The words 'Postcolonial' and 'Postcolonialism' are often used when we talk about the countries, s... more The words 'Postcolonial' and 'Postcolonialism' are often used when we talk about the countries, states etc. that have gone through the bitter period of colonialism and imperialism. Colonialism, as we know, is the process of subjugating the weaker and less powerful country by the more powerful and dominating one. Writers from the erstwhile colonies like Africa,
N Ne ew w M Ma an n I In nt te er rn na at ti io on na al l J Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f M Mu ul ... more N Ne ew w M Ma an n I In nt te er rn na at ti io on na al l J Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f M Mu ul lt ti id di is sc ci ip pl li in na ar ry y S St tu ud di ie es s ((U UG GC C A Ap pp pr ro ov ve ed d J Jo ou ur rn na al l N No o.. 4 45 58 88 86 6))
Literature is one of the timeless and charismatic artefacts of the human culture. It is character... more Literature is one of the timeless and charismatic artefacts of the human culture. It is characterised by foreverness, fantasy, imagination, pleasure, and its orgasmic flavour. Literature never loses its sheen and message. The message and motif of the works of Literature transcend time and mise-en-scene. The works of Literature are always addressed by their perpetuity and uninterrupted existence. Literary works never become banal and threadbare. They have a natural tendency to remain fresh and appealing. Literature is such kind of intellectual and imaginative effluence that is sonorous to speak, sagacious to read, and sempiternal to keep. The present paper attempts to show through a diachronic study how Literature is characterised by its intemporality and newness. Further, this paper highlights how Literature written in the antiquity is still a fresh and sumptuous feast for the coeval readers; besides this, the paper underscores the delectation and delight that have always remained the insignias of Literature. In addition to this, the paper shows how Literature acts as an artefact of societal reflection.
The term 'Deconstruction' has become a dernier cri in the arena of present Literary Theory. It is... more The term 'Deconstruction' has become a dernier cri in the arena of present Literary Theory. It is a very perplexing and vexing concept to follow. It is thought of as a conceptual chimera. The teachers and experts of Literary Theory have attached much complexity with this theory of deconstruction. This kind of approach on the part of teachers and experts is very disturbing and unfortunate for the students who are abecedarians in the field of Literary Theory. The present paper attempts to simplify this arcane theoretical concept through a definitive and illustrative approach to it. Further, this paper attempts to disambiguate and simplify some of the esoteric and recondite terms that have been used by Derrida while devising the theory of deconstruction.
Fluency in English language is one of the markers of talent, genius, and boldness. But unfortunat... more Fluency in English language is one of the markers of talent, genius, and boldness. But unfortunately, we have a very miniscule percentage of people who are fluent speakers of English, who have a very good delivery of English words, who do not feel hesitant while communicating in English with other people in the public. Most of the people, although well qualified and highly educated, always excuse themselves when it comes to speaking on the stage in English language. They have a stage fright. This stage fright is a kind of phobia that has been called by psycholinguists as glossophobia. The main point here is: is this glossophobia inborn or is it something that is because of the absence of some positive point in a person which could qualify him as good communicator? Glossophobia is one of the major challenges in Applied Linguistics. Linguists are at loss when they are asked to offer any remedy and suggestion for exorcising glossophobia in a person. From time to time many suggestions have been offered by the linguists in order to remediate this phobia. But unfortunately, these suggestions have worked to a very lower level. The paper attempts to define the term glossophobia. An attempt will also be made to highlight the causes of this language flaw. The main thrust of the paper will be glossophobia, its causes, symptoms and the suggestions that will help us in minimizing this phobia.
Oscar Wilde's solo but serious novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a philosophical and much con... more Oscar Wilde's solo but serious novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a philosophical and much contested novel replete with umpteen themes and contentious issues. If the manifest and overt motif of the novel is aestheticism and artistic idolatry, it covertly contains the biased and stereotypical images of woman. By writing this paper, I want to bring to fore how woman is socially and linguistically constructed. How she is negatively, unjustly and unreasonably commented on by the parochial and tendentious men. How woman is malevolently dubbed with negative epithets, brutalised and criminalised with epistemic violence by the shallow, sadist, and prejudiced men of the so-called just society.
