'Breaking New
Grounds: Listening to the Silent Echoes of Draupadi in The Palace
of Illusions' redefines the Indian stereotype of women in the
patriarchal social structure of an ancient India.
However, in the ELT segment we have three articles written
on the significant and relevant issues. It has been observed that
the articles published in the Critical Space have opened the new
avenues in the academic research which have also motivated other
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researchers to contribute in the field. Dr. Santosh Kumar J.
Mishra writes about the changes happening in the teachinglearning
discourse due to the rapidly increasing Digitalization. Dr.
Preeti Tushar Joshi denotes the peculiarities added to the English
language due to the contemporary phenomena of Globality,
Locality and Hybridity. Mohini Savedkar's article 'Naïve Chimney-
Sweepers Tarred with the Brush of Ideology: The Religious Ideology
in Blake’s ‘The Chimney –Sweeper’ from the ‘Songs of Innocence’
deals with the entanglement of religious ideology and the
melodious poetry of Blake. Satyawan Suresh Mane reveals the
problems and prospects of Learning and Teaching of English in
India.
Standard Bangla and Mymensingh Dialect: An Acoustic Analysis”
deals with the vowel variation in the use of Bangla language. The
article demonstrates a fine example of research in Phonetics by
using the qualitative and quantitative methods. Jayashri Aphale’s
“Lexical Innovations in Anita Rau Badami’s Tamarind Mem”
investigates the lexical innovations used by Anita Rau Badami and
reveals that how these innovations promotes a specific kind of
aesthetic value while exploring the socio-psychological reality. Dr.
Sumer Singh’s article “Global Use of English for a Variety of
Purposes” reveals the potential use of English Language for the
variety of purposes in the techno-savvy world. English language is
continuously coining new vocabulary items or finding linguistic
expressions to the culture specific emotions.
Rajani Moti’s article “Quest for Identity in Anita Nair’s
Lessons in Forgetting” reflects the identity issues in the
contemporary world and reveals many interesting socio-political
facts. Rajashri S. Patil discusses Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of
Loss from Diasporic point of view and explores the themes of
diaspora. Dr. A K Chaturvedi’s article “The Element of Devotion in
Harindranath Chattopadhyay’s Raidas—The Cobbler Saint”
beautifully explores the elements of devotion that are depicted in
the play. The researcher’s knowledge about the Hindu Theology is
good and it is frequently referred in his article. Baliram Sawant’s
topic “Towards the Poetics of Sports Autobiographies” is innovative
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and opens a new avenue in the area of English Literary Research.
The analysis of the Sport Autobiographies has been attempted in
order to prepare a perceptive frame that can be generalized in the
contemporary literary criticism.
Sumaiya Pathan and Dr. S. Y. Hongekar’s article “Cultural
Borrowings in Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance” reflects how in
the contemporary world the cultural distinctness has been
substituted with the terminologies like ‘Cultural Borrowing’. Dr. H.
B. Patil’s article “Antisocial and Bipolar Personality Disorder in
Peter Temple’s An Iron Rose (1998)” deals with the psychological
disorders depicted in the novel. The use of secondary sources
makes the article more interesting to read.
occasion of Deepavali which lights our houses and enlightens our souls. Critical
Space team wish you and your family a happy Deepavali as this journal is
also, in one sense, an attempt to lighten the lamp of knowledge and evade the
darkness of ignorance. Ariful Islam in his research paper “Rereading Ngugi wa
Thiong’o, Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka: A Critical Analysis of African
Postcolonial Literatureligion” reread certain texts in order to bring out the
socio-cultural facts of Africans that are diminished in the darkness of colonial
prejudices. The analysis of religious rituals in the light of the postcolonial
perspective, helps to question the colonial reading of them and opens a new
gateway to another cultural world that has its own system of signification. In
the history of academics the modern man has witnessed the transition from the
invention of script printing to the digital age of virtual reality. Two significant
discourses noting this kind of transition are The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making
of Typographic Man (1962) and The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet,
Business, and Society (2001). But as the topic is open ended it can be explored
to bring out the minute changes that are taking place in the academic business
that is moving from pure human intelligentsia to the artificial intellect. Dr
Sudhir Nikam in his article “The Symbiotic Prospects of Artilligence and
Contemporary Linguistics” writes in this direction and lets us know the new
advancements in the linguistic research.
In the next article we have a pleasant memory of Rabindranath
Tagore’s muse that sooths our mind and gives a divine pleasure through the
symmetry of countryside images and human emotions Dr. Venkatesh Puttaiah
in his article “Romantic Love as Mystical Experience in Rabindranath
Tagore’s The Gardener” unfolds how these poems give the mystic experience to
the reader. I feel it is necessary for our generation to turn to these evergreen
artefacts to emphasise the difference between the oriental philosophy of hope
and the western philosophy of nihilism which we read in the modern English
Poetry. Dr. Humera Sultana in her article “American Transcendentalism:
Review and Critique of Emerson and Thoreau”, throws light on the
philosophy of Transcendentalism in the light of the contribution given by
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Emerson and Thoreau. The article becomes more interesting as it gives a
proper platform to perception of the Transcendental thought.
However the postmodern techniques of contemporary literature
have been remained a hot topic for the researchers and in every issue at
least one submission has been contributed in this direction. Dr. Rohit
Phutela in his article “Magical Realism, the Catharsis for Latin Postcoloniality:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Strange Pilgrims as Prototype” deals with the
narrative technique of magical realism and explores that how authors reveal
the reality while blending two opposite phenomena of reality and magic. One
more research avenue that always succeeds in acquiring the space in the
journal is the explorations of marginality. Dr Neeti Mahajan “The Repressed
and the Silenced Self of Desdemona and Ophelia” very interestingly divulges
how Shakespearian heroines though they belong to the aristocracy face the
common predicament in every social strata of the world. The reading of this
article is in fact rediscovering the feminist facts that could have skipped from
the traditional reading method developed by the male domination.
In language component we have an intelligently drafted article by Dr.
Sumer Singh “Global Use of English for a Variety of Purposes” in which he
reveals how speaking about the role of English in a context of specific nation is
an out-dated phenomenon and is being placed by the English for global
purposes. This change in the academics revels how the use of English is not
just essential but mandatory to survive in the global scenario. In the
component of cultural studies Dr. Shahida writes “A Philosophical Inquiry into
Select Poems of Early Kashmiri Sufi Poets” in which she exposes us with the
philosophical preaching of Early Kashmiri Sufi Poets and reveals how Sufism
is not just limited to Islam but it is universal in appreciation.
Suma Priyadarshini. B. K in her article Children’s Literature: Need for
its Emergence in Today’s World of English Literature emphasises how the genre
of Children’s Literature is important today for the cultivation of certain
philosophical and moral values in the youth. Dr Madhavi Nikam “The Human
World of Gordimer in My Son’s Story” opens us a panorama of South African
life and reveals the multicultural heritage of South Africa. The article writer’s
knowledge of South African social and Political movement and its use in the
actual textual analysis make the article multidisciplinary that not only reveals
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the literary facts but more importantly speaks on the sociological, cultural and
political issues of contemporary significance.
Dr. N. G. Wale, in his article Caste Consciousness in Girish Karnad’s
Tale-Danda explores how an artistic creation is influenced by social facts. The
caste consciousness reflected in Tale-Danda explores a dark side of caste
system of India. Another article in the component of culture studies is Dr.
N.K. Shinde’s Culture in Arun Koltkar’s Jejuri Poems that deals with how the
cultural entities are reflected in the poem Jejuri.
Fahmeeda. P in her article “The New Woman in the Short Stories of
Cornelia Sorabji” reveals the status of women in the colonial India by
analyzing Cornelia Sorabji’s Love and Life Behind the Purdah (1901) and
focuses the history of how the conception of New Woman emerged. It depicts
the reasons that motivate the substitution of an Indian stereotype of
submissive with rebellious women. The issue is concluded with the poems of
Dr. N. G. Wale who maintains a corner delight in the hot academic discourse.
language of Spirituality. S. L. Bhyrappa’s Mandra deals with this connection as he
attempts to incarnate it through his musical language. Dr. Daisy investigates the
connection between the classical ragas and the spirituality depicted in Mandra. Nidhi
Singh’s article “Violence, Terror, Terrorism: Exploring the Fear Factor” deals with the
most attended themes of the contemporary period. The article uncovers the psychosociological
facts that promote the act of violence and make us available the proper
context to attain the most probable meaning of human behavior depicted in the stories.
Mohammed Rashid’s article “Imperialism in Disguise: (Re)cognizing the
Imperialist Attitude of the United States of America in Bangladesh” convincingly
demonstrates how developed countries were implementing their imperialist agenda in
the name of development. Dr. Dattatraya Khaladkar in his article compares two texts
from two different socio-cultural contexts and literary traditions in order to explore the
similarities and differences in the human predicament in the age of industrial revaluation.
The analysis of the select texts in the premises of naturalism reveals that despite of the
socio-cultural differences natural tendencies and carnal desires influence the human
behavior.
It is seen that the theories of the West have been adopted to analyze the
indigenous literary works, as very few try to find out the substitute indigenous model
that can be more appropriately applicable. Sangita Patil’s article “Rudiments of
Ecofeminism: A Study of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and The Coffer Dams” is
an attempt in that direction as she tries to foreground the ecofeminism in Indian
context. The feminist point of view is further explored in the article of Sonali Anand,
who explores the theme of ‘Domestic Violence’ in Sahgal’s Novel. The analysis becomes
more interesting as researcher is a keen observer of Indian societies and the male
dominated Indian Families.
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Indian point of view to approach the universal notions is further found explored
in Divya Shah’s article “City and Body: A Study of Selected Poems of Namdeo Dhasal”.
As the researcher selects a specific time and location to explore the notion of body in the
context of poetry of Namdeo Dhasal makes it more interesting and significantly adds the
socio-cultural connotations to the universal terminologies. The same line of thought can
be seen in Roshni Patel’s article “Dialogue between Tradition and Modernity: A Study
of Krupabai Satthianadhan’s Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Life” as she tries to analyse
Bakhtin’s idea of dialogism in the context of Indian discourse. Both these articles adopt
the Western model of theory while analyzing Indian texts and throws light on the Indian
realities.
