My paper looks at the politics of human emancipation and compromised identites of those who are c... more My paper looks at the politics of human emancipation and compromised identites of those who are continuously subjected to silences and conforming tendencies. More than providing a physical confront for personal liberty, I contend to show show Camus's use of the narrative operates on a pleathora of metaphors and symbols to implicate the autonomy of the central chraceter. Through the impressions invested towards the end of the story, I go on to show the process in which Camus connects natural world, mystical revelation and the emancipation of humanity from the mundane. With the use of psychoanalytical readings of subversions and the modernist approach in the narration, I intend to demonstrate an alternative mode of cognition to the whole contention of personal necessities and structural expectations.
Remembrances' and 'forgetting' are political constraints which can never be treated independent o... more Remembrances' and 'forgetting' are political constraints which can never be treated independent of the socio-cultural definitions in post war Germany. The agenda of obliterating memory is often countered by a reinforcement of an act of remembrance. My paper develops this conceptualization through the tracing of a counter narrative that Böll idealises as an apolitical stance of human existence. I contended further to address the emerging discourse of 'forgetting', in which Elsa Baskoleit's presence supersedes and combines with the symbols of war and destruction. These symbols are symptomatic of the brutality and the violence inflicted upon the victims and the survivors of the war. The object of the paper is to capture the tenderness and the vulnerability, not only of the experiences of war but also to focus on the figurative devices incorporated by Böll, in his short story, to heighten this situation. I have also contextualized similar thematic approaches in the seminal works of some other writers of this contemporary period.
The object of this paper is to trace the discursive aspects of melancholy and love that grows upo... more The object of this paper is to trace the discursive aspects of melancholy and love that grows upon individuals, forever locked in sublimity. I have contextualised a psychoanalytical reading of the central character of Petra as the repository of isolation and discontent. The film goes on to prioritise the conflicting elements of violence and dependence to accentuate the necessity of the self in providing the fundamentals of identity and consciousness. My paper also intends to focus on Fassbinder's incorporation of certain cinematic techniques and the figurative devices of symbols to characterise this negotiation of melancholy with involvement and an ultimate disinterestedness that concretises the idea of sublimity in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972).
A study of the inner emotional of the characters created by Kamala Markandaya seems to be a pragm... more A study of the inner emotional of the characters created by Kamala Markandaya seems to be a pragmatic critical approach because it helps us explore one of the most important themes of his writer novels and its creative articulation. This study is based on Robert Nisbet's view that "At the centre of any given style lies, what can only be called a theme, or a cluster of themes. Themes carries with it a more active, positive and dynamic character than does the word style. Implicit in any theme is at once a question being answered, more or less, and also an ordering of experience and observation in a special focus." Kamala Markandaya's novels reflect her fine sensibility as she adopts various themes and projects a true picture of life in society. All of her novels reveal her deep pre-occupations with the changing Indian social and political scene. She excels in recording the inner workings of the minds of her characters, there personal perplexities and social confirmations. She endeavours to portray them as individuals growing into themselves, unfolding the delicate process of their being and becoming. In her novels Markandaya presents an India caught in the vortex of change, a change from the rural society deeply rooted in tradition to the machine based, materialistic urban society.
My paper intends to explore Ingmar Bergman's The Silence in accordance to the sensitive nuances o... more My paper intends to explore Ingmar Bergman's The Silence in accordance to the sensitive nuances of anguish and alienation in adherence to human experiences. It looks into Bergman's subtle use of his art with an intention to locate specific expressions of brutality, which is remarkably permuted beyond the singularity of the characters. The paper intends to show how the film transcends its interrogating politics to consider the intimate involvements with life and to connect the whole idea with the inevitability of isolation. In this context, I have contextualized some other works of Bergman and that of certain other distinct directors who have sensitized this appropriation of bleakness as a fundamental essence of human emotions and involvements.
The paper looks into the dialectics of art and art experiences that Thomas Mann interrogates in t... more The paper looks into the dialectics of art and art experiences that Thomas Mann interrogates in the depiction of his central character of Tonio Kröger. I have particularly contested the idea of a paradox that Mann accentuates in delineating the mind and thoughts of an artist. Following the strictures of a traditional bildungsroman, I intend to show how Mann intensifies the pattern of individuation by the predominant incorporation of powerful symbols. The paper intends to explore the interiorized dynamics of the mind of the artist and the irony of permuting artistic sensibility with lived experiences. It distinctly focuses on the universality of identity formation, in respect to artists and the politics of aesthetics that it alters in the course of time.
