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Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142220210901Concept of Dharma in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy11315705410.26655/JELCS.2021.2.1ENBOYAPATI SAMRAJYALAKSHMILAKIREDDY BALI REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGJournal Article20210705ABSTRACT <br />Dharma is especially duty in a modern context. Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy is an astonishing title based on Shiva Purana. Amish Tripathi's 'Shiva Trilogy series is a perfect example of a novelization of Indian mythology. Amish Tripathi had included the principal names of Shiv Purana directly into his Shiva Trilogy made easier to ordinary people to understand and directly going depth into each character throughout the narration. Recently many writers have made effort to bring Indian mythology aiming at an ordinary man, and fictionalizing gods in human form. Amish's Shiva trilogy is a mythical fantasy based on the assumption of the mythical Gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and mainly Shiva, Sati, Ganesh, Kartikeya, Nandi, Kali, Bhrigu, Bhagirath, etc. in a human form. The author had recreated many characters who strictly follow their own Dharma. Dharma is an essence of life and of interest to many writers concentrating on mythological fiction especially Amish Tripathi and such this paper is chosen to focus on that subject. The protagonist of this novel is none other than Shiva who has been born blue throat and named Neelkanth, came from mount Kailash to Meluha, and visited many places in not only understanding the evil but also to save people by eliminating the evil, somras out of the equation. Shiva sacrifices his duty, swadharma for the greater good, universal Dharma. This paper aims at the concept of Dharma in the Shiva Trilogy in which Indian mythology is fictionalized.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_157054_3c2b5b56e66541e8bd05e7724783d2f7.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142220210901The Re-construction of Canadian National Identity in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments142413913310.26655/JELCS.2021.2.2ENZiweiYANChina，Beijing，University of Science and Technology, Beijing.Journal Article20210806In Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, women are still the object of the male gaze, which is similar to the plot of its prequel The Handmaid’s Tale, but different from the prequel, the new book is more revelatory and subversive. It is not just meant to help women rebel against male power, but also points out the way for Canada, which was in the same situation with women, to get rid of its “colonial mentality” and construct national identity in the context of globalization. In the novel, Atwood connects the status of the three female protagonists with Canada’s national situation. She reviews how Canada set itself free from American hegemony to establish its national consciousness by writing the course in which female characters fight against the male oppression and reconstruct their identity. Atwood further predicts that, in the 21st century where the development of win-win cooperation has become a global theme, Canada can only construct a complete national identity through the unity of its “self” with its external “other”—the United States, so as to provide endless possibilities for future development.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_139133_aa538133cd59e42eda1b2e65e0828fa9.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142220210901Lacanian Desire& Fantasy& Trauma in Paul Auster’s Man in the Dark253013913410.26655/JELCS.2021.2.3ENMasumehZarinkoobIslamic Azad University. Science and Research branchJournal Article20210820Abstract: This paper aims to examine Paul Auster’s Man in the Dark (2008) under the light of Jacques Lacan’s theories including “Desire,” “Fantasy,” “Trauma”. In spite of various valuable works that have been done in all different areas, there has not been any attempts to examine the concept of desire, fantasy, and trauma together in one study. Moreover, the researcher attempts to prove that the juxtaposition of desire and fantasy result in trauma on some of the characters. The word, trauma, is concerned with the psychological and individual characteristics. In this sense, the researcher focuses on the psychological reading of trauma to examine how some characters combat with these traumatic experiences. Due to the fact that no traumatized characters can manifest the full image of trauma, the researcher claims that there is no master-signifier. That is to say, this reveals the infeasibility of categorizing the multiple layers of trauma impacts. Furthermore, Lacan asserts that the notion of desire causes the entire propensities in the characters' life. On the other hand, these tendencies lead to frustration as well as depression in some characters. By scrutinizing the main character, August Brill, the researcher aims to elucidate the unfulfillment of his desires which leads him to experience traumatic occasions. In this sense, this research demonstrates the sequence of notions like fantasy as well as the desire by evaluating his life. Although this character battles with own issues to remove his traumatic memories, it becomes apparent that the consequence of traumatization remains inevitable.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_139134_328eb9d60c7cabaefdeb7f762d1d3e4a.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142220210901Connecting García Márquez and Murakami314113920110.26655/JELCS.2021.2.4ENMichael LOliver1292 Cherokee DriveJournal Article20210923In several of Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami's novels, magical realism is used more as an embellishment of remembrance. The suggestion is that magic realism is plagued by a distinct dilemma, a problem arising primarily from its use of supplementation as an improvement upon the realistic text. For García Márquez and Murakami, the possibility of locating the female spirit through magical realism characterizes the structures of their work and confronts issues. Cultural influences embody an environmental world of magical realism where the broad range of magical realism connects García Márquez and Murakami through the empowerment of the feminist movement is an attempt not to overthrow patriarch unjust social systems but to work within the system. To most feministic viewpoints, a feminist struggle is overcoming patriarchal societies by eliminating racial and economic divides, which oppresses women and people of non-binary genders that are a derivative caused by the patriarchal unit. Gender slavery demands acknowledgment of male privilege and a women’s determination to actively be treated and considered equal in all aspects as the male species.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_139201_0e76b08d36d664d55a99a3fdf4a26372.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142220210901Poetics of Revolution: anti-colonialism in Maruf Al-Rusafi's Day of Fallujah and Munir Shikohabad's The Qasida425113920010.26655/JELCS.2021.2.5ENAli KareemSameerMinistry of Education in Iraq-Anbar Education DirectorateJournal Article20210811This paper aims at exploring the theme of anti-colonialism in Maruf Al-Rusafi's poem ''Day of Fallujah'' and Munir Shikohabad's poem ''The Qasida''. Both of them are undergoing a generating considerable interest in terms of anti-colonialism with their pens and poems that entered the history of struggle against colonialism. This paper also documents the refusal of people of both countries: India and Iraq for the British colonial rule by analyzing two poems of Munir Shikohabadi and Maruf Al-Rusafi. The role of those two poets was to call for the unity of their people and encourage them to rebel against the colonizers and their agents; by condemning the British colonizers and disclosing their bluffing. This study is an attempt to answer the questions: how did Al-Rusafi and Shikohabadi link the bridge of struggle against colonialism through their poems? What were the literary techniques Al-Rusafi and Shikohabadi used to make their poems be argumentative in modern literature?https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_139200_d2052cc9ea02727525dc5ca7f7bf8983.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142220210901Theories of nation and its becoming by Benedict Anderson and Homi Bhabha in the context of John Dos Passos’ U.S.A. trilogy.526013919910.26655/JELCS.2021.2.6ENTahsinAltarimeshifallahMA Student of English LiteratureJournal Article20210801This research intends to make an understanding of the concept regarding the theories of nation and its becoming by Benedict Anderson and Homi Bhabha in the context of John Dos Passos’ U.S.A. trilogy. Having read the novels, it was found out that there are twelve brothers that their life is related. Moreover, the effect of historical context influences the subjectivity and identity of the characters could be seen. The characters of the novels look for the new identity in the new context with new culture. The main concern of this essay is to discuss the possibility of imagining a community or a collection of people in a society like what is presented in John Dos Passos’ trilogy U.S.A., as a nation through its narration. Also, the matter of nation as either an open-ended concept or an ever-changing idea that is theorized by Benedict Anderson and Homi Bhabha is discussed. According to the ideas and theories of Benedict Anderson and Homi Bhabha around nationalism and national identity and considering the idea of this research about the relation between narration and nation, it seems to be appropriate to pose some questions that come across in the process of this research.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_139199_c534d1641d79040c9d6a8a4aa1916e4c.pdf