Jayvirsinh Rajput’s “Gender bias in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire”
explores how human behavior is influenced by the gender bias. The plight of hijras in
the context of orthodox Indian society is explored in Indian English Theatre. Shrikant
Bhandare’s article “Quest for Identity in Shawn Wong’s Homebase” deals with the theme
of ‘Identity’ in the context of fourth-generation Chinese American diaspora. The article
is significant as it adds a new dimension of fourth-generation immigrants to the
Diaspora studies. It reveals how an immigrant struggles to establish his identity in the
age of creolization, hybridization and acculturation. Parag Chaudhari writes on the
notion of “Transculturality in History” while analyzing Bharti Mukherjee’s novel The Tree
Bride. In his article he scrutinizes the intercultural issues depicted in the novel and brings
forth the fact how the cultural encounters in the colonial India promotes
transculturalism. Similar to Sonali Anand, Ujwala Gosavi also explored the theme of
violence in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine (1989) and Wife (1975). The researcher is well
acquainted with the socio-cultural facts of woman in Indian context and as a result
becomes successful to uncover the women predicament depicted in the select novels.
The creative segment of the issue contains two melodious poems ‘The Rose’ and ‘The
Earth’ by Dr. N. G. Wale.
Narratives: A Reading of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five’ explores how
Vonnegut Jr. experiments with time of the novel by displacing the historical facts
in order to achieve the surreal literary motif. The article depicts how the author
deviates from the accepted generic fabric and fuse different narrative styles in
order to create a collage to signify the issues of contemporary world. In
‘(De/En)-coding Bangladeshi Photo-studio Culture’ Md. Zaki Rezwan focuses
the dynamics of cultural production. In this case too, the author is keen in
depicting the changing scenario of the art of photography as it is influenced by
the undercurrents of socio-cultural entities. The logical line of change and reexamination
is continued in the article ‘Re-Contextualization of the Myth of
Ashwaratha in Kamal Desai’s Kala Surya’ written by Dr. Dattatraya D.
Khaladkar. It is amazing to understand how the myths are re-contextualized in
contemporary literature to signify the present reality.
The literature of contemporary period deviates from its predecessors in
the stylistic and thematic concerns. Dr. Umed Singh in his article investigates
how Arvind Adiga in The White Tiger represents India from different
perspectives. Dr. Ravi Bhushan, in his article ‘Orality and Feminism: A Study of
Indian Oral Traditions,’ throws light on how Indian oral tradition reveals the
principles of modern theory of ‘feminism’. The author foregrounds his research
argument in the light of mythical women figures from the great Indian tradition.
Prof. Kuldeepsinh J Sisodiya and Dr. Vikas Raval in their article ‘Beyond the
Classroom: Mobile Learning the Wider World’ explore how the mobile
technology can be used to enhance the teaching and learning process. Garima
Kaushik in ‘The Grotesque Body in Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol’s Dead Souls’
analyses the Gogol’s novel in the light of Bakhtinian terminology of ‘grotesque
realism’.
Israt Taslim’s article ‘Ananta Jalil: Jocker or Croaker?’ focuses the media
tricks used in contemporary period in order to seek the mass attention for
commercial success of the film. The paper analyses the attitude, aptitude and
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tendencies of the contemporary audience and the tricks used by the media
personalities to make their films viral fame among the young generation. Manik
Shantinath Patil, in her article ‘Surveillance of Parental Anxiety with Young
Adult Literature,’ gives critical response to the emerging field of ‘Young Adult
Literature’. The paper reveals how the young-adult novels are helpful to
understand the problem of emotional detachment faced by contemporary
parents.
Rajani Moti, in her article ‘The Postmodern Dilemma of Identity Crisis in
Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe,’ deals with how the social and cultural entities
generate the dilemma of identity crisis in the postmodern period. However, the
logical line of social change due to the postmodern premises is also found
extended in Dr. Muktaja Mathkari’s article, ‘Postcolonial Feminism: The New
Ethics in the Globalizing World.’ She analyses the undercurrents of the process of
globalization in contemporary culture. This contemporary attitude of
deconstruction or challenging the established facts can be traced in Vipan Pal
Singh’s article ‘Fanon’s Discourse of Decolonization’. The paper is a good critical
commentary on Frantz Fanon’s theory of ‘Decolonization’ with appropriate
textual references.
Jayant R Salve in his article ‘A Room of Her Own, the New Age Woman in
Indian TV Ads: A Feminist Discourse’ rightly points out the reciprocal relations
between advertisement and culture. The paper with appropriate examples shows
how advertisement influences the contemporary culture by influencing the
habits of the people; however it also focuses how the traditional cultural codes
indirectly influence depiction of women in the advertisement. Mrs. Deepa Patil’s
article ‘The Corruption of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great
Gatsby’ analyzes the novel in the light of destruction of American Dream. The
researcher’s knowledge of sociological, historical and political facts makes the
analysis convincing. The Issue ends with the poems of Dr. N.G. Wale and
Shivkumar Agrawal. The poems selected for the issue are distinct in the use of
language and thematic concerns.
sustention of the cultural entities into the remote part of the world but it also extends a
specific geo-cultural identity to the world. This cultural transmission is helpful to the
process of globalization but it is also apparent that this transmission is still haunted by
the western discourses that produced out of prejudices or a media generated
stereotypes. Dr. Rama Hirawat, in the light of this problem of media-generated images,
investigates how Indian Cinema explores Arab Culture in her research article, “Imaging
through Images: Arab Culture in Indian Cinema”. The adaptation of a literary work to a
film media is emerging as one of the significant research avenue in today’s academics as
the discourses were written to elucidate the theory of adaptation and to explore how
the transition of a written script into a cinematic art becomes a transformation of a
literary motif into a cinematic intention. Arafat Mohammad Noman thinks in this
direction and by comparing the film adaptations of Hamlet, points out how a
Shakespearean text is highly loaded with the meaning that can be encoded in a specific
geo-cultural environment and the absence of it might lead audience towards the
distortion of fact.
Suryavanshi M. Y. in her article, ‘Demoralizing Effects of Racism Projected in
The Bluest Eye of Toni Morison’ analyses Toni Morison’s The Bluest Eye in order to
investigate how the racial discrimination demoralize the black individuals. The
article is interesting to read as it encompasses the socio-cultural facts along with the
political realities. Richa Puri in her article “Irony as Feminist Trope in R. K. Narayan’s
Fiction” analyses the fiction of R. K. Narayan in the light of feminist perspective. R. K.
Narayan’s fiction is analysed from several other perspectives like cultural studies,
postcolonial social milieu and the vivid characterization but it is seen that the present
perspective was fragmentarily explored by the researchers. Thus, she has made an
attempt in that direction. Sangita T. Ghodake’s article “Archetypes of ‘Collective
Unconscious’ of The Mahabharata in Rajneeti” attempts to explore film from the
comparative perspective; identifies the characters with the mythical personas; and
addresses the similarity in the thematic concerns. This is an attempt to contemporize
the principles reflected in The Mahabharata and relocate its universal value.
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Prashant Yadav’s article “The Influence of Mother in the life of Mahatma Gandhi
with reference to The Story of my Experiments with Truth” explores how Gandhi’s
mother contributes in the creation of a Mahatma. The textual references and its
coherent and logical analysis make the paper worthwhile to read. Dr. Ashok M
Hulibandi’s “Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture: An Inspirational and Heart-Warming
about Living” analyses the text and explores the optimistic vision of the author. The
researcher skilfully comments on both the aspects of the novel that are narrated and
narration. The text becomes one of New York Times best-selling books with the tone of
honesty maintained in narration and narrated the optimistic vision.
Vrushali Nagarale’s “Identity Crises in some women’s autobiographies from
different social strata within Maharashtra” attempts to compare the woman in two
different social strata. The researcher by selecting the two social starts – one from the
Brahmins, the upper strata in social hierarchy and another from the Shudras, the
suppressed bottom – maintains a difference in the social experience and at the same
time compare their texts on the juncture of identity crises.
Dr Anil S. Sugate and Dr Shashikant Mhalunkar in his article “Exploring Multiple
Locations and femininities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland” puts forth that how Jhumpa
Lahiri constructs the mosaic of social experiences and reveals how the female character
switches in between the roles they adopt in foreign lands and the one that they are
socially inherited at home. Nandkumar Shinde’s article, “Long Walk to Freedom: The
Experience Viewing an Autobiography” explores the movie made on the life of Nelson
Mandela. The researcher’s knowledge of Mandela’s life and art of film making, make the
article more valid and illustrative. The foregrounding of the socio-political references
and the historical facts achieves two folded aim to reinvent the life of Mandela in film
and the vividness and limitations of a screen.
Diaspora reflected in Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Rain. The dynamics of society
and culture produces different prints of diasporic consciousness that gave birth
to the unique literary enterprises. The essay brings to our notice that the
literature written in this direction can be categorized as diasporic but the feeling
of liminality varies from culture to culture. The essay, therefore, surpasses mere
analysis of diasporic exploration towards the synthesis of cultural problems.
Arafat Mohammad Noman in his essay ‘Cybernetics and Feminism: Post ‘Her’
Away and Post-Haraway’ gives us a glimpse of panoramic world of virtual
simulacrum in which the identity categorization as a man and woman of our
world can be deconstructed. The virtuosity of cyber space allows one to
eradicate his bodily presence and adopt an identity which cannot be ‘ghettoized’
or ‘fixated’ but rather it is like ‘fluid’ which offers flexibility in embodiment of
identity.
Dr. Urmila Sanyal’s article ‘Nostalgic Reflections in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass
Palace’ gives a very good reading experience as it encompasses the sociocultural
milieu of Burma, Bengal, India, and Malaya of a specific historical period.
The analysis unfolds the multilayered meaning of the narrative and brings to our
notice that the novel has a space that interlocks the past and present. The essay
opens a possibility of reading The Glass Palace as a narrative of global change.
Shailaja A. Changundi investigates the dystopian alert reflected in the Science
Fiction of Iain M. Banks and Stephen Baxter. The essay in fact is a tour through
the world of artificial intelligence where the machines rule and turn earth to a
decoy. The topic is interesting and worth reading.
Dr Sonali Anand in her research paper ‘Hollowness of a Fully Emancipated
Woman in Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook’ explores the kaleidoscope of
women’s world. The novel encompasses vast time and space and addresses
many personal and social issues of the contemporary period. As a result it cannot
be captured in a single research enterprise and with a single research angle but,
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on the contrary, it can be explored for its multidimensional reflections. The
present paper is an attempt in this direction. The paper superbly accommodates
us in the train of thoughts that halts at the stations like Stalinism, the Cold War
and women’s liberation movement and advances towards the mental and
societal breakdown. N.K. Shinde attempts to capture the optimistic plight of
Chetan Bhagat by analyzing his speech. The essay is a critical commentary on his
speech that perceives many offshoots that otherwise may remain unexplored.
The personal anecdotes and popular phrases make this speech more interesting.