My paper looks at the politics of human emancipation and compromised identites of those who are c... more My paper looks at the politics of human emancipation and compromised identites of those who are continuously subjected to silences and conforming tendencies. More than providing a physical confront for personal liberty, I contend to show show Camus's use of the narrative operates on a pleathora of metaphors and symbols to implicate the autonomy of the central chraceter. Through the impressions invested towards the end of the story, I go on to show the process in which Camus connects natural world, mystical revelation and the emancipation of humanity from the mundane. With the use of psychoanalytical readings of subversions and the modernist approach in the narration, I intend to demonstrate an alternative mode of cognition to the whole contention of personal necessities and structural expectations.
Remembrances' and 'forgetting' are political constraints which can never be treated independent o... more Remembrances' and 'forgetting' are political constraints which can never be treated independent of the socio-cultural definitions in post war Germany. The agenda of obliterating memory is often countered by a reinforcement of an act of remembrance. My paper develops this conceptualization through the tracing of a counter narrative that Böll idealises as an apolitical stance of human existence. I contended further to address the emerging discourse of 'forgetting', in which Elsa Baskoleit's presence supersedes and combines with the symbols of war and destruction. These symbols are symptomatic of the brutality and the violence inflicted upon the victims and the survivors of the war. The object of the paper is to capture the tenderness and the vulnerability, not only of the experiences of war but also to focus on the figurative devices incorporated by Böll, in his short story, to heighten this situation. I have also contextualized similar thematic approaches in the seminal works of some other writers of this contemporary period.
The object of this paper is to trace the discursive aspects of melancholy and love that grows upo... more The object of this paper is to trace the discursive aspects of melancholy and love that grows upon individuals, forever locked in sublimity. I have contextualised a psychoanalytical reading of the central character of Petra as the repository of isolation and discontent. The film goes on to prioritise the conflicting elements of violence and dependence to accentuate the necessity of the self in providing the fundamentals of identity and consciousness. My paper also intends to focus on Fassbinder's incorporation of certain cinematic techniques and the figurative devices of symbols to characterise this negotiation of melancholy with involvement and an ultimate disinterestedness that concretises the idea of sublimity in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972).
A study of the inner emotional of the characters created by Kamala Markandaya seems to be a pragm... more A study of the inner emotional of the characters created by Kamala Markandaya seems to be a pragmatic critical approach because it helps us explore one of the most important themes of his writer novels and its creative articulation. This study is based on Robert Nisbet's view that "At the centre of any given style lies, what can only be called a theme, or a cluster of themes. Themes carries with it a more active, positive and dynamic character than does the word style. Implicit in any theme is at once a question being answered, more or less, and also an ordering of experience and observation in a special focus." Kamala Markandaya's novels reflect her fine sensibility as she adopts various themes and projects a true picture of life in society. All of her novels reveal her deep pre-occupations with the changing Indian social and political scene. She excels in recording the inner workings of the minds of her characters, there personal perplexities and social confirmations. She endeavours to portray them as individuals growing into themselves, unfolding the delicate process of their being and becoming. In her novels Markandaya presents an India caught in the vortex of change, a change from the rural society deeply rooted in tradition to the machine based, materialistic urban society.
My paper intends to explore Ingmar Bergman's The Silence in accordance to the sensitive nuances o... more My paper intends to explore Ingmar Bergman's The Silence in accordance to the sensitive nuances of anguish and alienation in adherence to human experiences. It looks into Bergman's subtle use of his art with an intention to locate specific expressions of brutality, which is remarkably permuted beyond the singularity of the characters. The paper intends to show how the film transcends its interrogating politics to consider the intimate involvements with life and to connect the whole idea with the inevitability of isolation. In this context, I have contextualized some other works of Bergman and that of certain other distinct directors who have sensitized this appropriation of bleakness as a fundamental essence of human emotions and involvements.
The paper looks into the dialectics of art and art experiences that Thomas Mann interrogates in t... more The paper looks into the dialectics of art and art experiences that Thomas Mann interrogates in the depiction of his central character of Tonio Kröger. I have particularly contested the idea of a paradox that Mann accentuates in delineating the mind and thoughts of an artist. Following the strictures of a traditional bildungsroman, I intend to show how Mann intensifies the pattern of individuation by the predominant incorporation of powerful symbols. The paper intends to explore the interiorized dynamics of the mind of the artist and the irony of permuting artistic sensibility with lived experiences. It distinctly focuses on the universality of identity formation, in respect to artists and the politics of aesthetics that it alters in the course of time.
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