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THE PLACE OF CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE

Shrikarunaakaran, K (Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Abstract: his paper deals with the reception of Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness. The novella gains in importance in two respects: one, it introduces a path-breaking modern narrative trend; two, it creates a stir ...
OTHERING AS SELF-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: A RELIGIOUS CONTEXT FROM INDIA

SHRIKARUNAAKARAN, K (Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2019)

This paper explores the construction of the Hindu identity even as the Muslims are represented as the other. Focus of the time period is confined to the 1990s. The period constitutes a truly ruptural moment in contemporary ...
“IMMODERATE DESIRE”: ROBINSON CRUSOE AS AN ALLEGORY OF CIVILIZATION OF MAN

Shrikarunaakaran, K (Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2019)

This paper aims to show that Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as a representational work of human civilization. It discusses the preoccupation of the work in its historical backdrop and evaluates as to what extent the ...
The Question of Meaning: A Theoretical Deliberation on Reader-Response Perspectives

SHRIKARUNAAKARAN, K (Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Meaning commands inexhaustible attention ever since critical consciousness manifested itself. Gearing up to a textual engagement for meaning, the role of the author, text, and the reader has alternately attracted attention. ...
ENDURING ARISTOTLE: A PREFATORY STUDY ON HIS LEGACY OF ETHICS AND AESTHETICS

SHRIKARUNAAKARAN, KANDIAH (2019)

The objective of this paper is to pinpoint and elucidate major conceptual contributions of Aristotle to art and literature at large. Aristotle's propositions offer enduring legacies both to literary philosophy and moral ...
‘Stifling Dust in the Air’: Glimpses of Personhood of an Egyptian Anti-heroi

Shrikarunaakaran, K (Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2019)

This paper explores Naguib Mahfouz’s novella The Thief and the Dogs in an effort to draw the silhouettes of personhood of Said Mahran, the protagonist. A revolutionary at the outset, Mahran cuts a sorry figure ultimately ...
Identity Politics and the Empowerment of the Marginalised in the Post-independent Indian Context.

Shrikarunaakaran, K (Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2019)

The objective of this paper is to survey the scenario of the identity politics pertaining to the marginalized community in India. Initially, it delineates the rationale of the politics in terms of identity and points up ...

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