Prabhanjan Mane interestingly re-approaches Shakespeare’s King Lear with the
perspective of ecocriticism and brings to our notice that fear of environmental
decay is present even in the stage art of Shakespearean period. This threat has
now emerged as one of the recurrent themes of contemporary science fiction.
The textual references used by the author make the article more logical and
convincing.
In the language segment we have an illustrative research article of Dr. A. M.
Sarwade who examines the production of speech act of apology by the
postgraduate students in order to understand the semantic strategies employed
by them and analyses the collected data in the light of structure of apology
proposed by Olshtain, Cohen and Ogiermann. The paper can be seen as a
significant addition to our knowledge of Pragmatic Competence and a good
demonstration of research in language. However, Shailaja Yadavpatil deals with
Sudhir Kakar’s novel, The Seeker and attempts to analyze the quest for identity
with reference to cultural psychology and the identity constructions. Dr. Suresh
Patil and Dr. H. B. Patil in their article analyse Tara Moss’s Split in the light of
psychological disorders. The article has an interdisciplinary relevance as it draws
the theory of Psychological disorder and by applying it to a literary work throws
light on the entanglement between the discipline of Psychology and Literary
Criticism.
Vinutha P. Kunderi interviews Dr. Aravind Malagatti in order to focus the
significance of Dalit autobiographies which reveals the peripheral world. It is
significant as it prepares a socio-cultural frame that will help us to perceive a
Dalit Autobiography. The present intellectual feast ends with Dr. N.G. Wale’s
sweet poems ‘Waiting for the Mahatma’ and ‘Modern India’. I hope that this
issue will prove itself an intellectual assistance in understanding different
contemporary issues in the areas of literature and language studies.
points out that in the wake of the new modules like virtual classrooms, ICT Based teaching and
computer assisted learning, technological facilities become more significant in the entire
process of knowledge making. As the article focuses the every possible entanglement of
technology in the teaching-learning process, it becomes a significant documentation on the
current phenomena in the academics. Ravindra B. Tasildar undertakes a critical scrutiny of
Special English syllabuses of BA courses prescribed to the select Indian Universities. The article
is a fine comparison of the syllabuses prescribed in Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur Universities for
Special English paper. The article in particular is an excellent critique of the syllabuses
prescribed in the select universities and in general it is significant case study that attempts to
generalize certain research findings in the designing of the Special English Syllabi for Indian
learners. Dr. Gurudatta S. Mhangore brings forth very crucial issues regarding the teaching of
technical communication in Indian classrooms. He throws light on the problems faced by Indian
teachers in dealing with the technical communication. In the age of technology, it not only
becomes essential but mandatory to learn technical communication. Indian academics that still
believe in the traditional modes of teaching and learning have to cope with these changes and
make their student competent in the global competition.
Mr. Arafat Mohammad Noman and Mr. Qazi Arka Rahman reflect on the poetic talent of
Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara. The paper is a classic exploration of expressions of ‘self’ mystified
in the poetry of Okara. The paper critically comments on the poet’s fusion of the self, nature
and culture. The paper introduces poet’s talent with all his thematic concerns and artistic
renderings. Dr. Pragti Sobti analyses the fractured identities depicted in Bharti Mukerjee’s
Jasmine. The paper throws light on the problems of acculturation and assimilation faced by a
seventeen years old Hindu widow migrated to US. Though, the focus of the paper is
readdressing the fractured identity, in the central research argument the context of female
struggle and diasporic theory is also observed as an inevitable part of the analysis. Dr. H. B. Patil
in his article analyses Tara Moss’s Split in the light of psychological disorders. The article has an
interdisciplinary relevance as it draws the theory of Psychological disorder and by applying it to
a literary work throws light on the entanglement between the discipline of Psychology and
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Literary Criticism. Patil Sangita Sharanappa and Manjushree M analyses Deela Khan’s poem
‘Engaging the Shades of Robben Island’ with the Ecofeminist perspective. The paper explores
the analogy between Nature and Woman as both are the subject of subjugation and
oppression. The textual examples used in the paper reveals the Ecofeminist approach of Khan.
Rashmi Malik’s paper is a comparative study of the opening scenes of Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar and Karnad’s Tughlaq. Though, these plays are written in two different continents and
from two different dramatists having different socio-political and historical background, their
plays surprisingly shows certain similarities that appeal to the universal audience. The paper
compares the opening scenes of these plays and critically comments on the literary motif of
these playwrights.
Vidya Sadashiv Lendave analyses Amit Chaudhuri’s A New World in the light of the
term Transnationalism. The paper is an insightful understanding of the present novel in the
context of the terminology of transnationalism. The paper is a significant contribution to the
contemporary research agenda of transnationalism as it critically scrutinizes the text to explore
the current cultural modes. Dr. Sujata Bamane’s applies Feminist Perspective to analyse Anita
Desai’s Cry, the Peacock. The understanding of the feminist school of criticism and the facility of
analysing its literary rendering, make this paper one of the finest examples of the ‘theory and
practice’ type of literary research. Contemporary Cultural Studies has witnessing the rise of
‘multiculturalism’. The phenomenon has not only changed the cultural scene of the
contemporary world but it also has an immense influence on the entire academics as the
discourses moves its focus from mono-cultural context to the every possibility of the social
conduct in the multiculturalism. J. P. Kamble analyses Mordecai Richler’s Son of a Smaller Hero
in the context of multiculturalism. India is country of great diversity and complex social
structure and she gave birth to similarly vibrant literary tradition. Madhuri Deshmukh wants to
explore this though by pointing out how the Indian Feminist though is complex in its structure
as subjugation is regulated in the name of gender and further of the down trodden cast. The
paper analyses Mukta Salawe’s Manga Mahara’s Grief and gives textual evidences to the
complex theory of Indian Feminism.
The comparative study of, Narayan and Louise Erdrich undertaken by Nidhi Singh
attempts to re-contextualize the ‘indigeneity’ in the light of cultural dynamics. The change is
inevitable in the social and cultural context of a nation and it resulted in the alteration of the
relations between the trebles of periphery and the empowered centres of mainstream culture.
The paper is significant to know the models of cultural studies and its application in the analysis
of a literary work. The line of though is further seen extended in S. N. Kiran’s article, ‘Society in
Transition: Cultural History in Attia Hosain’s Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961)’. The paper
explores Attia Hosain’s concern with the cultural history and explores how her dual motif of
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conserving culture at least in a literary portrait and evaluating the cultural loses in the wake of
new social structure.
Rohit K. Kulkarni, Prof. P. A. Attar and Dr. P. R. Shewale explore Marginality in Janet
Frame’s Autobiography An Angel at My Table. The paper superbly reveals that how the line
between the social sanity and insanity is thin and how it can be crossed and restored. The paper
reveals that how her marginalized status influences her process of socialization and affects her
psyche. The cultural clash has been remained an interesting topic for the academicians of the
past and present. Anil N Dadas’s article deals with John Masters’ Coromandel! in the light of the
East-West Encounter. The paper focuses on the beginning period of the international relations
that further gave birth to the transnational, multicultural and global world of todays. The
textual references quoted in the paper unfold the panoramic view of the East-West encounter.
The issue of diaspora is another significant agenda of the present critical theory as it has
contemporary socio-cultural relevance. Uday P. Shirgave with Dr. P. R. Shewale explores the
Diaspora Consciousness in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing The River. The paper unfolds the labyrinth of
an expatriate psyche and addresses many thematic concerns pertaining to the immigrant
world.
The paper of D. M. Sanadi and Professor P. A. Attar shows how the Ian McEwan uses the
time clock of human psyche in his novel The Child in Time. The paper is a good example of a
literary research as it strictly follows a logical line and a rational approach. Prakash B. Bellikatti
and Dr. S. B. Bhamber explore how Richard Ford in his A Peace of My Heart destabilizes the
Binary Set of Masculine/Feminine Identification. The paper explores how Ford deconstructs the
traditional notions of masculinity and subverts it for the new gender identity. The poems of
Chandan Mishra – My Love For Humanity and Britto’s Indignation – reflects her originality as a
poet and the intellectual capacity to use the sensible poetic language.
Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Shift from Eurocentrism to Humanism’ discusses the
issue of racial discrimination with the reference to two well-known literary
artifacts. The conclusion of the article interestingly notes the shift of literature
from ‘Eurocentrism’ to ‘Humanism’. Sharmin Afroz Shantu analyses ‘The Yellow
Wallpaper’ and ‘To Room Nineteen’ in order to investigate the myth of the ‘happy
homemaker’. The texts selected for the paper represent two different spaces with
two different ideologies, but both reflect women’s struggle with the space and for
the space in common. Priyanka Jindal makes an attempt to focus changing
interpretations and definitions of aesthetic for the female dalit author and the
female black author with special reference to the works of Bama and Audre Lorde.
A comparative study of the works written by dalit and black literary personalities
adds interestingly new dimensions to the existing body of knowledge. Dr. Tripti
Karekatti in her article ‘The Idea of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and Modern Indian
Writers: A Study of Raja Rao, Chaman Nahal and Datta Bhagat’ analyses the select
Indian texts to show how the authors from different castes approach the idea and
rework it in their works. Dr. A. K. Chaturvedi analyses the literary works of
Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga and compares their preoccupation
with the marginalized sections of society. The paper compares how these authors
depict the subjugation of marginalized communities. Swati Chandra undertakes a
Feminist Study of Modern Tamil Poetry by Women and celebrates the bold
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defiance of these ‘sovereign queens of words’, namely Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti
Revathi and Sukirtharini. Dr. Pramod A. Ganganmale in his article ‘Comparative
Analysis of Baromas and The Grapes of Wrath’ points out the issues pertaining to
farmers, their problems, their protest, their cultural conflicts and their social,
educational, and political existence. Dr Shweta Gupta, after analysing many facts
related to the modern society, in her article ‘Emerging Bilingualism and
Biculturalism in India’, reveals that the modern communication technology and
rapidly developing international trading is promoting the bilingualism and
biculturalism in India. Dr. Sunita Agarwal’s paper analyzes Karnad’s play The Fire
and the Rain reveals that how it contextualizes the myth to discuss contemporary
issues and the relevance of it to bring out the heterogeneity and diversity of
meaning in the text. The poems by Dr. N. G. Wale ‘Winners and Losers’ and ‘Life’
reflect the philosophy of life. Babasaheb B. Patil’s interview with Thomas Keneally
will help us to materialize his literary vision in order to understand his novels.
of partition that used to be the significant thematic concern of the postcolonial Indian literary
tradition. The sociological background and the political facts bridge the knowledge gap and
help to understand the most probable implications of the short stories of Manto. A. K. Chaturvedi’s
investigation into the social relations with special reference to Kamala Markandaya’s The
Coffer Dams, Arun Joshi’s The City and the River, and Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide, in the
light of political power reveals many interesting facts about human psyche. Dr. Smita Patil deals
with Mahesh Dattani’s Thirty Days in September and comments on the suffering of women.
