Madness as a theme is very recurrent in the Caribbean literature. However, the term madness is no... more Madness as a theme is very recurrent in the Caribbean literature. However, the term madness is not as simple to be defined particularly with reference to the Caribbean texts written in English between 1959 and 1980. These texts relate madness to more than one meaning. In this connection, Jean Rhys's novel Wide Sargasso Sea (WSS) presents a superb example, relating madness to various types of dilemma and delirium in a cross-racial Caribbean context. For this purpose, first of all, the related literature was reviewed on the concept of madness in light of the notions of three eminent critics and theorists, such as, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, and R. D. Laing. Next, the relevant discourses and incidents from WSS were analysed and interpreted in light of the aforementioned views on madness. On the basis of the analysis and discussion, it was concluded that, in WSS, Rhys relates madness to deep and varied meanings, that is, the search of identity, alienation, and split self (i.e., schizophrenia) on the part of Creole female colonized, the vengefulness, bruised nationalistic spirit, and collective delirium on the part of the Blacks, and the estrangement, schizophrenia, and an obsession of oppressive behaviour on the part of the White colonizers from the conservative, patriarchal Victorian culture of England.
During the 19th century, England was undoubtedly a domineering global superpower on the basis of ... more During the 19th century, England was undoubtedly a domineering global superpower on the basis of its enormous scientific advancement and vast colonial rule, affecting a marked majority of the world by destroying or considerably altering the local cultures and imposing their culture instead. In so doing, they actually created a culture of hatred, bias, and polarization, mainly based on misrepresentation, that is, over-representation of themselves and under-representation of the colonized. Accordingly, the aim of this paper was to find out as to how Chinua Achebe’s novel No Longer at Ease (NLE) unveiled various colonial cultural representations of the colonized Nigerians as fabricated so systematically by the English colonizers. For this purpose, three major aspects of colonial representation, that is, alterity, stereotyping, and Eurocentrism, were mainly focused and delicately reviewed with reference to eminent postcolonial thinkers, theorists, and writers. Next, in light of the afor...
David Herbert Lawrence's Piano is a poem about 'nostalgia' for childhood. It is perceived by the ... more David Herbert Lawrence's Piano is a poem about 'nostalgia' for childhood. It is perceived by the researchers that, in this poem, while portraying his nostalgic condition, Lawrence presents himself as an affected, pathetic and helpless character not only in relationship to the female characters around who dominate the present and past situations which he finds himself in but interestingly to his own anti-heroic affective self, influenced by the memories of his childhood. For this purpose, the study analyzes the style of Piano with special reference to Halliday's model of Systemic Functional Grammar based on three inter-related meanings: ideational, interpersonal and textual. The study concludes that Lawrence makes a judicious use of transitivity and cohesion in particular, yielding an unequal power relationship that the poet bears with not only the human and non-human characters but even to his own past self such that presenting himself as a nostalgic character, his present manhood is ultimately forfeited by his past self as a child.
Although there have appeared many translations of the Qur'┐n in different languages of the world ... more Although there have appeared many translations of the Qur'┐n in different languages of the world including English, the Qur'┐nic language is sui generis and does not lend to easy translation. The aim of this paper is to explore the distinctive features of various English translations of the Qur'┐n. The study begins with brief comments on the history of some popular English translations of the Qur'┐n, moves on to discuss the nature of language and some modern views and concepts of the word 'translation', turns on to analyze ten popular English translations of the Qur'┐n with respect to their use of lexical, syntactical and punctuational choices, while rendering four selected verses from Surah Y┴suf, and finally closes with highlighting significant differences among the translators in terms of their underlying ideologies and translation approaches.
Madness as a theme is very recurrent in the Caribbean literature. However, the term madness is no... more Madness as a theme is very recurrent in the Caribbean literature. However, the term madness is not as simple to be defined particularly with reference to the Caribbean texts written in English between 1959 and 1980. These texts relate madness to more than one meaning. In this connection, Jean Rhys's novel Wide Sargasso Sea (WSS) presents a superb example, relating madness to various types of dilemma and delirium in a cross-racial Caribbean context. For this purpose, first of all, the related literature was reviewed on the concept of madness in light of the notions of three eminent critics and theorists, such as, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, and R. D. Laing. Next, the relevant discourses and incidents from WSS were analysed and interpreted in light of the aforementioned views on madness. On the basis of the analysis and discussion, it was concluded that, in WSS, Rhys relates madness to deep and varied meanings, that is, the search of identity, alienation, and split self (i.e., schizophrenia) on the part of Creole female colonized, the vengefulness, bruised nationalistic spirit, and collective delirium on the part of the Blacks, and the estrangement, schizophrenia, and an obsession of oppressive behaviour on the part of the White colonizers from the conservative, patriarchal Victorian culture of England.
During the 19th century, England was undoubtedly a domineering global superpower on the basis of ... more During the 19th century, England was undoubtedly a domineering global superpower on the basis of its enormous scientific advancement and vast colonial rule, affecting a marked majority of the world by destroying or considerably altering the local cultures and imposing their culture instead. In so doing, they actually created a culture of hatred, bias, and polarization, mainly based on misrepresentation, that is, over-representation of themselves and under-representation of the colonized. Accordingly, the aim of this paper was to find out as to how Chinua Achebe’s novel No Longer at Ease (NLE) unveiled various colonial cultural representations of the colonized Nigerians as fabricated so systematically by the English colonizers. For this purpose, three major aspects of colonial representation, that is, alterity, stereotyping, and Eurocentrism, were mainly focused and delicately reviewed with reference to eminent postcolonial thinkers, theorists, and writers. Next, in light of the afor...
David Herbert Lawrence's Piano is a poem about 'nostalgia' for childhood. It is perceived by the ... more David Herbert Lawrence's Piano is a poem about 'nostalgia' for childhood. It is perceived by the researchers that, in this poem, while portraying his nostalgic condition, Lawrence presents himself as an affected, pathetic and helpless character not only in relationship to the female characters around who dominate the present and past situations which he finds himself in but interestingly to his own anti-heroic affective self, influenced by the memories of his childhood. For this purpose, the study analyzes the style of Piano with special reference to Halliday's model of Systemic Functional Grammar based on three inter-related meanings: ideational, interpersonal and textual. The study concludes that Lawrence makes a judicious use of transitivity and cohesion in particular, yielding an unequal power relationship that the poet bears with not only the human and non-human characters but even to his own past self such that presenting himself as a nostalgic character, his present manhood is ultimately forfeited by his past self as a child.
Although there have appeared many translations of the Qur'┐n in different languages of the world ... more Although there have appeared many translations of the Qur'┐n in different languages of the world including English, the Qur'┐nic language is sui generis and does not lend to easy translation. The aim of this paper is to explore the distinctive features of various English translations of the Qur'┐n. The study begins with brief comments on the history of some popular English translations of the Qur'┐n, moves on to discuss the nature of language and some modern views and concepts of the word 'translation', turns on to analyze ten popular English translations of the Qur'┐n with respect to their use of lexical, syntactical and punctuational choices, while rendering four selected verses from Surah Y┴suf, and finally closes with highlighting significant differences among the translators in terms of their underlying ideologies and translation approaches.
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