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Literary Theory & Criticism
A. Y. Eldhose, Vellikkeel Raghavan
Summary: This article observes the discursive space occupied by the play "Talking to Terrorists" by Robin Soans, by juxtaposing monologues of people with differing opinions on terrorism-related issues. The play's success lies in its inclusivity towards alternative voices in society, creating a polyphonic text. This study highlights how the play questions the binaries in media and cultural discourses, such as victim-victimizer, accuser-accused, and extremist-nationalist.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Aayushee Garg
Summary: This research article critically analyzes Raja Rao's novel "The Serpent and the Rope" in the light of Advaita Vedanta, exploring the nature of existence and the self, and re-evaluating societal norms that perpetuate cultural differences. By contextualizing the novel within the philosophical framework of Advaita Vedanta, this study offers a nuanced understanding of its literary and philosophical significance.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Vineeta Gupta, Manju
Summary: This paper discusses the crisis faced by the genre of novel since the first half of the 20th century and highlights the major factors responsible for its decline. It suggests post-fiction as a possible literary alternative to the novel in the cyber-age and uses qualitative-basic research methodology for its survey.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Anusha Hegde
Summary: The character Cress in Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles uses role-play and imagination to cope with social anxiety and issues of self-identity, revealing her inner world and desires.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Pooja Joshi, Anil Sehrawat
Summary: This study examines the impact of power and knowledge on women, using Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Invention of Wings as an example. It explores the effect of different power discourses on female characters and reveals how women challenge these discourses through resistance mechanisms.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Billy Beswick
Summary: This essay presents a comparative reading of Li Ang's The Lost Garden and Ye Liangshan's Nanjing 1937, exploring the redefinition of public and private boundaries in the face of historical trauma. The analysis delves into the role of time and sexual politics in these novels, as well as the authors' challenge to nationalist histories and the openness of the past.
CONCENTRIC-LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Olga Beloborodova
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Paul Stewart
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Andrea Albrecht, Holger Dainat, Hans-Harald Mueller
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(2023)
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Dirk Rose
Summary: The paper focuses on the reviews in the DVjs during their founding period, and explores their function in establishing "Geistesgeschichte" as a research paradigm. Firstly, the author examines the text-type itself within the context of the journal and analyzes its strategic potential to (re-)organize research fields. Secondly, the author investigates the polemic function of such reviews and their relevance in the early years of the DVjs. Finally, the results of this analysis are discussed in relation to research on Baroque literature.
DEUTSCHE VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FUR LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND GEISTESGESCHICHTE
(2023)
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Joydeep Chakraborty
Summary: This article aims to achieve two goals by analyzing three post-9/11 metapoems: first, to present the crisis of language and the difficulty of representing 9/11 through more sophisticated metapoetic subjectivity than many other "belated" post-9/11 poems; second, to propose a theory of post-9/11 metapoetry based on the analysis of these poems and their predecessors in the twentieth century, indicating a new aesthetic stage in the representation of crisis in metapoems. The core message conveyed in the article is that post-9/11 metapoetry overcomes the crisis of representation in a way that goes beyond the specific event of 9/11 and becomes a universal aesthetic mode of expressing the inexpressible in the face of any ineffable traumatic experience.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
William Viestenz
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(2023)
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Tanya Mander, Narpinder Singh
Summary: The power of images and visuals in the digital landscape is recognized for representing, confronting, and affirming dominant discourse. Images offer social commentary and create space for cultural participation in contemporary reality. Within visual capitalism, images challenge stereotypes and counter politics and invisibility. Understanding the visual grammar of digital spaces is essential for grasping patterns of knowledge, consumption, and cultural interaction.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Venkateshwar Padhan, Sanjay Arora
Summary: This paper examines the protagonist of The White Tiger, Balram Halwai, as an embodiment of G.W.F. Hegel's notion of sublation, and explores the question of how a working-class man can achieve freedom in a capitalist society.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Nadia Shah
Summary: The Handmaid's Tale can be interpreted as a futuristic survival text that explores gender colonization and its representation in literature, shedding light on issues of inequality, oppression, fundamentalism, and resistance to colonial subjugation.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Mehraj Ud Din Zargar, Huma Yaqub
Summary: This research paper examines the ecological repercussions of the continuous wars in Iraq by analyzing the novels of Sinan Antoon and the environmental damage in the region.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Charu Ahluwalia
Summary: Amish Tripathi redefines the functioning of a nation and its politics through the medium of mythic fiction in Sita: Warrior of Mithila. The novel advocates for feminist nationalism by portraying the protagonist Sita as a warrior figure, representing a new culture of feminist nationalism.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Nina Caldeira
Summary: This paper investigates how the evolving landscape of Singapore reflects the changing national identity of the country and how the poems of poet Edwin Thumboo capture these transformations.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Briji Jose
Summary: The paper explores the changing human-nature relations in the biodiverse wetlands of Kuttanad, analyzing the novel Moustache by S. Hareesh to reveal the biocultural diversity of the land. It goes beyond unilateral perspectives to identify nature's changing relationship with man, discussing issues of anthropocentrism and ecophobia within the community. Kuttanad is portrayed as not just a geographically fixed space, but a culturally and spiritually infused place grounded in interconnected relationships.
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Literary Theory & Criticism
Kang-Po Chen
Summary: This paper examines the representation of women in Blake's poetry and their role in his revisionist Christian system. It finds that Blake's depictions of harlots and whores criticize sexual repression and plantation slavery, and also reflect the changing views on prostitution in the 18th century.
CONCENTRIC-LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