The references to the feminist theories and the solid support of the textual background make
the analysis valid. The article reveals that how Dattani gives ‘voices’ to the ‘silence’ of women in
his artistic medium. Dr. Prakash A. Patil writes about the family disintegration while analyzing
Shashi Deshpande’s A Matter of Time. The review of the changes that have been noted in
the social behaviors of the older and younger generations, interestingly, reveals the roots of the
contemporary social behaviors. Dr. Bhoomika Thakur’s article on Arundhati Roy’s The God of
Small Things explores evils of patriarchal society, caste prejudice, class discrimination, sexual
perversion, incest etc. Vidya Lendave analyzes Rushdie’s Shalimar The Clown by adopting the
various models of literary analysis developed in the discipline of cultural studies. The research
article has very interesting research findings that reveal hybridization and creolization of aboriginal
models of culture.
Darsha Jani analyzes Kanaiyalal Munshi’s The Master of Gujarat and Rajadhiraj in order
to explore the voyage from ‘Self-pride’ to ‘Capitulation’. As the article explores one of the important
authors from Gujarat literary tradition, it significantly attempts to explore the literature that
has been written in Indigenous language. Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana was explored by various
scholars from different angles, but K. Aravind Mitra’s perspective to approach the play is totally
different. Article explores the notion of ethics and attempt to place it in the context of Hayavadana.
Mrs Lalthakim Hma analyzes certain proverbs and points out the facts about humanity.
This article examines the representation of women in proverbs. It questions the interpretation of
the term proverb as ‘a statement of absolute truth of humanity’. The article is concerned mainly
with those proverbs that bluntly express certain slurs or stereotypes against women. The feminist
line of thinking is sustained further in the article of Pravin D. Suryawanshi. He analyzes
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Sister of My Heart and The Vine of Desire. It explores the world of
an immigrant woman in the estranged culture. The feminist approach is further broadened by
Priyanka Yadav, as she makes a critical statement in connection with Asian women writers by
analyzing a representative novel The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.
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These literary articles are followed by the articles on ELLT. Prin. Dr. Arjun Kumbhar
methodically claims that educational failure is primarily a linguistic failure and which is rooted
in the proficiency of Teachers of English. Error analysis of the Primary School English Teachers
in Kolhapur District reveals that the medium of knowledge is a major factor that causes
educational failure. Dr. Suneetha Yedla points out that how Swami Vivekananda’s Five Dimensions,
one can design life skills in Curriculum to develop the personality of the student. Dr. Ravi
Bhushan article reveals that indigenous literature can be used as an effective teaching resource
in ELT classroom. The interview of M. K. Naik by Prin. Dr. L. G. Jadhav helps us to understand
the thought line of a critic and how to think methodically. The issue is ended with the thought
provoking poems of Dr. N. G. Wale. Thus, it is hoped, these articles will help you to understand
the thematic concerns of contemporary literature and probe into the problems of English Language
and Literature teaching.
Papers by CriticalSpace Journal
Dr. Baby Pushpa Sinha has explored the Post-Colonial Complexities in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease. The researcher has contextualized the novel in its proper socio-political phenomena. Dr. Namita Singh explores Afghan Diaspora and contributed a distinct kind of immigrant experience by exploring the quest of identity and the problems of cultural assimilation. Dr Sangita Patil analyses Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades from eco-critical perspective and throws light on the ecological reasons of Naxalite rebel. The article is a good example of multidisciplinary research. Ariful Islam revisits the theories of gender and evaluate them in the context of mythological references which adds certain amazing dimensions to the gender thoughts. Dr Dattatraya Khaladkar deals with the metropolitan sensibility depicted in Madhu Mangesh Karnik’s Mahimchi Khadi. The researcher has commented on socio-cultural ethos that create slum and its culture. Mohd Shafi Bhat in his article writes about Sufi-Rishi Tradition in Kashmir that explores how Kashmiri identity is a unique mixture of two distinct social, cultural and religious identities. Ashishkumar Patar deals with the fiction of R. K. Narayan and divulges the representation of Indian middle class. Sandeep. T. G analyses Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus to explore the subjugation and marginalization in Nigerian life. Sushil A. Deshmukh deals with the theme of dislocation depicted in Bharati Mukherjee’s fiction. He has considered the diasporic social situation and analysed the psyche of immigrant character. Dr. P. N. Gore explores the themes like ethnicity, hybridity and multiculturalism in Kavita Daswani’s For Matrimonial Purposes. In my article I have attempted to deal with the psychological themes like Trauma and Dissociation in Mary Higgins Clark’s All Around the Town. Indrayani S. Jadhav and Dr. Satish R. Ghatge have explored the historical truth depicted in Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot. Dr. Shubhangi S. Lendave’s article discusses the dreams and hallucinations used in Emma Tennant’s Hotel de Dream. The theoretical frame prepared by the researcher in the initial part of the paper is well utilized in part of analysis. And in the last paper Jayashri M. Lohar puts forth the process of self-discovery in F.G. Paci’s The Italians.
Thus, we hope that you will find the issue interesting to read and contemplate as it covers the variety of research topics.
This is the age of cinema that has occupied a larger space of human consciousness and increased the possibilities of representation. Dr. Mallika. A. Nair in her paper takes an overview of the adaptions of autobiographies from different corners of the world and foregrounds certain principles that can be generalized into two broad areas one, autobiography as a genre study and second, film adaptation. Dr. Namdev Patil deliberates a valid theoretical frame of queer literature by encompassing the emotions and behavioural patterns which were generally attributed as taboo. In the light of the theory he has analysed Hollinghurst’s The Swimming Pool Library.
Dr. Kumar Sushil analyses Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground as an existential novel. The article is worth reading as it has considered the significant references of Philosophy but never distracted from the literary appreciation of the text. The article prepares a perceptive frame that will allow us to read an existential novel for its most possible meaning in the light of a proper philosophical context. Balveer and Dr. Devendra Rankawat point out that how the art of cinema can provide a wider space to the subaltern voices and may appear as an influential medium of social enlightenment. The article strengthens our belief that the art cannot be separated from society but develop reciprocally.
Dr. Fatimah Alotaibi analyses the works of Wollstonecraft and Woolf in order to highlight the contemporariness of the feminist thought. The reading of article is really an academic exercise to revisit the feminist classics and realize it in the contemporary scene. In the similar line of thought we have another article of Swati Suri that analyses the short stories of Rabindranath Tagore in order to understand the women’s predicament reflected in them. The analysis has considered the socio-cultural ethos that allowed her to reach at the feminist truths of the period and pin point its universality.
Aditi Swami analyses Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in the light of Northrop Frye’s ‘Myth, Fiction and Displacement’. Article is a good example of how to apply a theory in the practical analysis of the text. Dr. Namadev P. Khavare deals with J.G. Ballard’s The Kindness of Women and points out social and psychological realities reflected in it. His understanding of post-modern psyche and the appropriate use of primary and secondary sources make this article interesting to read. Dr. U. N. Kurrey explores ‘Ethnicity’ and ‘Identity’ reflected in Girish Karnad’s plays. The article reflects how the behavioural sets of the characters were under the influence of their ethnic identities. Indrayani Jadhav and Dr. Satish Ghatge explore how Julian Barnes depicts personal history in his novel Before She Met Me. In contemporary socio-cultural ethos the fabric of ethics is blurred in the name of materialism which is so influential in the case of Julian that it also affects his aesthetic expression and produces a mixture that cannot be recognized as a fact or fiction. Vanya Jaiswal in his article revisits the concept of orientalism and analyses Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake in that perspective. The article becomes interesting as the researcher has explored how Lahiri has used certain western stereotypes regarding Indians.
I hope that you will find time to read and contemplate on the issue and give us feedback.
Contents
1. Haryanvi Saang ‘Cheer Parva’: An Analytical Study
Ms. Ishrat
Dr. Daisy
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2. Filming the ‘Self’: Biopic Autobiographies
Dr. Mallika. A. Nair
…………………………………………………………………..………….……………………..15-18
3. Gay Culture Reflected in Hollinghurst’s The Swimming Pool Library
Dr. Namdev Kashinath Patil
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..19-27
4. The Perspectives of Existentialism and Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground
Dr. Kumar Sushil
……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…..29-37
5. Media within Media as Saviour of Human Values in Select Bollywood Films
Balveer
Dr. Devendra Rankawat
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6. The Voice of Feminism: The Echo of Wollstonecraft and Woolf
Dr. Fatimah AlOtaibi
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7. The Space of Women in Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories
Swati Suri
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8. Representation and Transformation of a Mythical Identity – Reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in the Light of Northrop Frye’s ‘Myth, Fiction and Displacement’
Aditi Swami
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9. The Reflection of Social and Psychological Reality in J.G. Ballard’s The Kindness of Women
Dr. Namadev P. Khavare
……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………....79-85
10. Ethnicity and Identity in the plays of Girish Karnad
Dr. Dr. U. N. Kurrey
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11. Portrayal of Personal History in Before She Met Me by Julian Barnes
Smt. Indrayani S. Jadhav
Dr. Satish R. Ghatge
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12. ‘Re-orientalism’ as manifest in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Vanya Jaiswal
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Critical Space that contains the variety of articles on different
issues that will help you update with the contemporary academic
trends in literature and language studies. D. D. Khaladkar’s paper
compares Kamal Desai’s Kala Surya (Source Text in Marathi) and
its translation in English in order to explore how the cultural
differences dominate the translation process. The paper very
interestingly points out how connotations of linguistic expressions
are deeply embedded in the source culture.
