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Tagore's Chitra and Aurobindo's Savitri
Rabindranath Tagore S Drama Chitra Is Aimed At Reminding Man That The Ultimate Truth Is To Be Found Not At The Physical Level But In The Steady Evolution Of The Self. The Illumination Of A Young Princess Mind Lies In The Recognition And Realization That It Is In Truth Alone That True Happiness Resides. Similarly Aurobindo S Epic Savitri Seeks To Narrate The Story Of A Young Princess Who Saves The Life Of Her Husband From Death To Suggest The Ultimate Liberation Of Man From Universal Death. Chitra And Savitri Are Upanishadic Works In The Sense That Their Principal Theme Is The Search For Vidya (Knowledge) That Liberates Man From Avidya (Ignorance), And That Their Main Stylistic Device Is The ...
Postmodern Indian English Literature
Postmodernism In Indian English Literature Refers To The Works Of Literature After 1980. If Raja Rao S Kanthapura (1938) Marks Modernism, Salman Rushdie S Midnight S Children (1981) And Nissim Ezekiel S Latter-Day Psalms (1982) Mark Postmodernism In Indian English Literature. In This Book, Dr. Bijay Kumar Das Has Analysed Postmodern Indian English Literature Genre-Wise Poetry, Novel, Short Story, Drama And Autobiography. This Is A Critical History Of Indian English Literature In The Postmodern Period, Meant For Students, Researchers As Well As Teachers Who Seek An Introduction To It.
The Novels of D.H. Lawrence
The Present Book Is A Grateful Acknowledgement Of The Contribution Of D.H. Lawrence In The Arena Of Literature During The Twentieth Century. A Renowned Novelist, Poet And Critic, The Essential Lawrence Is Solidified In The Four Related Novels, Three In Quick Succession, The Fourth Flung Far Late, Though No Damage Done To The Running Linkage Thereby. These Four Works Sons And Lovers, A Faithful Autobiographical Account Of Lawrence S Early Years; The Rainbow, A Novel Marked For Obscenity And Frankness About Sex; Women In Love, An Analytical Study Of Sexual Depravity And An Epic Of Vice ; And Lady Chatterley S Lover, A Novel Banned Except For An Expurgated Edition Until 1959 In Spite Of Their S...
Reflections on Indian English Fiction
The Book Presents A Collection Of Papers That Are Wide Ranging Not Only In The Choice Of Authors Two Of The Big Trio, R.K. Narayan And Raja Rao On The One Hand, And The Recent Ones Like Upamanyu Chatterjee And Manju Kapur On The Other, But Also In The Different Angles From Which These Novelists Have Been Discussed. It Includes A Much Talked About Author Like Arundhati Roy As Well As A Remarkable But Less Discussed Writer Like Ruskin Bond. It Consists Of Feminist Study As Well As Semiotic Study And Postmodern Reading.
The Novels of Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand, The Doyen Of Indian English Fiction, Whose Writing Career Spanned Nearly Four Decades, Has Carved Out A Permanent Niche In The Literary World. Anand S Writings Are Marked By His Fine Perception Of The Indian Ethos, The Sinister Forces That Operate In The Indian Society, His Humanitarian Outlook And Profound Sympathy For The Down-Trodden And The Underprivileged. His Novels Are Thus Faithful Transcripts Of And Serious Comments On The Contemporary Social Reality.The Twelve Insightful Essays That Constitute This Volume Not Only Shed New Light On The Old Classics Like Untouchable, Coolie, Two Leaves And A Bud, And The Old Woman And The Cow, But Also Deals With Issues Like Despair ...
A Handbook of Translation Studies
Like Criticism, Translation Is Always A Text About A Text And Hence It Is A Metatext. We Translate By Intuition. There Is No Science Of Translating Though There Are Scientific Theories Of Translation. In This Book, The Author Has Made A Thorough Analysis Of Various Aspects Of Translation Studies Both In The East And The West. Apart From Making A Background Study Of Translation, He Has Analysed Translation As Creative Writing, As Linguistic Bridge-Building And As Nation Building. The Author Has Devoted A Chapter Each To The Important Subjects: Theory And Practice Of Translation: The Indian Context, Comparative Literature And Translation Studies: A Correlation, The Role Of The Translator, A Critique Of Translation Theories And Above All, The Place Of Translation In The Twenty-First Century In The Global Context. This Is An Incisive And Well Researched Book On Translation Studies In Our Country.
Literary Criticism in Theory and Practice
Advanced Students Of Literary Criticism Would Definitely Find This Book Stimulating As Well As Illuminating As It Presents A Penetrating Analysis Of The Major Theories And Practices Of All The Dominant Groups Of Literacy Critics Of Our Times. In The Course Of The Critical Survey Of The Critical Principles And Methods Of All The Major Cities, The Chicago Critics Attempt A Critique Of Contemporary Criticism In Their Monumental Work, Critics And Criticism: Essays In Method Of The Chicago Critics. Hence, The Focus Of This Book Is On The Pluralistic Approach Of These Critics Who Were Aware Of The Powers And Limitations Of All The Critical Methods. Each Critical Method, Even The Aristotelian Metho...
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Hastily Written In Pencil And Serialized In Blackwood S Magazine In 1899 As The Heart Of Darkness , And Later Published In Book Form In 1902, As Heart Of Darkness, The Sibylline Charm Of The Novel Has Established It As One Of The Most Important Canonical Texts Of British Literature. Critics Have Seen The Book As An Angry Document On Absurd And Brutal Exploitation (Guerard), Probably The Greatest Short Novel In English (Karl), An Annunciation Of The Savage God (Cox), An Adventure Story, An Early Instance Of Modern Fiction, An Existential Novel, And An Early Specimen Of New Historicism. The Novel Turns On A Double Paradox (Hillis Miller), And Addresses Itself Simultaneously To Europe S Exploit...
Critique of Poetics
Poetry And Poetics Are Integrally Related. The Former Is An Art Based On Emotions, Whereas The Latter Is A Science Evaluating Poetry. So Long Their Common Mode Of Treatment Has Been To Excite In The Mind The Emotions Appropriate To The Subject-Matter. But Science And Art Are Not Identical. The Former Uses The Discursive Mode; And The Latter The Presentational Mode. While Science Is Truth, The Art Is Adjectively True , I.E. It Does Not Conflict With The Truth.The Book Critique Of Poetics Is An Extremely Bold And Far Reaching Attempt At A Comprehensive Theory Of Poetry. It Starts With A Sound-Sense Continuum And Ends With Quantum Poetics. The Path Of Evolution Is Marked By The Poetic Process, ...
Vikram Seth's Art
Vikram Seth Is One Of The Most Well-Known And Successful Names In The Indian English Writing Today. Internationally Renowned For His Artistic Skill Of Blending The Poet S Sensitivity With The Narrator S Comprehension Of The Elements Of Plot, Structure, And Character, Seth Has Been Able To Span Geographical And National Barriers And Played A Major Role In Bringing The Indian English Writing Onto The Stage Of World Literature.The Present Book Vikram Seth S Art An Appraisal Is The First Full-Length Study Of Vikram Seth S Entire Literary Output. It Introduces The Readers To Vikram Seth S Life And Background And Evaluates His Writings, His Thematic Concerns, His Diversification Into Different Genres And His Contribution To The Present-Day Literary Scene. Seth S Work Merits Detailed Study And This Book Presents A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Different Aspects Of His Writing.It Is Hoped That The Book Would Be Of Great Interest To The Readers Who Are Fond Of English Novels And Poems. In Addition, It Will Prove Useful To The Students Of English Literature.