Somalian society is exorbitantly patriarchal in structure, thereupon unrelentingly atrocious and ... more Somalian society is exorbitantly patriarchal in structure, thereupon unrelentingly atrocious and unjust in its dealings with women. It is one of the hellacious places for women to live in. In Somalia women are subjected to many heinous crimes like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), rape, and objectification. The rights and freedom of indigenous women are plundered and unjustly compromised. The rights of women are fobbed off by men in Somalia through the agency of manifold repressive institutions and exploitative ideologies like polygamy, clannish attitude, male chauvinism, and dictatorship. Somalian women are in double-bind, on the one hand, they are subjugated and suppressed by the internal patriarchy and on the other they are abused and wronged by the dictatorial governance. The most inhuman and humiliating treatment meted out to women in Somalia is forced marriage or what we call wife -barter. This is exemplified in a situation whereby a girl is coercively given out in marriage without her due consultations. In some cases women barter is likened to sales of horses, cattle or even goats; young girls are treated like capital assets or commodities and are bartered off for the worth of domestic animals. This brutal patriarchal and feudalistic code makes women chattels in their society. There is an outright resistance by women against this exploitative patriarchal social setup. Women in Somalia are now rebelling against the patriarchal power structures in order to liberate themselves and their posterity from the shackles of this patriarchal subjugation. The article proposes to show in the light of the two novels: From a Crooked Rib (1970) and Sardines (1981) how Nuruddin Farah contests the female oppression in Somalia and how Bilal Ahmad Dar-Nuruddin Farah's Women: A Challenge to Somalian Patriarchal System EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH -Vol. V, Issue 4 / July 2017 2268
Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa; is wrought with multiplex conflictive issues like dicta... more Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa; is wrought with multiplex conflictive issues like dictatorship, clan conflagrations, tribal animosity, and racial altercations. The menace of racism, dictatorship, tribalism and other aligned issues have rendered Somalia economically hollow, politically unstable, and volatile in the context of overall conditions. Racism in the shape of clannish skirmishes and communal confrontations in Somalia is one of the obnoxious and detrimental issues that have made it a failed state. Many writers have depicted this issue of racism through their writings.
The menace of racism and gender discrimination is almost prevalent everywhere in the world, and t... more The menace of racism and gender discrimination is almost prevalent everywhere in the world, and the writers, particularly the novelists have highlighted these issues of hot-button nature in their novels. An ugly and hot-potato problematic of racism and gender disparity like many debatable issues has attracted much critical focus and debate from every intellectual, social, and critical quarter. The issues of racism and gender discrimination have been the subtext of many postcolonial narratives. Many famous postcolonial writers like Chinua Achebe, J.M Coetzee, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Wole Soyinka, Zohra Neal Hurston, Nuruddin Farah, and Michael Ondaatje have overtly dealt with the subjects of racism and gender disparity side by side in their respective works. Racism and gender disparity among humans has a very old and horrible history. The paper attempts to provide the historical overview of racial and gender discrimination. Further, the paper attempts to mention the writers who have contested these issues in their works. Class, race, sexuality and all other categories by which we categorise and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. [ 1 ] Before giving the historical background and overview of the two much conflictive issues, it would be wise and pertinent to define the two terms separately in order to simplify them and also to show how the two terms are ideologically interrelated. " Racism " in common parlance is defined as a haughty, disdainful, and prejudiced attitude and criminalising [ 1 ] Dorthy Allison in Screening Genders.Eds.Krin Gabbard and William Luhr.P.37.
The words 'Postcolonial' and 'Postcolonialism' are often used when we talk about the countries, s... more The words 'Postcolonial' and 'Postcolonialism' are often used when we talk about the countries, states etc. that have gone through the bitter period of colonialism and imperialism. Colonialism, as we know, is the process of subjugating the weaker and less powerful country by the more powerful and dominating one. Writers from the erstwhile colonies like Africa,
N Ne ew w M Ma an n I In nt te er rn na at ti io on na al l J Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f M Mu ul ... more N Ne ew w M Ma an n I In nt te er rn na at ti io on na al l J Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f M Mu ul lt ti id di is sc ci ip pl li in na ar ry y S St tu ud di ie es s ((U UG GC C A Ap pp pr ro ov ve ed d J Jo ou ur rn na al l N No o.. 4 45 58 88 86 6))
Literature is one of the timeless and charismatic artefacts of the human culture. It is character... more Literature is one of the timeless and charismatic artefacts of the human culture. It is characterised by foreverness, fantasy, imagination, pleasure, and its orgasmic flavour. Literature never loses its sheen and message. The message and motif of the works of Literature transcend time and mise-en-scene. The works of Literature are always addressed by their perpetuity and uninterrupted existence. Literary works never become banal and threadbare. They have a natural tendency to remain fresh and appealing. Literature is such kind of intellectual and imaginative effluence that is sonorous to speak, sagacious to read, and sempiternal to keep. The present paper attempts to show through a diachronic study how Literature is characterised by its intemporality and newness. Further, this paper highlights how Literature written in the antiquity is still a fresh and sumptuous feast for the coeval readers; besides this, the paper underscores the delectation and delight that have always remained the insignias of Literature. In addition to this, the paper shows how Literature acts as an artefact of societal reflection.
The term 'Deconstruction' has become a dernier cri in the arena of present Literary Theory. It is... more The term 'Deconstruction' has become a dernier cri in the arena of present Literary Theory. It is a very perplexing and vexing concept to follow. It is thought of as a conceptual chimera. The teachers and experts of Literary Theory have attached much complexity with this theory of deconstruction. This kind of approach on the part of teachers and experts is very disturbing and unfortunate for the students who are abecedarians in the field of Literary Theory. The present paper attempts to simplify this arcane theoretical concept through a definitive and illustrative approach to it. Further, this paper attempts to disambiguate and simplify some of the esoteric and recondite terms that have been used by Derrida while devising the theory of deconstruction.