Anupriya Singh and Shipra Malik’s paper on Guillermo
Verdecchia’s play is a very good critique of the terminologies like
cultural mosaic, salad bowl, melting pot or kaleidoscope which are
the key terms in the Diaspora Studies. The paper reflects the
process of redefining the cultural identities in the light of emerging
idea of “ghettoization”. Shohel Rana’s paper explores “Romantic
Rebel” in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. I. R. Jarali in his
paper reveals how Charles-De-Lint uses a faculty of fantasy to
create a parallel world of spirits. The fantastic landscaping of this
world in its connotations also reveals the real life events, hidden
desires and conspiracies. Jarali’s article touches all these aspects
and produces a complex frame of reference that will help
understand the most probable meaning of the text. Arundhati Dey
analyses Revathi’s autobiography and explores the idea of
degendering of society. The age-old taboo issues are explored in the
light of queer theory of literary criticism. Shubhangi Lendave’s
paper reflects how Angela Carter amalgamates reality with magic
and explores the labyrinth of human psyche and connects the
human desires with their social behaviours. Uma Parvathy’s paper
analyses the poetry of Alice Walker and reflects the scheme of
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racial and gender discrimination. The paper provides a valid
ground to the argument that art for society’s sake also underlines
the aesthetic qualities of the classical art. Sandeep. T. G explores
the similar line of thought as his paper makes a statement
regarding the double marginality of black woman in the context of
Maya Angelou’s poetry. Ankana Das and Aishani Sen’s paper very
interestingly compares Lolita and Disgrace from ecofeminist point
of view. Prashant Yadav depicts how Baromas reveals the effects of
globalization on the rural farming society. Ravi Bhushan’s paper
points out role of Humanities in key components like ‘Virtuality’,
‘Virtuosity’ and ‘Orality’ in the age of digitalization. Rukhaya in her
paper analyses Girish Karnad’s play, Tughlaq. Her paper
exemplifies the identity crisis of the titular character and explores
conflict between mask and man or idealism or practicability.
Maruti Vairat’s paper explores the dark realities of the academic
world depicted in Jonathan Coe’s A Touch of Love. The issue ends
with two melodious poems by Shivkumar Agrawal.
Space with different research topics which make the journal more
contemporary and relevant to read. I also express my sincere
thanks to all those who contributed their valuable research papers
and trust us as an authentic publishing forum. As the articles
contained in the issue can be categorized under the disciplines like
Cultural Studies, Mythology, Subaltern Studies, Sociology, Politics,
Diaspora Studies, and Linguistics make it interdisciplinary.
Advocacy of patriarchal mode of social power, Hindu Epics and
Puranas reflect women as a weaker sex that can be used only for
the physical pleasure. As a result of that most of the women
characters depicted in these mythological discourses are secondary
and passive. In the modern period, the intelligentsia starts
thinking about this duality of truth and in response it creates
parallel discourse that gives exposure to these suppressed voices.
Dilshad Kaur’s research paper “Breaking New Grounds: Listening
to the Silent Echoes of Draupadi in The Palace of Illusions” explore
the feminine dimension of truth. The textual references and
convincing analysis make the paper more interesting to
contemplate. The similar kind of deconstructive line of logic can be
seen in the research article of Dr. Jyoti Rane who analyses Sun’s
Seventh Horse and reveals that how the identities were created by
the society that predominantly regularize the social behaviour of
man and woman. In the article Dr. Rane illustrates the process of
identity creation and how the different channels were set for the
socialization of man and women according to sex.
Dr. Sujata Bamane in her article “Comprehension in a Graphic
Style: A Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters”
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analyses the narration containing diagrammatic and decorative
with words combined with different colour-combinations, funny
pictures and mesmerizing images in order to comprehend the
meaning reflected by Yoshinaga. The research scholar has
minutely and meticulously observed the graphic novel and
presented her scholarly analysis.
Dr. A. M. Sarawade in his research article “Appropriating
Pragmalinguistics and Sociopragmatics for Teaching Literature in
S L Classroom” reveals that how the branches of Pragmatics can
be employed in actual language teaching practice. It is a good
attempt to combine the technical aspects with the socio-cultural
conventions of language in the actual teaching practice in SL
context. Therefore, it is a good contribution towards the most
debated issue of language teaching in SL situation. In the language
component of the present issue we have another interesting article
by Dr. Preeti Joshi who analyses the role of English Language in
Postcolonial Era as a lingua franca to promote Globality, Locality
and Hybridity. The article analyses the actual hybrid linguistic
expressions that has surpassed from the category of Creole and
designated itself as a language of the world. The article gives review
of all these changes and very interestingly comments on the sociocultural
processes.
Dr. Seema Maraje in her research paper “Honour Killing: A Stigma
on Modern Society” deals with another significant and burning
issue of the contemporary modern society. The paper takes into
account all the basic notions related to the concept of ‘Honour
Killing’ and analyses it in the socio-cultural contexts. In
contemporary period there are several literary expressions that
depict the situation of Honour Killing and therefore it becomes
necessary to understand it in its socio-cultural context which is
adequately provided by Dr. Maraje.
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Sardar B. Jadhav and Dr. P. R. Shewale in their article “Keki N.
Daruwalla’s “Crossing of Rivers”: An Absolute Visualization of
Landscape” reflect how the poetic vision is capable of the
photographic presentation of the landscape. The analysis of the
poem is also a good demonstration of how to analyse the poem in
its contextual frame for the new researchers and students. Maruti
Vairat’s article “A Heap of Broken Images in T. S. Eliot’s Poem The
Waste Land” depicts that how Eliot has created a simulacrum of
Broken Images in order to create a prefect image of the modern
society. The analysis of the poem is interesting as it takes into
consideration the broken images which in fact create oversized
image of disillusionment and despair of the contemporary period.
The Diasporic critical context is dynamic as it is inseparably relies
on the socio-political realities of the age. As a result it observed in
the discourse of criticism that term ‘Diaspora’ has been analysed
from different perspective. The Critical Space has published several
research articles in this direction in order contribute in this never
ending discussion. Abhishek Chandel also deals with the term but
his point of view is not from the region of literature but is from the
other branches of Humanities like Sociology and Political Science.
The article underlines the recurring need of interdisciplinary
studies in order to understand the complex realties of the age.
Ebrahim Mohammed Mod discusses the theme of Alienation in
Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner which also came under the category of
Diaspora Studies. The textual examples and the analysis in the
light of the Psychological theories make the article more
interesting.
Dr. Sangita Ghodake in her research article “Transcending Life
through Romance: Mumbai Tiffinwalas and The Lunch Box”
analyses Ritesh Batra’s romantic comedy situated in metropolis
Mumbai. The paper very interestingly reveals that how two
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strangers came into contact, who were living a lonely life in the
overcrowded city. The observation and the analysis are helpful to
understand the movie with all its possible dimensions. Dr. Uday P.
Shirgave’s article “[Re]vision Home and Identity in Buchi
Emecheta’s the New Tribe” deals with the issue of identity and
home. The age of globalization has witnessed huge social
migration, for different reasons, that has created different issues
related to the identity. Nandkumar Shinde in his article “Mahatma
Gandhian Concepts of Ethics and Morality in Contemporary
Humanism” is another interdisciplinary article addressing to nonliterature
issue. But the issue analysed in the research article is
important to understand the contemporary phenomena which is
reflected in the literature.
Study of Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters' deals with the
interpretation of the multi-layered realities reflected in the graphic
novel. The article comprehensively explores how the contemporary
scenario can be projected in the interesting style of narration
which is more popular with the contemporary generation. Sangita
T. Ghodake's article 'Transcending Life through Romance: Mumbai
Tiffinwalas and the Lunch Box' deals with the optimistic romantic
feelings of the period reflected in the movies. The article is also a
good demonstration of the film interpretations with all the potential
meanings created out of the audio-visual space of the film.
Dr. Babu Nampalli's article 'Raja Rao and the Image of
Indian in Indian English Novel' gives a quick review of the early
attempts of the Indian English Novelists in order to establish an
indigenous identity of India. Dilshad Kaur's article 'Breaking New
Grounds: Listening to the Silent Echoes of Draupadi in The Palace
of Illusions' redefines the Indian stereotype of women in the
patriarchal social structure of an ancient India.
However, in the ELT segment we have three articles written
on the significant and relevant issues. It has been observed that
the articles published in the Critical Space have opened the new
avenues in the academic research which have also motivated other
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researchers to contribute in the field. Dr. Santosh Kumar J.
Mishra writes about the changes happening in the teachinglearning
discourse due to the rapidly increasing Digitalization. Dr.
Preeti Tushar Joshi denotes the peculiarities added to the English
language due to the contemporary phenomena of Globality,
Locality and Hybridity. Mohini Savedkar's article 'Naïve Chimney-
Sweepers Tarred with the Brush of Ideology: The Religious Ideology
in Blake’s ‘The Chimney –Sweeper’ from the ‘Songs of Innocence’
deals with the entanglement of religious ideology and the
melodious poetry of Blake. Satyawan Suresh Mane reveals the
problems and prospects of Learning and Teaching of English in
India.
Standard Bangla and Mymensingh Dialect: An Acoustic Analysis”
deals with the vowel variation in the use of Bangla language. The
article demonstrates a fine example of research in Phonetics by
using the qualitative and quantitative methods. Jayashri Aphale’s
“Lexical Innovations in Anita Rau Badami’s Tamarind Mem”
investigates the lexical innovations used by Anita Rau Badami and
reveals that how these innovations promotes a specific kind of
aesthetic value while exploring the socio-psychological reality. Dr.
Sumer Singh’s article “Global Use of English for a Variety of
Purposes” reveals the potential use of English Language for the
variety of purposes in the techno-savvy world. English language is
continuously coining new vocabulary items or finding linguistic
expressions to the culture specific emotions.
Rajani Moti’s article “Quest for Identity in Anita Nair’s
Lessons in Forgetting” reflects the identity issues in the
contemporary world and reveals many interesting socio-political
facts. Rajashri S. Patil discusses Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of
Loss from Diasporic point of view and explores the themes of
diaspora. Dr. A K Chaturvedi’s article “The Element of Devotion in
Harindranath Chattopadhyay’s Raidas—The Cobbler Saint”
beautifully explores the elements of devotion that are depicted in
the play. The researcher’s knowledge about the Hindu Theology is
good and it is frequently referred in his article. Baliram Sawant’s
topic “Towards the Poetics of Sports Autobiographies” is innovative
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and opens a new avenue in the area of English Literary Research.
The analysis of the Sport Autobiographies has been attempted in
order to prepare a perceptive frame that can be generalized in the
contemporary literary criticism.
Sumaiya Pathan and Dr. S. Y. Hongekar’s article “Cultural
Borrowings in Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance” reflects how in
the contemporary world the cultural distinctness has been
substituted with the terminologies like ‘Cultural Borrowing’. Dr. H.
