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• Marginalization and The Indian English Literature

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In a world when issues relating to human rights have been under critical focus, literary depictions of the experiences of marginalized groups have acquired great significance. The modern spurt in Dalit literature in India is an attempt to bring to… Read More ›

• Post-Colonial Reading of R. Parthasarathy’s Poem ‘Exile’

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The most reassuring thing about the past is that it happened. (From “Exile”, 75) Past has ingenious and insidious ways of reaching present and future through its invisible yet powerful tentacles. It resists fading away without leaving traces. It is… Read More ›

• A Brief History of English Literature

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This is the most abridged notes on History of English Literature. To download the content in pdf click the following link History of English Literature CHAPTER 1 OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE The Old English language or Anglo-Saxon is the earliest form… Read More ›

• A Brief History of the English Language

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  English is descended from an ancient parent language now called Proto-Indo-European, spoken about 5,000 years ago. There are no written records of this ancient language, but we know that it existed because of the many related languages descended from it…. Read More ›

• John Fiske and Television Culture

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In his book, Television Culture, John Fiske said he faces the problem defining both television as well as culture. He defines television as a bearer/provoker of meaning and pleasure and culture as the generation and circulation of the variety of… Read More ›

• Politics of Meaning Making and the Trickster Impulse in Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The Trickster impulse, which is a symbol of transgression in world literature, is variously defined by anthropologists, sociologists, psychotherapists, cultural theorists, writers and film critics. Enemy of boundaries, trickster figure resists the narrow framing of definition. Creativity- the ability to… Read More ›

• Treatment of Philosophy, Spirituality and Desire in Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra

  By Nasrullah Mambrol on July 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra is a study of the conundrum of life through expedition stories entwined with a worldly humanistic approach. It offers authentic interpretations of Indian cultural values, music, art forms, heritage and a liberal dose of Indian… Read More ›