Fluency in English language is one of the markers of talent, genius, and boldness. But unfortunat... more Fluency in English language is one of the markers of talent, genius, and boldness. But unfortunately, we have a very miniscule percentage of people who are fluent speakers of English, who have a very good delivery of English words, who do not feel hesitant while communicating in English with other people in the public. Most of the people, although well qualified and highly educated, always excuse themselves when it comes to speaking on the stage in English language. They have a stage fright. This stage fright is a kind of phobia that has been called by psycholinguists as glossophobia. The main point here is: is this glossophobia inborn or is it something that is because of the absence of some positive point in a person which could qualify him as good communicator? Glossophobia is one of the major challenges in Applied Linguistics. Linguists are at loss when they are asked to offer any remedy and suggestion for exorcising glossophobia in a person. From time to time many suggestions have been offered by the linguists in order to remediate this phobia. But unfortunately, these suggestions have worked to a very lower level. The paper attempts to define the term glossophobia. An attempt will also be made to highlight the causes of this language flaw. The main thrust of the paper will be glossophobia, its causes, symptoms and the suggestions that will help us in minimizing this phobia.
Oscar Wilde's solo but serious novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a philosophical and much con... more Oscar Wilde's solo but serious novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a philosophical and much contested novel replete with umpteen themes and contentious issues. If the manifest and overt motif of the novel is aestheticism and artistic idolatry, it covertly contains the biased and stereotypical images of woman. By writing this paper, I want to bring to fore how woman is socially and linguistically constructed. How she is negatively, unjustly and unreasonably commented on by the parochial and tendentious men. How woman is malevolently dubbed with negative epithets, brutalised and criminalised with epistemic violence by the shallow, sadist, and prejudiced men of the so-called just society.
Somalian society is exorbitantly patriarchal in structure, thereupon unrelentingly atrocious and ... more Somalian society is exorbitantly patriarchal in structure, thereupon unrelentingly atrocious and unjust in its dealings with women. It is one of the hellacious places for women to live in. In Somalia women are subjected to many heinous crimes like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), rape, and objectification. The rights and freedom of indigenous women are plundered and unjustly compromised. The rights of women are fobbed off by men in Somalia through the agency of manifold repressive institutions and exploitative ideologies like polygamy, clannish attitude, male chauvinism, and dictatorship. Somalian women are in double-bind, on the one hand, they are subjugated and suppressed by the internal patriarchy and on the other they are abused and wronged by the dictatorial governance. The most inhuman and humiliating treatment meted out to women in Somalia is forced marriage or what we call wife -barter. This is exemplified in a situation whereby a girl is coercively given out in marriage without her due consultations. In some cases women barter is likened to sales of horses, cattle or even goats; young girls are treated like capital assets or commodities and are bartered off for the worth of domestic animals. This brutal patriarchal and feudalistic code makes women chattels in their society. There is an outright resistance by women against this exploitative patriarchal social setup. Women in Somalia are now rebelling against the patriarchal power structures in order to liberate themselves and their posterity from the shackles of this patriarchal subjugation. The article proposes to show in the light of the two novels: From a Crooked Rib (1970) and Sardines (1981) how Nuruddin Farah contests the female oppression in Somalia and how Bilal Ahmad Dar-Nuruddin Farah's Women: A Challenge to Somalian Patriarchal System EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH -Vol. V, Issue 4 / July 2017 2268
Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa; is wrought with multiplex conflictive issues like dicta... more Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa; is wrought with multiplex conflictive issues like dictatorship, clan conflagrations, tribal animosity, and racial altercations. The menace of racism, dictatorship, tribalism and other aligned issues have rendered Somalia economically hollow, politically unstable, and volatile in the context of overall conditions. Racism in the shape of clannish skirmishes and communal confrontations in Somalia is one of the obnoxious and detrimental issues that have made it a failed state. Many writers have depicted this issue of racism through their writings.
The menace of racism and gender discrimination is almost prevalent everywhere in the world, and t... more The menace of racism and gender discrimination is almost prevalent everywhere in the world, and the writers, particularly the novelists have highlighted these issues of hot-button nature in their novels. An ugly and hot-potato problematic of racism and gender disparity like many debatable issues has attracted much critical focus and debate from every intellectual, social, and critical quarter. The issues of racism and gender discrimination have been the subtext of many postcolonial narratives. Many famous postcolonial writers like Chinua Achebe, J.M Coetzee, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Wole Soyinka, Zohra Neal Hurston, Nuruddin Farah, and Michael Ondaatje have overtly dealt with the subjects of racism and gender disparity side by side in their respective works. Racism and gender disparity among humans has a very old and horrible history. The paper attempts to provide the historical overview of racial and gender discrimination. Further, the paper attempts to mention the writers who have contested these issues in their works. Class, race, sexuality and all other categories by which we categorise and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. [ 1 ] Before giving the historical background and overview of the two much conflictive issues, it would be wise and pertinent to define the two terms separately in order to simplify them and also to show how the two terms are ideologically interrelated. " Racism " in common parlance is defined as a haughty, disdainful, and prejudiced attitude and criminalising [ 1 ] Dorthy Allison in Screening Genders.Eds.Krin Gabbard and William Luhr.P.37.
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