B. Patil’s article “Antisocial and Bipolar Personality Disorder in
Peter Temple’s An Iron Rose (1998)” deals with the psychological
disorders depicted in the novel. The use of secondary sources
makes the article more interesting to read.
occasion of Deepavali which lights our houses and enlightens our souls. Critical
Space team wish you and your family a happy Deepavali as this journal is
also, in one sense, an attempt to lighten the lamp of knowledge and evade the
darkness of ignorance. Ariful Islam in his research paper “Rereading Ngugi wa
Thiong’o, Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka: A Critical Analysis of African
Postcolonial Literatureligion” reread certain texts in order to bring out the
socio-cultural facts of Africans that are diminished in the darkness of colonial
prejudices. The analysis of religious rituals in the light of the postcolonial
perspective, helps to question the colonial reading of them and opens a new
gateway to another cultural world that has its own system of signification. In
the history of academics the modern man has witnessed the transition from the
invention of script printing to the digital age of virtual reality. Two significant
discourses noting this kind of transition are The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making
of Typographic Man (1962) and The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet,
Business, and Society (2001). But as the topic is open ended it can be explored
to bring out the minute changes that are taking place in the academic business
that is moving from pure human intelligentsia to the artificial intellect. Dr
Sudhir Nikam in his article “The Symbiotic Prospects of Artilligence and
Contemporary Linguistics” writes in this direction and lets us know the new
advancements in the linguistic research.
In the next article we have a pleasant memory of Rabindranath
Tagore’s muse that sooths our mind and gives a divine pleasure through the
symmetry of countryside images and human emotions Dr. Venkatesh Puttaiah
in his article “Romantic Love as Mystical Experience in Rabindranath
Tagore’s The Gardener” unfolds how these poems give the mystic experience to
the reader. I feel it is necessary for our generation to turn to these evergreen
artefacts to emphasise the difference between the oriental philosophy of hope
and the western philosophy of nihilism which we read in the modern English
Poetry. Dr. Humera Sultana in her article “American Transcendentalism:
Review and Critique of Emerson and Thoreau”, throws light on the
philosophy of Transcendentalism in the light of the contribution given by
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Emerson and Thoreau. The article becomes more interesting as it gives a
proper platform to perception of the Transcendental thought.
However the postmodern techniques of contemporary literature
have been remained a hot topic for the researchers and in every issue at
least one submission has been contributed in this direction. Dr. Rohit
Phutela in his article “Magical Realism, the Catharsis for Latin Postcoloniality:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Strange Pilgrims as Prototype” deals with the
narrative technique of magical realism and explores that how authors reveal
the reality while blending two opposite phenomena of reality and magic. One
more research avenue that always succeeds in acquiring the space in the
journal is the explorations of marginality. Dr Neeti Mahajan “The Repressed
and the Silenced Self of Desdemona and Ophelia” very interestingly divulges
how Shakespearian heroines though they belong to the aristocracy face the
common predicament in every social strata of the world. The reading of this
article is in fact rediscovering the feminist facts that could have skipped from
the traditional reading method developed by the male domination.
In language component we have an intelligently drafted article by Dr.
Sumer Singh “Global Use of English for a Variety of Purposes” in which he
reveals how speaking about the role of English in a context of specific nation is
an out-dated phenomenon and is being placed by the English for global
purposes. This change in the academics revels how the use of English is not
just essential but mandatory to survive in the global scenario. In the
component of cultural studies Dr. Shahida writes “A Philosophical Inquiry into
Select Poems of Early Kashmiri Sufi Poets” in which she exposes us with the
philosophical preaching of Early Kashmiri Sufi Poets and reveals how Sufism
is not just limited to Islam but it is universal in appreciation.
Suma Priyadarshini. B. K in her article Children’s Literature: Need for
its Emergence in Today’s World of English Literature emphasises how the genre
of Children’s Literature is important today for the cultivation of certain
philosophical and moral values in the youth. Dr Madhavi Nikam “The Human
World of Gordimer in My Son’s Story” opens us a panorama of South African
life and reveals the multicultural heritage of South Africa. The article writer’s
knowledge of South African social and Political movement and its use in the
actual textual analysis make the article multidisciplinary that not only reveals
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the literary facts but more importantly speaks on the sociological, cultural and
political issues of contemporary significance.
Dr. N. G. Wale, in his article Caste Consciousness in Girish Karnad’s
Tale-Danda explores how an artistic creation is influenced by social facts. The
caste consciousness reflected in Tale-Danda explores a dark side of caste
system of India. Another article in the component of culture studies is Dr.
N.K. Shinde’s Culture in Arun Koltkar’s Jejuri Poems that deals with how the
cultural entities are reflected in the poem Jejuri.
Fahmeeda. P in her article “The New Woman in the Short Stories of
Cornelia Sorabji” reveals the status of women in the colonial India by
analyzing Cornelia Sorabji’s Love and Life Behind the Purdah (1901) and
focuses the history of how the conception of New Woman emerged. It depicts
the reasons that motivate the substitution of an Indian stereotype of
submissive with rebellious women. The issue is concluded with the poems of
Dr. N. G. Wale who maintains a corner delight in the hot academic discourse.
language of Spirituality. S. L. Bhyrappa’s Mandra deals with this connection as he
attempts to incarnate it through his musical language. Dr. Daisy investigates the
connection between the classical ragas and the spirituality depicted in Mandra. Nidhi
Singh’s article “Violence, Terror, Terrorism: Exploring the Fear Factor” deals with the
most attended themes of the contemporary period. The article uncovers the psychosociological
facts that promote the act of violence and make us available the proper
context to attain the most probable meaning of human behavior depicted in the stories.
Mohammed Rashid’s article “Imperialism in Disguise: (Re)cognizing the
Imperialist Attitude of the United States of America in Bangladesh” convincingly
demonstrates how developed countries were implementing their imperialist agenda in
the name of development. Dr. Dattatraya Khaladkar in his article compares two texts
from two different socio-cultural contexts and literary traditions in order to explore the
similarities and differences in the human predicament in the age of industrial revaluation.
The analysis of the select texts in the premises of naturalism reveals that despite of the
socio-cultural differences natural tendencies and carnal desires influence the human
behavior.
It is seen that the theories of the West have been adopted to analyze the
indigenous literary works, as very few try to find out the substitute indigenous model
that can be more appropriately applicable. Sangita Patil’s article “Rudiments of
Ecofeminism: A Study of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and The Coffer Dams” is
an attempt in that direction as she tries to foreground the ecofeminism in Indian
context. The feminist point of view is further explored in the article of Sonali Anand,
who explores the theme of ‘Domestic Violence’ in Sahgal’s Novel. The analysis becomes
more interesting as researcher is a keen observer of Indian societies and the male
dominated Indian Families.
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Indian point of view to approach the universal notions is further found explored
in Divya Shah’s article “City and Body: A Study of Selected Poems of Namdeo Dhasal”.
As the researcher selects a specific time and location to explore the notion of body in the
context of poetry of Namdeo Dhasal makes it more interesting and significantly adds the
socio-cultural connotations to the universal terminologies. The same line of thought can
be seen in Roshni Patel’s article “Dialogue between Tradition and Modernity: A Study
of Krupabai Satthianadhan’s Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Life” as she tries to analyse
Bakhtin’s idea of dialogism in the context of Indian discourse. Both these articles adopt
the Western model of theory while analyzing Indian texts and throws light on the Indian
realities.
Jayvirsinh Rajput’s “Gender bias in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire”
explores how human behavior is influenced by the gender bias. The plight of hijras in
the context of orthodox Indian society is explored in Indian English Theatre. Shrikant
Bhandare’s article “Quest for Identity in Shawn Wong’s Homebase” deals with the theme
of ‘Identity’ in the context of fourth-generation Chinese American diaspora. The article
is significant as it adds a new dimension of fourth-generation immigrants to the
Diaspora studies. It reveals how an immigrant struggles to establish his identity in the
age of creolization, hybridization and acculturation. Parag Chaudhari writes on the
notion of “Transculturality in History” while analyzing Bharti Mukherjee’s novel The Tree
Bride. In his article he scrutinizes the intercultural issues depicted in the novel and brings
forth the fact how the cultural encounters in the colonial India promotes
transculturalism. Similar to Sonali Anand, Ujwala Gosavi also explored the theme of
violence in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine (1989) and Wife (1975). The researcher is well
acquainted with the socio-cultural facts of woman in Indian context and as a result
becomes successful to uncover the women predicament depicted in the select novels.
The creative segment of the issue contains two melodious poems ‘The Rose’ and ‘The
Earth’ by Dr. N. G. Wale.
Narratives: A Reading of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five’ explores how
Vonnegut Jr. experiments with time of the novel by displacing the historical facts
in order to achieve the surreal literary motif. The article depicts how the author
deviates from the accepted generic fabric and fuse different narrative styles in
order to create a collage to signify the issues of contemporary world. In
‘(De/En)-coding Bangladeshi Photo-studio Culture’ Md. Zaki Rezwan focuses
the dynamics of cultural production. In this case too, the author is keen in
depicting the changing scenario of the art of photography as it is influenced by
the undercurrents of socio-cultural entities. The logical line of change and reexamination
is continued in the article ‘Re-Contextualization of the Myth of
Ashwaratha in Kamal Desai’s Kala Surya’ written by Dr. Dattatraya D.
Khaladkar. It is amazing to understand how the myths are re-contextualized in
contemporary literature to signify the present reality.
The literature of contemporary period deviates from its predecessors in
the stylistic and thematic concerns. Dr. Umed Singh in his article investigates
how Arvind Adiga in The White Tiger represents India from different
perspectives. Dr. Ravi Bhushan, in his article ‘Orality and Feminism: A Study of
Indian Oral Traditions,’ throws light on how Indian oral tradition reveals the
principles of modern theory of ‘feminism’. The author foregrounds his research
argument in the light of mythical women figures from the great Indian tradition.
Prof. Kuldeepsinh J Sisodiya and Dr. Vikas Raval in their article ‘Beyond the
Classroom: Mobile Learning the Wider World’ explore how the mobile
technology can be used to enhance the teaching and learning process. Garima
Kaushik in ‘The Grotesque Body in Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol’s Dead Souls’
analyses the Gogol’s novel in the light of Bakhtinian terminology of ‘grotesque
realism’.
Israt Taslim’s article ‘Ananta Jalil: Jocker or Croaker?’ focuses the media
tricks used in contemporary period in order to seek the mass attention for
commercial success of the film. The paper analyses the attitude, aptitude and
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tendencies of the contemporary audience and the tricks used by the media
personalities to make their films viral fame among the young generation. Manik
Shantinath Patil, in her article ‘Surveillance of Parental Anxiety with Young
Adult Literature,’ gives critical response to the emerging field of ‘Young Adult
Literature’. The paper reveals how the young-adult novels are helpful to
understand the problem of emotional detachment faced by contemporary
parents.
Rajani Moti, in her article ‘The Postmodern Dilemma of Identity Crisis in
Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe,’ deals with how the social and cultural entities
generate the dilemma of identity crisis in the postmodern period. However, the
logical line of social change due to the postmodern premises is also found
extended in Dr. Muktaja Mathkari’s article, ‘Postcolonial Feminism: The New
Ethics in the Globalizing World.’ She analyses the undercurrents of the process of
globalization in contemporary culture. This contemporary attitude of
deconstruction or challenging the established facts can be traced in Vipan Pal
Singh’s article ‘Fanon’s Discourse of Decolonization’. The paper is a good critical
commentary on Frantz Fanon’s theory of ‘Decolonization’ with appropriate
textual references.
Jayant R Salve in his article ‘A Room of Her Own, the New Age Woman in
Indian TV Ads: A Feminist Discourse’ rightly points out the reciprocal relations
between advertisement and culture. The paper with appropriate examples shows
how advertisement influences the contemporary culture by influencing the
habits of the people; however it also focuses how the traditional cultural codes
indirectly influence depiction of women in the advertisement. Mrs. Deepa Patil’s
article ‘The Corruption of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great
Gatsby’ analyzes the novel in the light of destruction of American Dream. The
researcher’s knowledge of sociological, historical and political facts makes the
analysis convincing. The Issue ends with the poems of Dr. N.G. Wale and
Shivkumar Agrawal. The poems selected for the issue are distinct in the use of
language and thematic concerns.
sustention of the cultural entities into the remote part of the world but it also extends a
specific geo-cultural identity to the world. This cultural transmission is helpful to the
process of globalization but it is also apparent that this transmission is still haunted by
the western discourses that produced out of prejudices or a media generated
stereotypes. Dr. Rama Hirawat, in the light of this problem of media-generated images,
investigates how Indian Cinema explores Arab Culture in her research article, “Imaging
through Images: Arab Culture in Indian Cinema”. The adaptation of a literary work to a
film media is emerging as one of the significant research avenue in today’s academics as
the discourses were written to elucidate the theory of adaptation and to explore how
the transition of a written script into a cinematic art becomes a transformation of a
literary motif into a cinematic intention. Arafat Mohammad Noman thinks in this
direction and by comparing the film adaptations of Hamlet, points out how a
Shakespearean text is highly loaded with the meaning that can be encoded in a specific
geo-cultural environment and the absence of it might lead audience towards the
distortion of fact.
Suryavanshi M. Y. in her article, ‘Demoralizing Effects of Racism Projected in
The Bluest Eye of Toni Morison’ analyses Toni Morison’s The Bluest Eye in order to
investigate how the racial discrimination demoralize the black individuals. The
article is interesting to read as it encompasses the socio-cultural facts along with the
political realities. Richa Puri in her article “Irony as Feminist Trope in R. K. Narayan’s
Fiction” analyses the fiction of R. K. Narayan in the light of feminist perspective. R. K.
Narayan’s fiction is analysed from several other perspectives like cultural studies,
postcolonial social milieu and the vivid characterization but it is seen that the present
perspective was fragmentarily explored by the researchers. Thus, she has made an
attempt in that direction. Sangita T. Ghodake’s article “Archetypes of ‘Collective
Unconscious’ of The Mahabharata in Rajneeti” attempts to explore film from the
comparative perspective; identifies the characters with the mythical personas; and
addresses the similarity in the thematic concerns. This is an attempt to contemporize
the principles reflected in The Mahabharata and relocate its universal value.
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Prashant Yadav’s article “The Influence of Mother in the life of Mahatma Gandhi
with reference to The Story of my Experiments with Truth” explores how Gandhi’s
mother contributes in the creation of a Mahatma. The textual references and its
coherent and logical analysis make the paper worthwhile to read. Dr. Ashok M
Hulibandi’s “Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture: An Inspirational and Heart-Warming
about Living” analyses the text and explores the optimistic vision of the author. The
researcher skilfully comments on both the aspects of the novel that are narrated and
narration. The text becomes one of New York Times best-selling books with the tone of
honesty maintained in narration and narrated the optimistic vision.
Vrushali Nagarale’s “Identity Crises in some women’s autobiographies from
different social strata within Maharashtra” attempts to compare the woman in two
different social strata. The researcher by selecting the two social starts – one from the
Brahmins, the upper strata in social hierarchy and another from the Shudras, the
suppressed bottom – maintains a difference in the social experience and at the same
time compare their texts on the juncture of identity crises.
Dr Anil S. Sugate and Dr Shashikant Mhalunkar in his article “Exploring Multiple
Locations and femininities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland” puts forth that how Jhumpa
Lahiri constructs the mosaic of social experiences and reveals how the female character
switches in between the roles they adopt in foreign lands and the one that they are
socially inherited at home. Nandkumar Shinde’s article, “Long Walk to Freedom: The
Experience Viewing an Autobiography” explores the movie made on the life of Nelson
Mandela. The researcher’s knowledge of Mandela’s life and art of film making, make the
article more valid and illustrative. The foregrounding of the socio-political references
and the historical facts achieves two folded aim to reinvent the life of Mandela in film
and the vividness and limitations of a screen.
Diaspora reflected in Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Rain. The dynamics of society
and culture produces different prints of diasporic consciousness that gave birth
to the unique literary enterprises. The essay brings to our notice that the
literature written in this direction can be categorized as diasporic but the feeling
of liminality varies from culture to culture. The essay, therefore, surpasses mere
analysis of diasporic exploration towards the synthesis of cultural problems.
Arafat Mohammad Noman in his essay ‘Cybernetics and Feminism: Post ‘Her’
Away and Post-Haraway’ gives us a glimpse of panoramic world of virtual
simulacrum in which the identity categorization as a man and woman of our
world can be deconstructed. The virtuosity of cyber space allows one to
eradicate his bodily presence and adopt an identity which cannot be ‘ghettoized’
or ‘fixated’ but rather it is like ‘fluid’ which offers flexibility in embodiment of
identity.
Dr. Urmila Sanyal’s article ‘Nostalgic Reflections in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass
Palace’ gives a very good reading experience as it encompasses the sociocultural
milieu of Burma, Bengal, India, and Malaya of a specific historical period.
The analysis unfolds the multilayered meaning of the narrative and brings to our
notice that the novel has a space that interlocks the past and present. The essay
opens a possibility of reading The Glass Palace as a narrative of global change.
Shailaja A. Changundi investigates the dystopian alert reflected in the Science
Fiction of Iain M. Banks and Stephen Baxter. The essay in fact is a tour through
the world of artificial intelligence where the machines rule and turn earth to a
decoy. The topic is interesting and worth reading.
Dr Sonali Anand in her research paper ‘Hollowness of a Fully Emancipated
Woman in Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook’ explores the kaleidoscope of
women’s world. The novel encompasses vast time and space and addresses
many personal and social issues of the contemporary period. As a result it cannot
be captured in a single research enterprise and with a single research angle but,
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on the contrary, it can be explored for its multidimensional reflections. The
present paper is an attempt in this direction. The paper superbly accommodates
us in the train of thoughts that halts at the stations like Stalinism, the Cold War
and women’s liberation movement and advances towards the mental and
societal breakdown. N.K. Shinde attempts to capture the optimistic plight of
Chetan Bhagat by analyzing his speech. The essay is a critical commentary on his
speech that perceives many offshoots that otherwise may remain unexplored.
The personal anecdotes and popular phrases make this speech more interesting.
Prabhanjan Mane interestingly re-approaches Shakespeare’s King Lear with the
perspective of ecocriticism and brings to our notice that fear of environmental
decay is present even in the stage art of Shakespearean period. This threat has
now emerged as one of the recurrent themes of contemporary science fiction.
The textual references used by the author make the article more logical and
convincing.
In the language segment we have an illustrative research article of Dr. A. M.
Sarwade who examines the production of speech act of apology by the
postgraduate students in order to understand the semantic strategies employed
by them and analyses the collected data in the light of structure of apology
proposed by Olshtain, Cohen and Ogiermann. The paper can be seen as a
significant addition to our knowledge of Pragmatic Competence and a good
demonstration of research in language. However, Shailaja Yadavpatil deals with
Sudhir Kakar’s novel, The Seeker and attempts to analyze the quest for identity
with reference to cultural psychology and the identity constructions. Dr. Suresh
Patil and Dr. H. B. Patil in their article analyse Tara Moss’s Split in the light of
psychological disorders. The article has an interdisciplinary relevance as it draws
the theory of Psychological disorder and by applying it to a literary work throws
light on the entanglement between the discipline of Psychology and Literary
Criticism.
Vinutha P. Kunderi interviews Dr. Aravind Malagatti in order to focus the
significance of Dalit autobiographies which reveals the peripheral world. It is
significant as it prepares a socio-cultural frame that will help us to perceive a
Dalit Autobiography. The present intellectual feast ends with Dr. N.G. Wale’s
sweet poems ‘Waiting for the Mahatma’ and ‘Modern India’. I hope that this
issue will prove itself an intellectual assistance in understanding different
contemporary issues in the areas of literature and language studies.
points out that in the wake of the new modules like virtual classrooms, ICT Based teaching and
computer assisted learning, technological facilities become more significant in the entire
process of knowledge making. As the article focuses the every possible entanglement of
technology in the teaching-learning process, it becomes a significant documentation on the
current phenomena in the academics. Ravindra B. Tasildar undertakes a critical scrutiny of
Special English syllabuses of BA courses prescribed to the select Indian Universities. The article
is a fine comparison of the syllabuses prescribed in Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur Universities for
Special English paper. The article in particular is an excellent critique of the syllabuses
prescribed in the select universities and in general it is significant case study that attempts to
generalize certain research findings in the designing of the Special English Syllabi for Indian
learners. Dr. Gurudatta S. Mhangore brings forth very crucial issues regarding the teaching of
technical communication in Indian classrooms. He throws light on the problems faced by Indian
teachers in dealing with the technical communication. In the age of technology, it not only
becomes essential but mandatory to learn technical communication. Indian academics that still
believe in the traditional modes of teaching and learning have to cope with these changes and
make their student competent in the global competition.
Mr. Arafat Mohammad Noman and Mr. Qazi Arka Rahman reflect on the poetic talent of
Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara. The paper is a classic exploration of expressions of ‘self’ mystified
in the poetry of Okara. The paper critically comments on the poet’s fusion of the self, nature
and culture. The paper introduces poet’s talent with all his thematic concerns and artistic
renderings. Dr. Pragti Sobti analyses the fractured identities depicted in Bharti Mukerjee’s
Jasmine. The paper throws light on the problems of acculturation and assimilation faced by a
seventeen years old Hindu widow migrated to US. Though, the focus of the paper is
readdressing the fractured identity, in the central research argument the context of female
struggle and diasporic theory is also observed as an inevitable part of the analysis. Dr. H. B. Patil
in his article analyses Tara Moss’s Split in the light of psychological disorders. The article has an
interdisciplinary relevance as it draws the theory of Psychological disorder and by applying it to
a literary work throws light on the entanglement between the discipline of Psychology and
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Literary Criticism. Patil Sangita Sharanappa and Manjushree M analyses Deela Khan’s poem
‘Engaging the Shades of Robben Island’ with the Ecofeminist perspective. The paper explores
the analogy between Nature and Woman as both are the subject of subjugation and
oppression. The textual examples used in the paper reveals the Ecofeminist approach of Khan.
Rashmi Malik’s paper is a comparative study of the opening scenes of Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar and Karnad’s Tughlaq. Though, these plays are written in two different continents and
from two different dramatists having different socio-political and historical background, their
plays surprisingly shows certain similarities that appeal to the universal audience. The paper
compares the opening scenes of these plays and critically comments on the literary motif of
these playwrights.
Vidya Sadashiv Lendave analyses Amit Chaudhuri’s A New World in the light of the
term Transnationalism. The paper is an insightful understanding of the present novel in the
context of the terminology of transnationalism. The paper is a significant contribution to the
contemporary research agenda of transnationalism as it critically scrutinizes the text to explore
the current cultural modes. Dr. Sujata Bamane’s applies Feminist Perspective to analyse Anita
Desai’s Cry, the Peacock. The understanding of the feminist school of criticism and the facility of
analysing its literary rendering, make this paper one of the finest examples of the ‘theory and
practice’ type of literary research. Contemporary Cultural Studies has witnessing the rise of
‘multiculturalism’. The phenomenon has not only changed the cultural scene of the
contemporary world but it also has an immense influence on the entire academics as the
discourses moves its focus from mono-cultural context to the every possibility of the social
conduct in the multiculturalism. J. P. Kamble analyses Mordecai Richler’s Son of a Smaller Hero
in the context of multiculturalism. India is country of great diversity and complex social
structure and she gave birth to similarly vibrant literary tradition. Madhuri Deshmukh wants to
explore this though by pointing out how the Indian Feminist though is complex in its structure
as subjugation is regulated in the name of gender and further of the down trodden cast. The
paper analyses Mukta Salawe’s Manga Mahara’s Grief and gives textual evidences to the
complex theory of Indian Feminism.
The comparative study of, Narayan and Louise Erdrich undertaken by Nidhi Singh
attempts to re-contextualize the ‘indigeneity’ in the light of cultural dynamics. The change is
inevitable in the social and cultural context of a nation and it resulted in the alteration of the
relations between the trebles of periphery and the empowered centres of mainstream culture.
The paper is significant to know the models of cultural studies and its application in the analysis
of a literary work. The line of though is further seen extended in S. N. Kiran’s article, ‘Society in
Transition: Cultural History in Attia Hosain’s Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961)’. The paper
explores Attia Hosain’s concern with the cultural history and explores how her dual motif of
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conserving culture at least in a literary portrait and evaluating the cultural loses in the wake of
new social structure.
Rohit K. Kulkarni, Prof. P. A. Attar and Dr. P. R. Shewale explore Marginality in Janet
Frame’s Autobiography An Angel at My Table. The paper superbly reveals that how the line
between the social sanity and insanity is thin and how it can be crossed and restored. The paper
reveals that how her marginalized status influences her process of socialization and affects her
psyche. The cultural clash has been remained an interesting topic for the academicians of the
past and present. Anil N Dadas’s article deals with John Masters’ Coromandel! in the light of the
East-West Encounter. The paper focuses on the beginning period of the international relations
that further gave birth to the transnational, multicultural and global world of todays. The
textual references quoted in the paper unfold the panoramic view of the East-West encounter.
The issue of diaspora is another significant agenda of the present critical theory as it has
contemporary socio-cultural relevance. Uday P. Shirgave with Dr. P. R. Shewale explores the
Diaspora Consciousness in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing The River. The paper unfolds the labyrinth of
an expatriate psyche and addresses many thematic concerns pertaining to the immigrant
world.
The paper of D. M. Sanadi and Professor P. A. Attar shows how the Ian McEwan uses the
time clock of human psyche in his novel The Child in Time. The paper is a good example of a
literary research as it strictly follows a logical line and a rational approach. Prakash B. Bellikatti
and Dr. S. B. Bhamber explore how Richard Ford in his A Peace of My Heart destabilizes the
Binary Set of Masculine/Feminine Identification. The paper explores how Ford deconstructs the
traditional notions of masculinity and subverts it for the new gender identity. The poems of
Chandan Mishra – My Love For Humanity and Britto’s Indignation – reflects her originality as a
poet and the intellectual capacity to use the sensible poetic language.
Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Shift from Eurocentrism to Humanism’ discusses the
issue of racial discrimination with the reference to two well-known literary
artifacts. The conclusion of the article interestingly notes the shift of literature
from ‘Eurocentrism’ to ‘Humanism’. Sharmin Afroz Shantu analyses ‘The Yellow
Wallpaper’ and ‘To Room Nineteen’ in order to investigate the myth of the ‘happy
homemaker’. The texts selected for the paper represent two different spaces with
two different ideologies, but both reflect women’s struggle with the space and for
the space in common. Priyanka Jindal makes an attempt to focus changing
interpretations and definitions of aesthetic for the female dalit author and the
female black author with special reference to the works of Bama and Audre Lorde.
A comparative study of the works written by dalit and black literary personalities
adds interestingly new dimensions to the existing body of knowledge. Dr. Tripti
Karekatti in her article ‘The Idea of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and Modern Indian
Writers: A Study of Raja Rao, Chaman Nahal and Datta Bhagat’ analyses the select
Indian texts to show how the authors from different castes approach the idea and
rework it in their works. Dr. A. K. Chaturvedi analyses the literary works of
Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga and compares their preoccupation
with the marginalized sections of society. The paper compares how these authors
depict the subjugation of marginalized communities. Swati Chandra undertakes a
Feminist Study of Modern Tamil Poetry by Women and celebrates the bold
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defiance of these ‘sovereign queens of words’, namely Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti
Revathi and Sukirtharini. Dr. Pramod A. Ganganmale in his article ‘Comparative
Analysis of Baromas and The Grapes of Wrath’ points out the issues pertaining to
farmers, their problems, their protest, their cultural conflicts and their social,
educational, and political existence. Dr Shweta Gupta, after analysing many facts
related to the modern society, in her article ‘Emerging Bilingualism and
Biculturalism in India’, reveals that the modern communication technology and
rapidly developing international trading is promoting the bilingualism and
biculturalism in India. Dr. Sunita Agarwal’s paper analyzes Karnad’s play The Fire
and the Rain reveals that how it contextualizes the myth to discuss contemporary
issues and the relevance of it to bring out the heterogeneity and diversity of
meaning in the text. The poems by Dr. N. G. Wale ‘Winners and Losers’ and ‘Life’
reflect the philosophy of life. Babasaheb B. Patil’s interview with Thomas Keneally
will help us to materialize his literary vision in order to understand his novels.
of partition that used to be the significant thematic concern of the postcolonial Indian literary
tradition. The sociological background and the political facts bridge the knowledge gap and
help to understand the most probable implications of the short stories of Manto. A. K. Chaturvedi’s
investigation into the social relations with special reference to Kamala Markandaya’s The
Coffer Dams, Arun Joshi’s The City and the River, and Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide, in the
light of political power reveals many interesting facts about human psyche. Dr. Smita Patil deals
with Mahesh Dattani’s Thirty Days in September and comments on the suffering of women.
The references to the feminist theories and the solid support of the textual background make
the analysis valid. The article reveals that how Dattani gives ‘voices’ to the ‘silence’ of women in
his artistic medium. Dr. Prakash A. Patil writes about the family disintegration while analyzing
Shashi Deshpande’s A Matter of Time. The review of the changes that have been noted in
the social behaviors of the older and younger generations, interestingly, reveals the roots of the
contemporary social behaviors. Dr. Bhoomika Thakur’s article on Arundhati Roy’s The God of
Small Things explores evils of patriarchal society, caste prejudice, class discrimination, sexual
perversion, incest etc. Vidya Lendave analyzes Rushdie’s Shalimar The Clown by adopting the
various models of literary analysis developed in the discipline of cultural studies. The research
article has very interesting research findings that reveal hybridization and creolization of aboriginal
models of culture.
Darsha Jani analyzes Kanaiyalal Munshi’s The Master of Gujarat and Rajadhiraj in order
to explore the voyage from ‘Self-pride’ to ‘Capitulation’. As the article explores one of the important
authors from Gujarat literary tradition, it significantly attempts to explore the literature that
has been written in Indigenous language. Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana was explored by various
scholars from different angles, but K. Aravind Mitra’s perspective to approach the play is totally
different. Article explores the notion of ethics and attempt to place it in the context of Hayavadana.
Mrs Lalthakim Hma analyzes certain proverbs and points out the facts about humanity.
This article examines the representation of women in proverbs. It questions the interpretation of
the term proverb as ‘a statement of absolute truth of humanity’. The article is concerned mainly
with those proverbs that bluntly express certain slurs or stereotypes against women. The feminist
line of thinking is sustained further in the article of Pravin D. Suryawanshi. He analyzes
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Sister of My Heart and The Vine of Desire. It explores the world of
an immigrant woman in the estranged culture. The feminist approach is further broadened by
Priyanka Yadav, as she makes a critical statement in connection with Asian women writers by
analyzing a representative novel The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.
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These literary articles are followed by the articles on ELLT. Prin. Dr. Arjun Kumbhar
methodically claims that educational failure is primarily a linguistic failure and which is rooted
in the proficiency of Teachers of English. Error analysis of the Primary School English Teachers
in Kolhapur District reveals that the medium of knowledge is a major factor that causes
educational failure. Dr. Suneetha Yedla points out that how Swami Vivekananda’s Five Dimensions,
one can design life skills in Curriculum to develop the personality of the student. Dr. Ravi
Bhushan article reveals that indigenous literature can be used as an effective teaching resource
in ELT classroom. The interview of M. K. Naik by Prin. Dr. L. G. Jadhav helps us to understand
the thought line of a critic and how to think methodically. The issue is ended with the thought
provoking poems of Dr. N. G. Wale. Thus, it is hoped, these articles will help you to understand
the thematic concerns of contemporary literature and probe into the problems of English Language
and Literature teaching.